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

Thank you for reading my ministry blog.

You Don't Have To Repent “Of Your Sins” To Be Saved

John 1:29, “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”

I love this verse! How can anyone think they need to repent of sins for salvation when Jesus took away the sin of the world? JESUS PAID IT ALL!!!

You cannot show me one verse from the inspired King James Bible that says to repent “of your sins” to be saved. Acts 20:21 speaks of “repentance toward God.” 2nd Timothy 2:25 speaks of “repentance to the acknowledging of the truth.” To be saved you must repent (change your mind) concerning two things: 1) WHO YOU ARE, and 2) WHO JESUS IS. You must change your thinking to agree with God that YOU ARE A SINNER, and that JESUS IS THE CHRIST.

Simply receive Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that He was buried, but then physically resurrected the third day. This is “the gospel” 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.” To “the Jew first” simply means chronologically. God gave the Gospel to Israel first, with the hope that the Jews would be His ambassadors to the Gentiles (Exodus 19:5-6). Sadly, Israel rebelled against God's plan, turning to false idols instead to worship (Ezekiel 14:5). So, God divorced the nation of Israel, as a business deal gone bad. God turned to the Gentiles instead to preach the Gospel to the world, and so it still is today in 2024.

The Devil is a liar (John 8:44). Satan knows that if he can embellish God's simple plan of salvation, by requiring you to make an effort to reform (clean up your life of sin) to get to Heaven, then he has succeeded in blocking you from the new birth, which is by faith alone. This is exactly what the Apostle Paul meant in Galatians 5:4 when he wrote, “Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.” Some foolish Bible students misinterpret this verse to mean that you can lose God's free gift salvation, but that is not true.

The adage “ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED” is 100% biblical! If you can lose eternal life by not doing something right, then it couldn't be a free gift, and it is YOU who are trying to save yourself. So many people get confused and have much difficulty understanding the biblical concept of God's grace, because all their life they've associated morality with going to Heaven. It is very hard for them to grasp still going to Heaven, while continuing in a perverse lifestyle of sinning. Yet, that is exactly what we all do, isn't it. There is none good, no not one (Romans 3:10).

Jesus is the Lamb of God who died on a cross to pay our debt of sin, so that by His sacrifice we could be made the righteousness of God through faith in Him (2nd Corinthians 5:21). Nearly everyone falsely thinks that to get to Heaven your good must outweigh your bad. However, the inspired Word of God teaches in Isaiah 64:6 that even our righteousness is “as filthy rags” in the sight of almighty God. You and I friend have NO GOODNESS to offer God. Our best is filth to God, because the Lord is perfect in His holiness, truth and justice. There are no flaws with God. The Lord never recalls anything, because He never forgets. Nothing ever occurs to God. The same Creator who spoke the universe into existence, loves you so much friend that He came into the world and died to redeemed you from Hell. Thank you Jesus!

Most People In Churches Are Not Going To Heaven

Matthew 15:7-9, “Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”

I read today that there are approximately 10,000 different religions in the world. Yet, we know Scripturally that salvation is not found in any religion; but rather, in the person and finished redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ. All of the following religious faiths are FALSE religions (I've also listed what they require to get to Heaven):

• Roman Catholicism (requires keeping seven sacraments, doing good works)
• Mormonism (requires water baptism, doing good works)
• Jehovah's Witness (requires water baptism, doing good works)
• Seventh-Day Adventist (requires keeping Sabbath, Lordship Salvation)
• Lutherans (requires water baptism, keeping holy communion)
• Church of Christ (requires water baptism, turn from sinful habits, confess Jesus publicly)
• United Church of Christ (requires water baptism)
• Baptist (80% of Baptist churches today teach the heresy of Lordship Salvation)

These are some of the major FALSE religions today, which mislead people how to be saved. Now, I have been an independent fundamental Baptist since I got saved at age 13 in 1980. But sadly I have seen that most Baptist churches today have become deadly cults, teaching the Satanic lie that you cannot go to Heaven without first being willing to give up your sinful bad habits.

Pastor Jack Hyles refutes the dangerous theological heresies of Wrong Repentance and Lordship Salvation. Dr. Hyles also expose False Bibles in his helpful book titled, “Enemies Of Soul Winning.” Tragically, 99% of people who attend churches today are merely playing church in a cult. Jesus said in no uncertain terms in John 3:3b, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

There's No Such Thing As An Atheist

Romans 1:17-21, “For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”

I have a bittersweet 85 year old lady across the street from me named Maggie. I like Maggie, but she is miserable in life. She hates her dead former husband and speaks ill of him. I listen more than I talk when I meet with her. We only talk every few months at most, because we are both recluses by nature, total homebodies. The first time I met Maggie in January of 2023, I boldly stated to her, “I am a Christian!” She quickly replied, “I am an atheist!” I smiled and said, “Well I'm glad to meet you!”

