Pastor John MacArthur

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I never said nor implied anything about walking an aisle or anything like that. The fact that Jesus spoke commands, and the fact that whoever hopes in Him will follow His commands is inherent in the gospel message. But we aren't talking about subsequent actions to believing, are we? We're talking about assurance, which is essentially a feeling, isn't it? If you FEEL assured, you have assurance, isn't this correct? If Hodges teaches that assurance is the essence of saving faith, and that you aren't born again unless you feel assured of peace with God, then isn't he in reality saying that you aren't born of God until you FEEL born of God? If this is what he is teaching, then it is false doctrine and a hindrance to the faith of new Christians.

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So show me where feeling are found in this verse. There is no might have eternal life, it is very definitive promise in this verse. So if a person says i have believed in Jesus, how can they say, i am not assured i have eternal life. Or i do not feel assured that i have eternal life.
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.

People who are taught properly about assurance do not feel assurance. They believe what Jesus states and know they have life. A person either believes God promise or they do not. So either they have believed in Jesus or they have not there is no middle ground.

Now there are people in this day and age who deal with ocd or some type of mental illness that can cause doubt but Hodges disciple, Bob Wilkin address this here. How Can People With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Believe in Jesus? – Grace Evangelical Society

That is why i asked you in another post can a person believe in something and not know they believed.