Lordship
Salvation Exposed
By David J. Stewart
There
is a heresy going around in many of our churches today known as “Lordship
Salvation.” This false doctrine
teaches that a person must accept Jesus Christ as the “Lord of their
life” to be saved. Proponents (supporters)
of Lordship Salvation wrongly define “repentance” concerning salvation to mean a
literal forsaking of the act of sin in a person's life. So unless a person is
willing to cease from lifelong sinful bad habits, they are told they cannot be
saved because they have not repented. This nonsense is epidemic in America's
churches today.
To be saved, one must
turn in faith to Christ alone, believing on Him for the forgiveness of sins. Acts
20:21 speaks of "repentance TOWARD GOD." The Word of God
NEVER teaches repentance FROM sin to be saved; BUT, rather, repentance TOWARD
GOD.
Repentance is a change of mind concerning sin and the Savior. Childlike
faith is all that is required for salvation. If a person knows they are a
guilty sinner, bound for Hellfire, and turns in faith to Jesus Christ to forgive
their sins and save them--that person has repented.
What Is The Gospel?
The Bible teaches that we are saved by the power of
the gospel. Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to
the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” We are saved by believing the gospel.
Beware of ADDING more requirements that God did not add for someone to be saved.
What is the gospel? 1st Corinthians 15:1-4, “Moreover,
brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which
also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye
keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I
delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ
died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried,
and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.” As
you just read, the Bible defines the gospel as Jesus' death, burial and
resurrection from the dead three days later. The word “gospel” means “good news”
or “glad tidings.” So, Biblically, we are saved by believing (receiving) the
gospel as full payment for OUR SINS.
Today's radio preachers have strayed away from the
simple gospel message of Christ's DEATH, BURIAL and RESURRECTION. In sharp
contrast we hear nonsense about “inviting Jesus into one's heart” and “making a
commitment to Christ” or “having a relationship with Jesus” to be saved. May I
say, Judas had a relationship with Jesus and still went straight to Hell. You
had better believe the gospel truth! Christ died for our sins! He was buried! He
arose from the dead three days later!
Christ died and rose, that's history; Christ died and
rose for me, that's salvation!
The Error Of Expecting Everyone To Have The Same Salvation Experience As Saul
(Paul)
I recently heard a popular Baptist evangelist/radio
preacher, say that everyone should have the same Lordship salvation experience
as Paul (Saul) when he got saved. Kindly, that's wrong. Paul's conversion
experience was definitely out of the ordinary. You can read the full story in
Acts 9:1-16, but here are the primary Scriptures...
Acts 9:5-6, “And he said, Who art thou,
Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee
to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what
wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the
city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.”
It is wrong to demand this type of spectacular
experience from anyone to be saved. The Bible is filled with plenty examples of
saints who were saved quietly and without any sensationalism. Not everyone has
the same immediate dedication to serve God that Paul did. Paul was raised as a
Pharisee in the strictest sense of the law (Acts 26:5). Paul was a woeful threat
against the new Testament Church, Galatians 1:13, “For ye have heard of my
conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I
persecuted the church of God, and wasted it.”
God's Holy Spirit had been dealing with Saul's
heart for a long time, which is why God said to him in Acts 9:5... “it is hard
for thee to kick against the pricks.” The word “pricks” here means “a point,
that is, a sting or goad.” A “goad” is a long pole with a point on the end used
to poke at livestock (like cattle) to get the herd to move. It is very
effective! God had been poking at Saul's conscience for a long time, and now the
chickens finally came home to roost. When the Lord confronted Saul, he instantly
repented and asked God where to go from there. I love the story of Paul because
it shows that some of the most stubborn sinners also have the potential to
become the best Christians when they get saved.
Oh listen my friend,
Jesus Christ is the King of kings and Lord of Lords, the Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and the End, the Lamb of God, the Prince of peace, the Everlasting
Father, the Rose of Sharon, the Bright and Morning Star, the Lily of the Valley,
the Son of God, the Savior, the Way, the Truth and the Life, the Resurrection, the Door, the
Great Shepherd, the One and Only, the Redeemer, the Great Physician and Almighty
God of the entire universe!!!
