The Simple Gospel Must Be Defended And Preached

Matthew 7:21-23, “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”

I love this simple and clear passage of Scripture, because it is a classic example of Lordship Salvation in the inspired Holy Bible. These people called Jesus “Lord, Lord,” but the dear Savior denied knowing them as His redeemed sheep. They sadly went to Hell forever in their sins. They had spent their time on earth living the Christian life, but without ever being born again. Tragically, this is exactly the situation with 99% of churchgoers today. Satan's greatest weapon is to con people into living the Christian life without ever being born again. John 3:3, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” The new birth is NOT optional.

By just adding trusting in water baptism, turning away from your sinful bad habits, repenting of sinful ways, following Christ as the Lord of your life, surrendering all to Him, doing good works, forsaking the world, et cetera—it is now IMPOSSIBLE to be born anew by the Holy Spirit of God. No one has ever been born again (saved) who trusted anything more Jesus, who is the Christ, the only begotten (biological) Son of God.

We Are Saved By Trusting The Gospel (which means, 'Good News')

Look at these simple passages of Scripture, which reiterate that we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ...

Galatians 3:26, “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”

John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”

Ephesians 1:12-14, “That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”

The Bible makes it very easy for us, by defining exactly what is 'THE GOSPEL'...

1st Corinthians 15:1-6, “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: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.”

There you have it. THE GOSPEL is comprised of three things:

1. Jesus DIED on a cross for our sins.
2. He was BURIED.
3. Three days later Jesus RESURRECTED bodily from the dead.

That is THE GOOD NEWS by which all who BELIEVE IT are saved. 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.”

This is why the Apostle Paul wrote in 1st Thessalonians 4:14, “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.” Repeatedly in the inspired King James Bible, which is the ONLY English Bible that you can trust today, we are taught that the way to obtain eternal life is by FAITH IN JESUS.

Ephesians 1:12-13a, “That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit...”

This is how you get saved—after you hear the truth of the Gospel preached, you BELIEVE IT! 

That is exactly how Cornelius and his friends were saved in Acts 10:34-44. The Apostle Peter preached the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ unto them, and they quietly listened. After they heard THE TRUTH of the Gospel preached unto them, THEY BELIEVED IT and were saved in verse 44.

This is what the Apostle Paul means in Galatians 3:2, “This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?” Paul wanted to know from the churches of Galatia how they got saved (i.e., how did they become indwelt with the Holy Spirit). The apostle gives them a multiple choice question. Did they get saved by doing the works of the Old Testament law to be saved; or, did they get saved by trusting in the truth of the Gospel after hearing it preached unto them? Did you get saved by works or by faith? I love Paul's choice of words, “the hearing of faith.”

With that beautiful phrase in mind, please apply it to Hebrews 4:2, “For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.” I love that! The writer of Hebrews (I humbly think it was Paul but we don't know for certain) is speaking here about the Jews who wandered in the Wilderness for 40 years. They wandered because they were trying really hard to find their way out, but God had made it impossible for them to escape. As we just read, Moses preached the truth of the Gospel unto them for 40 years, but they didn't get saved because they lacked faith in what they heard. They didn't have “the hearing of faith” which Paul spoke of to the Galatians. Unfortuntely for those Jews, they had the hearing of doubt.

Dear reader, it is that simple to be saved. When you hear the truth of the Gospel (Jesus' death, burial and resurrection) preached unto you (or you read it in a book), you simply need to BELIEVE IT to be saved and receive eternal life. The moment you are saved, all your sins (past, present and future) are all forgiven forever.

I love all these precious Bible passages. Perhaps you've never heard God's simple plan of salvation presented so simply before. Obtaining eternal life is simply a matter of trusting that Jesus has done it all for you. Here are some of my favorite statements about salvation...

1. Good works are not the payment for sin, the payment for sin is death.
2. Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty!
3. Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.
4. Turning away from sinful ways would be a work. Faith puts all of the merit where it belongs, on the object of our faith, Jesus and His work.
5. If to “repent” means to forsake our sinful ways TO BE SAVED, but Jesus already paid for our sins by dying on the cross, then what are we repenting from?
6. The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU.
7. We must stay true to the simplicity of the Gospel. Repentance regarding salvation is a change of mind from unbelief to belief. We must earnestly contend for the faith (Jude 1:3).

The Gospel Needs Your Help

Sometimes people who follow my internet ministry ask me why I preach against Lordship Salvation, corrupt Bibles and misunderstood repentance so much. The simple reasons are that very few preachers are exposing these evils today, and also because your eternal destination depends upon getting the truth right. RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!!

Our text passage of Scripture provides clear biblical evidence that it is possible to diligently serve Christ for a lifetime, to do many wonderful works (not just a few), and to follow Christ as the supreme Lord of your life, and yet still go to Hell. I love this thought provoking quote from one of my favorite preachers, Pastor Harry A. ironside (1876-1951):

“The Gospel is not a call to repentance, or to amendment of our ways, to make restitution for past sins, or to promise to do better in the future. These things are proper in their place, but they do not constitute the Gospel; for the Gospel is not good advice to be obeyed, it is good news to be believed. Do not make the mistake then of thinking that the Gospel is a call to duty or a call to reformation, a call to better your condition, to behave yourself in a more perfect way than you have been doing in the past …

Nor is the Gospel a demand that you give up the world, that you give up your sins, that you break off bad habits, and try to cultivate good ones. You may do all these things, and yet never believe the Gospel and consequently never be saved at all.”

SOURCE: Harry A. Ironside, from the tract: 'What Is The Gospel?'

That is one of my favorite preacher quotes! Pastor Ironside gets the Gospel 100% right! I think my ministry friend, Michael P. Bowen, in his excellent defense of the Christian faith titled, I NEVER KNEW YOU, said it best:

I am at eternal odds with the false, counterfeit messages of salvation-by-works that are taught from virtually every pulpit today, on every television channel, and on every Christian radio station; however, I am not at eternal odds with the individuals who preach these counterfeit messages. My heart literally goes out to all of them because they simply do not understand Christ’s plan of salvation. They have been lied to by a crafty enemy named Satan, whose sole aim is to take as many people with him to the lake of fire as he can possibly manage to steal away from God using a counterfeit plan of salvation that appears so real, so genuine, and so holy that few ever realize they have been deceived by it. Oh reader, so many of today’s professing Christians who think they are going to heaven when they die are not going to make it to heaven as they had assumed because they’ve been lied to by today’s error-filled gospel messages.

SOURCE: Michael Patrick Bowen, 'I NEVER KNEW YOU,' p. 17; © 2009, Xulonpress.com. Hard Copies Available

It is my heart's sincere desire that an army of truth-telling Christian believers rise up on social media, to help me expose the Devil's lies of Lordship Salvation, Misunderstood Repentance and the fraudulent modern Bible revisioons which pervert God's simple plan of salvation. The preceding three links are to excellent articles written by my hero of the faith, Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001), from his helpful book titled: 'ENEMIES OF SOULWINNING.'

