An Interview with Joel Beeke

At a recent G3 National Conference, we had the chance to sit down with Joel Beeke and ask him several important questions regarding the doctrine of God and the Christian faith.
00:00 Can you provide a definition of the sovereignty of God?
01:14 Why are people offended by the sovereignty of God?
03:21 When the Bible says that we need to be saved, what exactly does that mean?
05:47 How important is the ordo salutis?
10:21 Is faith a gift from God?
11:40 Why must the church guard against any form of works-based salvation?
12:30 How important is sanctification for the believer?
16:33 What should we think of when we think of the glory of God?
18:25 What does it mean when we are promised to one day be glorified?
20:09 What is the greatest need facing the church during this hour?
25:10 How is G3 a blessing to you personally and to the church of Jesus?
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[@allcleanenterpise]

We have been brought the Gospel as we stand as hell deserving sinners. I so appreciate the transparency of sound brethren. Bless the Lord for His double obedience to save a wretched like me !!

[@k.s.obrien9459]

Thank you for this G3. Dr. Beeke is such a blessing.

[@juniortupua3856]

Great teaching ! Bless you !

[@dustinpizango811]

Amén 🙏!!

[@DH-vy8hw]

In sanctification, is there an order as well? If it's synergistic, then it ultimately is up to me to sanctify myself, no?

[@Bibliotechno]

Coram Deo

[@wardashimon-australia33]

The Gospel:
Plain and
Simple
“But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent
beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your
minds should be corrupted from the simplicity
that is in Christ.” - 2 Corithians 11:3
Ask someone today if they are saved and
you will most likely hear responses like these:
“I have accepted Jesus into my heart.” Or “I
have made him Lord of my life.” “I’ve been
baptized.” “I said a prayer.” Sounds all good
and churchy don’t it; but it is difficult to de-termine whether or not a person actually
knows the gospel that saves them. These use￾less phrases don’t describe a thing about what
the gospel is and has left a devastating effect
of people not knowing what it is that they are
saved from nor how they are saved; which
leaves a more serious effect of people ques￾tioning their salvation.
Let’s not muddy the simplicity of salva￾tion that is in Christ with vague church
sounding phrases that do not communicate
anything. But rather present God’s word with
clarity and assuredness. So here is the gospel:
plain and simple.
Sin was passed upon all men by one man
Adam, and death is a consequence of this sin
(Rom 5:12). Mankind has an eternal destiny of
condemnation and wrath - Hell - because of
this sin (Rom 6:23). No matter what good
works one might do we are still found sinners
in the sight of our Creator God. And all un￾righteousness and those who follow get in￾dignation and wrath. We cannot be found
righteous for by God’s law we are found sin￾ners (Rom 3:19-20). If we have broken even
one law we are found guilty.
It is for this reason of not being able to
create our own righteousness and being born
in a sinful flesh that we need a savior (Titus
3:5). Christ is that Savior, God manifested in
the flesh, sinless, died in our place on a cross
2000 years ago. Taking upon him the wrath
and judgement that was intended for us sin￾ners. And it is through his bloodshed, burial,
and resurrection on our behalf that we are
able to have peace with God and forgiveness
of our sins (1 Cor 15:1-4, Col 3:14). This good
news is unto all but only those that believe in
it are made righteous in Christ (Romans
3:22).
It is then after we have heard this good
news of Christ’s righteousness available to us freely, that we are sealed with the Holy Spirit
and we are now part of Christ’s body the
church (Eph 1:13)
There is nothing that we need to do, no
good works that are required, and no bad
works that can separate us from our new po￾sition in Christ (Romans 8:35-39).
Faith and belief in this information from
God’s word is the gospel.
The gospel is not accepting Jesus into your
heart. The gospel is not making him lord of
your life, it is not saying a prayer and it is not
being baptized with water.
So next time someone asks you if you are
saved. Give them the clear assured answer
“Yes! And let me tell you why!”
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