These are all wonderful and accurate names for the precious Lord Jesus
Christ, but the only one that matters concerning our salvation is SAVIOR! Jesus
Christ is the Savior of all the world. Whether or not you receive Him as your
personal Savior is completely up to you. Your going to Heaven depends upon it.
Receive Christ As “Savior” To Be Saved,
Not “Lord And Savior”
We
often read in tracts that one must accept Jesus as “Lord and Savior” to be
saved. This heresy is not taught in the
Bible. Many Bible preachers and teachers use this
terminology in their preaching.
Let me say, there is a “growing-in-grace” period for the
believer in Christ. As a matter of fact, it is a life-long growing process. Being
born-again happens immediate, but the sanctification of the believer (conforming
us into the image of Christ) is a lifetime process.
No Christian can ever claim to have “arrived” in this fleshly body.
We are all sinners saved by God’s grace—deserving of hell. It matters not how good a Christian you may think you are, you are a
nobody without God. Immature believers
hypocritically point fingers, saying “He has sinned” and “She has sinned,” when
they ought to be saying “WE
HAVE SINNED!”
Listen to the
words of the apostle Paul in Galatians 6:3, “For
if a man think himself to be something, when
HE IS NOTHING,
he deceiveth himself.” There
are no big shots in the Church, only little shots. Jesus said that the greatest
are made to serve. Matthew 20:27, “And whosoever will be chief among you,
let him be your servant.” Jesus washed His disciple's dirty feet as an
example to us how to serve OTHERS. Yet, this has absolutely nothing to do with
salvation, which is a gift. DISCIPLESHIP and FELLOWSHIP are not the same as
SONSHIP. Some people attempt to use 1st John 1:6 to support the
Lordship Salvation heresy, “If we say that we have fellowship with
him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.” Please notice
that the subject is “fellowship” and not “sonship.” Sonship is established the
moment that we are born-again by the Spirit of God.
Oh the delusion of so many people, they think they’re God’s gift to
the world. Let me tell you, we are
nothing without God. The only good thing about any believer is the Lord Jesus
Christ. Apart from God, we are
simply wicked, hell-deserving, sinners. Don’t
misunderstand the Bible, we are special to God and the object of His love—so
much so that He laid down His own life for us.
However, Jesus Christ will never truly be in absolute control of our life
until we are rid of this earthly body. Question:
how much would a person have to make Jesus the Lord of their life to be saved? The answer is simple, none. Why? Because you can do NOTHING of your own to merit God’s free gift of eternal life—it was paid for by Jesus alone. It is silly and wicked for anyone to teach that a person must make
Jesus the Lord of their life to be saved.
A person only needs to trust the Lord
for salvation, not dedicate their life to serve Him. In
John 12:42-43 we read that “many” of the chief Jewish rulers believed on Jesus,
but secretly so for fear of being kicked out of the synagogue by the unbelieving
Pharisees. The Bible says they valued the praise of men more than the praise of
God. Here we plainly see that these chief rulers hadn't received Jesus as Lord
of their life. John 12:42-43, “Nevertheless among the chief rulers also
many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him,
lest they should be put out of the synagogue: For they loved the praise of men
more than the praise of God.”
Recognizing Christ as the Master of your life has nothing to do with being saved. You need NOT do anything to be saved except admit
that you’re a sinner and believe the gospel. The
only sin which you must literally forsake to be saved is
the sin of unbelief! Since unbelief
is the only sin that can keep a person out of Heaven, it is the only sin which
must literally be forsaken to be saved. When a lost sinner turns to Christ for salvation, they have just turned
from their unbelief (this is repentance, a turning point, a change of mind).
John 3:20 Explains The
Meaning Of Repentance
John 3:20, “For every one
that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light,
lest his deeds should be reproved.”
