Cross Examined: Truth on Trial
Lead Pastor Bob Bender
Is Your Name Written In Pencil In The Lamb’s Book Of Life?
John 10:22-30
John 10:22-30 NASB1995
Other Verses Give Us Confidence
“Nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
– Romans 8:38-39
Other Verses Give Us Confidence
“You were sealed by the Holy Spirit for the day of redemption.”
– Ephesians 4:30
Other Verses Give Us Confidence
“These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may KNOW that you have eternal life.”
– 1 John 5:13
Other Verses Give Us Confidence
“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy.”
– Jude 24
Other Verses Give Us Confidence
“He who overcomes I will not erase his name from the book of life.”
– Revelation 3:5
God’s Safety and Security Team
On The Other Hand
“You have fallen from grace.”
– Galatians 5:4
On The Other Hand
“He has now reconciled you – IF you indeed continue in the faith and not move away from the hope of the gospel.”
– Colossians 1:22-23
On The Other Hand
“Take care that there not be in any of you an evil unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.”
– Hebrews 3:12-14
On The Other Hand
“If anyone takes away from the words of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life.”
– Revelation 22:19
“What the heart loves, the will chooses,
and the mind justifies.” – Ashley Null
“If you believe what you like in the Gospels and reject what you don’t like, it’s not the gospel believed but yourself” – Augustine
Does the Bible address those who walk away from the faith?
Does the Bible address those who walk away from the faith?
“But the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will fall away from the faith.”
– 1 Timothy 4:1
Does the Bible address those who walk away from the faith?
"For the day of the Lord will not come unless the apostasy comes first.”
– 2 Thessalonians 2:3
Does the Bible address those who walk away from the faith?
“If we endure, we will also reign with Him If we deny Him, He also will deny us.”
– 2 Timothy 2:12
Does the Bible address those who walk away from the faith?
“They went out from us but they were not really of us”
– 1 John 2:19
“Faith was never meant to exist outside of knowledge where knowledge is possible.” – Dallas Willard
“We must love others MORE THAN we love our convictions, but we can’t love others INSTEAD OF our convictions.” – CrisVollotton
True believers are secure in God’s hands
“Test yourselves to see if you’re in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you and less indeed you failed the test?” 2 Corinthians 13:5
Lordship Salvation
What happens when a Christian sins?
A three-fold response to these matters:
•Confidence (Ph. 1:6)
A three-fold response to these matters:
•Confidence(Ph. 1:6)
•Obedience(Ph. 2:12-13)
Our eternal security is not conditional on our obedience but our obedience is evidence of our eternal security.
A three-fold response to these matters:
•Confidence(Ph. 1:6)
•Obedience(Ph. 2:12-13)
Our eternal security is not conditional on our obedience but our obedience is evidence of our eternal security.
“Never be cavalier about your perseverance. God uses real warnings to keep us vigilant.”– John Piper
A three-fold response to these matters:
•Confidence(Ph. 1:6)
•Obedience(Ph. 2:12-13)
•Dependence(Jn. 15:5-6)
“Nevertheless the firm foundation of God stands having this seal, ‘The Lord knows those who are His’ and ‘Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness.’”
– 2 Timothy 2:19