Yes — a believer can be sure of eternal destiny by taking God at His Word after genuinely believing the gospel.
Les Feldick teaches that assurance is not based on feelings, church membership, or rote ritual, but on the promises of Scripture. When the Holy Spirit saves and places a person in the body of Christ, the Book says he is forgiven, justified, reconciled, and glorified — so the believer can rest on what God has said.
Acts 16:31 — Directly answers the question of what must be done to be saved: believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 3:23 — Establishes that every person falls short of God's standard, so assurance must come from God's provision, not human merit.
Romans 8:35 — Asks the question Les repeatedly uses to show that nothing can separate a believer from Christ's love.
The Scripture says in Romans 3:23 that 'all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God,' meaning every person falls short of God's holy standard. In Acts 16:31, when the jailer asks what he must do to be saved, the answer is: 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.' The Book also asks, 'Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?' and 'Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?' — questions that point to the security of those who are in Christ.
Les Feldick says a person can know his eternal destiny because the Bible itself provides the assurance. He tells people who doubt, 'How do you know it's true? Because the book says so.' Salvation is not just a fire escape; it is the day-by-day assurance that you are His and He is yours. When someone genuinely believes the gospel, the Holy Spirit places him into the body of Christ at salvation, and God's Word says he has been forgiven, redeemed, justified, translated, reconciled, and glorified — so doubt has no ground to stand on. Les tells believers to claim God's promises and rest on them. Les is also careful to distinguish genuine salvation from religious routine. Church membership, walking an aisle, or repeating a formula by rote is not salvation. The person who has genuinely come under the power of the Holy Spirit and believed the gospel with all his heart is a child of God and always will be. He points to Romans 8 as the passage that 'flies in the face' of the teaching that you must work to keep yourself saved or can lose your salvation. According to Les, the same faith that saved a person should be enough to take God at His Word for everything that follows.
Les asks, 'How do you know it's true? Because the book says so.' He tells people who ask if they feel or see their salvation that no, they cannot feel or see it — yet they can know it is true because God's Word states it. The basis for assurance is the written promise of God, not human sensation.
Les says that when someone believes the Gospel, the Holy Spirit performs all the attendant aspects of salvation at the same time: forgiveness, redemption, justification, translation, reconciliation, and glorification. At that same moment the believer is baptized by the Spirit into the body of Christ, which guarantees his eternal destiny. Since God has said it, the believer believes it and rests on it.
Les acknowledges that some denominations teach you cannot be assured and must work to keep your salvation and avoid sins that could send you to hell. He says the verses in Romans 8 — 'Who shall separate us?' — fly in the face of that thinking. He also says that someone who insists 'no one can know' is unaware of true saving faith, for if your faith was sufficient to save you, it is sufficient to take God at His Word for the rest.
The starting point Les always uses is Romans 3:23: all have come short of God's glory, and no one can meet God's criteria. He teaches that nothing in the realm of the Spirit can be done without faith, which is taking God at His Word. By beginning with man's lost condition, the need for the gospel becomes clear, and so does the reason to trust Christ alone for eternal destiny.
The Spirit Opens the Book
Les explains that the unsaved cannot comprehend the things of God; the Bible is a closed book until a person is born again by the Spirit. After that, the Spirit turns on the light and spiritual truth becomes understandable.
Holy Spirit Baptism Guarantees Eternal Destiny
Les lists the salvation blessings — forgiveness, redemption, justification, translation, reconciliation, glorification — and says being baptized into the body of Christ by the Holy Spirit guarantees your eternal destiny, leaving no room for doubt.
The Book Says So
Les says salvation is not just a fire escape but the day-by-day assurance that you are His and He is yours; you know it is true because the Book says so, even though you cannot feel or see it.
Start with Romans 3:23
Les begins with Romans 3:23 to show that all have come short of God's glory and no one can claim to be good enough for heaven. This establishes why salvation and assurance must come by faith.
Take God at His Word
Les says if your faith is enough to believe the Gospel and be saved, it is enough to take God at His word for the rest — you are His, and no one can take you out of His hand.
Genuine Salvation, Not Ritual
Les distinguishes genuine salvation from church membership, rote repetition, or walking an aisle. The person who believes the Gospel from the heart under the Holy Spirit's power is a child of God and will always be.
Romans 8 Against Doubt
Les says Romans 8's question 'Who shall separate us?' directly opposes the teaching that you must work to keep salvation or can lose it by sin. The believer can rest on God's promises because He is sovereign.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
Les points to Acts 16:31, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,' as the answer to the jailer's question, and he speaks of every believer's individual and personal relationship with Christ in eternity.
Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Les uses this verse as the starting point to show everyone falls short of God's standard and needs salvation.
Acts 16:31: And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
The answer to the jailer's question shows that believing on Christ is the path to salvation and therefore to assurance.
Romans 8:33: Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
Shows that no accusation can stand against those God has justified.
Romans 8:35: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Les points to this verse to show that nothing can separate a believer from Christ's love.
Yes. Les says that if your faith is enough to believe the gospel, it is enough to take God at His word for the rest — you are His. The Bible itself provides the assurance, and those who claim no one can know are unaware of true saving faith.
Les says we come right back to what God has said and claim it. God's Word says the believer has been forgiven, redeemed, justified, translated, reconciled, and glorified; resting on these promises is how doubt is answered. Romans 8's question 'Who shall separate us?' is meant to silence doubt.
Les says no. He does not accept people who have gone through a set system of church membership, rote repetition, or walking the aisle as necessarily saved. Genuine salvation comes when a person comes under the power of the Holy Spirit and believes the gospel with all his or her heart.
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