OUTLINE OF THE WESTMINSTER
CONFESSION OF FAITH
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
OF ASSURANCE OF GRACE AND SALVATION
By Israel J. Contreras

I. Statement that Assurance of Salvation is Attainable

II. The Foundation of Assurance

        A. Founded upon the divine truth of the promises of salvation

        B. An inward evidence of those graces unto which these
             promises are made

        C. The testimony of the Spirit of adoption witnessing with our spirits that we are the children of God

III. Different aspects of Assurance

        A. Assurance Non-essential to salvation

        B. The achievement of assurance a duty for every Christian

IV. Assurance may be lost and recovered; causes of lost
      assurance

        A. Negligence

        B. Committing some particular Sin

        C. Sudden or Strong Temptation

        D. God's withdrawing the light of his countenance