Spurgeon
observed many, "who, by hearing continually the most precious doctrines
that belief in Jesus Christ is saving, have forgotten other truths, and have
concluded that they were saved when they were not, having fancied they believed
when as yet they were total strangers to the experience which always attended
the true faith." Their confidence
was not grounded upon the divine word rightly understood, "nor proved by
any facts in their own souls." They
resented any suggestion of self examination by gospel tests as "an assault
upon their assurance" and "defended their false peace by the notion
that to raise a question about their certain salvation would be
unbelief." Their ill-placed
certainty has put them in a hopeless condition and they ignore biblical
warnings and admonitions by "their fatal persuasion that it is needless to
attend to them." Their historical
knowledge the work of Christ has settled them in a conviction "that godly
fear and careful walking are superfluities, if not actually an offence against
the gospel."
- From Thomas Nettles' book: Living By Revealed Truth
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