John 3:20 is
an excellent Scripture to help us understand what it means to “repent”
concerning salvation. Jesus teaches in John 3:20 that unsaved people who love
their sins WON'T come to the light to be saved. John 5:40, “And ye will
not come to me, that ye might have life.” Notice that jesus didn't
say “ye cannot come”; but rather, “ye will not come.”
The Lord teaches
that people who love their sinful lifestyle WON'T come to the light to be saved,
to avoid being reproved for their sins. That is, they don't want to face the
realization that the life they are living is wickedness. The heathen world
doesn't want to feel guilty for their sins.
The light is the
gospel (good news) of Jesus Christ Who died, was buried and resurrected. 2nd
Corinthians 4:4, “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them
which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,
who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” Since the unsaved man
refuses to come to the light of the gospel to be saved because he loves his
sins, then it becomes clear that the man who repents has changed his mind and is
now coming to Christ to be saved. The very act of coming to Jesus Christ to be
forgiven of one's sins is plain evidence that repentance has taken place. All
that God requires to be saved (concerning sin) is that a person admit they have
a sin problem.
Mark 1:15, “And
saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent
ye, and believe the gospel.” The Greek word for “repent” in this
Scripture is metanoeo and means “a change of mind.” Notice that
repentance concerning salvation is a change of mind and not a change
of lifestyle. Although the Bible does not specify what the change of mind
is, John 3:20 provides the answer for us.
The word “reproved”
in John 3:20 is the Greek word elegchō and means “to confute, admonish:
- convict, convince, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove.” The word “confute” means
“to prove false or wrong.” The ungodly world do not want to be told that their
sexual immorality, drunkenness and abortions are sinful and wrong. Thus, they
rename the sin of sexual immorality to “sexual freedom.” The sin of drunkenness
is now called “a disease.” The sin of abortion has been renamed to “freedom of
choice.” And the vile sin of homosexuality is now considered an “alternative
lifestyle.” The Bible calls these acts “sin.”
Again, the word
“confute” means “to prove false or wrong.” Unsaved heathens don't want to be
proven wrong concerning their sins. That's why they won't come to the light
(truth) of the gospel to be saved. No one likes to be told that they are doing
wrong and are sinning against God. Homosexuals don't want to be proven wrong
concerning their same-sex perversion. Abortionists don't want to be proven wrong
regarding their mass-murdering of human life. Unrepentant sinners don't want to
be proven false or wrong!
Lordship Salvation Eliminates Growth in
Grace
Jesus
said in John 3:16, “For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.” That settles it! The doctrine of Lordship Salvation is dangerous because it adds to what
Jesus said concerning salvation. Jesus
said, “whosoever believeth in Him should not perish.” For Christ to be the Lord of your life means that you have given Him
complete control of your life. Though
this would be a wonderful change in the life of any believer, it is NOT a
requirement for salvation.
Again,
the Bible speaks of “growing in grace” ... “But GROW IN GRACE,
and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both
now and for ever. Amen” (2nd Peter
3:18). Every new convert needs to
grow in grace. It is impossible for a new believer in Christ to have the
understanding and discernment that a mature Christian would have. How
can a newborn baby run a marathon without first learning to walk, and how can he
or she walk until they first learn to crawl?
1st Peter 2:2, “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may
GROW thereby.”
The Christian life is all about changing. Moment-by-moment,
we must ask the Holy Spirit to show us areas in our life that need improvement,
as we obey the Word of God.
Salvation is simple, men make it complicated. Many people are confused on this subject. God wants nothing from you to be saved.
Eternal life is a free gift, paid for by Christ's precious blood (1st Peter
1:18-19).
As a matter of fact, only those who come to Jesus empty-handed will ever
be saved. Just admit that you are a sinner
(repent) and believe the gospel.
Repent And Believe To Be Saved.
Lordship Salvation Adds To The Simple Plan
Of Salvation
I
cannot say for sure whether or not these Lordship salvation folks are saved, I
do believe they are sincere. What
I am saying is that the doctrine of Lordship salvation is of the devil.
