{"id":5577,"date":"2020-08-22T03:14:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T03:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/?p=5577"},"modified":"2023-05-17T07:08:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T07:08:12","slug":"worship-service-sunday-23-august-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/2020\/08\/worship-service-sunday-23-august-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Know I Am God\u2019s Elect?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This sermon addresses the following points:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The sinner cannot know he\/she is numbered among God\u2019s elect people based on outward signs, religious acts or advanced education<br \/>\n\u2022 The meaning of \u201cvessels of gold and silver\u201d referenced by the Apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 2:20<br \/>\n\u2022 The meaning of regeneration<br \/>\n\u2022 An explanation of Christ\u2019s analogy of the new birth, as referenced in John 3:1-8<br \/>\n\u2022 An explanation of Christ\u2019s analogy of the engrafted branch, as referenced in John 15:5<br \/>\n\u2022 The leading evidence that a sinner has been regenerated<br \/>\n\u2022 An explanation of the Spirit bearing witness with the sinner\u2019s spirit, that he\/she is a child of God, as referenced in Romans 8:16<br \/>\n\u2022 An explanation of God sending forth the Spirit into the heart of the sinner, crying, Abba, Father, as referenced in Galatians 4:4-6<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0An explanation of God establishing, anointing, sealing and giving the earnest of the Spirit in the heart of the sinner, as referenced in 2 Corinthians 1:21,22<br \/>\n\u2022 An explanation of the communion of the Spirit, as referenced in 2 Corinthians 13:14<br \/>\n\u2022 Overlaying the testimony of Abel\u2019s salvation as recorded in Genesis 4, onto the backdrop of the foregoing teachings<\/p>\n<div class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"5577\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"box-shadow:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;\"><div class=\"bookmark-off\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This sermon addresses the following points: \u2022 The sinner cannot know he\/she is numbered among God\u2019s elect people based on outward signs, religious acts or advanced education \u2022 The meaning of \u201cvessels of gold and silver\u201d referenced by the Apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 2:20 \u2022 The meaning of regeneration \u2022 An explanation of Christ\u2019s analogy of the new birth, as referenced in John 3:1-8 \u2022 An explanation of Christ\u2019s analogy of the engrafted branch, as referenced in John 15:5 \u2022 The leading evidence that a sinner has been regenerated \u2022 An explanation of the Spirit bearing witness with the sinner\u2019s spirit, that he\/she is a child of God, as referenced in Romans 8:16 \u2022 An explanation of God sending forth the Spirit into the heart of the sinner, crying, Abba, Father, as referenced in Galatians 4:4-6 \u2022\u00a0An explanation of God establishing, anointing, sealing and giving the earnest of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[1263,1214,1227],"class_list":["post-5577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jared-smiths-sermons","tag-genesis-teachings","tag-predestination","tag-spiritual-assurance","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5577"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15746,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577\/revisions\/15746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}