Simply By Grace Podcast

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Come join founder and president of GraceLife Ministries, Dr. Bing, where each week he‘ll share the gospel of grace with the unsaved and the grace of the gospel with the saved.

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Tuesday Jun 09, 2020

#17 - Serving God - What’s Your Motivation?

Tuesday Jun 09, 2020

What is your motivation for serving God? What is your story? Why do you serve God?

Many come from an illegitimate perspective where they are motivated by status, power, popularity, or money. These stem from pride. On the other end of the spectrum, Lordship theology looks at things you should be doing to prove you're saved or to prove you're one of the elect. But can you really serve out of a pure selfless heart when this is your motivation? Is this really motivation out of love for God?

But why study motivation in the first place? Charlie found that there wasn't much written on this, especially from a free grace perspective. Grace is tied to the answer, we don't serve God in order to be saved, we serve God because we have been saved. Charlie focuses on legitimate motivations for serving God which includes things like love, gratitude, duty, and rewards.

For further reading checkout Charlie's Gracenote on this topic and be sure to share it with your friends!

Thursday Jun 04, 2020

#16 - Christians Who Don’t Act Like It

Thursday Jun 04, 2020

Have you ever known a Christian who didn't act like it? How do we deal with these folks? How do we know if they're saved?

People are always asking..."what about my friend, he says he's a Christian, but he doesn't go to church, doesn't read the Bible, so is he saved?" The quick response is to assume they were never saved to begin with because they aren't showing "fruit". Some suggest that their salvation didn't stick or wasn't genuine. Still others suggest that they might have been saved, but have lost it.

These responses are typically man's way of looking at it, both compromise the gospel to some extent by either front-loading the gospel or back-loading it. Front-loading adds works to do in order to be saved where-as back-loading adds works to prove to yourself and others that you are saved. In either case, it's works which are highly subjective.

So how can we know if someone is a believer or not? Charlie dives into this providing several practical answers that don't involve compromise but stand on the authority of God's word.

For further reading, checkout Charlie's GraceNotes on this specific topic.

Monday Jun 01, 2020

#15 - What is GraceLife all about?

Monday Jun 01, 2020

Have you ever wondered how GraceLife Ministries got its start and what its purpose is? In this brief episode, Charlie explains how GraceLife Ministries started in response to the need for more teaching on grace and the clear gospel. GraceLife makes disciples how grace around the world who are making disciples of others. Hear how this is done in multiple ways.

For more information on GraceLife and resources available visit https://www.gracelife.org

Friday May 29, 2020

#14 - Grace 101

Friday May 29, 2020

How does grace relate to salvation? Is it free or costly? What is grace?

In this podcast Dr. Bing discusses the relationship between grace and eternal salvation. He compares and contrasts grace as unmerited favor or unconditional favor given to sinners as opposed to the idea of "costly" grace. As Dr. Bing notes, Grace is not expensive, it's not cheap, it's free.

Additionally Dr. Bing provides a primer on how grace relates to Faith, Repentance, Lordship, Assurance & Security, and our Motivation for Serving.

For more reading be sure to checkout GraceNotes.

Saturday May 23, 2020

#13 - This is My Story

Saturday May 23, 2020

Who is Dr. Bing? When was he saved? When did he become Free grace? When did he start GraceLife? What is his life verse? ...these questions and more are answered by Charlie in this special podcast episode where Charlie talks about his story and his prayer for you. So check it out and be sure to follow Simply By Grace!

You can also read more about Charlie, GraceLife, and his vision here at GraceLife.org.

Thursday May 21, 2020

#12 - How to Pray for Growing Christians - Philippians 1:9-11

Thursday May 21, 2020

Are you growing and if so in what direction? Are you like a well cared for rose bush or more like a wild vine, growing unchecked?

This message recorded from Charlie's studio focuses on Philippians 1:9-11; specifically how to pray for growing Christians.

The prayer Paul uses is a model for praying for believers and helping with each other's spiritual needs. It starts with love, centers on authentic character, and ends with being fruitful.

Phil. 1:9-11
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Friday May 15, 2020

#11 - A Certain Hope - Assurance

Friday May 15, 2020

Assurance of salvation, it is the bedrock of growth in a Christian's life. You can't be all that you should be when you doubt your salvation. Some of the NT's most vehement passages of warning and rebuke refutes the legalism and works theology that threatens to subvert a Christian's assurance of salvation. Dr. Bing takes us through the importance of assurance and how it impacts a believers growth and spirituality.

Read more about security of salvation with Charlie's GraceNotes.

Sunday May 10, 2020

#10 - Grace to Be Strong (2 Corinthians 12:7-10)

Sunday May 10, 2020

Do you find yourself in difficult circumstances? You may be going through some type of suffering be it from COVID reprecussions or some other infirmity. Dr. Bing walks us through 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 and describes how to use grace to help us through trying times. Grace is not just a theological term, but becomes practical when we need help. It is when we feel weak that we can find the strength that God provides through the grace of the Lord Jesus. His grace is sufficient.

Saturday May 09, 2020

#9 - 10 Questions For Lordship Salvationists

Saturday May 09, 2020

This is a discussion led by Charlie on helping Christians graciously engage those who hold to Lordship theology.

In this discussion we should be reminded of 2 Tim. 2:24 - And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition.

With an attitude of grace we want to talk with other believers and ask key questions to understanding their perspective.

Charlie's has 10 questions, some include the following:

1. How do you know when you've really believed?
2. If salvation depends on your perseverance in faithfulness and good works, how can you know for sure you are saved?
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Wednesday May 06, 2020

#8 - Why Lordship Salvation Misses the Mark

Wednesday May 06, 2020

Dr. Bing speaks at a GES (Grace Evangelical Society) Conference on why lordship salvation misses the mark. Dr. Bing expounds on what Lordship salvation is and why it fails as a theological system as well its failure as a principle for living by grace.

For further reading, be sure to visit https://www.gracelife.org/resources/gracenotes and checkout Dr. Bing's GraceNotes:

The Lordship of Jesus Christ