"But
though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto
you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be
accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man
preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let
him be accursed." Galatians 1:8,9
The importance of this question can't be overestimated in
relation to both salvation and sanctification. The message of
faith only and the message of commitment of life can't both be
the gospel; therefore, one of them is a false gospel and come
under the curse of perverting the gospel or preaching another
gospel.
"It is an inexcusable error to confront sinners with problems
that concern the Christian life and call upon them to make
promises regarding them. An unsaved person is never called upon
to surrender himself to God. The saving act is in no instance
represented as our 'giving ourselves to God'; it is, on the
contrary, taking His Son as our Savior." Ryrie, Charles.
Balancing the Christian Life. Moody Press, Inc., 1969 (p. 170).
"The second approach finds faith in the gospel alone an 'easy
Believism' and seeks to add something to faith in order to
accomplish salvation. To repent is to 'change one's mind,' and
to believe is to remove one's trust from that in which it has
rested and place it in Christ." Howard, William. "Is Faith
Enough to Save?" Bibliotheca Sacra. January-March, 1942 (p.99).
"This kind of faith is not 'easy believism'. It is not easy to
say, 'I can't save myself, I must recognize that there is
something wrong with me, and I must seek help from someone
else.'" Hook, H. Phillip. "A Biblical Definition of Saving
Faith." Bibliotheca Sacra. April-June, 1964 (p. 133, 138).
"Eternal life is free. Discipleship is immeasurably hard. The
former is attained by faith alone, the latter by a faith that
works... the former brings with it the righteousness of God so
that a man is 'justified freely by his grace' (Romans 3:24). The
latter develops a personal righteousness, based on good deeds,
so that a man was also 'justified by works' (James 2:24). The
former constituted the believer God's workmanship, the latter
fulfilled the wonderful purpose for which he had been created.
The former cost man nothing, the latter could cost him
everything, including life itself." Hodges, Zane C. The Hungry
Inherit. Moody Press, Inc., 1972 (p. 114, 115).
"There is a vast difference between coming to Jesus for
salvation and coming after Jesus for service. Coming to Christ
makes one a believer, while coming after Christ makes one a
disciple. All believers are not disciples. To become a believer
one accepts the invitation of the Gospel, to be a disciple one
obeys the challenge to a life of dedicated service and
separation. Salvation comes through the sacrifice of Christ;
discipleship comes only by sacrifice of self and surrender to
His call for devoted service. Salvation is free, but
discipleship involves paying the price of a separated walk.
Salvation can't be lost because it depends upon God's
faithfulness, but discipleship can be lost because it depends
upon our faithfulness." DeHaan, M. R. Hebrews. Zondervan
Publishing House, 1959 (p. 117).
"For the unregenerate man, repentance is the change of mind
whereby he turns from unbelief to faith in the person and work
of Jesus Christ." Post, Roger. "The Meanings of the Words
Translated 'Repent' and 'Repentance' in the New Testament."
Master's Thesis, Wheaton College, June 1972 (p. 80).
"There are those who, in their zeal to get people to turn from
their sinful ways and receive the Lord, almost put repentance on
a par with believing... Repentance, as it relates to Christ,
means to change our minds about Him, who He is and what He's
done to provide forgiveness and deliverance from our sins. When
we place faith in Jesus as having taken our place personally on
the cross and borne the penalty due our sins, then we're
automatically repenting, because we couldn't accept Him in this
way without having had to change our minds in some way
concerning Him." Lindsey, Hal. The Liberation of Planet
Earth. Zondervan Publishing House, 1974 (p. 136, 137).
"Discipleship is frequently equated with salvation and often
erroneously made a condition for becoming a Christian".
Pentecost, J. Dwight. Design for Discipleship. Zondervan
Publishing House, 1971 (p. 11).
"Certainly discipleship is a most important aspect of our
relation to Christ, but it belongs to the sphere of Christian
life rather than entrance upon that life... One does not become
a disciple in order to become a Christian, but because he has
become a Christian by faith in the Savior, it is fitting that he
embark upon a life of discipleship". Harrison, Everett F. "Must
Christ be Lord to Be Savior?-No." Eternity, September
1959 (p. 14).
"There is no more piously subtle abrogation of the Gospel than
to tell a Sinner that he must not only believe in the Savior,
but dedicate himself to do God's will, crown the Savior Lord of
his life, etc., etc. Obviously, dedication and service are
highly desirable, but they are the privilege and the duty of the
saved, never a condition of salvation for the unsaved (cf.