Dear friend, the Gospel needs your help and mine. Everywhere we turn today in the churches and on social media, the Gospel is being embellished, watered-down, corrupted, changed and made impotent to save. The Bible calls a corrupt gospel “another gospel” (2nd Corinthians 11:3-4). You can help others by sharing truthful free grace Gospel resources on social media. My websites and blogs are loaded with helpful resources. I make no money, have never made any money, and never will make any money from my ministry labors. I have never received a single penny for serving God, and I don't plan to start now or in the future. I labor for God alone out of a genuine uncinditional love for Jesus, truth and people (John 14:15). My rewards are waiting for me in Heaven (1st Corinthians 3:8; Matthew 6:19-20; Daniel 12:3).

I encourage you to share edifying articles, sermons, memes and other helpful resources that expose the Devil's lies of Lordship Salvation, Misunderstood Repentance, False Bibles and False Prophets like Billy Graham.

Inexcusable Blatant Corruption In The Modern Bible Versions

You cannot lead a lost sinner to the Lord with a corrupt plan of salvation, which is what all of the Devil's modern bibles contain.

For example: Here is Mark 1:15 from the contemptible Easy-To-Read Version (ERV), which the ungodly Harvest Baptist Church on Guam uses, sells and promotes, to their shame:

Mark 1:15, “He said, “The right time is now here. God’s kingdom is very near. Change your hearts and lives, and believe the Good News!”

Now here is what the inspired King James Bible reads: 

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 verse is the verb metanoeo, which means “to think differently.” The noun form metanoia means “a change of mind.” So, where in the world prey tell me did the translators of the ERV get the idea that repentance means to “change your hearts and lives”? Do you see how these dishonest Bible publishers today wickedly change the Holy Bible to say wnatever they want? Their translations are not even based upon the ancient Hebrew, Chaldean and Greek. They just pulled their new changes from their behinds! Proverbs 30:5-6, “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.”

Dear friend, I could literally spend hours enlightening you with such blatant dishonest perversions (unjustified changes) which today's hundreds of corrupt English Bible revisions have done to wrest, butcher and pervert God's inspired Words. Jeremiah 23:36, “And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.”

There are umpteen warnings in the inspired Holy Bible against tampering with God's Words. Deuteronomy 4:2, “Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.” The Lord takes the matter of tampering with His Words so seriously, that he equates doing so with rejection of His only begotten Son. Revelation 22:19, “And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” Jesus' name is 'THE WORD OF GOD' (Revelation 19:13). Jesus is the Living Word (John 1:1-3, 14); the Bible is the Written Word (Hebrews 4:12). To deliberately corrupt the Written Word of God is effectively the same sin as denying Jesus as one's Savior.

Closing Remarks

I wish I could open up the understanding of every Christian today, to see the woeful danger posed by today's perverted Bible revisions, counterfeit plans of salvation (wrong repentance and Lordship Salvation), false prophets, et cetera. The $64,000 question is: Do you care?

I know that I relentlessly preach on the topic of salvation and heresies related to getting saved, but life is short dear reader, Hell is hot and eternity is a long time. These new rotten bibles today are lethal spiritually, for a lost person or a baby believer. Right words matter, they really do! God's inspired Word is not open for debate, correction and alteration. There is no controversy if you believe the Holy Bible. Jeremiah 5:31, “The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?” The biggest problem in the churches today is the church member who doesn't SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES as Jesus commanded (John 5:39), to verify if the things their pastor is saying are true (Acts 17:10-11). Sadly, most pastors are LIARS.

By God's grace, I have dedicated the remainder of my life to contend for the Christian faith (Jude 1:3). I welcome you to join me. Calvinism must be exposed! (an excellent video by Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold). There is something that every saint of God can do to further the Gospel for the sake of Jesus and the Kingdom of God (Mark 10:29-30). Every child of God ought to be doing something to serve God. Use whatever talents, resources and abilities which God has given you for the cause of Christ. The simple Gospel must be defended and preached, because the Devil relentlessly works to blind the lost, to hunder them from seeing the truth of the Gospel (2nd Corinthians 4:3-4). Thank you for reading my ministry blog.

We're Using The Wrong Hymns For Church Invitations

I'm wary of several popular hymns, such as: “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus,” “I Surrender All” and “The Old Time Religion.” The first two can seem to suggest that a lifestyle change is necessary to be saved, which is certainly false.

With much thanks to the Holy Spirit, and the excellent resources provided through sermons from Pastor Jack Hyles and others, I am indeed awake to righteousnes, and I never want to go back to sleep again. Because of that, I have begun to evaluate things I formerly liked, including “The Old Time Religion.” Quite frankly, the lyrics of that hymn are unbiblical. The song gives credit to religion for this, religion for that, even claiming that religion will take us all to Heaven. The Bible says nothing of the kind (John 14:6).

One of the most subtle, yet important things I have learned is distinguishing religious material from biblical truth, because the two are not the same thing. Religion is all over the place, but the truth has few friends. I've often heard people (usually unsaved people) bemoaning the decline of “religion” in the United States, and reminiscing about ages past when more people supported religion. What difference does religion make if you're going to Hell? You can follow religion until you're blue in the face, but that won't get you closer to receiving eternal life (Matthew 15:8; Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 13:23-24). Religion never saved anybody!

Think about it dear reader, why do we sing, “I Have Decided To Follow Jesus,” for an invitation song? Since we don't “follow Jesus” to get to Heaven, why do we sing such an innapropriate song during an invitation? I'd much prefer to use the hymn, “Just As I Am.” God saves a lost sinner just as he or she is, by grace through faith, without any commitment to follow Christ or turn away from one's sinful behavior. That is not repentance, it is reformation!

Why do we sing inappropriate hymns like, “I Surrender All,” at the invitation time in church? Do you have to “surrender all” to get to Heaven? No, absolutely not. I humbly think that using such inappropriate hymns runs the risk of confusing people. One of my favorite hymns is titled, “Is Your All On The Altar?,” but do you have to lay your all on the latar to be saved? No, you don't, you just need to BELIEVE ON JESUS. John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”

What Bible Repentance Is Not

Repentance is NOT a change of lifestyle. I think Pastor Harry Ironside (1876-1951), who pastored the Moody Memorial Church in Chicago from 1930 to 1948, said it very well...

“Repentance is the very opposite of meritorious experience. It is the confession that one is utterly without merit, and if he is ever saved at all it can only be through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ, 'who gave himself a ransom for all.' Here is firm footing for the soul who realizes that all self-effort is but sinking sand. Christ alone is the Rock of our salvation.”

SOURCE: Harry A. Ironside; 'Except Ye Repent,' p. 36

Clearly, Ironside taught a Free Grace view of the Gospel. Consider further the following awesome quote by Dr. Ironside...

