Scripture and Theology
God Loves Me? Finding Assurance Through the Lives of Saints Who Sinned
Does God still love a believer whose history includes serious failures, recurring sins, or harm done to people they love? God Loves Me? Finding Assurance Through the Lives of Saints Who Sinned confronts that question through…
By Eric Kline
About this book
Does God still love a believer whose history includes serious failures, recurring sins, or harm done to people they love? God Loves Me? Finding Assurance Through the Lives of Saints Who Sinned confronts that question through the lives of biblical figures whose conduct Scripture does not sanitize. Abraham, Sarah, David, Peter, and others display fear, deception, betrayal, and moral compromise, yet their stories also testify to divine mercy, correction, and continuing faithfulness.
The book refuses two easy answers. It does not dismiss sin as harmless, nor does it teach that every failure demonstrates final rejection by God. Instead, it examines the relationship among repentance, justification, saving faith, sanctification, perseverance, and assurance. The foundation of salvation is Christ’s completed atoning work, not the believer’s success in maintaining a flawless personal history. At the same time, forgiveness does not erase all earthly consequences or excuse a refusal to face wrongdoing and make appropriate repair.
Readers encounter biblical accounts alongside pastoral reflection on tender consciences, repeated doubt, and the fear that a troubled heart may itself be evidence of lost salvation. The book takes biblical warnings seriously while distinguishing spiritual self-examination from exhausting, repetitive self-accusation. Its aim is neither an automatic guarantee of salvation nor a psychology-based cure for guilt. It is an invitation to bring difficult questions into the light of Scripture, to respond to failure with honesty and repentance, and to seek assurance in God’s grace through Jesus Christ rather than in personal perfection.
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About the author
Eric Kline also writes under the name E. Vince.