Romans 12:1, 2)." Unger, Merrill F. God is Waiting to Meet
You. Moody Press, 1975 (p. 117, 118).
"People are sometimes led to believe that there is saving value
in some public confession of Christ, or profession of a
decision. "With the heart man believeth unto righteousness."
This is salvation. "With the mouth confession is made unto
salvation." This is the voice of the newborn child speaking to
and of its father. The only condition on which one may be saved
is to believe." Chafer, Lewis Sperry. Salvation. Dunham
Publishing Company, 1917 (p. 46).
SUMMARY
Lordship salvation is where someone teaches that there must be a
commitment to Christ as Lord of one's life in order to be saved.
Recently there has been a modification of this position to say
that willingness to be controlled by the Lord at the time of
salvation is all that is required in addition to faith in order
to be saved. The message of faith only and the message of faith
plus commitment of life can't both be the gospel; therefore, one
of them is a FALSE GOSPEL and comes under the curse of
perverting the gospel or preaching another gospel. Galatians
1:8, 9 says, "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any
other gospel unto you, than that which we have preached unto
you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again,
if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that you have
received, let him be accursed." If only committed people are
saved people, then where is there room for carnal Christians?
What kind of dedication must be preached to people, if in order
to be saved, they have already dedicated their lives to the
Lord? Where do you stop if you start adding something else to
this which is the gospel revealed in the Bible? Look at what God
says about adding to the revelation of Jesus Christ (gospel),
"For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the
prophecy of this book (Revelation 22:18)." The Bible plainly
declares that we are saved by faith, and not by works. Where
does it say this? Ephesians 2:8, 9 "For by grace are ye saved
through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of
God. Not of works, lest any man should boast." What are you
trusting in to get you to heaven?
* Written by Dr. Hank Lindstrom
The moment you put your trust in Jesus Christ, God
who can read your mind knows, saves YOU and gives you the Gift
of God, eternal Life.
You do not need anyone to pray over you, or pray for you,
because this is between you and God in heaven. Because of your
new trust in the shed blood of Jesus Christ you are now a child
of God. Before you trusted in Jesus, God was your creator but
now and forevermore he will be your father.
You are saved in a moment of time, because you are trusting in
the true Savior now, not working your way to heaven day by day
which is not even possible.
Once saved you can never be lost, for any reason. This is
because you were born spiritually the moment you put your trust
in Him. Just like your physical birth which brought you into
this human world, your spiritual birth gave you a new spiritual
life that is permanent. You were born-again, made righteous and
holy in Gods eyes. In fact you have the righteousness of God
himself, your are sinless and perfect in God's eyes now and
that's why you can enter into a perfect heaven.
My favorite saying is:
God will not save anyone who is trying to be
saved, He will only save those who are trusting to be saved.
You MUST put ALL your trust in Jesus to be saved, trust in
the blood that He shed on the cross, trust that He is God in the
flesh, trust that He made the complete payment for your sins,
not just part; He paid for ALL of your sins (past, present, and
future)! Trust that He rose again from the dead after 3 days and
3 nights, and in return for this trust, He gives YOU Eternal
Life. All false Christians put part of their trust in Jesus and
part of their trust the Church and part of their trust in
themselves. If you put 99.99% trust in Jesus and 00.01% in
something else, you will go to hell. It must be 100% trust in
Jesus and what He did and 0% in you or your church! This
information in critical... (grace always cancels works!) You are
going to hell if it's by your works or you are going to heaven
by Gods grace. It's as simple as that.
So I guess the question comes down to who are you trusting.
Are you trusting yourself to get to heaven by being a good
person and giving lots of money to your church or are you
trusting Jesus, the lamb of God, that was slain for the sins of
the world to get you to heaven? You receive the Gift of God
(Eternal Life) as soon as you stop trusting in yourself, your
church, your synagogue, your mosque, your money, or any other
works and put your trust in Him and Him ALONE, Jesus Christ,
Yeshua, The King of Kings, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of
Peace, the Alpha and Omega, the Mighty God.
False religions are everywhere and they will find
you, the one true God and His plan of salvation must be found.
If all this makes sense to you and you would like to
trust Jesus as your personal Savior right now then tell
the Mighty God in Heaven of your decision to trust Jesus Christ
as your only hope of heaven. Tell Him that you are no longer
putting your trust in your actions, or your church, or your
church membership, or in your money, or in your Rabbi, or in
your synagogue or your Mosque but that you are putting all of
your trust in Him and the shed blood of the cross to pay your
sin debt. Thank Him for doing it for you! Thank Him for giving
you the Gift of Eternal Life that He paid for with His life.