“The Gospel is not a call to repentance, or to amendment of our ways, to make restitution for past sins, or to promise to do better in the future. These things are proper in their place, but they do not constitute the Gospel; for the Gospel is not good advice to be obeyed, it is good news to be believed. Do not make the mistake then of thinking that the Gospel is a call to duty or a call to reformation, a call to better your condition, to behave yourself in a more perfect way than you have been doing in the past …

Nor is the Gospel a demand that you give up the world, that you give up your sins, that you break off bad habits, and try to cultivate good ones. You may do all these things, and yet never believe the Gospel and consequently never be saved at all.”

SOURCE: Harry A. Ironside, from the sermon: 'What Is The Gospel?'

I love that quote from Pastor Ironside.

Sadly, Moody Ministries today (75 years after Dr. Ironside's pastorate) has become doctrinally corrupted by false prophets such as Dr. John MacArthur (they publish all of MacArthur's new books and have honored him at their Founder's Week for many years). MacArthur plainly teaches a false plan of salvation in his book, 'HARD TO BELIEVE'...

“Don’t believe anyone who says it’s easy to become a Christian. Salvation for sinners cost God His own Son; it cost God’s Son His life, and it’ll cost you the same thing. Salvation isn’t gained by reciting mere words. Saving faith transforms the heart, and that in turn transforms behavior. Faith’s fruit is seen in actions, not intentions. There’s no room for passive spectators: words without actions are empty and futile. Remember that what John saw in his vision of judgment was a Book of Life, not a book of Words or Book of Intellectual Musings. The life we live, not the words we speak, reveals whether our faith is authentic. [emphasis added]" (Hard to Believe, p. 93)”

BLASPHEMY!

First, it is not hard to believe. The reason why most people aren't saved is NOT because it is hard; but rather, because they love their sins and won't come to Jesus to be saved (John 3:20; 5:40). John 3:21 teaches that repentance unto life of a matter of acknowledging THE TRUTH, and not of turning away from one's sinful ways (cf., 2nd Timothy 2:25). John 3:2, “But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.” The Bible plainly says HE THAT DOETH TRUTH cometh to the light to be saved, not HE THAT TURNETH FROM HIS SINS. 2nd Timothy 2:25b-26 reads, “peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.” Again, please notice that the Bible doesn't say that repentance leads to forsaking sinful bad habits; but rather, to acknowledge (admit) the truth.

Second, the upright life that we try to live as believers is the FRUIT of the indwelling Holy Spirit, and not a part of the ROOT of saving faith. We should live right because WE ARE saved, not TO BE saved. The Holy Bible teaches that Jesus Christ lives the Christian life through us. Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” The life we live cannot get us to Heaven, because God does NOT accept works of self-righteousness. Isaiah 64:6, “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”

John MacArthur is a deadly Calvinist who errant teaches that if you're saved, you WILL live a changed life, but the Bible says in Titus 2:12 that believers SHOULD live achanged life. There's a big difference between WILL and SHOULD dear reader. We should do a lot of things as God's redeemed children, that we fail to do. This in no way suggests that we are not saved, it simply means that we are all struggling sinners. It is extremely dangerous and unbiblical to associate a changed life with possessing God's free gift of eternal life.

We are saved by HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (that is, by wearing Christ's robe of righteousness, and not our own). I try to live upright because I love my Lord and don't want to grieve Him (John 14:15). I fail horribly sometimes, and it makes me mad at myself, and I get up and ask God to help me to do much better. That's how the Christian life is lived, “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Even the best Christians are still sinners who battle daily with the flesh (Romans 7:14-25).

Misunderstood Repentance: An Enemy Of Soulwinning (a doctrinally-sound book by Dr. Jack Hyles)

The word “repent” (metanoeo, such as in Mark 1:15, “Repent ye, and believe the gospel”), simply means “a change of mind.” Evangelist David Cloud errantly defines the meaning as “a change of mind that results in a change of life.” That's not what the Bible teaches. Biblically, a changed life is the fruit of the indwelling Holy Spirit, which is not required for salvation.

I think Michael P. Bowen, in his excellent defense of the Christian faith titled, I NEVER KNEW YOU, says it best. ...

I am at eternal odds with the false, counterfeit messages of salvation-by-works that are taught from virtually every pulpit today, on every television channel, and on every Christian radio station; however, I am not at eternal odds with the individuals who preach these counterfeit messages. My heart literally goes out to all of them because they simply do not understand Christ’s plan of salvation. They have been lied to by a crafty enemy named Satan, whose sole aim is to take as many people with him to the lake of fire as he can possibly manage to steal away from God using a counterfeit plan of salvation that appears so real, so genuine, and so holy that few ever realize they have been deceived by it. Oh reader, so many of today’s professing Christians who think they are going to heaven when they die are not going to make it to heaven as they had assumed because they’ve been lied to by today’s error-filled gospel messages.

SOURCE: Michael Patrick Bowen, 'I NEVER KNEW YOU,' p. 17; © 2009, Xulonpress.com. Hard Copies Available

A tree without fruit is still a tree with roots. This is evidenced by the parable of the sower and the seed in Luke 8:11-15. Of the four groups, only the first are unsaved, because the Devil removed the seed from their heart before it could sprout into new life. The second and third group represent believers who never mature to bear fruit (leading others to Christ). They never mature into fruit-bearing Christians because of shallow roots, or because they are choked by the cares, riches and pleasures of this life. Ah, but the fourth group mature, having an honest heart, keeping the Lord's Word, bearing much fruit unto Christ (John 15:1-7). Just because the second and third groups don't bear fruit doesn't mean that they are not saved, as Ray Comfort and David Cloud errantly teach. The point of Jesus' parable is to win souls.

I humbly think it is not a good thing to use songs like, “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus” and “I Surrender All” during a church salvation invitation. These seemingly innocent songs subtly suggest that a lifestyle change is necessary to be saved, which is false. For someone who is as lost as a moose in a caboose in Tallapoosa, hearing such songs may obscure the Gospel. I humbly think that it would be much more appropriate to use hymns like “Amazing Grace” or “Just As I Am.

Honestly, I'd rather see a church use Elvis Presley's hit songs: “Ain't Nothing But A Houndog” or “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” for a salvation invitation, than to use “I Have Decided To Follow Jesus.” The folks in Matthew 7:21-23 followed Jesus, but the dear Savior denied knowing them as His sheep because they had never been born again. Satan's greatest weapon is to con people into living the Christian life without ever being born again (Luke 13:23-24).

Evangelist Ray Comfort Gets 'Born Again' Wrong

Jesus, in no uncertain terms, stressed the importance that in order to enter into God's Kingdom, “YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN” (John 3:3b).

Tragically, very few people understand what it really means to be born again. There's a popular evangelist named Ray Comfort, who has a flawed view of the new birth. According to Ray Comfort, being “born again” means to have a radical change of behavior. Ladies and gentlemen, your behavior improving has absolutely nothing to do with being born again. Since Adam opened the floodgate of sin upon the world, sin and death have been imputed to all mankind (Romans 5:12). Consequently, we were all born spiritually dead (Ephesians 2:1-2).