Salvation is a FREE GIFT of God and we must NOT add or subtract anything
from it. Jesus paid a debt He
did not owe because we owed a debt we could not pay. The
price has been paid in full by Christ's precious literal, physical, blood. All we
need to do is accept the free gift of eternal life. “Therefore as by the
offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the
righteousness of one the FREE
GIFT came upon all men unto
justification of life” (Romans 5:18). Eternal life is a free gift to each and every one of us, paid for by the
precious blood of Jesus Christ.
The
Devil is a trickster my friend—he is a busy beaver, working to kill, steal and
destroy. I am not saying that every
preacher who says to receive Christ as your “Lord and Savior” is a heretic. A
lot of the old-time preachers used that phrase, but meant it very differently
than false teachers do today. The Roman Catholic religion has infiltrated many
of our religious circles, introducing works salvation into our churches. The
heresy of Lordship Salvation teaches that faith in the Lord is not enough
to be saved; but rather, some degree of self-righteous works are also required,
although they deny that such works are self-righteous. They certainly are
self-righteous! Adding anything to simple faith in the gospel is a false gospel
of self-righteousness!!!
It only took God one day to take Israel out of Egypt, but it took God
forty years to take Egypt out of Israel. Think
about that! Though
many of the Israelites who wandered in the wilderness were saved, they never saw
the Promised Land. In the same way,
we are saved the moment we trust upon Christ; however, it takes God a
lifetime to straighten us out. Everyone's
life is a mess! This
does NOT mean we are not saved, it simply means that we still have a lot of
spiritual growing-up to do. Whether
Jesus is the Lord of your life or not, you simply need only trust the Lord as
your Savior to be
saved.
Anyone
who adds anything to simple faith in Christ is wrong. Salvation is NOT found in good deeds or merit, it is NOT
found in religion or behavior, it is NOT found in giving up sins or turning over
a new leaf, it is NOT found in being kind or giving away lots of money, it is
NOT found in how good a person you may think you are—salvation is found in
a person, Jesus Christ.
I
recently heard on the news of a man who won $3 billion (that’s billion with a
big B) in a lawsuit settlement. He
developed lung cancer from smoking cigarettes all his life. The cancer had now spread to his liver and to his brain. Needless to say, this man won’t make it much longer. Death is right around the corner. What
good is $3,000,000,000 if you can’t enjoy it? I wonder if this man is ready to die?
Is he saved? Will he go to
heaven or hell for all eternity? How
about you, are you ready to die? Are
you right with God? Do you know
what it means to be right with God? Let’s
see what the Bible says, “Therefore
being justified by faith, we have PEACE
WITH GOD through our Lord
Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1).
Anyone can have peace with God. We
must come to God the Father through the Son Jesus Christ.
Do you believe that Jesus is God’s Son Who came to this earth as God
Almighty in the flesh? Do you believe that Jesus is Almighty God today?
Do you believe He died in your place to pay for your sins and redeem you
from hell? Do you believe Jesus was
crucified, buried and raised up after three days? If so, won’t you trust Christ now as your personal Savior if you’ve
never done so? If you will simply confess to God that you are a wicked
sinner, deserving of hell and receive the gospel as full payment for your sins,
then you will be immediately forgiven and saved eternally.
You don’t need to make
Jesus the Lord of your life to be saved; but rather,
just believe that Christ died for YOUR SINS and has risen from the dead. Do you
believe? Have you made Christ's payment upon the cross your hope for Heaven? You don’t need to
cease from sinful bad habits to be saved. There's only one sin that a person
must literally forsake to be saved and that is the sin of UNBELIEF. The only sin
that can keep a man out of Heaven is unbelief; so that's the only sin which must
literally be forsaken to get saved.
Sorrow Over Sins Not Required For
Salvation
The Bible never requires a person to feel the emotion
of sorrow over sins to be saved. Instead, God simply requires us to have a
change of mind (the Biblical meaning of repentance) concerning sin that
compels us to believe the gospel to be saved. Feeling guilt over sin is not
repentance; but rather, acknowledging one's guilt is repentance unto salvation.
