Topic: Doubt and Assurance
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September 5, 2026
Series: Assurance Built on Scripture, Romans 10:17
Speaker: Paul Tackett
Topic: Assurance Built on Scripture, Assurance Not Feelings, Assurance of Salvation, Bible Study Resources, Biblical Assurance, Conviction and Chastening, Doubt and Assurance, Eternal Security, Faith Cometh by Hearing, Faith in Jesus Christ, Finished Work of Christ, Gospel of Grace, Holy Spirit Seal, KJV Sermon Outline, No Condemnation in Christ, Rightly Dividing, Romans 10:17, Scripture Over Feelings, Standing and State, Word of God
Book: Romans
This VerseQuest Ministries sermon outline on Romans 10:17 explains why biblical faith and assurance must rest upon the written Word of God rather than changing feelings, emotions, circumstances, memories, or religious experiences. Built around the truth that “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God,” the outline connects Scripture-based assurance with the gospel of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection, justification by faith, the believer’s standing in grace, eternal life as a present possession, and the Holy Spirit’s seal unto the day of redemption. It carefully distinguishes standing from state, conviction and chastening from condemnation, biblical assurance from presumption, and objective truth from subjective experience. Preachers, teachers, and Bible students will gain a strong KJV-based framework for helping doubting believers answer fear with Scripture, understand their position in Christ, and build a stable Christian walk upon what God has written rather than upon how they happen to feel.