That is why we all must be born anew by the Holy Spirit of God. The seed of which is the inspired Word of God (Luke 8:11; 1st Peter 1:23). When a man places his childlike faith (trust, reliance) in the seed of God's Word (i.e., the Gospel of Jesus Christ), God works the miracle of the new birth, and that sinful individual is regenerated by the Holy Spirit of God, made a permanent member of God's heavenly family. The new birth is a miracle wrought by God, and not merely a radical change in one's behavior as Ray Camfort falsely teaches.

Right Doctrine Matters

I loathe many of the hymns we sing in church today. The church I reguarly attend likes to sing the hymn, “Victory In Jesus,” which I hate. I detest the song because of the phrase, “Then I repented of my sin and won the victory.” Is that biblical? What saith the Scripture? 1st John 5:4, “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” The inspired Scripture teaches that it is our FAITH that wins the victory, and not repenting of our sins.

Do you see how quite a few of the popular hymns that we sing in church are corrupt and misleading? Whenever we sing that atrocious song on Sundays, I always keep my mouth closed while everyone else is bellowing out those heretical words. I refuse to participate in spreading heresy! If I had my way, I'd either get rid of that song; or do as Pastor Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) did years ago, when he edited and changed many hymns to make them doctrinally correct. His new songbook is titled: 'SOUL-STIRRING SONGS AND HYMNS.'

May we be careful to choose better songs to use in our church invitations, which accurately represent the Gospel truth, and not the Devil's lies of Lordship Salvation and Misunderstood Repentance. RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!!

Wrong Repentance, No Salvation (MP3, by Pastor Hank Lindstrom)

You CAN KNOW That You Are Saved Certain

1st John 5:13, “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”

I have met many Christians who struggled with the assurance of their salvation. The good news is that you don't need to worry friend. It's like walking into a dark alley. You feel scared, not because of the darkness, but because you don't know what might be lurking in the darkness, It is natural as humans to feel scared or apprehensive about things which we don't fully understand.

The same is true about God's simple plan of salvation. From my experience I have learned that many people are not familiar with the Gospel. They have heard pieces here and there, but no one has ever presented to them a clear understanding of the Gospel (i.e., the Good News) of Jesus Christ crucified on a cross, buried and bodily risen the third day from the dead. According to 1st Corinthians 15:1-4 this is the Gospel by which all who believe it are saved (cf. Romans 1:16).

I Wrote A Helpful Book Titled, 'SALVATION'

By God's grace, I wrote a 42-chapter free book titled, "SALVATION," to help others who have been struggling with the assurance of their salvation. The first thing that you need to know is that it is not YOUR salvation, salvation is of the LORD (Jonah 2:9). God does the saving, not you. Although you probably already knew this, I find that many folks who struggle with assurance of salvation are guilty of constantly second-guessing what they said, knew or prayed on the day they got saved. And to clarify, you DON'T have to pray at all to be saved, you could just BELIEVE. What saith the Scripture? John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.” Beleiving is enough to get to Heaven!

I made this horrible mistake myself after I got saved at age 13. For the next several years, I worried whether I was saved or not. I kept foolishly wondering what I had prayed when I got saved. “What if?” I kept wondering. “What if?” “What if?” “What if?” Those “What if?” questions drove me crazy, worrying that maybe I didn't fully understand the Gospel when I got saved. I also made the foolish mistake of constantly wondering what I had prayed, which I couldn't remember, and that caused an impossible dilemna. How could I ever find the assurance of salvation I sought, if I couldn't even remember what happened the day I was saved years earlier?

Beware Of The Unnecessary 'Sinner's Prayer'

A big part of the problem was that I had been woefully lied to by every Baptist preacher I had heard, and lied to in every religious tract that I read. All of those preachers and tracts ended with asking me to pray a Sinner's Prayer. You cannot show me anywhere in a King James Bible, where we are required to pray to be saved. We are simply taught to BELIEVE on the name of Jesus. 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.” In hundreds of places throughout the Scripture we are taught simply to believe on Jesus to get to Heaven.

This is why I am strongly against requiring someone to pray a Sinner's Prayer to be saved. I have been unjustly and maliciously attacked by the New IFB for exposing their Satanic lie that you cannot be saved without praying a Sinner's Prayer. Reliigous punks like Pastor Jonathan Shelly in Texas are a disgrace to the cause of Jesus Christ. He preached an entire sermon to discredit, trash and attack my ministry, all because I disagree with their corrupt teaching that you cannot be saved unless you pray a Sinner's Prayer. I love Pastor Steven Anderson, but he is a bully, and his NIFB followers are a cult of bullies.

They are a Personality Cult, and Steven Anderson is their illustrious leader. There would be no NIFB if it weren't for Pastor Anderson, who started the Faithful Word Baptist Church in 2006. As much as I support their aggressive soulwinning and hard preaching against sin, I am unalterably opossed to the NIFB's woeful hatred of unrepentant sinners, their shameful lack of unconditional love for people, their demonic teaching that you cannot get to Heaven unless you pray a Sinner's Prayer. I also 100% disagree with the tainted NIFB that homosexuals cannot be saved. Brother Anderson means well, but he is a loose canon!

I recently shared this blog that I wrote on Facebook, in which I list 11 things that I humbly disagree with Pastor Anderson about. One of the nutty NIFB followers went ballistic toward me, angry and running his mouth about how wrong I am, and how much he fully agrees with everything Brother Anderson teaches. The guy has "fool" written all over him. I unfriended him, because I won't be bullied by punks in the New IFB. I am a loving person, but the New IFB have a lot of abusive, angry and intolerant bigots in their cult.

I am a Baptist, period. I reject this new strange Steven Anderson concept of the "Old" versus "New" Independent Baptist movement. There are no old or new Baptist churches, there are only belligerent fighting pastors who cannot get along with each other. Pastor Anderson and his cronies concocted the unbiblical term "New IFB" to set themselves apart from other Baptists who refuse to accept their Prewrath Rapture heresy, their Repobate Doctrine heresy, their requirement to Pray to be Saved heresy, their Jesus burned in Hell for 3 days heresy, et cetera. I reject all of that GARBAGE!!!

Lordship Salvation Will Hinder You From Finding Assurance

I have received countless emails over the years from hurting, and confused churchgoers, who have been deceived by the Devil's fraud of Lordship Salvation. What is Lordship Salvation exactly? I will let my ministry friend, Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold, explain what it means...

