There is a great difference
between presumption and assurance. Presumption is the undisturbed confidence of
a religious hypocrite in his profession. Assurance is the confident faith of a
sinner saved by grace in the merits of Christ. I am assured that I am a sinner.
Nothing but sin is in me. Nothing but sin can be produced by me. And I am
assured that Christ died for sinners. In him is both righteousness and pardon. AS
A SINNER, I TRUST THE SAVIOR.