Yes — a person can know they are saved, because salvation is God's complete work at the moment of faith and His Word declares it.
Les Feldick teaches that the moment a person genuinely believes the Gospel, God instantly forgives, justifies, sanctifies, glorifies, baptizes into the body, and seals the believer — even if the person feels nothing (Clips 3, 5). Because none of these are felt, the believer's certainty comes from taking God at His Word: 'the book says so' (Clips 1, 3). Assurance is not for those who walked an aisle or joined a church, but for those who have genuinely believed and can rest in the promise that there is no condemnation (Clips 2, 0, 6).
Romans 8:1 — The verse Les directly points to for assurance: because the believer is in Christ Jesus and justified, there is no condemnation.
Romans 8:33 — Les asks 'who can lay anything to the charge of God's elect?' to show that God's own justification is the believer's security.
Galatians 2:20 — Les points to this verse as the believer's ground for knowing the old self was crucified with Christ.
Romans 1:16-17 — The clip's focus text declaring the Gospel as God's power unto salvation through faith — the message that produces saving faith.
Scripture grounds assurance in the believer's position in Christ, not in human performance. Romans 8:1 declares: 'There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.' The same chapter presses the question, 'Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth,' and answers condemnation with the work of Christ: 'Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.' Scripture also connects the knowledge of salvation to faith in the Gospel. Romans 1:16-17 says the Gospel 'is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth' and that 'the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith.' Galatians 2:20 gives the believer a settled identity: 'I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.' These passages point the believer to what God has done and declared, rather than to feelings.
Les teaches that a person can know he or she is saved, not by feelings, church membership, or religious ritual, but by genuine faith in the Gospel that has resulted in a real salvation experience. He describes the moment of belief as 'an act of God' in which God instantly forgives, justifies, sanctifies, glorifies, baptizes the believer into the body of Christ, and seals him with the Holy Spirit — none of which the believer may feel (Clip 3). 'But how do I know that these things have happened? The book says so. See, that's where faith comes in' (Clip 3). Les insists that assurance belongs only to those who have genuinely believed: 'the person who has genuinely come under the power of the Holy Spirit and has genuinely believed the gospel with all his heart' is a child of God and always will be (Clip 2). He rejects casual religion — 'I don't buy people just simply walking the aisle and following whatever procedure may be given to them... No, that's not salvation' (Clip 2). And he calls Christians to take God at His word: if your faith was sufficient to bring you into salvation, it is sufficient to believe you are His, and no one can take you out of His hand (Clip 6). At the same time, Les shows that assurance is not pride. Those who say no one can know they are going to heaven, he says, 'are totally unaware of true saving faith' (Clip 6). When the devil brings doubt, the believer 'claims' what God has said (Clip 5).
Les stresses that a person is not going to feel 'necessarily any of those things' that God does at salvation. 'You're not going to feel glorified. You're not going to look in the mirror and see a halo around your head. You're not going to sprout wings. You're not suddenly going to see the sky green instead of blue.' Feelings are not the proof; rather, 'how do I know that these things have happened? The book says so.' He also asks: 'Do you feel this? Can you see this? No. How do you know it's true?' — the answer is because the Book says so. Faith comes in, not feelings (Clips 1, 3).
Les says, 'I don't buy people just simply walking the aisle and following whatever procedure may be given to them, and they also do it by rote description. No, that's not salvation.' Nor does church membership or 'a set system' make someone a Christian. He is not against walking an aisle, 'but see, that doesn't save anybody.' Assurance is not 'just some flippant thing, not just some casual thing' (Clips 2, 4).
The moment a person believes the Gospel, God performs salvation as 'an act of God instantly' — forgiveness, justification, sanctification, glorification, baptism into the body, sealing with the Holy Spirit, and filling with the Holy Spirit. These are not gradual achievements; they all happen at once (Clip 3). The believer's name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life and he is baptized into the body of Christ by the Holy Spirit — 'that guarantees your eternal destiny' (Clip 5).
Les explains that the promise 'there is therefore now no condemnation' follows everything Paul has covered about justification in Romans 1-7. 'There is therefore, because we've been justified.' People who teach that you can lose salvation force believers into 'a life of perpetual insecurity,' but the believer rests on the promise. And in Clip 6, 'who can lay anything to the charge of God's elect? ... It is God that justifieth.' If your faith was real, you have enough faith to know you are His and that no one can take you out of His hand (Clips 0, 6).
No Condemnation for the Justified
Les teaches that because the believer has been justified, God declares there is no condemnation, and the believer can rest on this promise instead of living in perpetual insecurity.
Assurance Comes From the Book, Not Feelings
Les says assurance is the day-by-day knowledge that you are His and He is yours, and it is known because the Bible says so — faith trusts the Book even though you can't see or feel it.
Genuine Faith, Not Ritual
Les makes clear that assurance belongs to the person who genuinely believes the Gospel under the power of the Holy Spirit; church membership, rote repetition, and aisle-walking are not salvation.
God's Instant Work at the Moment of Belief
Les teaches that at the moment of belief God forgives, justifies, sanctifies, glorifies, baptizes, and seals the believer — none of which is felt, but all of which are known because the Book says so.
Assurance Through Understanding the Cross
Les shows that believers gain assurance when they finally understand that their old self was crucified with Christ; walking an aisle is fine, but it is not what saves or assures.
Guaranteed Destiny: How Can You Doubt
Les teaches that having been forgiven, redeemed, justified, translated, reconciled, and glorified, the believer has every reason to stop doubting; each of these is taken by faith, claimed against the devil's doubts.
True Saving Faith Takes God at His Word
Les teaches that if your faith was enough to bring you into salvation, it is enough to believe God's word that you are His — no one can take you out of His hand, and saying no one can know reveals a lack of true saving faith.
Salvation Is an Event; Growth Is a Process
Les shows that salvation must begin with a recognized need and a genuine new birth; a person who thinks he is good enough for heaven will never be saved.
Romans 8:1: There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Les teaches that this promise of no condemnation summarizes everything in Romans 1-7 about justification.
Romans 8:33: Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
Les uses this question to show that none can accuse those whom God Himself has justified.
Romans 8:34: Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Paul answers the question of condemnation with Christ's death, resurrection, and intercession.
Romans 1:16: For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes — the message by which saving faith comes.
Romans 1:17: For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
The righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith — the just live by faith, not by feelings or works.
Galatians 2:20: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Les says this verse makes clear the believer's old self is crucified and Christ lives in him.
Les says you won't necessarily feel the work God does at salvation — He forgives, justifies, sanctifies, glorifies, baptizes into the body, and seals the believer, and none of these may produce a feeling. You can know they have happened because the book says so; faith is believing what the Book says, not relying on feelings (Clips 1, 3).
Yes. Les says anyone who claims no one can know is unaware of true saving faith. If your faith was enough to bring you into salvation, you have enough faith to take God at His word that you are His, and no one can take you out of His hand (Clip 6).
No. Les says that is not salvation; he is not against it, but it doesn't save anybody. Salvation is genuine faith in the Gospel — coming under the power of the Holy Spirit and believing with all the heart (Clips 2, 4).
Les teaches that once God has done the work of salvation, there is no condemnation; genuine believers are children of God and always will be. No one can take them out of God's hand (Clips 2, 6).
Salvation is an event — the new birth — that happens when a person recognizes their need and believes. Sanctification, or growth, is a process that follows; believers start as babes in Christ and mature over time (Clip 7).
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