Renewing Your Mind Renewing Assurance
Oct 14, 2025
Joel Beeke, a prominent Puritan scholar and president of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, dives into the often shaky ground of assurance in faith. He explains why personal sin and backsliding can erode our sense of security in salvation. Beeke discusses how God may withhold assurance as a form of correction and emphasizes the importance of clinging to divine promises during trials. Listeners learn that renewal of assurance is possible through repentance and spiritual discipline, offering hope for overcoming temporary doubts.
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Assurance Can Be Shaken But Not Lost
- The Westminster Confession explains assurance can be shaken but not destroyed in believers.
- It names negligence, special sin, temptation, and God withholding light as causes of diminished assurance.
Return From Backsliding Quickly
- Do examine your own life because backsliding and negligence are the most common reasons for losing assurance.
- Confess and return from backsliding to recover assurance.
Backsliding Spreads From Prayer To Life
- Backsliding begins with losing interest in secret prayer and spreads to other spiritual disciplines.
- It gradually creates spiritual coldness and attraction to worldly things that erode assurance.