Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace
Want answers to all of the tough verses that Arminians throw at you? Get my book that answers just about all of them.
Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace provides both believers, and opponents, of the doctrine of Sovereign Grace with a Bible study outline which addresses and properly interprets a comprehensive list of over 150 Bible verses that are either difficult to reconcile with other verses which clearly teach sovereign grace, or are commonly misinterpreted to support decisional regeneration, works-based salvation, etc. The goal of this book is to root Arminianism out every verse.
If you believe in Sovereign Grace, you surely have heard questions or comments like these.
What about John 3:16
The Bible says that Jesus died for the whole world. (1Jo 2:2)
The Bible says “whosover will.” (Rev 22:17)
God is not willing that any should perish. (2Pe 3:9)
God will have all men to be saved. (1Ti 2:4)
This book will show you how these verses, and nearly 150 others which Arminians use, reconcile with (rather than contradict) all the verses in the Bible that teach that God sovereignly saves only His elect whom He hath chosen.
Problem Text for Sovereign Grace Sermons
Preliminary Sermons
The following are links to the initial sermons in the Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace series which lay the ground work for understanding Sovereign Grace.
- Bible Interpretation
- Total Depravity
- Unconditional Election
- Limited Atonement
- Irresistible Grace
- Preservation of the Saints
- Eternal Salvation
- Temporal Salvation (Part 1)
- Temporal Salvation (Part 2)
- Effectual Justification
- Evidential Justification
- Two Forgivenesses - Eternal and Temporal
- Universal Language - All Men, Every Man, The World
Problem Text Verses Explained
The following are verses which opponents of the doctrine of Sovereign Grace use to try to contradict this Biblical doctrine. Each verse is a link to an outline and MP3 recording of a Bible Study in which the verse was properly interpreted and explained.
- Eze 18:21-24
- Eze 33:11-19
- Mat 5:29-30
- Mat 6:14-15
- Mat 7:13-14
- Mat 7:15-20
- Mat 7:21
- Mat 10:22
- Mat 10:32-33
- Mat 12:31-32
- Mat 13:11-15 (Part 1)
- Mat 13:11-15 (Part 2)
- Mat 13:18-23
- Mat 18:8-9
- Mat 18:14
- Mat 18:35
- Mat 23:37
- Mat 24:13
- Mar 1:4
- Mar 2:5
- Mar 3:28-29
- Mar 4:11-12
- Mar 4:14-20
- Mar 11:25-26
- Mar 13:13
- Mar 16:16
- Luk 3:3
- Luk 3:9
- Luk 5:20
- Luk 6:43-45
- Luk 7:48, 50
- Luk 8:11-15
- Luk 12:8-9
- Luk 12:10
- Luk 13:24
- Luk 15:24
- Luk 18:42
- Luk 19:9-10
- Joh 1:7
- Joh 1:9
- Joh 1:12
- Joh 1:29
- Joh 3:15
- Joh 3:16
- Joh 3:17
- Joh 3:18
- Joh 3:36
- Joh 4:10
- Joh 4:36
- Joh 4:42
- Joh 5:24
- Joh 5:34
- Joh 5:40
- Joh 6:40
- Joh 6:47
- Joh 6:50-58
- Joh 7:37-39
- Joh 8:24
- Joh 10:9
- Joh 11:25-26
- Joh 12:32
- Joh 12:36
- Joh 12:46
- Joh 15:1-8
- Joh 20:31
- Act 2:38
- Act 3:19
- Act 10:43
- Act 11:14
- Act 11:18
- Act 13:39
- Act 15:9
- Act 16:30-31
- Act 17:30
- Act 22:16
- Act 26:18
- Rom 1:16-17
- Rom 3:21-31
- Rom 4:3, 5, 9, 22, 24
- Rom 4:13, 16
- Rom 5:1-2
- Rom 5:15, 18-19
- Rom 9:30-33
- Rom 10:4
- Rom 10:6
- Rom 10:9-10
- Rom 10:13
- Rom 11:14, 15, 20-23, 32
- Rom 12:3
- 1Co 1:18
- 1Co 1:21
- 1Co 9:22
- 1Co 10:33
- 1Co 15:2
- 1Co 15:22
- 2Co 5:14-15
- 2Co 5:19-20
- 2Co 13:5
- Gal 2:16
- Gal 3:2
- Gal 3:6
- Gal 3:8
- Gal 3:14
- Gal 3:22
- Gal 3:24
- Gal 3:26
- Gal 5:4
- Eph 1:13
- Eph 2:8
- Eph 3:6
- Eph 4:24
- Phi 1:19
- Phi 2:12
- Phi 3:9
- Col 1:21-23
- 1Th 1:4-5
- 1Th 2:16
- 2Th 1:7-9
- 2Th 2:10-12
- 2Th 2:13-14
- 1Ti 1:16
- 1Ti 2:4-6
- 1Ti 4:10
- 2Ti 2:10
- 2Ti 2:12
- 2Ti 3:15
- Tit 2:11-12
- Heb 2:1-3
- Heb 2:9
- Heb 3:6,14
- Heb 3:17-19
- Heb 4:1-11
- Heb 5:9
- Heb 6:4-6
- Heb 7:25
- Heb 10:10
- Heb 10:26-38
- Heb 12:14-17
- Jam 1:12
- Jam 1:18
- Jam 1:21
- Jam 2:14-26
- Jam 5:19-20
- 1Pe 1:5
- 1Pe 1:9
- 1Pe 1:22
- 1Pe 1:23
- 1Pe 3:21
- 1Pe 4:6
- 2Pe 1:10-11
- 2Pe 2:1-3
- 2Pe 2:20-22
- 2Pe 3:9
- 1Jo 1:9
- 1Jo 2:2
- 1Jo 4:14
- 1Jo 5:11-12
- Jud 1:22-23
- Rev 2:7
- Rev 2:11
- Rev 2:17
- Rev 2:26
- Rev 3:5
- Rev 3:12
- Rev 3:20-21
- Rev 21:6-7
- Rev 22:14
- Rev 22:17
- Rev 22:19