Romans 3:19, “Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to
them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the
world may become guilty before God.” The law of God diagnoses man's
problem, which is SIN! Christ is the solution!
Jesus never told anyone to give up their sins to be saved, He simply asked us to
believe on Him (John 6:40). All Jesus wants from us is simple childlike faith. Jesus didn't require
people to give up their sins to be saved, He saved them and then told them
afterwards to go and sin no more, Jesus
said, “...go, and sin no more”
(John 8:11). To be saved, a person needs only to confess their own sins
and seek Christ's forgiveness; hence, they have
repented.
The False Repentance Of Judas
“Then Judas, which
had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented
himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests
and elders.” —Matthew 27:3
Did you know that Judas
repented? Read our text verse above in Matthew 27:1. Yes, Judas repented, but he
still hung himself and went straight to Hell forever. Why? It's because Judas
was only sorry for what he had done. A different Greek word is used for
“repented” in Matthew 27:1 (which means “to feel remorse afterwards”) than the
Greek word “repent” in Mark 1:15 (which means, “a change of mind”). Mark
1:15, “...repent ye, and believe the gospel.” Notice that the Bible
doesn't say to repent and turn from sin; but rather, repent and BELIEVE THE
GOSPEL.
The only turning from sin
that God requires for salvation is the admission of our sinnership, the
renouncement of our sins, the realization of our guilt. It simply means that
whereas we used to defend our sins as an unsaved person, now we've had a change
of mind and say, “I have sinned and am guilty in God's eyes.” Biblical
repentance is turning to the Lord to be forgiven of our sins. So we see that
genuine repentance unto salvation and belief are inseparable.
God gave us the Law to
show us the awfulness of our sins (Romans 7:13), to convince us of our GUILT OF
SIN (Romans 3:19). Thus, we MUST come to Christ for salvation as a sinner. This
is the only extent to which a person must “turn from sin” to be saved. God only
saves “THE UNGODLY” (Romans 4:5). To require a change of lifestyle is a
works-based false gospel. To “repent” concerning salvation means “a change of
mind” (not a change of lifestyle). Whereas an unsaved person used to defend
their sins and live shamelessly in shameful sin without guilt, now there has
been a change of mind and they desire forgiveness in Christ, knowing that
they've broken God's Law and deserve to be punished. The Law points us as
SINNERS to Jesus Christ the SAVIOR to be saved (Galatians 3:25-26).
I wrote this article
because there are some people who errantly say that believing on Christ is
sufficient to save a person who does not come as a guilty sinner. Judas is a
perfect example of what I am saying. The Bible says that Judas “repented”
(Greek: metamellomaiin, meaning, “to regret”) in Matthew 27:3. Yet, Jesus
said Judas had a devil (John 6:70). Judas didn't repent toward God in faith to
be saved; but rather, he felt regret that he got caught for betraying the Lord.
Judas brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the Pharisees, but they refused
it. Judas cast down the coins on the floor and went and hanged himself (Matthew
27:5).
Turning from the act of
sin is not salvation. The false repentance of Judas evidences this truth. This
is why I wrote this article. I am NOT adding a step to salvation which the Bible
does not teach. There are NO STEPS to salvation. I am simply warning everyone
that there is a false form of salvation, a false type of repentance, that
professes faith in Christ without Biblical repentance (which is simple “a change
of mind,” where a person becomes “GUILTY BEFORE GOD” in their own eyes as Romans
2:19 teaches).
Jesus Is The Savior Of All Men
Read the following precious Scripture, which
teaches that Jesus is the Savior of all men, SPECIALLY of them that
believe...
1st Timothy 4:10, “For therefore we both
labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is
the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.”
Jesus is everyone's Savior. The question is
have you received Him as your Savior...
John 1:12, “But as many as received
him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that
believe on his name.”
Let us ponder the words of Jesus, who said in
John 6:37, “...him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” Any
sinner who sincerely wants to be saved, may be saved, if he'll simply come
by way of the cross of Jesus. Jesus didn't say that He would turn
someone away who is covetous or a drunkard; but rather, He promised not to
turn anyone away for any reason!!!
