Bob Wilkin – Page 200 – Grace Evangelical Society

The New Testament Understanding of Following Jesus

January 22, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Discipleship, evangelism, Following Jesus, imitating Jesus

A friend sent me some comments and asks my thoughts: Interested in your opinion. I am trying to craft a reasonable response to the “follow Jesus to be saved” concept.  I noticed something: the only times people are told to follow Christ is when He is present and able to be literally followed. The terminology abruptly stops

The Teaching That You Cannot Be Sure That Christ Died for You Is One of the Worst False Teachings of All Time

January 20, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 John 2:2, Assurance, John 1:29, limited atonement, unlimited atonement

A reader of our blog, K, cited one of my blogs in which I said that you know you are believing in Jesus to save you if you have assurance of everlasting life. K responded with this cry for help: I do not have assurance of everlasting life. I want to be saved. I’m terrified I’m

O Propósito da Humanidade

January 19, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Graça sem limites - Apocalipse 21-22, Criação, Genesis 1-3, Propósito na Vida

Recebi esta excelente pergunta: Adorei o post sobre Adão e Eva. No momento ideal. Eu tenho uma pergunta sobre isso. O homem foi criado para resolver o conflito angelical? Estamos discutindo o propósito da criação do homem em nossa aula de Bíblia com alguns membros incríveis do GES sobre isso. Eu pesquisei algumas informações da

Dois tipos de enchimento do Espírito no Novo Testamento

January 14, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Graça sem limites

Quando eu fazia parte da equipe do ministério universitário da Student Crusades for Christ, eu estava confuso sobre o que era o enchimento do Espírito Santo. De acordo com algumas publicações ministeriais da época, o enchimento do Espírito era quando o Espírito Santo tomava o controle da vida de uma pessoa. Você iria confessar seus

I Did Not Realize How Prevalent Assurance by Works Is

January 14, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, assurance and works, John 11:25-27

I have mentioned before that our 2006 annual conference ended up being controversial. There were two messages on assurance of everlasting life that were met with a divided response. I thought those messages would be well received but about half of the people agreed, while the other half thought that the messages by Zane Hodges

Another Look at the Convicting Ministry of the Holy Spirit to the World (John 16:7-11)

January 12, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - evangelism, John 16:7-11, the convicting work of the Holy Spirit

Recently I wrote a blog in which I discussed John 16:7-11 and the fact that the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. In the blog, which you can see here, I suggested that the Holy Spirit does the convicting work directly. That is, I suggested that every human being knows that

Lessons from My New Year’s Day Marathon

January 8, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Timothy 2:12, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, finishing the race, The Christian race

I thought it would be a good way to begin 2021 by race-walking a marathon (26.2 miles). I trained for it for about 6 months. I had finished seven marathons previously, from 1998 to 2019. This marathon was different in several major ways. First, because of Covid-19, I was not sure that we would actually

O Evangelho Que Faz Você Se Sentir Bem

January 7, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Graça sem limites

O que se segue é uma adaptação de uma seção do capítulo 1 do meu livro A Gospel of Doubt, uma resposta ao livro O Evangelho Segundo Jesus, do Dr. John MacArthur. O primeiro capítulo da terceira edição de O Evangelho Segundo Jesus, de John MacArthur, é intitulado “Siga-me”. É um novo capítulo que não

Tribulation Believers and the Mark of the Beast

January 5, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Perseverance of the Saints, Revelation 13:17, Revelation 14:9-12, the mark of the beast

P. N. raises a very challenging issue: So…I think it’s wrong to tell people that if they’re saved, they won’t do this or that (such as commit sin). I think that is works based salvation and I publicly tell people that’s wrong. But there is one area where things become inconsistent. Because I think believers

The Link Between Believing in Jesus for Everlasting Life and Believing that We Are Sinners

January 4, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - John 16:7-11, John 3:1-18, Sin and salvation

Dick read my recent blog entitled “How to Share Our Faith Clearly and Comfortably by Evangelizing the Way Jesus Evangelized” (see here). That led him to ask this question: Thank you for your ministry, which I have found helpful and encouraging. I do have a question for you, however, centering around the word believe in