This man has such a great Spirit about him. His words of wisdom about our Lord Jesus give me great comfort in times of my doubts. Thank you sir for your obedience to God and His word. Thank you Jesus for saving me!
If you ever doubt, remember this verse, memorize it. 1 John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. How do you know? Because of how you feel? Because you feel good? No, its because it is written. God cannot lie. Blessings friend
God used a minor illness (and my wife) to encourage me to read Scripture. From there I began a full reading and study of the Bible. That brought me closer to God than I had ever been....and it continues to this day. What was said is very true...we come to Jesus by various paths. The important part is that we come to Him.
WOW! Bob explains the gospel here i about 3 minutes as clearly as i have ever heard it. The Gospel Formula is A+B+C+D. A=by Faith alone B= in Jesus alone C=for eternal life D=you will know your eternal destiny/Assurance. Great job Bob Wilkin!
yes , Jesus said " I am the way the truth and the life , no one comes to the Father but by me . whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. and when the spirit of God drew me and convicted me I did just that
But Bob, I have heard yes say the BIBLE has "mistranslations" in it, errors... I came to JESUS based on the inerrant WORD OF GOD 65 years ago. I am now 78 years old and been a minister for 53 years. My belief is based on the inerrant WORD OF GOD. And yes I am seminary and university educated.... Brother James 🙏🦉
The Holy Spirit pulled me down the aisle at our little baptist church and I believed all of that then spent most my high school years demanding to know from my step dad and all his brothers and family how they expected to get saved and go to heaven? They said we don’t know ask grandma! I said is that what you are going to tell Jesus ask grandma? I began to notice at the Catholic Church which they were that the apostles creed was pretty much the sinners prayer. Then God got cute and sent me my own Catholic priest. I said ok now someone with some answers. My friend I met when he was graduating high school then he went to college then got a diocese then Priest training etc. he was much more righteous before all the priest learning.
THE CHOSEN --- Matthew 25:35 "'I was hungry then and you give me food to eat, I was thirst and gave water to me, a stranger I was and invited me in, naked and gave clothes to me, sick and visited me, in prison I was and came near to me.’ Then it will be asked of him by the harmless saying, ‘Lord when were you seen hungry and given food by us, or thirsty and given something to drink? When then were you seen a stranger and invited in, or naked and given clothes? When then were you seen sick, or in prison and came near to you?’ Then will answer the king saying to them, ‘Truly I say to you, as it was done to one who is a brother of mine, one who was among the least, to me personally it was done.’"
I get what you mean sir, but with our minimal knowledge of Jesus, we also never knew when the Lord changed our mind and heart to have more wisdom and understanding about him. Remember he is just asking for a tiny bit of faith like a mustard seed for him to work on. Our growing up comes from him because He is the gardiner.
Assurance is of the Essence of Saving Faith - Zane C. Hodges ua-cam.com/video/LZ-3vY6VJtI/v-deo.html What is the difference between saving faith and assurance? Why is the nature of the gospel message, such that when a person believes the biblical gospel, he necessarily has the assurance of eternal salvation? If a person is not assured of his eternal salvation, then that person is not believing the gospel message of eternal life. Believing something false never saved anybody, although believing a falsehood may give false assurance. What is saving faith? Is it a persuasion or a decision? Most false professions are made when the decision/process precedes the persuasion. What does it mean to believe that Jesus is the Christ? It means that Jesus is the guarantor of resurrection and eternal life to everyone who believes in Him. At the moment of saving faith, the believer is sure that he is eternally saved.
@@GESvids Yes, I know Zane C Hodges and I used to own books by him. I've lost almost all of my books of great evangelical christian writers in USA but I could say that I've studied them very well. Through my own experience of sharing and discussing the gospel as christian, I personally concluded that the case of Lydia in Acts 16 is the best example of this ultra complex subject. Yes, a good true christian theologist could claim to understand this but the ultimate 100% judgment as to whose heart will be opened is reseverved to God. No others can. No good christian theologist can ever evaluate Lydia's heart.
Hmmmmm. Doesn't one have to believe other core essentials like His virgin birth, that He was sinless, that He is the second person of the Trinity, that He is fully God/fully man etc. I mean if someone claims to believe in Christ and denies His virgin birth or that He is fully God/fully man or that He is the second person of the Trinity, or believes that Christ died to hand us back dominion so we can go subdue nations, then hasn't that person put their faith in a different Jesus?
