Lordship Salvation Flips The Truth To Say The Opposite

John 8:8-11, “And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.”

One of my web visitors wrote this excellent article this week, Ben Vogt:

People often flip the order of Jesus' saying to the woman caught in adultery, “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more,” and interpret it as something like this, “Sin no more and I won't condemn you.” First off, sin is the transgression of God's law (1 John 3:4), which demands PERFECT obedience (Matthew 5:48, James 2:10), and condemns those who fall short of it as guilty transgressors (Romans 3:23, Galatians 3:10). Therefore, no amount of cessation from sin and keeping of the law will EVER be enough to atone for the selfsame law we have already broken (Romans 3:20, Galatians 2:16). The woman caught in adultery deserved to be stoned to death for her sin, but Jesus showed mercy when he told her accusers, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”

After the accusers left, Jesus asked the woman, “Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?”

The woman expressed faith in Jesus as her Savior when she responded, “No man, Lord.”

It is after that woman got saved when Jesus told her, “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.”

We don't stop sinning to get saved, cause we are already guilty and condemned under God's holy law, and there is NOTHING we can do to atone for our sins (Isaiah 64:6). That is why the Bible says we are saved by grace and not by works (Ephesians 2:8-9). It was Jesus who shed his perfectly sinless blood to pay for our sins on Calvary's cross, was buried, and rose again on the third day (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). His blood payment for sin can be put to your account, and you can thereby be forgiven of all your past, present, and future sins and enter into Heaven, if you will simply believe (John 3:16, Acts 16:31, Romans 4:5). Then, AFTER we are saved, that is when Jesus wants us to “go and sin no more.” Not cause we'll lose our salvation and go to Hell if we don't (you CAN'T lose your salvation - John 10:28-30), but because sin is destructive and God hates seeing what sin does to us. That's why Jesus tells those of us who are saved, “go and sin no more.”

I thought this was an article worthy of sharing with others. Ben is absolutely right—proponents of a Lordship Gospel flip the truth. Instead of Jesus saying to the woman caught in adultery: “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more,” they interpret it as something like this: “Sin no more and I won't condemn you.” That is the junk theology we are hearing in so many churches today, Bible colleges, and on Pacific Garden Mission's Unshackled radio. Sadly, Bob Jones University is a sinking ship, because they have departed from their fundamentalist Christian roots. Now they've got homosexuals singing at BJU! Oh, you didn't know that? Well you do now my friend. Jerry Falwell Jr. may be applying for a job at BJU.

“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”