I have witnessed the Gospel to Maggie numerous times, but she is hardened against God. She told me that she didn't come to her decision to become an atheist quickly. She said she had given the matter much thought, and after several years concluded that God doesn't exist. That is so sad and tragic. This year I offered her a free hard copy of the helpful book by Michael P. Bowen, “I Never Knew You,” but she coldly refused to accept it. I am trying to get her saved, but she is defiant against her Creator. Isaiah 45:9, “Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!  Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth.  Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou?  or thy work, He hath no hands?”

What saith the Scripture? Romans 1:20-21, “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.” This is an amazing passage of Scripture. The inspired Word of God teaches that there is no such thing as an atheist, because the INVISIBLE THINGS of God from the creation of the world are CLEARLY SEEN BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE? Could the Word of God speak any clearer? I humbly think not.

Luke music, nature's voice testifying about God's wisdom, omnipotence and goodness transcends all barriers of language, age and race, as well as all cultural and national borders. Psalms 19:1-3, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.” Everyone knows that there is a supreme God, a divine Creator, and He is a good God. Nature itself testifies to the existence of God, “so that they are without excuse...” (Romans 1:20b).

Moses saw the INVISIBLE GOD. Hebrews 11:27, “By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.” The Bible openly acknowledges that GOD IS INVISIBLE to mankind.

1st Peter 1:7-9, “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.” The Bible openly acknowledges that Jesus is invisible to humanity. That is why we are invited in the Word of God to BELIEVE ON HIS NAME. 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: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” It is perfectly acceptable to simply BELIEVE ON JESUS' NAME, since we cannot see Him.

The Bible is abundantly clear in all these Scripture passages that we cannot physically see God. But dear reader, we don't need to see God, because the universe around us PROVES GOD'S EXISTENCE. Romans 1:20-21a, “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful...” At some point every child KNOWS that there is a God... “when they knew God...” (Romans 1:20b).

It's been well said that there are no atheists in fox holes in war. When you're life is on the line, and you're being shot at relentlessly by an enemy trying to take away your life, you tend to believe in God. I can tell you one thing for certain, there are no atheists in Hell! The Bible teaches that there is no such thing as an atheist, because nature itself evidences that God exists. In fact, atheists are wicked unbelievers who have bitter unthankful and bitter against God, so they have chosen to deny that He exists. Romans 1:28a, “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind...” There are no true atheists, only ungodly sinners who choose to dishonor their Creator.

Help, I Still Don't Know That I Am Saved

By God's grace alone, I KNOW beyond any shadow of a doubt that I am going to Heaven—not because of anything I have done, but because of what Jesus Christ did to pay my debt of sins on Calvary's cross 2,000 years ago. JESUS PAID IT ALL!!!

I first felt convicted that I was lost at age 13. It was a Sunday morning in an old-fashioned Baptist church on Chicago's northside. The pastor said if you can sin without having any Holy Spirit conviction whatsoever, then you're not saved. I knew immediately that I wasn't saved. So, that morning from my pew, I called out silently in my heart and asked Jesus to saved me. I believed that I was asking a risen Savior, who died on the cross to pay for my sins, to be saved that day, and He did.

Unfortunately, since I was too scared to walk the aisle to find out how to be saved, I didn't know what had just happened and I was confused. I agree with Pastor Max Younce (1935-2023) who hated when preachers require lost sinners to walk down an aisle to learn how to go to Heaven. Dr. Younce rightly contends that every preacher should tell people how to be saved right from their pew. I wish to God that the pastor that day had done so, but he didn't, he required people to walk an aisle to learn how to be saved. Since I had grown up in Sunday school and attended random churches with my Mom (my Dad didn't go to church), I knew enough about the Gospel to be saved; but I didn't fully understand what God expected of me, so I suffered much worry, doubt and fear. Here is the free .pdf format version of Pastor Younce's helpful book, "SALVATION AND THE PUBLIC INVITATION" (backup).

