Simply By Grace Podcast

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? more...

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

The last in this series on Ecclesiastes, Dr. Bing takes us through the warnings about watching your words, knowing that a fool's voice is known by his many words and a wise person by few. Honor God by the things we say.

Ecclesiastes written by Solomon as an honest perspective about the world. Some things are still a puzzlement to him though and he mentions the word vanity 38 times. Solomon expresses it as a form of futility. In this chapter Dr. Bing walks us through Solomon's view on work and how work can often be futile. So how do you make work worthwhile? What attitude and perspective should you have on work? We all have to work, but there are extremes, laziness to making it your entire life. So let's look at why work can be a vanity or futility and how to have a proper perspective on this gift God has given us.

"under the sun"...this phrase appears 29 times in the book of Ecclesiastes, and it is used by Solomon to describe what life is like in the human dimension without God. It's what life looks like here in our world. In this chapter Dr. Bing walks us through Solomon's observation that there's injustice in the world. From shootings to pandemics, iniquity is there. If there is a good God, why does he let bad things happen? Why would he allow them? How do we deal with it? It's not until the end of the book that Solomon describes how to view life differently, from God's perspective.

Ecclesiastes is really about when we don't really understand life, we should trust God anyway. Dr. Bing takes us through chapter 2 and in it he talks about the timing of events in our life, not just why, but when. We seem to question why things happen, but not often think about when. For example, how do we make sense of the timing of tragedy or challenges in life? Let's remind ourselves of life's vanity (incomprehensibleness) and see what the wisdom of Solomon helps us understand God's timing in our lives.

We all want to have a good life, we all want to chase a good life. Do we ever really catch the good life by chasing after wordly things like a better home, location, cars, or other possessions? Most people don't find the good life by catching success, but by rejoicing in something that's beyond this world. People look for fulfillment and some people try to fill that emptiness with many things. So what do we fill our life with?

Dr. Bing begins walking us through Ecclesiastes and addressing questions like, How do we find success to significance? How do we find meaning in our life? Most people live a life of quiet desperation, yet we should number our days with wisdom (Psalm 90:12). Don't just count your days, make your days count. Don't just measure success, measure significance in the eyes of the Lord. By following the wisdom of King Solomon in the scriptures, we can find true significance and meaning in our lives.