Ok, I'll try again....

maybe first I should ask can faith and assurance be separated or are they too interconnected.....?

If they can be considered 2 different experiential aspects of salvation.....how should each be defined and where might the overlap be?







a knock against Calvinism, I often come across, is that you can never truly know you are elect......but obviously our belief in assurance (as well as our faith in God's mercy and Jesus' sacrifice.....as applied to ourselves-which is basically assurance?) would be the counter to that....

thanks!

AC

The mercy of God is necessary not only when a person repents, but even to lead him to repent, Augustine