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GraceNotes
GraceNotes is a concise quarterly Bible study on the important issues related to
salvation by grace and living by grace. They are designed for downloading (*pdf available)
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We know that justification and glorification are by God's grace through faith, not our effort or works. Can we say the same about our present experience of sanctification?
Preservation of believers, not perseverance of the saints, is the view taught by God's Word and is consistent with the gospel of salvation by grace.
Can we truthfully say to anyone 'Jesus Christ died for your sins'? While many Christians say we can, there are some who disagree.
Some Christians use this verse to argue that the faith that saves must be proved by works or it is not genuine.
There are some who think that a person must be regenerated (born again) before he or she can believe the gospel. What does the Bible say?
Some argue from this that willful or continual sin cannot be forgiven and salvation can be lost, or that those in view of judgment were never really saved to begin with.
To those who have been profoundly changed by a clear understanding of God's grace it is often puzzling why more people, unsaved or saved, do not accept that message.
How does karma compare to the biblical concept of grace?
A person is eternally saved through faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ, but does God give this faith or is it purely a human response?
Jesus is Lord. No one who believes the Bible denies that. But what does that mean and how does Christ's lordship apply to our salvation and our Christian life?
When sharing the gospel clearly we should have two great concerns.
This passage is often used to argue against the doctrine of eternal security.
Because the gospel of Jesus Christ is the only message that can save people, we want to be as clear as possible in explaining how someone can have eternal life.
Interpreting 1 John is troublesome to some because of statements that appear to be tests or conditions. The prevailing view among commentators is that the purpose of these tests is to determine if someone is saved eternally or not.
This well-known verse is often used when presenting the gospel to show that unsaved sinners will pay for their sin with eternal separation from God (death), and that they can escape that fate through the gift of eternal life that Jesus Christ provides. Is that how this verse should be interpreted and applied?
Those of us who teach that grace is absolutely free are sometimes accused of teaching license or antinomianism.
What then do the three references to fire in the warning judgments (6:8; 10:27; 12:31) mean to believers?
This passage says that God has forgiven believers all their trespasses, or sins. Does all include every kind of sin no matter when it was committed?
In the New Testament, grace is usually mentioned as something in the past for those who have been saved through faith, or something that can be appropriated in the present for Christian living.
Does a person have to be baptized in water in order to have eternal life?
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