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July 7, 2025

Do Jude 4 and Jude 19 Teach That Immorality Results in Eternal Condemnation?

2 John 7, 2 Peter 2:18-22, false teachers, Holy Spirit, Immorality, Indwelling, Jude 19, Jude 4, Lose, Matthew 7:15-20

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are talking about the possibility of losing Eternal Salvation and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Does the book of Jude suggest this is probable or even possible? Bob will be explaining especially verses 4 and 19. Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

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What about the Good Tree Bearing Good Fruit and the Bad Tree Bearing Bad Fruit?

March 18, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - ” “You will know them by their fruits”, False Prophets, false teachers, Fruits, Matthew 7:15-23

Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Matthew 7:17-18 Clearly, the Lord was not saying that believers produce only good fruit and unbelievers produce only bad fruit. We know that those who

October 30, 2024

In 1 Timothy 4:1, Does Departing From Faith Equal Losing Eternal Salvation?

1 Timothy 1:16, 1 Timothy 4:1, 1 Timothy 4:16, demons, Depart, Doctrines, elders, Faith, false teachers, Gifts, pastor-teacher, sound doctrine

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Bob Wilkin and Mike Lii are answering a question relating to 1 Timothy 4:1. This verse speaks of “departing from the faith” and about “doctrines of demons.” What is Paul addressing here? What is going on in this context? What is the meaning especially of “departing from the faith?” Bob and Mike will offer some clarity on this passage and the purpose of 1 Timothy.

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Not Who They Appear to Be

January 11, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - 2 Cor 11:14-15, 2 Cor 3:18, disguise, false teachers, Jas 1:23-24, Satan

Dave Chappelle is one of the most famous comedians in the world. In his most recent show, he tells the story of meeting another famous comedian, Jim Carrey, who was one of his idols. Carrey was filming a movie in which he played another comedian named Andy Kaufman. Kaufman had recently died. When Chappelle met

Judging a Book by Its Cover

December 29, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - false teachers, Matt 7:15, sound theology, teaching

I live in South Carolina. It is a part of our state constitution that after church we must go out to eat. This is especially true for pastors. A favorite food is BBQ. Recently, I fulfilled the law and was eating at such an establishment. To make the day perfect, it was a buffet and

December 20, 2022

When Jude Talks About Being “Marked Out Long Ago for Condemnation,” Does This Mean that Long Ago God Decided Who Would Go To Hell and Who Would be Eternally Saved? Also: Does Romans 8:28-30 Promote Predestination to Eternal Salvation?

2 Pet 2, Contend, Faith, false teachers, glory, Jas 5:19-20, Jude 4, predestination, Rom 8:28-30, Suffering, unlimited atonement

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Kathryn Wright and Bob Wilkin will look at a question from Jude 4 about condemnation. Is this talking about eternal condemnation or about judgment in this life? Or should this passage be used to support divine election to eternal salvation? Also, does Romans 8:28-30, sometimes called “The Golden Chain,” promote predestination to eternal salvation? Please don’t miss this important conversation!

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Hananiah Bites the Dust (Jeremiah 28:13, 17)

September 14, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - discipline, false teachers, heresy, Jeremiah 28

[The Lord told Jeremiah], “Go and tell Hananiah, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made in their place yokes of iron”’”…So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month (Jer 28:13, 17). We live in a day when many believers do not think

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

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”