Never let anyone lead you astray from the simplicity of
God’s Word. The “growing in
grace” process is a lifetime process. No believer is without fault or sin. If we as believers had to meet a certain standard for Jesus to be our
Lord, then NONE of us would qualify.
Mark 1:15 — “Change Your Mind” And Believe The Gospel
In the Gospel
of John we find the words “believe” and “believed” mentioned 85 times, but
the word “repent” is not mentioned even once. Clearly, the person who
believes on Christ has repented, and the person who repents has believed.
Repentance is a change of mind that compels a person to place their faith in
the gospel of Jesus Christ to be saved, and these things happen at the same
time. Let's replace the word “Repent” in Mark 1:15 with the Greek meaning of
repentance, which is “a change of mind.” So instead of saying, “Repent, and
believe the gospel,” we could literally say, “Change your mind and believe
the gospel.” This is the Biblical interpretation of Mark 1:15.
It is a false
understanding to teach Mark 1:15 as turning away from the act of sin (e.g.,
drunkenness, stealing, adultery, et cetera) as a prerequisite to placing
one's faith in Christ. That is known as the heresy of “Lordship Salvation.”
Christ is already the Savior and Lord of all mankind. You don't make Jesus
Lord, He is Lord. Albeit, we each must receive Christ as our Savior to be
saved; and then as our Lord as we follow Christ in fellowship and
discipleship. Contrary to wrong teaching, you don't have to receive Christ
as “Lord” to get saved. It is a false gospel to say that “Jesus is either
Lord of all or He's not Lord at all.” That's a false statement.
King Solomon
was saved, but he was backslidden. 1st Kings 11:4, “For it came to
pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other
gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the
heart of David his father.” It is possible to be saved, but not sold
out for God. We read in John 12:42 that “many” of the Jewish chief rulers
“believed” on Jesus as the Christ, but they were afraid to tell anyone.
Clearly, these rulers DIDN'T honor Christ as the Lord of their life. Verse
43 plainly tells us that these saved rulers loved the praise of men more
than from God. John 12:42, “Nevertheless among the chief rulers also
many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not
confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue. For they loved
the praise of men more than the praise of God.”
What has
happened in our church circles is that many people are sick and tired of
shallow believers who continue in open sinfulness; so they have perverted
the gospel message in an unscriptural attempt to force people to depart from
a lifestyle of sin. Granted, many people who profess to be saved aren't; but
we must never alter or change the gospel to cater to our human agendas, or
to force people to live an upright life. The manner in which a person lives
has absolutely nothing to do with salvation.
Don't Try To Work Out God's Salvation
Also, notice in
the Bible that we are admonished to “WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION” and not
GOD'S SALVATION. Philippians 2:12, “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have
always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,
work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” We have
no part in God's salvation. John 1:12-13, “But as many as received
him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that
believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” Dr. Jack Hyles
does an excellent job explaining this awesome truth in his timeless book, “SALVATION
IS MORE THAN BEING SAVED.”
Christ died,
that's history; Christ died for me, that's salvation. Salvation is as simple
as coming to Christ as a sinner to be saved. It's
easy to be saved. Anyone is saved who receives
the gospel as full-payment for their sins. HE IS RISEN!!!
Salvation is a
miracle of God in response to our faith. Salvation is a miraculous, new,
second, spiritual, BIRTH! Salvation is instant, that is, being born-again is
immediate. However, sanctification takes a lifetime. Discipleship is an
ongoing process, so also is fellowship; but Sonship is instant the second
that we believe the gospel, irrevocable. We are immediately SAVED BY FAITH
IN JESUS; but living a consecrated life requires time, until a believer
grows in grace to the point where they are ready to DIE WITH CHRIST, RISE
WITH CHRIST and ASCEND WITH CHRIST...
The Saved, Crucified, Resurrected And Ascended Life
(awesome MP3 sermon by Dr.
Jack Hyles
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