“Lordship Salvation is the unsupportable and unbiblical belief that the performance of good works, the promise of good works, or the evidence of good works, must accompany faith in Christ to establish or provide evidence that such faith has resulted in eternal life.” —Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold, “Jesus Versus John MacArthur”

“Salvation is one thing and service is another, and never the two goes together. No man is saved because he serves, and no man has to serve because he is saved. Gotta keep them separate. And if you don't do it, the Scriptures will be confusing to you. You'll not rightly divide what God has to say.” —Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold, "Why Lordship Salvation Is Wrong"

If you sincerely have been lied to by a corrupt preacher, to falsely think that you have to give up your sinful bad habits to get to Heaven, then you are going to painfully struggle with sin and the assurance of God's salvation for the remainder of your life on earth. I have received emails from people, who said they had contemplated suicide because of Lordship Salvation; and this includes the Devil's lie of Misunderstood Repentance. The preceding links are to some helpful writings by Pastor Jack Hyles. This is the heresy which says faith is not enough to be saved, but in addition, you must first be willing to turn from your sinful ways. Anyone with common sense understands that turning from one's sins is an IMPOSSIBLE task. NO ONE has ever turned away from their sinning. Even the best Christian still sins continually (Romans 7:14-25). You are a wicked sinner dear reader, and so am I (1st John 1:8-10).

Misunderstood Repentance and Lordship Salvation are closely related damnable heresies, which are oftentimes found together in sermons and religious literature, to confuse and curse their victims. You'll never find the sweet peace of God's free gift of eternal life, as long as you sincerely and foolishly think that the life you live here on earth impacts God's promise to save you. Your performance, attitude and sins as a Christian, have absolutely NOTHING to do with by faith receiving Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full-payment for your sins, burial, and your faith in His resurrection from the dead three days later. If this Good News (Gospel) is your only hope for forgivness of sins and eternal life, then you are forever saved dear friend.

Every Believer CAN KNOW You Are 100% Saved

Dear reader, you can know that you are saved. There is no reason for you to wonder, fear or doubt if you will go to Heaven when you die. You weren't born trusting Jesus, so if you are trusting Him now, then obviously at some poijnt in your past you made the decision to fully trust Christ to save you, and that is when you were saved. You should be able to remember a place and time in your life, when you realized that you were a guilty SINNER in God's sight, and that Jesus is the only SAVIOR, and you trusted him with a childlike faith.

But don't you need to repent? Yes, absolutely. But Bible repentance is simply "a change of mind" from unbelief to belief in Jesus. The only thing you need to change your mind about regarding sin to be saved is to admit that you are a guilty sinner. That's it. Christ does the saving, all of it. You only part in salvation is to get out of the way and let Jesus do all the saving (Hebrews 4:10-11). Just believe friend that Jesus did it all for you through Calvary's cross.

You DON'T need to turn from even one sin to be saved. Nor do you have to "be willing" to turn from any of your sinful bad habits, which would be works instead of grace. Nor do you have to "be sorry" for your sins to be saved. Whatever changes in your behavior that God wants to see happen in your life, is a separate matter of growing in grace and discipleship (service), and not of sonship (salvation). Eternal life is a free gift which Jesus paid for in full with His blood. All you need to do to appropriate that gift is to TAKE IT by faith in Christ. Simply by faith (accept God's Word as true) receive Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that He was buried but then physically resurrected from the dead three days later.

Again, I encourage you to read my book, SALVATION, which I wrote to help others (based upon my own struggle with assurance)...

SALVATION

God bless you friend and THANK YOU for reading my ministry blog.

Jesus Warned That Only A Few Sinners Will Make It To Heaven

Luke 13:23-24, “Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.”

We are living in the “perilous times” foretold in the inspired Holy Bible in 2nd Timothy 3:1-7. There has never been more corrupt Bible revisions than there is today in America. There has never been more false religion in the United States than there is today. Satan is pulling out all the stops, reltnlessl working to kill, steal and destroy.

The Bible tells us in 2nd Corinthians 4:3-4 that the Devil deliberately BLINDS THE MIND of unbelievers to keep them lost, “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 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.” The Devil wants to take as many people to Hell with him as he possibly can. Please don't take that truth lightly dear reader. The Devil has your number and he knows where you live! We just read that Satan blinds unsaved people, so that they won't see the light of THE TRUTH of the Gospel to be saved.

Jesus made it clear in no uncertain terms that to go to Heaven a person MUST BE BORN AGAIN!!! John 3:1-3, “There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” The word “verily” means “truly.” Jesus said to Nicodemus (a Jew), I am telling you THE TRUTH, that unless someone is born from above they cannot enter into God's Kingdom.

Now you can understand why Satan's greatest weapon is to con people unto living the Christian life without ever being born again. Religion is the worst thing that ever happened to this world! Religion is man trying to reach God through human effort and understanding; whereas Christianity is God to to reach mankind through faith alone in the sacrifice of His only begotten Son through Calvary's cross. Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.

There are not many people today who are giving out the clear Gospel message. The Gospel has been so embellished, changed and butchered that no one can even recognize God's simple plan of salvation anymore. I believe our time as saints is short. Romans 10:15 says that the feet of soulwinners are PRECIOUS!

Carefully notice that the Bible doesn't say the “mouth” or “tongue” is precious, but the soulwinner's “feet.” The reason why is because even the most eloquent speech and cunning wisdom is completely worthless if we don't use our feet to bring the Gospel to the lost sinners who need to hear it to be saved. Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty!

Repeatedly throughout the inspired Word of God we read that people were saved by simply believing the Gospel when they heard it preached. As the Apostle Peter preached the Gospel in Acts 10, we see that Cornelius and his friends were saved in verse 43 by simply BELIEVING the Gospel they heard preached unto them.

That is why the Apostle Paul said in Galatians 3:2, “This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?” A person gets saved simply by BELIEVING the Gospel which they read or hear preached unto them. It is that simple to be saved. There is no biblical requirement to “be willing to turn from your sinful bad habits,” nor to “become a Christ follower,” nor to “give your life to Christ.” These embellishments are deadly alterations to God's simple plan of salvation. Remember, the Bible warns that Satan intentionally “blinds” the minds of unbelievers.

The Devil blinds many people with false science. Evolution is false science. The word “science” means “the study of” something. You cannot study evolution because there is nothing to study, it is a make-believe theory. Evolution is bogus conjecture, and a waste of human mental power. The teaching of evolution is one of the greatest injustices ever committed against our children in the United States, deliberately lying to them to alienate them from their Creator, God. Any honest person must concede that evolution is a farce! I digress.

Jesus answered the disciple's question as to whether few people are saved, with the shocking revelation that very few people will ever enter through Heaven's pearly gates in eternity. Jesus tells us the reason why in Matthew 7:21, “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” Jesus tells us what the will of the Father is in John 6:40, “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” The will of God the Father is that you BELIEVE ON HIS SON, JESUS!!! Only Christ has the nail-scared hands and feet.

It's not difficult to see why Jesus said so few people will ever go to Heaven, in lieu of all the counterfeit plans of salvation being preached today across the world. There are over one billion hellbound Roman Catholics today, who have been woefully deceived to trust in Sacramental Salvation instead of Christ alone as the Bible teaches (Galatoans 3:26). The Vatican's Seven Sacraments are a road to Hell, not Heaven. Catholics have what the Bible terms “another gospel” (2nd Corinthians 11:3-4).

