tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post6780226431720411989..comments2024-03-18T00:53:33.065+11:00Comments on in all honesty: The opening scenes of Pilgrim's Progress: Conversion and AssuranceJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538502318975037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-70111591527711615982008-11-08T05:00:00.000+11:002008-11-08T05:00:00.000+11:00I identify with both! My early teen-years were de...I identify with both! My early teen-years were definitely assurance-free. I knew that I needed forgiveness and that wasn't good enough for God, but it was a worry that would come and go. Once I was 15 I realised that I was Christian and saved, but it wasn't until I was at uni that I really had assurance. Because it was at uni that lots of my Christian thinking started to fall into place more clearly and Christianity became more my own, apart from my parents, I also identify with Christiana. <BR/><BR/>As to whether I lose it or not, I think I have some times where I look at myself and my sin more and doubt, and other times when I look at Jesus more and am more assured. It is a bit of a continuum, but thankfully, I think I generally experience assurance. I do think it's sometimes a bit of a personality thing though. And a tiredness, hormonal-ness etc thing too. <BR/><BR/>I suspect that our society is less conscious of sin and right/wrong than in previous times. We tend to relativise it all. In that sense, I also suspect that people are less convicted of sin. Then again, the Holy Spirit is still at work convicting people of sin, righteouness and judgment. So, on the other hand, people do still experience conviction of sin.<BR/><BR/>Becmattnbechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885771993409495143noreply@blogger.com