That book helped to solidify my salvation beliefs around 2005. I had already stopped doubting my salvation about 15 years earlier, but I still didn't have perfect peace about my salvation. Dr. Younce explains that you can be saved by simply BELIEVING the Gospel (Good News) that Jesus died on a cross for our sins, was buried, and bodily resurrected three days later (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). Tragically, the Gospel has been embellished and messed with in 95% of today's Bible colleges and churches, hindering people from receiving the new birth. By God's grace, I wrote a 42 chapter book about my own salvation saga—sharing my fears, doubts, uncertainties and how God eventually helped me to find the perfect peace of soul which I wanted so desperately.

Dear reader, if you haven't read it yet, please read Michael P. Bowen's helpful book, "I NEVER KNEW YOU." If nothing else, please read the introduction and first chapter. This book will give you a solid foundation of what the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is, and is not.

I also encourage you to read "WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?," a wonderful Gospel tract by Pastor Harry Ironside (1876-1951). I love Dr. Ironside, he pastored the famous Moody Church in Chicago from 1930 to 1948.

Also, you might want to read "ANOTHER GOSPEL" by Pastor Ironside.

I am confident that these resources will definitely help you settle the assurance of God's free gift of salvation dear friend. I worried for several years, crying often, not sure that I was going to Heaven. Like many other folks, I prayed and asked Jesus to save me more than 50 times, following every religious tract I could find to read, but still felt that I might not be saved. It drove me bananas! In hindsight (which they say is 20/20), I now realize that I had been woefully deceived by every preacher and tract I had read, by being required to pray a Sinner's Prayer to be saved. I learned from Pastor Younce, in his book above SALVATION AND THE PUBLIC INVITATION, that you don't need to pray, ask or call to be saved, you can simply BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST (Acts 16:30-31).

I had never heard any preacher tell me that before. It was so simple. I had somehow known it all my Christian life, but it didn't register in my brain until I actually hear Dr. Younce say it. God is already offering us eternal life as a free gift (Romans 5:15-18). So, it is pointless to ask God to give us what He is already freely offering to us, by faith in His only begotten Son. John 20:31, "But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name." God authored the Gospel of John to try to convince us that Jesus is the Christ, the only begotten Son of God, so that by BELIEVING ON JESUS we would be saved. The only requirement to be saved in the book of John is to BELIEVE. The word "believe" is mentioned 85 times in John. Something very different is being preached in most churches today.

I visited the First Baptist Church of Pensacola several months ago, which is one of 45,000 Southern Baptist churches (they pay $50,000 each year to belong to the SBC). I am against the SBC. Their senior pastor Dave Snyder asked a 12 year old boy to stand up, and said that he had been saved that morning by "becoming a Christ follower." That was it. That's all he said how the boy got saved. That is tragic, because you don't get saved by following Christ. The false prophets in Matthew 7:21-23, whom Jesus said He didn't know as His sheep, whom He called "workers of iniquity" FOLLOWED CHRIST. They boasted of their "many wonderful works," even calling Jesus "Lord, Lord" (there's the heresy of Lordship Salvation exposed in the Bible). Unfortunately they had never ceased from their own human works, to REST in Christ's redemptive work alone (Hebrews 4:10-11). Jesus said the only "work" we can do to be saved is to BELIEVE ON HIM (John 6:28-29).

In nearly every Baptist church today I hear the Satanic lie that you must first be willing to reform (to turn from your sinning) to be saved, which is a counterfeit plan of salvation. Turning from sin is strictly a matter of Christian SERVICE, not SALVATION. Pastor M.R. DeHaan gets it 100% right...

"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." —Pastor M.R. DeHaan, “Hebrews”; Zondervan Publishing House; 1959 (p. 117)

Amen and amen! If you realize you are a guilty sinner in God's sight (Romans 3:19-20), and your only hope for Heaven is Jesus' death, burial and resurrection, then you are saved (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). The Gospel itself is the POWER OF GOD unto salvation to all them that BELIEVE (Romans 1:16; 1st Corinthians 1:21). The Gospel is "the simplicity that is in Christ" (2nd Corinthians 11:3-4). God had to make getting saved simple, because there's a lot of ignorant, base and low intelligence people in the world. It is so simple to be saved that even a small child can be saved (Mark 10:14).

I welcome questions if you have any. I hope you will take the time to read through some of the materials I have shared with you, which I know will help you find the peace of salvation. I was saved all the years that I worried, praying over 50 times for God to save me. I was already saved, but I couldn't nail it down. That may be where you're at now. My book on SALVATION will help you, from learning the same Bible truths that helped me. People fear what they don't know. Walking in the dark is scary, because we don't know what may be lurking in the darkness. Likewise, we fear missing Heaven, not because we aren't saved, but because no one has ever taken the time to properly explain the Gospel. Many born-again saints, like myself for several years, worry that they might not be saved. Preachers are to blame. Tragically, 99% of preachers today simply don't know how to properly present the Gospel.