There are an estimated 1.6 BILLION Islamic Muslims in the world, who all reject Jesus as the Savior. According to the toxic Koran (which I have read in detail), Jesus was kidnapped and someone else died on the cross. I'm not kidding! The Koran contains ZERO prophecy! It is clearly NOT God's inspired Words; but rather, the ravings of a religious lunatic, Mohammad. Not one Muslim who trusts in the Koran will ever step foot through Heaven's pearly gates. According to the wicked Koran, Jesus is not God's only begotten Son. In fact, Islam says God has no son at all. The Devil is a beautiful liar!

And then there are the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses who deny that Jesus is almighty God. They have what the Bible terms “another Jesus” (2nd Corinthians 11:3-4). The Scripture proclaims Jesus as God in the flesh (1st Timothy 3:16 - all citations are only from the trustworthy King James Bible). Revelation 1:8b calls Jesus, “the Almighty.” If you don't believe that Jesus came to earth as almighty God in the flesh, then you have “another Jesus” from the dear Son of God presented in the Bible. As God's only biological (begotten) Son, that makes Jesus God too (John 14:1), since He literally had God the Father's blood flowing in His veins (Acts 20:28). Remember, Jesus was born of a virgin and did NOT have an earthly father, God almighty was Jesus' biological Father (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23).

Then there is the Church of Christ (COC) cult, who add more to the Gospel than God requires to be saved. Official COC dogma says that you absolutely must be water baptized to be saved. You must also (they say) publicly confess faith in the name of Jesus. If you don't make this audible public confession, COC deems you still unsaved. And finally, COC insists that you turn from your sinful bad habits to get to Heaven. They misunderstand this heresy to mean Bible repentance. This is the same damnable heresy sadly being taught at Pensacola Christian College and Bob Jones University today. RUN from this dangerous places! Dear reader, RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!! It reall does! That is why Jesus said in Mark 4:24b, “Take heed what ye hear...”

Likewise, the Apostle Paul exhorts the saints in 1st Timothy 4:16, “Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.” Take heed what ye hear! Hell is eternally full today of billions of fools who HEARD WRONG! Matthew 7:15, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” The most dangerous thing you could ever do is believe whatever a preacher says without SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURE for yourself to verify if what he is saying is blbical or not (John 5:39; Acts 7:10-11). That pastor could be incompetent, lying to you. Jeremiah 5:31, “The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?” Your pastor could be a Bible ignoramus! Learn to think and study for yourself based upon the inspired Scripture alone, never blindly follow anyone.

And then there are the Seventh-Day Adventists, who errantly teach that you must keep the Ten Commandments to prove that you truly love God. If you don't keep the Sabbath Day, or turn away from your sinful bad habits, then SDA's claim you don't love God, your faith is not genuine, and you are not a child of God. SDA's are very deceitiful. They will superficially profess to believe the same Gospel as free grace believers, when in fact SDA's trust in a works-based plan of salvation. If you doubt what I say, go study up on SDA's exclusive bizarre doctrine called, “Investigative Judgment.” SDA's have what the Bible terms “another gospel” (2nd Corinthians 11:3-4). They also have “anorher spirit,” which is not the Holy Spirit (2nd Corinthians 11:3-4)

So, we have just seen that neither Catholics, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses or Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA's) are going to Heaven, because they all preach another gospel. 2nd Corinthians 11:3-4, “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. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.” Paul is warning everyone about FALSE RELIGION!!!

Religion never saved anybody! In fact, you can still go to Heaven even if you never step foot in any church again. Honestly, I cannot blame many people for leaving the churches today, which have turned apostate. A disturbing phenomena of these modern times is mega churches. From Steven Furtick to Joel Osteen, these are NOT genuine men of God. They are con artists who masquerade as pastors to control the public. I sincerely believe that dark times are ahead for the American people, and these wicked false pastors have been appointed by the Luciferian powers that be to lead the people astray.

Every single one of today's mega church pastors (Rick Warren, Steven Furtick, John MacArthur, Hillsong, Joel Osteen, to name but a few heretics) preach a corrupt Gospel message of following Jesus as your 'Lord,' turning from your sinful ways, and giving Christ control over your life to get to Heaven; none of which are part of the TRUE GOSPEL of free grace (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). Remember, Satan's greatest weapon is to con people into LIVING THE CHRIST LIFE without ever being born again.

That is exactly what unfortunately happened to the cursed people in Matthew 7:21-23. They called Jesus: “Lord, Lord” (there's your Lordship Salvation right there in the Bible). They boasted to Christ of having done “many wonderful works.” They had even had success (they thought) of casting out demons. Yet, despite their loyalty, hard work, commitment and sincerity to serve and follow Jesus for a lifetime, He denied knowing any of them as His sheep, and they were cast into the darkness and torments of Hell forever. God means business folks! You don't get to do it your way. Singer Frank Sinatra famously did it, “My way,” and is burning in Hell forever, sadly. The Bible warns in Proverbs 16:25, “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”

Dear friend, please take heed to the doctrine that you've heard and received into your life. Is it Scriptural? Is the belief system that you've based your eternal hope upon built on a solid biblical foundation, or have you foolishly built instead upon a religious house of sand that will crumble someday? 1st Corinthians 3:11 declares that the only foundation is JESUS CHRIST!

Some Dangerous Ideas Taught From The Pulpit Today

Mark 4:24, “And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.”

1st John 4:1, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”

In this blog I want to write about three major false ideologies I have heard pastors teach, which are dangerous and unbiblical.

Lie # 1 - Christians Shouldn't Correct Someone's False Doctrine

I heard a local Baptist pastor in Pensacola say something last year that made me cringe. He said that no one has a right to judge another Christian's doctrine. He said that no one knows everything about the Bible, so it is arrogant to have a superior attitude that you're always right about doctrine. He warned the congregation that since they could be wrong in their understanding of the Word of God, they ought never correct other believers with whom they disagree doctrinally.

Kindly said, that pastor needs to get right with God! The inspired Holy Bible couldn't be more clear that we get saved by receiving Jesus as our Savior (John 1:12), not our Lord (Matthew 7:21-23). Billions of religious people have followed Jesus as their “Lord,” but went straight to Hell when they died. You don't get saved by following, serving, worshipping or loving Jesus. You get saved by receiving His sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that He was buried, but then physically resurrected from the dead three days later. This is the official “Gospel” as defined in the inspired King James Bible (1st Corinthians 15:1-6).

Tragically, most pastors today have been woefully deceived, so that they are now preaching the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation. Pensacola Christian College is teaching the damnable heresy of Lordship Salvation. Bob Jones University is teaching the Devil's deception Lordship Salvation. Pacific Garden Mission and their 'UNSHACKLED' radio program are preaching the Satanic lie of Lordship Salvation. They are all deadly liars and false prophets, accursed by God almighty for preaching “another gospel” (Galatians 1:6-9).

I have been shamefully scolded, despised and even banned from attending numerous churches, simply because I befriended their incompetent pastors with THE TRUTH that Lordship Salvation and Wrong Repentance are NOT God's simple plan of salvation. And also because I told THE TRUTH that all modern English Bible revisions have been corrupted by Satan. The pastor I mentioned earlier is sincere, but he couldn't be more wrong that we ought not correct someone else's false doctrine. I will kindly warn anyone I come across who foolishly thinks that they must “turn from your sinful bad habits” to get to Heaven. That means Chick Jacks are dangerous and need to be exposed and shunned!

