John 6:28-29 – Grace Evangelical Society

August 14, 2024

If Faith Is a Verb, Is Obedience Required to Be Saved?

Action, Acts 16:31, belief, Believe, believing, Commitment, Faith, John 6:28-29, Lordship, Obedience, Salvation, Saved, work

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are answering a question about faith and obedience. Is faith a noun or a verb? Is obedience the proof of faith? Is it required for faith? Is saving faith essentially the same as obedience? Bob and David will offer some answers and thoughts on this topic.

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March 8, 2024

According to 2 Peter 1:10, Aren’t Works Necessary to Get Into Heaven?

2 Pet 1:10-11, Call, Calling, Election, Eph 2:8-9, John 3:16, John 6:28-29, Rich Entrance, Sovereign Will, Works

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about works for eternal salvation. Are works necessary to go to heaven? Isn’t 2 Peter saying this in 1:10? How does the “Calling and Election” work in this verse? Also related, what is the “rich entrance” of 2 Peter 1:11? Please listen for some Biblical clarity regarding this question and this passage!

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May 31, 2023

Aren’t People Who Believe in Works Salvation Saved?

1 Tim 1:16, Acts 15:1, Deity of Christ, Eph 2:8-9, Flannery O’Connor, Gal 1:6-9, Host, John 3:16, John 5:24, John 5:39-40, John 6:28-29, John 6:35

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are answering why works systems will not and do not bring eternal salvation. Can someone have faith in Jesus, also do works and be eternally saved? Won’t the faith part still be effective? Why or why not? Bob Wilkin and David Renfro will discuss this and related things on today’s podcast. SPECIAL OFFER: Bob Wilkin’s book, Turn And Live–The Power of Repentance is being offered through May 31st, 2023 at half-price for those who use the code word, “Repent.”

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April 12, 2023

Will Believers Be Judged for Sins We’ve Confessed? Also, Is Believing in Jesus a Work?

2 Cor 5:9-10, Assurance, belief, Heb 11:1, John 5:39-40, John 6:28-29, Judgment Seat, Remembers, Sins, TULIP, Works

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are answering questions about the Judgment Seat of Christ and about the essence of believing in Jesus. What is The Judgment Seat of Christ for? What will Christ be judging? Also, can believing in Jesus be called a work? What is the “obedience of faith”? You will surely find this episode interesting. Please join us for it! SPECIAL OFFER: Zane Hodges’ Commentary on James, The Epistle of James–Proven Character Through Testing, is being offered through April 30th, 2023 at half-price for those who use the code word, “JAMES.”

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Works Salvation and the New Birth, Part 1

February 10, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Galatians 1:6-9, John 5:39-40, John 6:28-29, works salvation

Back in 2006, a Free Grace theologian presented a message at a conference in which he argued that believing in Jesus for the promise of irrevocable everlasting life cannot be a requirement for the new birth since no one believed that between AD 100 and AD 1500. That article was published in the Spring 2008

Trusting Christ’s Death and Resurrection, Yet Lacking Assurance

September 21, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Ephesians 2:8-9, John 3:16, John 6:28-29, John 6:47

The question I am sharing today is one many people have. What does a person do who is trusting in Christ’s death and resurrection, yet lacks assurance? Lauri writes: I was raised in a Christian home by two beautiful Christian parents.  I was “saved” at the young age of 6, but I began doubting my

Sins Are Not the Issue in Regeneration

June 17, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Ephesians 2:8-9, Galatians 2:16, John 1:29, John 6:28-29, Repentance and Salvation

An interesting question came from someone who happened to see one of my blogs: I came across Bob’s Sept 1, 2019, article. While I appreciate much of what Bob says, his statement in the last paragraph was puzzling to me: “Because of the cross of Christ, our sins and our works are not the issue.”