The Issue: God’s Part and Our Part in Salvation What is God’s part and what is our part in salvation? There are few more difficult subjects than this one. One extreme is to so emphasize God’s sovereignty as to totally eliminate any human role in salvation at all. Reformed theology does this. It suggests that

by Perry Brown I have sometimes heard Christians go into interpretative gymnastics when confronted with the command in Phil 2:12 to “work out your salvation with fear and trembling.” The explanation I remember hearing most is that “we can only work out a salvation that God has already worked in.” In other words, Paul was

Recently I ventured into the world of the Internet. I carefully dipped my big toe in the waters of a bulletin board on Lordship Salvation. It has been very interesting. In one posting two people were discussing Paul’s anathema in 1 Cor 16:22. There Paul says, “If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ,

by Robert Perkins Free Grace Theology is a system that concerns itself with the purity of the Gospel message of salvation through faith alone in Christ alone. The sixteenth century reformers coined the term sola fide in distinguishing their soteriology from Rome’s, but how does faith alone affect individuals today? Is the current debate between

This is a small excerpt of an article which will appear in the Spring 1995 Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society. by Earl Radmacher There are many people today who are rightfully distressed by the level of living of many of their fellow Christians, at least those who profess life in Christ. They see them

From 1974 to 1978 I was involved in evangelistic outreach ministry at two universities: Arkansas State University (1974-76) and North Carolina State University (1976-78). I often ran into students who believed that in order to go to heaven you had to be baptized. One of the passages they cited was Mark 16:15-16. 15And He said

Justification* Sanctification Justification is free (John 4:1). Sanctification in costly (Luke 14:25-33). Justification is instantaneous (John 3:8). Sanctification is a life-long process (John 8:31). Justification is by faith (Eph 2:8). Sanctification is by faithfulness (1 Cor 4:2). Justification is not of works (Eph 2:9). Sanctification is of works (Eph 2:10). Justification involves Christ’s love for

He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. -Revelation 3:5 Can a believer lose his salvation or be erased from the Book of Life if he does not

This article is excerpted and slightly adapted from an article entitled “How to Share the Gospel Clearly,” which appeared in the Spring 1994 issue of the Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society. This portion of the article is taken from pp. 56-59, 65. by Charlie Bing Introduction What does a person have to believe in

Demas was a trusted member of the apostle Paul’s ministry team. Paul said of him, “Epaphras, my fellow prisoner greets you, as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers” (Philemon 23-24). Demas is even mentioned before Luke, author of Luke and Acts! Paul mentions him again in Col 4:14, also in a positive light.