Q.81. Are all true believers assured all the time that they are saved and are in a state of grace?

A. Since the assurance of grace and salvation is not essential to faith,[1] true believers may have to wait a long time for it,[2] and once they have it, their assurance may be weakened and interrupted from being afflicted by all kinds of psychological problems, from sinning, from being tempted, and from losing the sense of God’s favor.[3] However, the Spirit of God keeps believers from complete despair by never allowing them to be without some inner sense of his presence and support.[4]

1	Ephesians 1:13	dummy text
2	Isaiah 50:10	dummy text
	Psalms 88:1-53	dummy text
3	Micah 5:2-3	dummy text
	Micah 5:6	dummy text
	Psalms 51:8	dummy text
	Psalms 51:12	dummy text
	Psalms 31:22	dummy text
	Psalms 22:1	dummy text
	Psalms 77:1-12	dummy text
	Psalms 30:6-7	dummy text
4	1 John 3:9	dummy text
	Job 13:15	dummy text
	Psalms 73:13-15	dummy text
	Psalms 73:23	dummy text
	Isaiah 54:7-11	dummy text