Humble Confidence

Although humble and confidence may not rest easily side-by-side in the language of our culture or of our world, they do belong together in the language of the Christian faith. For, every certainty or confidence we have as Christians is a humble one. We know that we have eternal life, but we know that we have eternal life only because it is a gift of God's grace in Jesus Christ (and a merciful assurance of his Word). Therefore, the confidence we have as Christians is a humble confidence.