When I was 17 years old, I went to my pastor and told him I couldn't settle my salvation. He wrongly assumed that since I didn't know I am saved, I must not be. I wish he hadn't done that, because instead of helping me understand God's simple plan of salvation, he just slapped a Band-Aid over the problem. Then he did the worst thing he could have done, he led me in another Sinner's Prayer (which I had already done over 50 times on my own). He told me I was now saved. He called my parents to tell them I am saved. He told the whole church I am saved. I was water baptized weeks later, scared to death that I still didn't know I was saved. And now I was reluctant to tell anybody that I still didn't know I was saved, because I'd look like a fool.

It wasn't until I learned many years later that I didn't have to pray at all to be saved, I could have simply BELIEVED. Acts 16:30-31, "And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Paul and Silas didn't tell the Philippian Roman jailer to pray a Sinner's Prayer. They didn't tell him to turn from his sins, confess Christ publicly, get water baptized or anything else, but simply to BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF JESUS.

If you know that you are a guilty sinner in God's sight, and you believe (rely upon) the facts that Jesus is the Christ, the only begotten Son of God—who died on a cross, was buried and resurrected from the dead three days later—and this is your only hope for eternal life, you are saved dear friend. Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do.

God Will Punish This Evil World Of Sin And Shame

Isaiah 13:11, “And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.”

I am in a battle right now with Amazon.com over a movie review that I wrote. I used the phrase “ungodly sodomite scene” to recommend that customers DON'T buy the 1990 movie, “Lord Of The Flies.” It was because I referred to homosexuality as “ungodly” that Amazon's moronic “Safety Community” falsely accused me of “Hate Speech.”

Today's ungodly corporations and big tech companies like Facebook are hiding their wicked liberal agendas behind the pretense wall of “The Community.” The Bible calls their so-called “community” THE WORLD. Isaiah 13:11, “And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.”

Here is an excellent quote from Pastor E.M. Bounds (1835-1913) which made an impact upon me as a young Christian man over 35 years ago:

'The world' includes the mass of humanity that is alienated from God and therefore hostile to the cause of Christ. It involves worldly affairs, earthly things, riches, pleasures, and pursuits that are shallow, frail, and fleeting. These things stir desire, draw us away from God, and are obstacles to the cause of Christ. The divorced or torn relationships between Heaven and earth, between God and His creatures, finds its expression in the term 'the world.'” —Pastor Edward M. Bounds, a quote from chapter 7 - 'Overcoming The Enemy Of God,' from the classic book titled: “GUIDE TO SPIRITUAL WARFARE”

This sin-cursed world is so horrible. I eagerly long to leave this ungodly place to go home to be with Jesus my precious Savior in Heaven...

1st John 2:15-17, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”

The world is a cold-hearted place. The world never meets anybody halfway on anything. Someone has rightly said that the world is like a man who holds a saxophone in one hand and a gun in the other; he blows his saxophone to drown out the cries of his shooting victims. The world protects their own (John 15:19). The world hates Jesus (John 7:7). The inspired Holy Bible warns that no one can be friends with the world, and also be friends with God (James 4:4). We must all choose either God or the world, there is no middle ground.

God didn't create Hell for humans, He made it for the Devil and his fallen angels. However, any human being who rejects Jesus as your Savior will spend eternity burning in Hell. The Bible makes this truth very clear (Revelation 20:11-15). 2nd Peter 3:9 says that God is NOT WILLING that any should perish, but that all men should come to repentance. That is, that all men would get saved by faith in Jesus. We are now living in very wicked times, when people no longer fear the righteous God of the inspired King James Bible. What saith the Scripture? Hebrews 9:27-28, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”

I've never seen such ugliness in people as I have in recent years. Americans are as greedy, rude, selfish and rotten as ever, and things only seem to be headed downhill from here. No one is going to get away with anything, I assure you friend. Nothing escapes God's sight, nothing. Hebrews 4:13, “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.” I fear God, and I hope that you are smart enough to do the same. The wicked world doesn't fear God, and they never have (Romans 3:16; 1st John 5:19).

Isaiah 13:11, “And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.” This ungodly world is living every moment on borrowed time from our Creator.