Christian Certainty: Calvary Baptist Church Message Archive #9

References: 2 Timothy 1:11-13 

Can we really mean and say from the depths of our being "Blessed assurance! Jesus is mine?"

What did the apostle Paul mean when he said "I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day?"

The Christian experience is not mere nebulous, wooly thinking, but knowledge and positive certainty.

The key is found in knowing Him! You can know against all doubt that your salvation will stand against that day of judgment. We may truly know. It is a faith reposed in a Person that you can know. It is a faith reposed in a purpose that you can trust.

This blessed assurance is a faith that rests in a power that you can choose!

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About Olford Ministries International

Encounter is a half-hour program featuring the expository preaching messages of the late Dr. Stephen Olford. Dr. David Olford is the host of the program. These messages come out of the archives of Stephen Olford’s ministry, primarily from his years of preaching at Calvary Baptist Church in Manhattan, NY. Encounter was broadcast on many radio stations throughout the world for many years. Following his death in 2004, the radio broadcasts were discontinued.

About Dr. David L. Olford

Dr. David Olford serves as the Chairman of the Board and President of Olford Ministries International, Inc. (OMI), founded by his late father, Dr. Stephen Olford in 1976, a ministry committed to the preaching and teaching of the Word of God. He joined OMI in 1985. He also serves as the President of the Stephen Olford Ministry Legacy, formed in 2009, to preserve the preaching and teaching ministry of Dr. Stephen Olford. OMI leads Biblical Preaching Institutes and seminars at the Stephen Olford Center in Memphis, TN. and elsewhere.

David received a BA in Ancient Language from Wheaton College and an MA in New Testament Theology from Wheaton Graduate School. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield (England) in Biblical Studies. He served as the Stephen Olford Professor of Expository Preaching with Union University (TN.) from 2007 to 2016.

In 2009, David’s book, Find Us Faithful: Leadership that Leaves a Legacy was published by B&H Publishing. Together with his father, he coauthored the widely acclaimed, Anointed Expository Preaching. He also compiled the book, A Passion for Preaching, in honor of his father. As both a teacher and preacher, Dr. David Olford has shared his passion for God’s inerrant Word across the United States and in numerous foreign countries.

David Olford and his wife, Ellen, have been married since 1986 and live in Memphis, TN. The Olfords have two adult daughters, Lindsay and Stephanie.