Blessed Assurance
Theological Analysis
Fanny Crosby's beloved hymn emphasizes the biblical doctrine of assurance. Despite being blind from infancy, Crosby wrote over 8,000 hymns expressing confident faith.
✓ Theological Strengths
- Clear doctrine of assurance of salvation
- Proper basis of assurance (Christ's work, not feelings)
- Adoption imagery ('heir of salvation')
- Balance of present joy and future hope
- All praise directed to the Savior
Line-by-Line Analysis
"Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood"
Dense theological statement: adoption (heir), redemption (purchase), regeneration (born of Spirit), cleansing (washed in blood).
Full Lyrics
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.
Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.
This hymn is in the public domain.