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Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer

Knowing For Sure, Part 2 of 2 (How You Can Be Sure You Will Spend Eternity With God)

January 28, 2022

Have you ever wondered if you possess saving faith? Faith in Christ is the non-negotiable factor that transfers people from darkness to light and changes their destiny from hell to heaven. In the conclusion to this series of messages, Pastor Lutzer makes it personal from his parent’s journey as well as his own story of lacking assurance of salvation. Are the results of saving faith at work in your own life?

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Why do genuine Christians sometimes still have doubts? There are those who should be free from doubting their salvation, but there are also those who should examine if they are in the faith. In this message, you’ll identify five reasons people doubt their salvation. When you understand why you have doubts about your salvation, you can overcome them through faith in Christ alone. Take a good look at your doubts today and don’t brush them aside.
January 27, 2022
The accusations you hear don’t have to have the last word. God’s love for you isn’t fickle. In the courtroom of guilt and shame, Christians can stand confidently against their accuser, Satan. The defending attorney, Jesus, is your Advocate. In this message, you’ll deepen your assurance of salvation based on three pillars from Scripture. When you’re uncertain of your standing with God, don’t speak for yourself—look to Jesus.
January 26, 2022
What are you building your life upon—in this life and the next? Some believe you can’t be sure of your eternal destiny. But this is the certainty you need to make all the trials of life bearable, even meaningful. In this message, you’ll build three pillars on the bedrock doctrine of eternal security. From Romans 8, you’ll see how your security doesn’t lie in anything you do, but in God. You can count on it.
January 25, 2022
The day someone is born again looks different for everyone, but your natural spiritual condition is hopeless without God. Whatever stage you’re in spiritually—the midnight of confusion, the twilight of conviction, or the sunshine of confession—it’s God who grants new life. In this message, you’ll conclude an exploration of the characteristics of regeneration. Your testimony of being born again will bring glory to God.
January 24, 2022
No amount of effort will take you an inch in heaven’s direction. It takes a work of God to bring you to eternal life. Jesus told Nicodemus, a religious leader, that you must be “born again” to see the kingdom of God. In this message, you’ll look at the first of three characteristics of regeneration. God does a miracle within you so that you are reborn as a member of the heavenly family.
January 21, 2022
Your regrets feel like an irreparable, muddy mess. Sin colors everything. It’ll take an intervention from God to make it right. In this message, you’ll identify the qualities of the righteousness in Christ that assure you of your standing with God. This unchangeable, permanent, and infinite righteousness is based on the believer’s union with Christ. There’s cleansing, like a blanket of white snow, for those who finally give up their self-righteousness and believe in Him alone.
January 20, 2022
How can you know that you’re right with God? Jesus, the only sinless human, became sin to bring you to God. In this message, you’ll explore the truth a 16th-century German monk, Martin Luther, found so vital: righteousness that comes only by faith. You’ll discover five characteristics of the righteousness of God in 2 Corinthians that will bless your soul and take you all the way to heaven when you believe on Jesus.
January 19, 2022
For people bent on working for everything in their life, God’s grace is very difficult to accept. Two kinds of people struggle with this: 1. those who feel they’re too unworthy because of their great sin and 2. those who feel they have a good shot at heaven because of their religious deeds. In this message, you’ll apply the characteristics of God’s grace to your life. Whether you tend towards despair or pride, no one earns God’s favor based on their merit.
January 18, 2022
Most Christians know the hymn “Amazing Grace” – even non-believers know it. Yet so few of us truly understand why grace is so amazing. Let’s begin looking at the 5 characteristics of God’s saving grace in Ephesians 2. Though no one is worthy, God gives this gift freely to those who believe on His Son. God’s grace is more than sufficient to save not only a “good” person, but the most wicked and vilest of sinners. Now that’s amazing!
January 17, 2022
How do you avoid self-deception in your relationship with God? Many try to gain heaven through their own efforts. They think that if their good deeds outweigh their bad, they’ll make it. Let’s take another look at those who are shocked they won’t enter the Kingdom of Heaven. You’ll hear three explanations of how anyone could be self-deceived. You’re invited to come to the only One qualified to save you: Jesus.
January 14, 2022
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Living With Your Passions
In a hyper-sexualized culture, sex is either reduced to pleasure-seeking or conflated with our identity. But God designed us as sexual beings for emotional and spiritual intimacy whose highest calling is to worship Him. In this revised edition, Pastor Erwin Lutzer draws on forty years of ministry experience to present a rationale for sexual purity. He gives an honest answer to the sexual pressures we face like extramarital relationships, self-gratification, same-sex attraction, and more. As desire-driven creatures, we don't have to pursue happiness at the expense of character. With our identity grounded in Christ, we can live victoriously with our passions. Click below to receive this book for a gift of any amount or call Moody Church Media at 1.800.215.5001.

About Running To Win

Running the race of life is hard. But with the Bible front and center and a heart to encourage, Pastor Erwin Lutzer presents clear Bible teaching, helping you make it across the finish line. Since 2011, this 25-minute program has provided a Godward focus and features listeners’ questions.

About Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of The Moody Church where he served as the Senior Pastor for 36 years (1980-2016). He earned a B.Th. from Winnipeg Bible College, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, a M.A. in Philosophy from Loyola University, and an honorary LL.D. from the Simon Greenleaf School of Law (Now Trinity Law School).

A clear expositor of the Bible, he is the featured speaker on two radio programs: Running to Win—a daily Bible-teaching broadcast and Songs in the Night—an evening program that’s been airing since 1943. Running To Win broadcasts on a thousand outlets in the U.S. and across more than fifty countries in seven languages. His speaking engagements include Bible conferences and seminars, both domestically and internationally, including Russia, the Republic of Belarus, Germany, Scotland, Guatemala, and Japan. He has led tours to Israel and to the cities of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.

Pastor Lutzer is also a prolific author of over seventy books, including the bestselling We Will Not Be Silenced, One Minute After You Die, and the Gold Medallion Award winner, Hitler’s Cross. Pastor Lutzer and Rebecca live in the Chicago area and have three grown children and eight grandchildren. Connect with Pastor Lutzer on X (@ErwinLutzer) or moodymedia.org.

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