Quotes About Assurance

with what assurance can we decide concerning the origin of worlds or trace their history from eternity to eternity?

In our reasonings concerning fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance. A wise man therefore proportions his belief to the evidence.

The plain consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), 'That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish; and even in that case there is a mutual destruction of arguments, and the superior only gives us an assurance suitable to that degree of force, which remains, after deducting the inferior.

In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence .

What He said He would do He always did, and the things we already see fulfilled in His Word simply remind us that what He said about the future will take place just as surely.

something that is called an agreement is not necessarily always that. On the contrary, one party might advance their self-interest under the guise of a common decision, and in the long run it often becomes clear that someone is suffering, despite assurances to the contrary.

The Arab progeny here have scanty beards, and many grow to a very great height—tall, gaunt savages; while the Muscatees have prominent nose-bridges, good beards, and are polite and hospitable. I wish I had some of the assurance possessed by others, but I am oppressed with the apprehension that after all it may turn out that I have been following the Congo; and who would risk being put into a cannibal pot, and converted into black man for it?

13th May, 1872.—He will keep His word—the gracious One, full of grace and truth—no doubt of it. He said, "Him that cometh unto me, I will in nowise cast out," and "Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name I will give it." He WILL keep His word: then I can come and humbly present my petition, and it will be all right. Doubt is here inadmissible, surely.—D.L.

It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.

A man is not saved because he believes in Christ, he believes in Christ because he is saved.

As long as I have my faith in God, I'm good. I know everything else is going to come.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

Faith doesn't mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God's goodness is greater.

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God. Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

You don't have any problems, all you need is faith in God.

Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.

Never doubt God's desire or ability to help you.

The future is as bright as the promise of God.

Faith is taking God seriously.

Faith is not believing that God can, but that God will.

Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.

Real faith rejoices in the promise of God as if it saw the deliverance and was enjoying it.

If you want to please God, believe God.

God's faithfulness means that God will always do what He said and fulfill what He has promised.