That is very true. A person must have knowledge of the Gospel as well as trust in Christ's shed blood to be saved. Just remember, that salvation comes from TRUSTING in Christ's shed blood, not his death. Hebrews 9:11-14.
I point to the thief on the cross. Did the thief on the cross know all of the prophecies that Christ fulfilled or believe that he actually fulfilled them? I would say no, He only acknowledged that Christ was innocent not guilty of the same punishment that he and the other thief were justly receiving, paying the price for their transgressions. He acknowledged that Christ was blameless and was innocent and he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." He believed him to be the Messiah and Christ said today you will be with me in paradise. His death had not come yet, he had not died and rose from the grave yet. That is a very interesting Theological debate in and of itself. The finish work of Christ on the cross had not yet been completed and he made that promise to the thief.
Ok, so the theif acknowledged that Yeshua/Jesus was the mashiach(savior/anointed one/christ, which they, jews, all knew would be YHWH come in the flesh, cause there is no mashiach but Yahweh. born of a virgin, etc.
Sir, if I" may comment on this: All what you been saying were true and it was Biblical, however without the illumination "power" of the Holy Spirit, the carnal man could not simply submit into that. because only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. (read: 1 Cor. 2:14)
No way an unsaved person can produce anything as a condition for salvation. All that is required is humility and faith in The finished work on the cross. This change of mind is the repentance.
@@greggsingletary9375 I'll do you one better. Love the verse you suggested we read. Mark 1:15, "And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent ye, and believe the gospel.". "Repent ye, and believe the gospel." Change your mind and believe the good news. The words "believe the gospel" is telling you what to repent of, not believing the gospel. The same with Acts 20:21. "Testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks, repentance (change your mind) toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ." It clearly means you're not believing in the Lord Jesus Christ and you need to change your mind about Him and who He is. You want to know why you still have a problem with this idea of repenting from sin? You're not reckoning yourself as DEAD to it. Sin is anything contrary to the Word of God. Anything we do that's not of faith is sin. But when you become a brand new species of being, filled with the Holy Spirit, your OLD MAN IS DEAD to it. Sin does not have power over you anymore. WE HAVE BECOME ALL BRAND NEW BEINGS. We are not afraid of sin when we learn to walk by our spirit man. According to scripture, when we walk by the spirit we will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Which means we won't sin against God, amen!!! But, like John says, if we do, we have an advocate, Jesus Christ, Hallelujah!!! Have you "changed your mind" about sin? Have you learned not to walk according to your flesh? If you are dead to sin, then please help others to "reckon" themselves as dead to it as well. But it sounds like to me that sin still reigns in your members. Be blessed!!!
When chosen, we receive three free things: ● A grateful nature, as evidenced by a mental faith and emotional gratitude. ● A desire to do only good and beneficial things, as evidenced by good works. ● Repentance, a desire to do no harm, as evidenced by undoing the damage done.
"believing in the finished work on the cross" - that is the gospel along with the burial/resurrection. If you do not believe in and are not taught about this, you simply cannot be saved. Just saying I believe in Jesus as the Messiah without knowing what that means is pointless. The Jews who Jesus was talking to would know what it means to have a Messiah - the one who takes away the sins of the world. We must believe that as a sinner, Jesus paid for those sins - all of them - on the cross. When we say we believe in Jesus, we must believe in HIS WORK as opposed to our work or any thing else like religion, baptism, etc. That is what it means to repent - to change your mind about how you are saved - not by your own works but by Christ's finished work on the cross. I'm sorry Bob. I like a lot of your teaching but your teaching on this and repentance - the two most important issues are flat wrong. Paul identifies this as the gospel in 1 Cor 15:3-4.
***** Hi Chris! Yeah I can be a bit combative at times. If I recall, MWilson and I have battled about the KJVOnly issue. I believe it's a silly divisive issue where one side gets to feel all superior to their brothers and so on. I think that's what we fight about. But I'm clear on the gospel - well for the most part I think. Is that what you were referring to? Or was it another video? Dave
@@lima1877 Paul & Silas in Acts 16:30-31 did not tell the Philippian Jailer anything about the cross, they told him: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." So if believing in the death, burial, & resurrection of Jesus Christ was necessary in order to be born again, the Bible would mention those details every time the issue of eternal life is brought up.
