Bob Wilkin – Page 218 – Grace Evangelical Society

Figuring Out When You Were Born Again

April 1, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Everlasting life begins when you believe, John 3:16, the content of saving faith

At our church we sometimes sing a song called, “Somebody Touched Me.” You are to stand on the day of the week in which you were born again. After going through seven verses for Monday through Sunday, we sing a seventh verse, “It was on a one day, somebody touched me…” About half our assembly

¿Es el Mensaje de Salvación Por Señorío un mensaje que salva?

March 31, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Su Gracia Gratuita

Mientras trabajaba en mi autobiografía, escribí sobre mis primeros años en la GES. En aquel tiempo, algunos de los miembros del consejo creían que la Salvación por Señorío era un mensaje que salva. No me malentiendas. Estaban opuestos a la Salvación Por Señorío. Sentían que era una enseñanza falsa. No obstante, ellos creían que la

Do We Need to Convince People That They Need Salvation?

March 31, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Cor 15:1-11, Acts 16:30-31, creating a felt need in evangelism?, John 3:14-18, John 4:1-26

A lot of Evangelicals suggest that before we share the promise of everlasting life to the one who believes in Jesus (or, as the Lordship Salvation person would say, to the one who commits his life to Christ, obeys Christ, and perseveres in obedience), we must first convince the person we are talking with that

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

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

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

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

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

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

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