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Scot McKnight Explains What Faith Really Is

May 18, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Faith, Justification by faith alone, Soteriology

Justification by faith alone taken at face value means justification by faith alone. However, more and more today Evangelicals are saying that justification by faith alone means justification by submission and obedience. One of the leading Christian bloggers is New Testament scholar Dr. Scot McKnight. His blog is called Jesus Creed. McKnight published a commentary

Commentaries Recognize Philippians 2:12 Is Not about Individual Salvation

May 16, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Phil 2:12, Salvation in Philippians, Sanctification, Soteriology

While working up my recommendations for various books of the Bible, I looked up how two commentators, Ralph Martin and Gordon Fee, handle Phil 2:12. While both men believe that perseverance is required to attain “final salvation,” neither sees Phil 2:12 as dealing with that. Fee says, Obedience in this case takes the form of

What Was Zane Hodges Saying about Salvation in 1 Timothy 4:16?

May 14, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Tim 4:16, false teachers, Sanctification, Soteriology

“Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you” (1 Tim 4:16). We ran an article in the May-June Grace in Focus magazine where Zane Hodges discussed 1 Tim 4:6-16. At the end of the article was a short

Salvation Is Final the Moment You Believe

May 10, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - evangelism, Final Salvation, Salvation, saving faith

On September 25, 2017 Dr. John Piper published a blog at the DesiringGod.org website. It was entitled, “Does God Really Save Us by Faith Alone?” His answer was No! In part Piper writes: These works of faith, and this obedience of faith, these fruits of the Spirit that come by faith, are necessary for

C. S. Lewis Said Repentance Is a Condition for Everlasting Life

May 7, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - evangelism, Lordship Salvation, Repentance, turning from sins

The following question came today via email from a friend: I know that you (and presumably everyone at GES) do not believe that repentance is “necessary” for salvation. I have several of Zane Hodges’ books on free grace, and he appears to hold this view mainly based on his understanding of the Biblical meaning of

If We Must Believe What We Get Is Irrevocable, Then What about the Pentecostals and Methodists?

May 4, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Eternal Security, evangelism, Irrevocable, saving faith

One of the readers of my recent blog “Are Assurance Verses in John Directed to Believers or Unbelievers?” (which you can see here), left the following comment: Hi Bob, I just finished reading the above and I’m afraid I may be misunderstanding you. Are you saying that the only saved people are those who believe

Is Overcoming in Revelation 2-3 a Synonym for Believing in Christ?

May 1, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Believers, Overcomers

I wrote a book review in January of 2016 of a book which took a different view of the three outer darkness passages in Matthew than Zane Hodges and I had done. But the book covered much more than those three passages. Among other things, the authors argued that overcoming in Revelation 2-3 is another

How to Preach and Teach

May 1, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

By Bob Wilkin Most of our readers are not pastors and will never preach in a church. However, all of you teach others about the Lord Jesus Christ in one way or another. Many of you have taught, are teaching, or will teach Sunday school. Some teach home Bible studies. Some speak at the local

Beware of Destroying the Temple of God

April 27, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog

The great questions keep on coming. In my mail bag (inbox) today, I had this gem: 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 states, “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together

Better for Them Not to Have Known the Way of Righteousness? — 2 Peter 2:18-22

April 24, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Peter, apostasy, Discipleship, false teachers

Another good question came to me via email: Thanks for all you do and the ministry you provide for the Body of Christ. My question is concerning 2 Peter 2. From what I gather, the end the false prophet endures is Hell. Peter says that they will experience “the gloom of darkness is reserved forever”