There is no greater deed than that of laying down your life for
another.
Will you trust Jesus as
your Savior right now, the one who shed His precious blood
on the cross of Calvary to pay for all your sins?
Sinners Prayer
Lord, I admit that I'm a sinner & I don't understand
a whole lot about the bible, but I do believe that Jesus
Christ died & paid for my sins in full, by His death & shed
blood on the cross. I trust right now the He died for me,
was buried & rose again from the dead and will live forever
more. I trust Jesus Christ right now to save me, to be my
savior, to forgive my sins & to give me the GIFT OF GOD
Eternal Life. Amen
By reading this sinners prayer aloud, you are putting your
trust in God and His plan of salvation. You are not saved by
saying this prayer, you are saved the moment your mind made the
switch from trusting in yourself to putting your COMPLETE TRUST
IN JESUS CHRIST. That moment may have been five paragraphs up on
this page or that moment may have been on another one of our
pages. You will not feel any different, but you will be changed
and changed for the better forever. Once you have trusted Jesus
as your savior and received his gift of eternal life, this gift
can NEVER be lost. You can NEVER go to hell for ANY reason. Your
past, present and future sins were paid in full the moment you
put your trust in Him. You are blameless and Holy in God's eyes
now and FOREVER. If you have eternal life today what kind of
life will you have in five years? ETERNAL! What kind of life
will you have in ten years? ETERNAL!! What kind of life will you
have in 50 years? ETERNAL!!! God does not give probationary life
or temporary life, His gift is ETERNAL LIFE! Thanks be to GOD!
Why be good, now that I am assured of going to heaven? Because
God's law of sowing and reaping still applies to you and me. You
will reap what you sow. You will reap more than you sow and you
will reap later than you sow. If you drink alcohol like a fish,
you will reap a diseased liver. If you smoke like a chimney
everyday, you will reap lung cancer. If you rob, murder, and
steal you will reap a life in prison. You will reap what you
sow. I guarantee it! Now that you are saved, when you do good
things you WILL be rewarded here on earth and in Heaven. And
when you do bad things you WILL lose rewards that God had
planned on giving you here on earth and in Heaven. But you will NEVER lose
your guarantee of going to heaven. That can never be lost for
any reason!! You have God's word that your salvation can never
be lost for any reason. You did not earn salvation and you do
not work to keep salvation! Eternal Life, salvation, being born
again, becoming a child of God, was, is, and always will be the
GIFT OF GOD.
Remember: If your not saved forever... you are not
saved!
Why is this true you might ask? Because if a person is not sure
that they are saved TODAY / RIGHT NOW it means that they are
still trying to be the savior! They can't be sure they are going
to heaven because they don't know what sin's they may commit
next week, next month or next year. We who have trusted in Jesus
alone, can have comfort knowing that all our sins have been paid
in full on the Cross of Calvary (past, present, and future
sins). Jesus has already died for my sins so I don't need to pay
for any sin I have or will commit in the future because Jesus
already paid the price in full with His blood. So called
Christians who say that you can lose your salvation because of
suicide or murder or falling away from the church don't have a
clue what the Bible says and clearly have not trusted Jesus
ALONE!
Biblical Salvation is forsaking any other means
of salvation but Christ and casting ourselves fully upon Him for
eternal life.
The Gift of God, Eternal Life can never be lost once possessed
for any reason. John 6:39 " And this is the Father's will which
hath sent Me, that of all which He hath given Me I should LOSE
NOTHING, but should raise it up again at the last day." You have
God's promise that once you put your trust in Jesus you can
never be lost for ANY reason whatsoever.
"For the gifts and calling of God are
without repentance” Romans 11:29 Again, God is telling you that
this Gift of God that you have just received is without
repentance. He can never take His gift back for any reason, no
matter how bad you get, or how bad your sins are it is not
possible. God would have to cease to exist for that to happen
because He cannot lie.
Kindly, the Greek Orthodox Church is of the Devil! Here's some brief history
about this accursed religious cult...
What
you have just read dear reader is a counterfeit plan of salvation! What
saith the Scripture? ...
Kindly,
Greek orthodox ministers errantly redefine biblical “faith” to mean that you have to remain
faithful, or else you can lose God's salvation...