@@michaelc7418 the gospel is the power of God onto salvation. I believe when they say believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved, they are saying believe in the gospel. Also, when Jesus told believe on me and thou shall have everlasting life, I believe He meant believe on what I did for you. How can sinners like us approach a Holy God without shedding of blood? What’s the difference between Jesus and Budha? Jesus died for my sins.
He gets into that on many occasions. Progressive sanctification -- our walk with the Lord, loving others, doing good works, persevering in the faith when persecuted, staying pure, studying to show thyself approved .... All of these things bring either blessing or curses/chastisement in this life and rewards or lack thereof at the Bema judgment seat of Christ. But we are saved when we believe in Jesus for His promise of eternal life.
You also have to produce the work of repentance and faith in Jesus as God.Acts 26 verse 20.Mathew chapter 3 verse 6 to 9.produce the work of repentance.
@@greggsingletary9375 No. But God is the One who said in His Word that no one is justified by their works and that is exactly what you are trusting in. Galatians 2:16.
The problem I have with this guy is he uses the Word Faith like it's meaningless. As though it's just a simple belief. Faith is a walk, a way of life. Not simply mumbling some words
stvn509 so you think you MUST walk a certain way in Christ in order to be truly saved? Why can't one simply trust what Jesus actually did to save them? Isn't his 33 years on this planet enough of "a way of life" for you?
This man has such a great Spirit about him. His words of wisdom about our Lord Jesus give me great comfort in times of my doubts. Thank you sir for your obedience to God and His word. Thank you Jesus for saving me!
If you ever doubt, remember this verse, memorize it. 1 John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
How do you know? Because of how you feel? Because you feel good? No, its because it is written. God cannot lie. Blessings friend
God used a minor illness (and my wife) to encourage me to read Scripture. From there I began a full reading and study of the Bible. That brought me closer to God than I had ever been....and it continues to this day. What was said is very true...we come to Jesus by various paths. The important part is that we come to Him.
WOW! Bob explains the gospel here i about 3 minutes as clearly as i have ever heard it. The Gospel Formula is A+B+C+D. A=by Faith alone B= in Jesus alone C=for eternal life D=you will know your eternal destiny/Assurance. Great job Bob Wilkin!
I love Pastor Bob Wilkin! He is a very godly man.
yes , Jesus said " I am the way the truth and the life , no one comes to the Father but by me .
whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
and when the spirit of God drew me and convicted me I did just that
AMEN!!!!
1 Corinthians 15:1-4
But Bob, I have heard yes say the BIBLE has "mistranslations" in it, errors... I came to JESUS based on the inerrant WORD OF GOD 65 years ago. I am now 78 years old and been a minister for 53 years. My belief is based on the inerrant WORD OF GOD. And yes I am seminary and university educated.... Brother James 🙏🦉
The hebrew, greek and Aramaic bible texts have no error. English does.
The Holy Spirit pulled me down the aisle at our little baptist church and I believed all of that then spent most my high school years demanding to know from my step dad and all his brothers and family how they expected to get saved and go to heaven? They said we don’t know ask grandma! I said is that what you are going to tell Jesus ask grandma? I began to notice at the Catholic Church which they were that the apostles creed was pretty much the sinners prayer. Then God got cute and sent me my own Catholic priest. I said ok now someone with some answers. My friend I met when he was graduating high school then he went to college then got a diocese then Priest training etc. he was much more righteous before all the priest learning.
The Holy Spirit speaks through him.
THE CHOSEN --- Matthew 25:35
"'I was hungry then and you give me food to eat, I was thirst and gave water to me, a stranger I was and invited me in, naked and gave clothes to me, sick and visited me, in prison I was and came near to me.’ Then it will be asked of him by the harmless saying, ‘Lord when were you seen hungry and given food by us, or thirsty and given something to drink? When then were you seen a stranger and invited in, or naked and given clothes? When then were you seen sick, or in prison and came near to you?’
Then will answer the king saying to them, ‘Truly I say to you, as it was done to one who is a brother of mine, one who was among the least, to me personally it was done.’"
