John 5:24 – Grace Evangelical Society

January 29, 2026

Can One Have Eternal Security if They Believe Someone Else Can Lose Their Salvation?

Eternal, John 11:26-27, John 3:16, John 5:24, John 6:35, Lose, Salvation, Security

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr will respond to a question about eternal security. Can eternal salvation ever be revoked or lost? What is false assurance? Where does true assurance come from? Where should we look for it? Thanks for listening & never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

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December 31, 2025

What Is the Great White Throne / Final Judgment?

Books, Death, Eschatology, Fair, Final, Great, John 5:24, Judgment, lake of fire, Lamb’s Book, Life, Revelation 20:11-15, Second, Throne, Tolerable, Unbelievers, White, work

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Philippe Sterling are describing the Great White Throne Judgment of Revelation twenty. Who is this judgment for? Some call this “Final Judgment,” but why is this not the best / correct perception of it? Why is it beneficial to study this judgment? Please listen today and each weekday, to the Grace in Focus podcast!

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Can Our Faith Leave Jesus Stranded?

December 25, 2025 by Sam Marr in Blog - belief, Elf, John 4, John 5:24

In the movie Elf, starring Will Ferrell, Santa Claus’s magic sleigh is powered by belief. Since there are no longer enough people who believe in Santa, his sleigh crashes and gets stranded in Central Park. While Buddy the elf tries to repair Santa’s engine, his friends get their fellow New Yorkers to believe again. In this movie, Santa is helplessly reliant on humanity for his powers. Some Christians think Jesus

Scholarly Confusion

October 16, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Faith, Isaiah 53:11, John 20:30-31, John 5:24, Justified

I recently read a comment by an Evangelical scholar who specializes in the OT. He is an expert in Hebrew. He was dealing with Isa 53:11, where Isaiah says that through the knowledge of Christ, the Servant of God, many will be justified. Here is what this scholar said: There are two Hebrew words for

Two Sides, or a Just a Contradiction?

October 10, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Assurance, Deity of Christ, eternal life, John 5:24, Matt 7:16

I recently heard a preacher tell the story of a former member of his church. The pastor didn’t explicitly say it, but from the story, it was apparent that he holds to a Lordship Salvation view of eternal salvation. He told about a conversation he’d had with the former member, whom I’ll call Bill. Bill

October 10, 2025

Does Galatians 6:6-10 Teach Salvation By Works?

Doing, Flesh, Galatians 2:15-16, Galatians 6:6-10, giving, Good, John 3:16, John 5:24, John 6:47, Matthew 19:29, Reap, reaping, Salvation, Sow, sowing, spirit, Support, teaching, Works

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question from Galatians 6 and about if works play some role in the acquiring of eternal salvation. Does this passage teach a works-based salvation? - Please listen, and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!

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September 5, 2025

Should We Be Doing Good in Order to Have Everlasting Life? – John 5:28-29

Believe, Condemnation, Doing, Everlasting, Good, John 5:24, John 5:28-29, Judgment, Life, Resurrection

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are discussing a passage from John’s gospel in their “Tough Texts” series. John 5:28-29 seems to say that doing good (vs. believing) will bring everlasting life. How can this be reconciled to the rest of what John says about being given everlasting life by believing for it? Please listen and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!

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August 18, 2025

Does a Believer Have to Maintain a Level of Holy Living in Order to Enter Heaven?

Assurance, Believe, Believer, Death, Ephesians 2:8-9, Final, Grace, Heaven, Holy Living, Initial, John 11:36, John 3:16, John 5:24, John 6:37, John 6:47, Judgment, Life, Maintain, Salvation, Secure

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Leon Adkins are answering a question about the required condition(s) in order to go to heaven. Can a Believer’s eternal salvation ever be revoked because they don’t maintain holy living? Is the Believer on probation until the end of this life? Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

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Is a “True” Believer Like a Cat?

July 3, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - good works, Grudem, John 5:24, Perseverance

I recently watched a YouTube video in which the speaker was attacking grace theology. He held the common view that grace theology is heretical because it suggests that a person can be a believer yet not live a godly life. His view was that we know who is truly saved by the works they do.

December 11, 2024

Does the Present Tense of Believe for Eternal Salvation Mean or Require Continual Belief?

Assurance, Believe, Continual, Continue, Eternal, Faith, John 5:24, Never, Statements

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are clarifying a question about belief for eternal salvation. Does it require continual belief in order to maintain it? What about the "never" statements in the Gospel of John? Is it possible to lose salvation or give it back? Please listen each weekday!

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