Kindly said, that Baptist pastor is effectively teaching that we ought not earnestly contend for the Christian faith. If I foolishly think that just because I am not God and might be wrong on some issues, that I should just keep my opinions to myself and not try to help some one who believes wrongly, then I am no friend at all. There are numerous issues that we cannot be dogmatic on; for example, where did Cain get his wife, how big is the universe, where did Jesus go when He died, et cetera. However, there is no controversy when it comes to God's simple plan of salvation, Jesus' bodily resurrection, Jesus' deity, the Godhead, et cetera. Shame on the pastor who makes excuses for not contending for the faith.

Bible preachers have a biblical obligation to warn everyone, as a Watchman. You had better believe that I am going to criticize, rebuke sharply and “earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 1:3; Titus 1:10-11). I am not arrogant for thinking that I am right that repentance DOESN'T mean to “turn from their sinful bad habits” to get to Heaven. That is not merely my opinion. It is what the Word of God doesn't teach! If you think I am being arrogant, it is either because you are a fool, or because you are woefully ignorant of the inspired Holy Bible.

Lie #2 - Lordship Salvation Falls Within The Realm Of Orthodox Theology

I heard Dr. Kevin Bauder from Maranatha Baptist Bible College insanely teaches that Lordship Salvation falls within the realm of orthodox theology, and we should accept false teachers like John MacArthur, Ray Comfort and Paul Washer as saved brethren. Dr. Steve Pettit (former long time incompetent president of Bob Jones University) ruined the religious college. Steve Pettit is a hellbound Calvinist who is personal buddies with heretic John MacArthur. Birds of a feather flock together!

Dear reader, Lordship Salvation is a counterfeit gospel that cannot produce the required new birth to enter into God's Kingdom (John 3:1-7). Also, the heretical idea that you must forsake a lifestyle of sinning to be saved is FALSE! Jesus came into the world to die on a cross to pay our debt of sin. God does not demand that you first be willing to reform (change your behavior) to receive His free gift of eternal life, which would be works instead of grace.

Lordship Salvation DOESN'T fall into the realm of biblical theology, not even close! Remember, the Bible identifies Satan as “the god of this world,” whom the Scripture warns us that he “blinds the minds” of unsaved people to hinder them from seeing the Gospel, “lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2nd Corinthians 4:4b).

Lie #3 - Pick Which Bible Fits You Best

I was shocked when I heard an incompetent Baptist pastor actually tell his congregation to choose which Bible versions fits them best. No Sir, you are a lying fool! God's Word stands alone, you don't get to pick which tampered with, watered down, corrupted, perversion, best suits your carnal flesh. The inspired King James Bible is God's preserved, inspired, infallible, inerrant, holy Word for English-speaking people today. There can only be ONE true Bible translation in any particular language.

Look at what the Devil's Bible butchering henchmen did to corrupt Matthew 8:2.

Look at what Satan's little minions did to corrupt 1st Timothy 3:16.

Look what the Devil's clowns did to butcher Psalms 12:7.

I could literally show you hundreds more corruptions, omissions and blasphemy in the corrupt modern Bible revisions (and they're all corrupt). If you don't use only the KING JAMES BIBLE, then friend, you don't have an inspired Holy Bible!!! Please don't believe any demonic liar who tries to convince you that it is harmless to use the modern Devil's Bible versions. I have only read, memorized and studied from the King James Bible since I became born again at age 13 in 1980, and I will NEVER use any other so-called “Bible.” Remember, the King James Bible is NOT a mere “version,” it is the inspired Holy Bible.

By “inspired” I mean that they are God's Words. The Lord alone authored the Bible. Men were the mere penmen. I plead with you to RUN away from the modern corrupt Bible revisions. It is tragic that the Pensacola Christian College cult refuse to contend for the faith. I do not know even one of their graduates or affiliated churches that expose the Devil's corrupt bibles. The PCC camp couldn't care less.

They consider exposing false bibles as being “radical” at PCC. God is as radical as you can get! In the Old Testament, God killed a man for steading the Ark of the Covenant as it wobbled. The lesson is clear: Don't mess with God's Word! If you think I am guilty of splitting hairs, then you won't like God at all, because Jesus denied entrance into Heaven to a group of people who spent their lives serving Him (Matthew 7:21-23). The dear savior didn't let them slide, merely because they were sincerely misled about God's simple plan of salvation. If you trust in turning from your sins to be saved, Christ will deny knowing you too someday!

America is going to Hell because of INDIFFERENCE in our Bible colleges and churches today. No one seems to have zeal any more for the things of God. Faithful preachers like me (an evangelist to the internet since 2002) are labeled as troublemakers. My worst enemies over the past 22 years have not been witches, sodomites, abortionists and atheists; but rather, hellbound neo-evangelicals who profess faith in Christ, but add works to their faith. That is what Lordship Salvation does, it mixes works with grace (i.e., it combines SERVICE with SALVATION, confusing people).

My favorite preacher's quote is from John Bunyan:

“If you do not put a difference between justification wrought by the man Christ without and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ within, you are not able to divide the Word aright; but contrariwise, you corrupt the Word of God, and cast stumbling blocks before the people.” —John Bunyan (1628-1688)

In this needful blog, I have exposed THREE popular deceptions that are unfortunately being promoted in churches everywhere today.

The Damnable Telling Hypocrisy Of Chick Tracts

Galatians 1:6-8, “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 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.”

I am astounded how many professed Christians today couldn't care less about the accuracy of God's simple plan of salvation. The Apostle Paul felt the exact same way, as we just read. Paul was astonished how quickly the Galatian churches had deviated from the Gospel he had preached unto them (1st Corinthians 15:1-4), which he received directly from Jesus Christ (Galatians 1:12). Paul was amazed how easily they were led astray by false teachers.

The Pensacola Christian College (PCC) cult and their associated cult churches are pseudo-fundamentalists. They are false Christian fundamentalists! They all distribute toxic Chick Tracts, which preach another gospel. Cartoon evangelist Jack Chick (1924-2016) errantly taught his entire ministry, that more than faith is required to get to Heaven. Mr. Chick added to God's simple plan of salvation, mandating that you also “Be willing to turn from sin,” which he wrongly thought to mean Bible repentance. In truth, Mr. Chick mistook reformation (a change of behavior) for repentance (a change of mind). On the back page of every Chick Tract you will find his false plan of salvation.

As an example of a corrupt church, Smyrna Baptist Church in Pensacola shamefully promotes Jack Chick's false repentance and counterfeit gospel, which makes them partakers of his evil deeds (2nd John 1:11). Smyrna is very close to PCC, where they also preach a counterfeit gospel. These are spiritually dangerous places, which everyone should run away from.

