The Bible Teaches Every Believer Has Eternal Security

John 5:24, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”

Carefully notice three things in our text passage of Scripture concerning the person who hears God's Word and BELIEVES ON JESUS CHRIST:

1. he hath everlasting life
2. he shall not come into condemnation
3. he is passed from death unto life

That is eternal security my friend! Look carefully at these wonderful compelling phrases in John 5:24. The believer is “passed from death unto life.” That is the second birth. Dr. Steve Pettit errantly teaches at Bob Jones University that salvation begins with the new birth, but then he says you MUST faithfully endure to run the race until the end, or else you won't go to Heaven. That is the Devil's lie of Calvinism! As I just read to you, he that BELIEVES has already passed from death unto life. It is a done deal, case closed, you're freely justified from all things forever. Acts 13:39, “And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.” That is eternal security!!!

Another compelling phrase that we read in John 5:24 is “shall not come into condemnation.” Boy I love that! Romans 8:34, “Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.” The sinful flesh has a tendency to want to justify itself by works. Adam sewed fig leaves together, in a futile attempt to cover his nakedness. Cain likewise made a futile attempt to impress God with the best crops his fields could produce. God rejected Adam's fig-leaf religion. God rejected Cain's offering of works. You can be assured dear reader, that God will reject anyone's human efforts to save them self. 

In Matthew 7:21-23 we read a horrifying true story, about a group of religious people who died in their sins. They had spent their lives serving Jesus, calling Him “LORD, LORD.” They had surrendered all to Christ, but we're not saved at all. 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 am amazed that anyone could still believe in the heresy of Lordship Salvation after reading this clear passage! Matthew 7:21a, “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.” 

You don't get saved by receiving Jesus as your “Lord.” Nor do you get saved by receiving Jesus as your “Lord” and “Savior.” You get saved by receiving Jesus as your personal Savior! Heresy has flooded into our churches today. We must keep in mind that Judas was sorry for his sins (penitence). Judas knew that he had betrayed innocent blood. Judas tried to make a mend for his sins, by returning the 30 pieces of silver (penance). Judas was a changed man (reformation). The Bible says in Matthew 27:3b that Judas “repented himself.” He turned from his sins! Yet, Judas went to Hell to be tormented day and night in fire forever. 

I shudder in my soul when I think of the end of all these misled pastors and churchgoers today. Lordship Salvation is not the Gospel. Calvinism is not the Gospel. Turning from one's sinful ways to be saved is not the Gospel. The junk theology being preached by Pacific Garden Mission's Unshackled radio program is not the Gospel of free grace! I was saddened and angered recently, when I heard Pastor Phil Kidd denying the believer's eternal security. Evangelist Kidd preaches one of the best sermons I've ever heard called: “Nobody's Laughing In Hell.” I love Dr. Kidd and believe that he is saved, just confused. Many preachers today are unfortunately “Caught Between Grace And Works” (an awesome sermon by Pastor Ralph 'Yankee' Arnold). 

If you BELIEVE, you already have everlasting life! We don't get eternal life when we die someday, we already have it! If my body died right now, my spirit is already alive forever! That is because when I got saved at age 13, the Holy Spirit came inside me to live, uniting with my human spirit. This is what it means to be “born-again,” re-gened with God's genes. There will be no break in consciousness when a believer's body perishes. There is no such thing as “soul sleep” (a common heresy taught by Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh-Day Adventists). Soul sleep is the false idea that when a person dies, their spirit stays unconscious in the grave until God raises them up at some future time. I believe that when we die, our spirit for the first time will see our body from the outside, as we are escorted by angels to be with the Lord in Heaven (Luke 16:22).

Your eternal destination can NEVER depend upon what you do as a saint of God, neither before, during nor after you were saved. I mean, if a man can lose his salvation, don't you think there would be at least one story in the Bible like that? There's not. If a person could lose their salvation and get re-saved, show me a story like that in the Bible. And if a person can lose their salvation, and not get it back, show me where that happened to someone in the Bible? I'm waiting. Friend, you cannot show me any stories like that. 

Carefully notice in the following Scripture that if salvation is by grace, “THEN IS IT NO MORE OF WORKS”!!! That is what the Holy Bible teaches! Romans 11:6, “And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.” Works have no part of salvation. False prophets' John MacArthur, John Piper, Steve Pettit, Marty Herron, Pacific Garden Mission, Bob Jones University, and Harvest Baptist Church on Guam, are pulling on the same rope as the Devil. You don't HAVE TO serve Christ to be saved, but you “SHOULD” (Titus 2:11-13).

You must keep salvation and service separate or you will be confused, and confuse everyone else! Salvation is not me meaning business, it is God meaning business! My part is simply to freely receive God's gift of eternal life BY FAITH. I'm tired of preachers putting fear into people's hearts, telling them that if they didn't mean business and are still living in sin, they are not saved. The preachers want people to live right, so they put them into fear, telling them that if they don't live righteously they aren't really saved. Salvation is free, always remember that! Stand strong for the Gospel of free grace! Don't doubt the Gospel just because people live wrong. Scripture never contradicts itself, which tells us that Lordship Salvation is not true, because it contradicts Scripture! No man has to serve Jesus Christ because he is saved. If you don't understand that truth, the Scriptures will be confusing to you!