Romans 8:16 “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.”
Every child of God is different, and each one that is born again, experiences their first encounter with the Holy Spirit differently. Some are joyful, some are tearful, some simply have a peace about them while still others have powerful encounters, like Paul’s encounter with the Lord on the road to Damascus, but nevertheless the result of this first encounter is always the same, i.e. each one has a full assurance in their hearts that they have been saved. In the above passage of scripture, we see that it is the Holy Spirit Who witnesses with our spirits, that we are children of God. And so, the reason that we have full assurance in our hearts that we have been saved, is because both our spirits and the Holy Spirit Who resides within our spirits, assures us that we are children of God. No Christian should ever doubt their salvation, because the Holy Spirit Who is God Himself, assures their spirit within them, that they are His child.
Michael E.B. Maher
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