The Highway Forums Announcements What's New on The Highway website? "Experimental Salvation" by A.W. Pink

Now it is greatly to be feared that there are multitudes in Christendom who verily imagine and sincerely believe that they are among the saved, yet who are total strangers to a work of divine grace in their hearts. It is one thing to have clear intellectual conceptions of God's truth, it is quite another matter to have a personal, real heart acquaintance with it. It is one thing to believe that sin is the awful thing that the Bible says it is, but it is quite another matter to have a holy horror and hatred of it in the soul. It is one thing to know that God requires repentance, it is quite another matter to experimentally mourn and groan over our vileness. It is one thing to believe that Christ is the only Savior for sinners, it is quite another matter to really trust Him from the heart. It is one thing to believe that Christ is the Sum of all excellency, it is quite another matter to love HIM above all others. It is one thing to believe that God is the great and holy One, it is quite another matter to truly reverence and fear Him. It is one thing to believe that salvation is of the Lord, it is quite another matter to become an actual partaker of it through His gracious workings.

I think it is only appropriate to begin a new year with a consideration of that which is needed most by every human being every born on this earth; true Holy Spirit wrought salvation. With multitudes professing to believe in Jesus today, it is of the utmost importance to reflect upon what kind of "faith" one actually has; true Holy Spirit wrought faith or a self-created spurious faith. And thus, as one might expect from such an author as A.W. Pink, he pushes his readers to the limits and challenges them to examine themselves as does the Scriptures, 2Cor 13:5. The focus of this article is similar to J.I. Packer's excellent book, Knowing God, i.e., it looks at salvation from an experimental (experiential) perspective rather than from an objective (doctrinal) perspective.

Read this article now by going here: Experimental Salvation

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In His service and grace,