There's no deception with bigger consequences than to think you're a Christian when, truth is, you're not. Where do you stand? How can you know for sure your faith is real, your sins paid for, your eternity certain? In Myths About Salvation. John MacArthur gives you eleven quick tests that will either verify your salvation or reveal your need to come to Christ on His terms. You'll see why Christians sometimes lack assurance. You'll discover your responsibility as a believer to make your salvation sure. And you'll marvel at the blessing that comes from assurance. Don't fall for myths about salvation-learn to live in salvation truth.
01:01 .. Simon Peter .. a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ .. to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours .. .......... by the righteousness of our God and Savior .. Jesus Christ 01:02 .. Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord
01:03 .. seeing that his divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness .. .......... through the true knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and excellence 01:04 .. for by these he has granted to us his precious and magnificent promises .. so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature .. .......... having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust 01:05 .. now for this very reason also .. applying all diligence .. in your faith supply moral excellence .. and in your moral excellence .. knowledge 01:06 .. and in your knowledge .. self-control .. and in your self-control .. perseverance .. and in your perseverance .. godliness 01:07 .. and in your godliness .. brotherly kindness .. and in your brotherly kindness .. love 01:08 .. for if these qualities are yours and are increasing .. they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ 01:09 .. for he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted .. having forgotten his purification from his former sins 01:10 .. therefore .. brethren .. be all the more diligent to make certain about his calling and choosing you .. for as long as you practice these things .. .......... you will never stumble 01:11 .. for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you