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The Role of the Will in Believing in the Lord Jesus for Everlasting Life

October 23, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - John 1:12-23, John 5:39-40, Matthew 23:37-39

Paul asks this excellent question: We have had a debate on whether a person has to “will” to believe. Does John 1:13 disagree with that, or am I taking it out of context? Would like to know what you folks believe this verse is saying. John 1:13 is saying that the new birth is not

August 13, 2020

In Light of John 3:36, Why Isn’t Faith a Choice?

John 3:36, John 5:39-40

We can choose not to believe but we can't choose to believe. Confused yet? Bob and Shawn clarify the idea that faith is not a choice in light of John 3:36.

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Six Questions Regarding Assurance of Salvation, Part 4

October 16, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - assurance is of the essence of saving faith, Ephesians 2:8-9, Galatians 1:6-9, Galatians 5:4, John 5:39-40

The fifth objection is that if “assurance is of the essence of saving faith” were true, then from AD 100 until 1517, almost no one was born again. This is not a Biblical argument. If we based our theology on this type of reasoning, then we certainly would not believe that only people who profess

Why Don’t Lordship Salvationists Who Pray for Guidance Find the Truth?

September 27, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Heb 11:6, John 5:39-40, Lordship Salvation, openness, seekers, teachability

Last week I wrote a blog on the role of prayer in Bible interpretation (see here). I quoted three women who said in various ways that we should ask God to open our eyes to His Word. Yet at least two of the three, or more likely, all three, hold to Lordship Salvation. So far