Yes—a believer can be sure of salvation by taking God at His Word and resting on the promises of God's finished work in Christ.
Les Feldick teaches that salvation is an all-inclusive work of God that happens the moment a person believes the gospel. The believer knows it is true not by feelings, but because the book says so—God has said it, and that is enough.
Romans 8:1 — This is the foundational promise of no condemnation for anyone in Christ Jesus—the core of assurance.
Hebrews 11:6 — It defines the faith required to come to God, which is the basis for trusting the promises of salvation.
Romans 8:1 declares that there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. In Hebrews 11:6, Scripture says that without faith it is impossible to please God, and that anyone who comes to God must believe that He is and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him. Romans 8:35 asks who shall separate us from the love of Christ, listing tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, and sword—showing that no external circumstance overrides what God has done for those in Christ.
Les Feldick teaches that assurance of salvation comes from taking God at His Word. He explains that believing, trusting, and exercising faith are three ways of saying the same thing. When a person trusts the Word of God, they are believing it; when they believe it, they are exercising faith. Les emphasizes that salvation is an all-inclusive work of God accomplished at the moment of belief. He lists forgiveness, justification, sanctification, glorification, baptism into the body of Christ, and sealing and filling with the Holy Spirit as things God does on our behalf. Since none of these can be felt or seen, we know they have happened because the book says so. He also addresses the question of assurance directly by rejecting the idea that believers must live in perpetual insecurity. For Les, eternal security belongs only to those who have genuinely believed the gospel. Once someone is a bona fide child of God, that relationship cannot be changed. He distinguishes genuine faith from mere religious ritual, and he distinguishes the one-time event of salvation from the ongoing process of sanctification.
Les says that believing, trusting, and faith all mean the same thing. When you trust the Word of God, you are believing it; when you believe it, you are exercising faith. He also clarifies that God's whole requirement for salvation today is to believe the gospel. He applies this to assurance by saying that salvation's acts are invisible, so we know they happened because 'the book says so'—that is where faith comes in.
Les does not accept church membership, walking an aisle, or repeating a ritual as proof of salvation. He says a 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. He uses the illustration of a son whose parents' blood flows in his veins: no matter where he roams, the relationship remains. So the basis of assurance is genuine faith, not an outward procedure.
When doubts come, Les says 'the old devil likes to come along and pooh-pooh the whole idea,' and the believer's response is to claim what God has said. He lists the completed acts of salvation and asks, 'How can you doubt?' Since every one of these is taken by faith—'God has said it, we believe it, and we rest on it'—doubt is answered by returning to the promises of Scripture.
Les acknowledges that some denominations teach that you cannot be assured of salvation and must work to hang on. He says the verses he teaches from Romans—such as 'Who shall separate us?'—'fly in the face' of that thinking. He is not trying to stir up controversy; he is showing what the book says. For the genuinely saved, there is no condemnation.
Faith Means Taking God at His Word
Les teaches that believing, trusting, and exercising faith are interchangeable, and that coming to God requires believing He is and that He rewards those who seek Him; God never fails the one who trusts Him.
Justification Is God's Work
Les explains that justification is by faith, which is invisible and not something we work at, so believers can rest in the promises of Scripture instead of living in perpetual insecurity.
The Promises of No Separation
Les says the Romans 8 promises directly contradict the teaching that you cannot be assured of salvation, and he is simply showing what the book says.
Doubt Answered by Completed Salvation
Les lists all the acts God performs at salvation and says that when doubt comes, we claim the promises—'God has said it, we believe it, and we rest on it.'
Eternal Security for the Genuinely Saved
Les distinguishes genuine faith from religious ritual, and for those who have genuinely believed the gospel, Scripture says there is no condemnation.
Family Relationship Cannot Be Changed
Les uses the analogy of a son's bloodline to show that once someone is a bona fide child of God, that relationship cannot be changed.
Knowing Salvation Through the Book
Les lists the invisible acts of salvation—forgiveness, justification, sanctification, glorification, sealing—and says we know they are true because the book says so.
Salvation Event vs. Sanctification Process
Les clarifies that salvation is a one-time event, while Christian growth and sanctification is a process that follows the new birth.
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.
This verse is the foundation of assurance—those in Christ are not under condemnation.
Hebrews 11:6: But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
This verse shows that faith is the essential response in coming to God, which underlies confidence in His promises.
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?
This question emphasizes that no outward trial or circumstance can separate a believer from the love of God.
You can be sure by taking God at His Word. Salvation is an act of God that happens the moment you believe the gospel; He forgives, justifies, seals, and glorifies you. You know it is true not by feelings but because the book says so.
Les teaches that eternal security belongs to those who have genuinely believed the gospel with all their heart. Once you are a bona fide child of God by God's saving acts, that relationship cannot be changed.
Genuine saving faith is believing the gospel and trusting God's Word. It is not walking an aisle, repeating a ritual, or becoming a church member by rote. It is coming under the power of the Holy Spirit and believing with all your heart.
According to Les, at the moment you believe, God forgives, justifies, sanctifies, glorifies, baptizes you into the body, and seals and fills you with the Holy Spirit—all by God's act, even though you may not feel any of it.
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