Bob Wilkin – Grace Evangelical Society

He Who Believes That Jesus Is the Christ Is Born of God (1 John 5:1)

March 25, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 John 5:1, believing that Jesus is the Christ, John 11:25-27, the meaning of the Christ

I received a super question from Europe via email: I have got a question for your podcast or for a blog article. How can you know what “Christ” means, without John 11:25-27? And can you recommend a monograph about what “Jesus is the Christ” means? I have got the impression that only a few theologians even think about what it means, although it is

Christians and the Coronavirus

March 23, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog

Response #1: If the Lord Wills James 4:15 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that

The Saving Message Prior to Church Age

March 17, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Everlasting life in the OT, one or two saving messages?, Salvation in the OT

I received a question about what people in the OT had to believe in order to be saved: Hi. You said that in the Old Testament people had to believe in the coming Messiah to be saved. Is the message of everlasting life to the one who simply believes in the Old Testament? And where does

Being Cut Off God’s Olive Tree (Romans 11:19-24)

March 13, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Being cut off from the olive tree, Eternal Security, OSAS, Romans 11:19-24

You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. Therefore, consider the goodness and severity of

The Advent of the New Birth

March 9, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Samuel 10:6, 1 Samuel 3:7, Genesis 3:16, John 8:56, regeneration in the OT

A pastor asked me this excellent question: “Is it believed that when a person placed his faith in the Lord during the pre-cross dispensations, was he given eternal security/sealed with the Spirit, etc. or is that unique to the church age?” After I sent an initial reply, he followed up in this way: “Can you supply me with any Scriptural

The Day of the Lord in 1 Thessalonians 5:2

March 4, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Thess 5:2, Like a thief in the night, Matt 24:40-44, the Day of the Lord, the Rapture

For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. Like a Thief in the Night This expression only occurs three times in the NT: Matt 24:43; 1 Thess 5:2; and 2 Pet 3:10. Paul and Peter received this expression from the Lord’s teaching in the Sermon on the

LGBTQ Questions

March 2, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 5:11-13, gay weddings, Salvation for gays, salvation for transgenders

Here are two questions I have received in the last few weeks: Question #1: I have a cousin who was married for over thirty years. He decided to become a female, and he has changed his name to a female name and legally changed his sex status to female in Austin, though he still has male parts (at

Nine Reliable Evidences of Justification by Faith apart from Works (Romans 3:28)

March 1, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

By Bob Wilkin “Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.” While working on a book on one hundred verses which prove that salvation is by faith alone, apart from works, I came across an interesting explanation of what Paul meant in Rom 3:28 when he

No One Seeks God (Romans 3:11)

February 25, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - No one seeks God, Romans 3:11, spiritual deadness

There is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. Here is a recent question I received: How to reconcile “no-one seeketh after God no not one” with free will to accept or reject God’s free gift? I think one is about the concept that man’s righteousness cannot make him justified, and the other is about the person who seeks

The Holy Spirit Guiding and Empowering Believers

February 20, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - decision making and the will of God, Divine guidance, Proverbs 3:5-6

In the January-February Grace in Focus Magazine, Marcia Hornok wrote an article entitled, “Spiritual GPS.” I received a nice letter wondering if Marcia was “negating the idea of guidance by the Holy Spirit.” The reader points out that she is not charismatic, but that she and her husband “have repeatedly experienced God’s leading and supernatural empowerment in our lives.”