I get what you mean sir, but with our minimal knowledge of Jesus, we also never knew when the Lord changed our mind and heart to have more wisdom and understanding about him. Remember he is just asking for a tiny bit of faith like a mustard seed for him to work on. Our growing up comes from him because He is the gardiner.
Assurance is of the Essence of Saving Faith - Zane C. Hodges
ua-cam.com/video/LZ-3vY6VJtI/v-deo.html
What is the difference between saving faith and assurance? Why is the nature of the gospel message, such that when a person believes the biblical gospel, he necessarily has the assurance of eternal salvation?
If a person is not assured of his eternal salvation, then that person is not believing the gospel message of eternal life. Believing something false never saved anybody, although believing a falsehood may give false assurance.
What is saving faith? Is it a persuasion or a decision? Most false professions are made when the decision/process precedes the persuasion.
What does it mean to believe that Jesus is the Christ? It means that Jesus is the guarantor of resurrection and eternal life to everyone who believes in Him. At the moment of saving faith, the believer is sure that he is eternally saved.
@@GESvids Yes, I know Zane C Hodges and I used to own books by him. I've lost almost all of my books of great evangelical christian writers in USA but I could say that I've studied them very well. Through my own experience of sharing and discussing the gospel as christian, I personally concluded that the case of Lydia in Acts 16 is the best example of this ultra complex subject. Yes, a good true christian theologist could claim to understand this but the ultimate 100% judgment as to whose heart will be opened is reseverved to God. No others can. No good christian theologist can ever evaluate Lydia's heart.
Saving faith is the faith of Jesus ( heb 12:2 ).
Hmmmmm. Doesn't one have to believe other core essentials like His virgin birth, that He was sinless, that He is the second person of the Trinity, that He is fully God/fully man etc. I mean if someone claims to believe in Christ and denies His virgin birth or that He is fully God/fully man or that He is the second person of the Trinity, or believes that Christ died to hand us back dominion so we can go subdue nations, then hasn't that person put their faith in a different Jesus?
That is very true. A person must have knowledge of the Gospel as well as trust in Christ's shed blood to be saved. Just remember, that salvation comes from TRUSTING in Christ's shed blood, not his death. Hebrews 9:11-14.
I point to the thief on the cross. Did the thief on the cross know all of the prophecies that Christ fulfilled or believe that he actually fulfilled them? I would say no, He only acknowledged that Christ was innocent not guilty of the same punishment that he and the other thief were justly receiving, paying the price for their transgressions. He acknowledged that Christ was blameless and was innocent and he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." He believed him to be the Messiah and Christ said today you will be with me in paradise. His death had not come yet, he had not died and rose from the grave yet. That is a very interesting Theological debate in and of itself. The finish work of Christ on the cross had not yet been completed and he made that promise to the thief.
Ok, so the theif acknowledged that Yeshua/Jesus was the mashiach(savior/anointed one/christ, which they, jews, all knew would be YHWH come in the flesh, cause there is no mashiach but Yahweh. born of a virgin, etc.
So how does one come to the faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God?
Sir, if I" may comment on this: All what you been saying were true and it was Biblical, however without the illumination "power" of the Holy Spirit, the carnal man could not simply submit into that. because only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. (read: 1 Cor. 2:14)
Bob needs to include repentance from sin and faith in Christ as Your personal God and savior.read acts chapter 20 versre 21.
No way an unsaved person can produce anything as a condition for salvation. All that is required is humility and faith in The finished work on the cross. This change of mind is the repentance.
@@richardthorne2804 Read mark chapter 1 verse 15.
@@greggsingletary9375 I'll do you one better. Love the verse you suggested we read.
Mark 1:15, "And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent ye, and believe the gospel.".
"Repent ye, and believe the gospel." Change your mind and believe the good news. The words "believe the gospel" is telling you what to repent of, not believing the gospel.
The same with Acts 20:21. "Testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks, repentance (change your mind) toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ." It clearly means you're not believing in the Lord Jesus Christ and you need to change your mind about Him and who He is.
You want to know why you still have a problem with this idea of repenting from sin? You're not reckoning yourself as DEAD to it. Sin is anything contrary to the Word of God. Anything we do that's not of faith is sin.
