Assurance – Grace Evangelical Society

Bad Theology Will Make You Sick (Rom 10:9)

February 27, 2023 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Assurance, Grace, Lordship Salvation, Rom 10:9

On a recent trip to Mexico, I took part in a class on the Book of Romans. An older Mexican national was teaching the class. He favorably quoted John MacArthur on many occasions, saying that good fruit will automatically follow in the life of a person who has truly believed. You will, he maintained, know

“This Is So Much Better” (1 John 2:3-9)

February 17, 2023 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - 1 John 2:3-9, Assurance, Fear, motivation

Recently, I was asked to lead a three-week study on 1 John for a group of young American missionaries. I wasn’t sure where they were theologically, but was told that they would almost certainly lean towards a Lordship Salvation view of the book. Free Grace people know that this view of 1 John seriously distorts

Can I Dance and Still Be Saved?

February 8, 2023 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Assurance, Discipleship, Sin

Recently, I taught a Sunday school class at a Baptist church in the town of Aldama, Mexico. It’s about a four-hour drive south of El Paso, TX. The pastor of the church invited me to speak on whatever topic I wanted. He is a very nice man, but is not Free Grace, and it is

Is My Testimony Unusual or Common?

January 12, 2023 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, John 4:10-14, Testimonies

Kathryn Wright and I recently taught a series of podcasts about testimonies. A listener, Mark, sent an email about his own testimony. Do you think his testimony is unusual or common? Mark writes: I listened to the show on the three steps of a testimony. I found it interesting for me. I was a basket

How to Help People Evangelize Clearly

November 8, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Assurance, crowds

Most of us are familiar with the Gideons. They are responsible for handing out millions and millions of Bibles. The people involved in this organization are laymen who devote their own time and resources to print and distribute the Word of God. When they give out these Bibles, they often engage in evangelism. They are

Salvation in the Early Church

October 6, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Assurance, Catholic church, church history

Many Free Grace teachers, myself included, maintain that assurance of eternal life is of the essence of saving faith. What we mean by that is that when a person believes in Jesus Christ for eternal life, in that moment they know they have it. That is what Jesus promises. In addition, the word eternal in

Taking Part in a Circular Firing Squad (Acts 23:6-9)

September 19, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Assurance, Gospel, Lordship Salvation

The phrase a circular firing squad can be used in a humorous way. It describes a situation where people are attacking a common target, but wind up attacking themselves. When they miss the target in the middle of the circle, they are shooting each other. But the phrase can also be a warning. A person

Six Hundred Years of Fear (John 4:14)

September 12, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Assurance, Catholicism, Gospel, Missions

Recently GES held a regional conference in Tallahassee, FL. The audience was made up of primarily Spanish speaking people, although most were bilingual. One of the speakers was a local Spanish speaking pastor, Dr. Marino Martinez. He spoke about the history of Christianity in Spanish speaking, primarily Latin American, countries. He gave a good overview

The Water Will Turn Purple (1 Cor 6:9)

August 3, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Assurance, motivation, Sin

Many years ago, I attended a summer camp for Boy Scouts near an Army post. It had a large swimming pool. The Army provided soldiers as lifeguards. These soldiers warned us about using the pool as a bathroom. They told us that the Army had put a chemical in the water, and if we ever

Can We Harmonize Faith Alone Saves with Saving Faith Is Never Alone?

April 5, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, The faith that saves is never alone

A. H. asks, I read your post about the saying, “faith alone saves, but saving faith is never alone” [see here] and that’s something I have heard, believed, and experienced in my own life–but, I think I’m interpreting that statement in a way that is in line with your theological views. I believe the first