Enjoy the Bible Ministries® · Keith R. Blades
The 7 Volition Testing Points
in the Gospel of Christ · Romans 1:16–3:26
EBM Gospel Tracts are a set of 20 sound gospel tracts — sound because the message of each tract is clear and plain with respect to "the gospel of Christ," especially regarding what it means to "believe in Jesus" for justification unto eternal life. God's sole requirement of faith alone in Christ alone as one's all-sufficient Savior is not misstated, perverted, or muddled up by means of any erroneous or defective terminology.
These tracts are also unique in that each one is written to specifically address and deal with a person at one or more of the major volition testing points contained in "the gospel of Christ." There are 7 major volition testing points progressively encountered one after the other as one proceeds through the gospel from Romans 1:16 to 3:26 — beginning with the testing of a person's volition regarding the basic light of God Consciousness, and proceeding until the volition is confronted with the truth of "the redemption which is in Christ Jesus."
This 40-page booklet explains the 7 major volition testing points and is a great companion to the 20 Gospel Tracts. We are pleased to share that plans are underway to make the individual tracts available again — stay tuned for updates.
Learn more about the booklet — EBM Gospel Tracts →
Three tracts specifically designed to deal with someone who is not responding positively to the basic light of God Consciousness. Two address someone whose negative response takes the form of atheism or agnosticism; the third addresses someone who professes belief in a god, but not the "true and living God" of the Bible.
Associated Tracts
But…What If You Are Wrong?
Addresses the reader as one convinced that modern science has proven God does not exist. Appeals to him to honestly consider the possibility that he is wrong and the consequences he will suffer if he is.
Is That Your Final Answer?
Written as a conversation between a Christian and one who professes not to believe in God. The reader naturally identifies with the atheistic thinking and is appealed to with the same honesty of heart.
Could You Possibly Be Worshipping The Wrong God?
Addresses one who professes belief in God, but not the "true and living God" of the Bible. Challenges the reader to honestly consider the possibility that he is worshipping the wrong God — and what Romans 1:18 declares about it.
Two tracts specifically designed to deal with someone who has responded positively to the light of God Consciousness but has not honestly dealt with the fact that "the wrath of God" is revealed from heaven against him as the ungodly and unrighteous person that he is.
Associated Tracts
Escape From Wrath? What In The World Are You Talking About?
Confronts the reader with the fact that "the wrath of God" is real and that he needs an escape before it is too late. Appeals to him to honestly see himself as worthy of God's wrath per Romans 1:18–32, then proclaims the good news of escape through Christ.
What Does Your Genealogy Tell You About Yourself?
Connects the reader's interest in genealogy with Romans 1:18–32 — showing that all men possess an ungodly genealogy in God's sight, headed for an encounter with God's wrath and eternal damnation.
Three tracts designed for someone who thinks he will escape the judgment of God because he lives a pretty good life — someone who has responded positively to both God Consciousness and Wrath Consciousness, but is thinking and doing the very thing Paul addresses in Romans 2:1–11.
Associated Tracts
You May Be Good, But Are You Perfectly Righteous In God's Sight?
Focuses on the fact that only perfect righteousness satisfies God's justice. Comparative goodness will not do — and the reader must face that he does not have it on his own.
Do You Really Want A Fair Deal From God?
Exposes the folly of "all I want from God is a fair deal." Uses Romans 2:3–4 to confront the error, then presents the only way to have perfect righteousness — freely given by God in response to faith in Christ.
Do You Have Genuine Peace With God?
Addresses the erroneous notion of having "made one's peace with God" by turning one's life around. Proclaims that though it is impossible to make one's own peace with God, God has made it possible through the redemption in Christ Jesus.
Two tracts designed for someone who thinks he has something to say in his behalf which ought to mitigate his guilt in God's sight — or somehow make it so that God either won't, or can't, judge him as harshly as others.
Associated Tracts
Do You Have Something To Say For Yourself In Extenuation?
Addresses common ideas people offer as extenuating circumstances, then shows from Romans 2:12–29 that there are none. The appeal is to accept God's offer to have all charges dropped and be justified in His sight.
It's Not My Fault!
Focuses on common attempts to shift blame for sin to someone or something else. Appeals to the reader to stop shifting blame and accept God's gracious offer to forgive him all his sins and eternally justify him.
Two tracts designed for those who have stubbornly responded with indifference, disdain, scoffing, closed ears, dishonesty of heart, and the like, to previous attempts to tell them about "the gospel of Christ."
Associated Tracts
Is Your Damnation Just?
Focuses on the fact that the reader is headed for eternal damnation in spite of his negative response. Appeals to him to consider again what "the gospel of Christ" declares — every moment in unbelief is jeopardy, and sooner or later it will be too late.
Is This Talking About You?
Uses Romans 3:8 to ask whether the reader qualifies as one to whom Paul would declare "whose damnation is just." Briefly describes what damnation is like and appeals to him to reconsider before it is too late.
Two tracts designed to emphatically confirm that everyone is "under sin" and therefore "guilty before God" — confronting the reader with the full legal weight of his guilt and the judicial consequences he faces.
Associated Tracts
Guilty As Charged! I Hereby Sentence You To…
Tells the reader that God's Perfect Justice charges him as an unrighteous sinner — undeniably guilty as charged — and that the judicial sentence is "everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord." Then proclaims how God in His grace is offering to freely pardon and justify him through Christ.
Can You Survive The Death Penalty?
Focuses on the horror of the death penalty: the reader is already charged, convicted, and sentenced to death by God's Perfect Justice. Appeals to him to respond to God's offer to have all charges dropped and his death sentence revoked through the redemptive work of Christ.
Six tracts for this final volition testing point — the issue of being justified unto eternal life in God's sight. Two deal with this in a general sense; four are a special set addressing and exposing the most common truth-perverting gospel clichés in use today.
General Tracts
It's Not Too Good To Be True; But It Surely Is Too Good To Be Missed
Deals with resistance to the fact that God justifies a person in response to faith alone — addressing two common reasons why people think justification by faith alone is "too good to be true." Concludes with an appeal to have faith alone in Christ alone.
But What About These Verses?
Addresses the difficulty that arises when a person fails to "rightly divide the word of truth" and appeals to verses commonly misused to argue for works in justification. Demonstrates that justification unto eternal life truly is by grace through faith alone.
Gospel Cliché Tracts — Special Set
In view of the common perversions of "the gospel of Christ" due to frequently used misleading gospel clichés, this special set of four larger-sized tracts each deals with one of the most common truth-perverting clichés. The full text of each can be read online.
"Give Your Heart and Life to the Lord"
A Perversion of The Gospel of Christ
"Turn From Your Sins and Receive Jesus Christ into Your Heart"
A Perversion of The Gospel of Christ
"Make Jesus The Lord Of Your Life"
A Perversion of The Gospel of Christ
"Invite Jesus into Your Heart"
A Perversion of The Gospel of Christ
General tracts available at our Bookstore.