But when you become a brand new species of being, filled with the Holy Spirit, your OLD MAN IS DEAD to it. Sin does not have power over you anymore. WE HAVE BECOME ALL BRAND NEW BEINGS. We are not afraid of sin when we learn to walk by our spirit man. According to scripture, when we walk by the spirit we will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Which means we won't sin against God, amen!!! But, like John says, if we do, we have an advocate, Jesus Christ, Hallelujah!!!
Have you "changed your mind" about sin? Have you learned not to walk according to your flesh? If you are dead to sin, then please help others to "reckon" themselves as dead to it as well. But it sounds like to me that sin still reigns in your members. Be blessed!!!
When chosen, we receive three free things:
● A grateful nature, as evidenced by a mental faith and emotional gratitude.
● A desire to do only good and beneficial things, as evidenced by good works.
● Repentance, a desire to do no harm, as evidenced by undoing the damage done.
Hush up, Calvinist.
"believing in the finished work on the cross" - that is the gospel along with the burial/resurrection. If you do not believe in and are not taught about this, you simply cannot be saved.
Just saying I believe in Jesus as the Messiah without knowing what that means is pointless. The Jews who Jesus was talking to would know what it means to have a Messiah - the one who takes away the sins of the world.
We must believe that as a sinner, Jesus paid for those sins - all of them - on the cross. When we say we believe in Jesus, we must believe in HIS WORK as opposed to our work or any thing else like religion, baptism, etc.
That is what it means to repent - to change your mind about how you are saved - not by your own works but by Christ's finished work on the cross.
I'm sorry Bob. I like a lot of your teaching but your teaching on this and repentance - the two most important issues are flat wrong.
Paul identifies this as the gospel in 1 Cor 15:3-4.
*****
Hi Chris! Yeah I can be a bit combative at times. If I recall, MWilson and I have battled about the KJVOnly issue. I believe it's a silly divisive issue where one side gets to feel all superior to their brothers and so on.
I think that's what we fight about.
But I'm clear on the gospel - well for the most part I think.
Is that what you were referring to? Or was it another video?
Dave
Jacob Becomes Israel what about 1 Corinthians 6:9
I’d agree. Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. The gospel is the death, burial and resurrection.
@@lima1877 Paul & Silas in Acts 16:30-31 did not tell the Philippian Jailer anything about the cross, they told him: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." So if believing in the death, burial, & resurrection of Jesus Christ was necessary in order to be born again, the Bible would mention those details every time the issue of eternal life is brought up.
@@michaelc7418 the gospel is the power of God onto salvation. I believe when they say believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved, they are saying believe in the gospel. Also, when Jesus told believe on me and thou shall have everlasting life, I believe He meant believe on what I did for you. How can sinners like us approach a Holy God without shedding of blood? What’s the difference between Jesus and Budha? Jesus died for my sins.
Ok just say a I accept Jesus and that is it. Really? Yes it is by His Grace alone we are saved but there is a whole New Testament to study.
He gets into that on many occasions. Progressive sanctification -- our walk with the Lord, loving others, doing good works, persevering in the faith when persecuted, staying pure, studying to show thyself approved .... All of these things bring either blessing or curses/chastisement in this life and rewards or lack thereof at the Bema judgment seat of Christ. But we are saved when we believe in Jesus for His promise of eternal life.
If you followed this man across the street, theres a 100% youd get hit by a truck
You also have to produce the work of repentance and faith in Jesus as God.Acts 26 verse 20.Mathew chapter 3 verse 6 to 9.produce the work of repentance.
gregg singletary. You are unsvaed, adding to the cross, trusting in yourself and going to hell!!!!!!
@@jacksmack77 I guess your God!
God bless you.Your funny!
@@greggsingletary9375 No. But God is the One who said in His Word that no one is justified by their works and that is exactly what you are trusting in. Galatians 2:16.
@@jacksmack77 Brother I know I'm saved by the grace of God by Christ Jesus by repentance and faith.
The problem I have with this guy is he uses the Word Faith like it's meaningless. As though it's just a simple belief.
Faith is a walk, a way of life. Not simply mumbling some words
stvn509 so you think you MUST walk a certain way in Christ in order to be truly saved? Why can't one simply trust what Jesus actually did to save them? Isn't his 33 years on this planet enough of "a way of life" for you?