The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 18.2

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This certainty is not a bare conjectural and probable persuasion grounded upon a fallible hope, but an infallible assurance of faith,⁠¹⁠ founded on the blood and righteousness of Christ revealed in the Gospel;⁠²⁠ and also upon the inward evidence of those graces of the Spirit unto which promises are made,⁠³⁠ and on the testimony of the Spirit of adoption, witnessing with our spirits that we are the children of God;⁠⁴⁠ and, as a fruit thereof, keeping the heart both humble and holy.⁠⁵⁠

expand_more [1] Hebrews 6:11, 19

expand_more [2] Hebrews 6:17–18

expand_more [3] 2 Peter 1:4–5, 10–11

expand_more [4] Romans 8:15–16

expand_more [5] 1 John 3:1–3

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To what degree may we have certainty of our salvation?

We may only conjecture about our salvation

We may only be as sure as our works measure up to the perfection of Christ

We may be absolutely assured, but only in a fallible way

We may have an infallible assurance of faith

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