Eternal Life
What Do We Mean By Propitiation? Does It Only Count If We Accept It? – 2006 Grace Evangelical Society Conference – YouTube / Transcript (page 35)
Zane Hodges delivers a message at the 2006 Grace Evangelical Society Conference on propitiation as taught in 1 John 2:2. People are not condemned to the lake of fire because their sins have not been paid for, as Jesus is the propitiation for the sins of the whole world. Rather, according to Revelation 20:15, people go to the lake of fire there because they are not found written in the Book of Life. According to John we get that life by believing in Jesus, and in John 3:36 we see that people are “condemned” because they do not believe.
Luke 18:18-30; Matthew 19:16-30; Mark 10:17-31 – Rich Young Ruler (1988) – MP3 / YouTube
Lordship salvation theology views Jesus’ interview with the rich young ruler as the very best example of personal evangelism by Jesus recorded in the New Testament. Lordship salvation fails to understand the story of the rich young ruler on two levels: (1) What is really happening in this story (the historical level)? (2) What is the role of this story in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke which were written to Christians (the literary level)? The story of the rich young ruler is pre-evangelism and not evangelism. (1) Historically, what is going on in this story is a case of pre-evangelism, where Jesus uses the call of discipleship to break through the rich young ruler’s façade of self-righteousness. (2) Literarily, the story of the rich young ruler is a warning to Christians to not allow our material possessions, to prevent our discipleship to Jesus Christ or to deprive us of heavenly treasure. Other passages: John 3:1-21, John 4:1-42; John 10:10; Galatians 6:8; Romans 3:9-20; Luke 10:25-29; Galatians 3:21; John 2:19-21; John 11:11-14; Matthew 16:5-12; Luke 8:13-17; Romans 4:5-6; Romans 3:5; Matthew 18:3; 2 Corinthians 4:6.
Salvation in the Book of Acts (October 9, 1993) – MP3 / YouTube
In Zane’s last message to North Umpqua Bible Fellowship on the book of Acts, Zane examines salvation, the reception of eternal life, forgiveness, fellowship, justification, gift of the Holy Spirit and baptism. Passages discussed include: Acts 2:38, 10:43-48, 13:38, 48, and 22:16; John 20:30-31; 1 John 1:9 and 5:1; 1 Peter 3:21; and 1 Corinthians 12:13.