Like the PCC cult, the Chick Tracts organization are theological liars and deceivers! Look at their Statement of Faith at Chick Tracts. Nowhere do they mention repentance! Nowhere do they teach on their website that you have to “Be willing to turn from sin” to get to Heaven. Yet, they teach these damnable heresies in all their Chick Tracts. Why the hypocrisy? Why the double standard? This sad FACT proves the owners of the Chick Tract ministry know that Jack Chick was WRONG on repentance, and thus WRONG on the Gospel.

In over 1,000,000,000 religious Chick Tracts, which have been sold over the past 63 years since Mr. Chick wrote his first tract in 1961, a FALSE GOSPEL MESSAGE has been preached to the masses of the world, hindering lost sinners from being saved. They cannot wash the blood of over one billion people off their guilty hands by posting the true Gospel on their website, while continuing to preach a counterfeit gospel in Chick Tracts. God's curse is upon Jack Chick, and his accomplices at Chick Tracts, for corrupting the Gospel (Galatians 1:6-9).

Why don't Chick Tracts teach in their Statement of Faith that you must “Be willing to turn from sin”? Why is there a serious Double Standard in doctrine? Why don't they mention their belief about repentance in their ministry's Statement of Faith? They are indicting themselves by admitting their guilt! If there's nothing wrong with Chick Tracts, then why do they preach a DIFFERENT PLAN OF SALVATION on their website than they do in their Chick Tracts?

I am so sick and tired of being labeled as a troublemaker and banned from attending churches. The ungodly pastors of Campus Church at PCC banned me in 2022 from attending their church. So, the hell with them! They mistreat me because I TELL THE TRUTH. I have been blocked by the jerks at PCC from even viewing their Facebook page, and also blocked by Campus Church's pastors from viewing their Facebook page. These wicked people are wolves in sheep's clothing. The PCC crowd couldn't care less about anyone except themselves, and their hundreds of millions of dollars in filthy lucre. RUN from this place!

People pick up real quick on whether they are loved or not in a church. I knew something was very wrong from the first few weeks I attended Smyrna Baptist Church in 2024, and Campus Church in 2021. In these ungodly institutions the system always comes first, but individual people do not matter. People are expendable. They're no more sincere than when Taylor Swift or Van Halen tell their fans how much they “love them,” but they only love what the crowd does for them, they don't love them as individuals.

Likewise, the PCC cult love the indoctrinated crowd for the self-glorifying praise they give PCC's gods. Literally, PCC's leaders walk as gods among the people, because of the popular reputation of the college since they began in 1974. I learned a very long time ago that tyranny is rarely seen except by those who are oppressed by it. I clearly seen the tyranny at PCC. So does Samantha Field, Allen Armentrout and Peter Gage (all hurting and disgruntled PCC alumni). I love people. God knows my heart, but I hate corruption and evil. The Bible commands every believer to hate evil (Psalms 97:10). We ought never hate people.

Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do. Anyone who teaches that you must be willing to turn from your sins to get to Heaven is preaching another gospel, an accursed damnable lie. Dear reader, there is only one Gospel (Galatians 1:6). There has always been only one plan of salvation, which is through faith alone in Christ (Acts 10:43). Beware of the false prophets in today's religious circles, who are polluting the Gospel by embellishing it. It appeals to the carnal flesh that a man needs to make self atonement, clean up his behavior, depart from a sinful lifestyle, and follow Jesus as the Lord and Master of his life to get to Heaven. Such thinking makes sense to the unsaved man, but it is totally contrary to the inspired Scriptures.

I have nothing against Jack Chick. I grew up admiring his artwork. I loved Chick Tracts as a child and even as a young adult. But one day someone warned me about Chick Tracts, and showed me his false teaching. At first I was in denial for several months, refusing to turn against Mr. Chick, whom I had admired for so many years. But the seed of THE TRUTH had been planted in my soul. As a truth-telling preacher I had to make a decision about Chick Tracts. The blessed Holy Spirit was convicting my soul. I finally laid the axe to the root and I came to my senses, realizing that Jack Chick was simply WRONG about how to be saved.

It felt strange writing my first articles to expose Jack Chick and his toxic false doctrine on repentance. But after some time passed, I saw clearly to continue contending for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints (Jude 1:3). The very fact that Chick Tracts preach a DIFFERENT plan of salvation on their website, than they do their Chick Tracts, speaks volumes. This is a classic example of loyalty to a man instead of loyalty to God and truth. The issue is not about Jack Chick; but rather, he preached another gospel that contradicted the Gospel presented in 1st Corinthians 15:1-4.

When the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas what he needed to do to be saved in Acts 16:30, their simple answer in verse 31 was to, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” They didn't tell the man to be willing to turn from his sins, follow Christ as Lord and Master, invite Jesus into his life, forsake a lifestyle of sin, get water baptized, speak in tongues, keep the Ten Commandments, repent of his sins, chew bubblegum, or anything other unbiblical stuff. They simply told him to BELIEVE ON JESUS.

So, why do so many preachers corrupt the Gospel? It is because they listen to other fools in the clergy, instead of studying the inspired Word of God as Jesus commanded (John 5:39; Acta 17:10-11). They follow the herd mentality instead of thinking independently for themselves. They are afraid to stand alone on their own two feet, so to appease their neo-evangelical friends in the ministry they go along to get along, for the sake of avoiding leaving their comfort zone.

I triple dog dare you to show me even one Bible verse that teaches to be willing to turn from your sins to get to Heaven. You cannot do it! Christ came into the world to die on a cross to pay our debt of sin with His precious shed blood (1st Peter 1:18-19), which He sprinkled on the Mercy Seat in Heaven when He ascended into Heaven (Hebrews 9:12, 22-24; 12:24).

Here are some memorable preacher quotes...

“The darker the night the brighter the stars.” —Pastor Bob Gray Sr.

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.” —President Teddy Roosevelt

“I believe that every man and woman's life is a plan of the Almighty, and way back in the councils of eternity God laid out a work for each one of us. There is no man living that can do the work God has got for me to do. No one can do it but myself.” —Pastor Dwight L. Moody

“A Bible Christian is not only saved and sure, but also sound. We are to be sound in the faith.” —Pastor Vance Havner (1901-1986)

“Men look on the blood of Christ with scorn and contempt, but the time is coming when the blood of Christ will be worth more than all the kingdoms of the world.” —Pastor Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899)

“The pastors have destroyed the churches, and they've been trained by people that have never built churches, and they have no compassion.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Many Pastors Have Destroyed My Vineyard”

“Faith cannot be called the 'condition' of receiving, for it is the 'receiving' itself; Christ holds out, and believers receive.” —Jonathan Edwards

“I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.” —Billy Sunday

“There is nothing in God's universe that is so utterly useless as a merely formal Christian.” —Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“Without Christ you have a hopeless end; with Christ you have an endless hope.”

There is nothing standing in the records of eternity against any soul that believes in the Lord Jesus Christ.

“About the time you figure it out you die”. Dr. Jack Hyles

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