Can a believer have assurance of salvation according to the material?

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Assurance of salvation is the confidence a believer can have that they are saved, grounded in God’s promises and the finished work of Christ rather than in uncertain feelings or personal achievement. The material teaches that when you place faith in Jesus, you receive eternal life now, and the Holy Spirit bears witness with your spirit that you belong to God. This inward confirmation, along with the certainty of Christ’s atonement and the Father’s promises, provides lasting assurance that salvation is secure in Him, not dependent on denominational labels or human performance. The idea that assurance only comes after death isn’t consistent with the believer’s present experience of faith and the Spirit’s witness. Likewise, saying it depends on denomination shifts salvation away from Christ’s completed work to a church affiliation, which the material does not support.