Matthew 7:21-23 – Grace Evangelical Society

How Do You Know You’ve Done God’s Will Re. Salvation? (Matthew 7:21-23)

May 11, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - John 8:24, Matthew 7:21-23, the will of the Father regarding salvation

A reader from Europe asks, I have two questions about Free Grace Theology and Matt 7:21-23. First, you say in your book Secure and Sure that the problem in Matt 7:21-23 is that they did not believe in Jesus for eternal life. But how is this compatible with John 8:24, “I told you that you

Matthew 7:21-23 Revisited

November 22, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - “the will of the Father, ” “I never knew you, ” “You will know them by their fruits”, Matthew 7:21-23

In a blog On November 19 (see here), I answered a question from a reader about salvation by self-denial. One of the responses I received to that blog suggested that I had not carefully explained Matt 7:21-23. The questioner had said that the people in Matt 7:21-23 will not go to heaven even though they

Arguments for Salvation by Dying to Self and Walking in His Ways

November 19, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Matthew 7:13-14, Matthew 7:21-23, Repentance and Salvation, Salvation and self-denial

A reader of our website has a problem with our stand that salvation from eternal condemnation is by faith alone, apart from works. She wrote: I enjoyed reading your article on Acts 13:48 since I’m aware of Calvinism and did consider this verse very strong for their support.  As is life in Jesus, we read

Must See Video by Dr. R. C. Sproul Saying He Hopes He Doesn’t Wake Up in Hell

January 28, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, John 5:24, Matthew 7:21-23, Revelation 20:11-15

A reader sent me a 7-minute video of Dr. R. C. Sproul. Unfortunately, the link I initially posted does not work. So I found the longer video it was taken from You can see the video here. I highly recommend you watch it. No date is given. But it appears to be a recent video.