Assurance of Salvation

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A theological student once called on Archibald Alexander in great distress of mind, doubting whether he had been converted. The old doctor encouraged him to open his mind. After he was through, the aged disciple, laying his hand on his head, said, “My young brother, you know what repentance is—what faith in Christ is. You think you once repented and once believed. Now don’t fight your doubts; do it all over again. Repent now; believe in Christ—that’s the way to have a consciousness of acceptance with God. I have to do both very often. Go to your room and give yourself to Christ this very moment, and let doubts go. If you have not been His disciple, be one now. Don’t fight the devil on his own ground. Choose the ground of Christ’s righteousness and atonement, and then fight him.”

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