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Assurance of the essence of saving faith

Six Questions on Assurance, Part 3

October 15, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance of the essence of saving faith, Galatians 3:6, Genesis 15:6, Hebrews 11:10, John 8:56, Romans 4:3
We are considering six objections to the teaching that assurance of everlasting life is of the essence of saving faith. In this blog we consider objections three and four. The third objection is that John 20:31 is saying someone can correctly perceive who Jesus is and yet not believe that by faith in Him, he
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Six Questions Regarding Assurance of Salvation, Part 2

October 14, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 John 5:13, Assurance of Salvation, Assurance of the essence of saving faith
In this blog I will discuss the first two objections to assurance being of the essence of saving faith as stated in Part 1. Those two objections are that when a person believes in Christ, he has objective assurance, even if he is not sure he is eternally secure, and that 1 John 5:13 proves
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Assurance Is the Essence of Saving Faith

July 16, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, Assurance of the essence of saving faith, Berkhof’s view of saving faith, Eternal Security
We’ve written on this before. See here for a 1997 article by Zane Hodges. And here is a 2017 article by Shawn Lazar. Here is a 2008 article by me. Here is my recent review of a booklet which argues that assurance is of the essence. So why look at this issue again? Today I
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