Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:

'And how does the Spirit witness "with" our spirit. The word of the Spirit is what gives us our assurance that we are God's children.. know in my soul in the light of what the Spirit has written and had preached that. have submitted to the Christ ON HIS TERMS.' (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38) And right now my life is manifesting the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22).

"I hear an endless stream of testimony on the matter of experiences which prove this or that or the other thing. There are many who plainly set aside the word of the Spirit (which we know is the product of the Spirit) to base assurance on some experience or other (which we don't know is of the Spirit). There is far too much talk about personal experiences...and not enough talk about the personal experience of our Lord Jesus Christ...IF WE BELIEVED THE SPIRIT DID ALL THAT WE ARE TOLD HE DID; AND IF WE BELIEVE ALL THE MESSAGES THE SPIRIT IS SAID TO HAVE GIVEN WE'D LIVE IN UTTER CONFUSION...The Spirit has borne testimony in the Bible, let's major in that. Let's interpret our experiences by the Bible, and not the Bible by our experiences.'