We have to be alone with God in finding personal salvation.
Others may be used as instruments in bringing conviction, light, help in various ways; but
there comes a crisis, both in the work of regeneration and of sanctification, in which the
soul must be detached from others, and deal only with God. How utterly impertinent are
human words in such a crisis!
We must meet our Jesus singly; we must apprehend Him for ourselves; He must speak to us
with His own voice. In such an hour we gaze on the salvation promises, such as, "Thy
sins will be forgiven thee," or, "I will, be thou clean"; but the words on
paper need to be imparted into our consciousness, and to do this, they must be re-spoken
into us by the Holy Ghost. No true soul will be satisfied with an inference of salvation,
or a dead legal imputation of holiness, or the opinions of others as to our state; nothing
less than God alone pouring His assurance into our spirits will answer.
The dear Redeemer Who loved us from eternity, and "formed us for Himself," will
not leave the pining soul to the second-hand tinkering of others; He will closet us with
Himself, and re-speak into us those living words out of His Book that have been spoken to
seeking souls in every generation of the world. God longs to give each of us a perfect
personal assurance of His perfect salvation. But we must be alone with God
Reference Used: Soul Food by G.D Watson