Galatians 1:6-9, “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. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”
There is a very dangerous teaching in many of today's Bible colleges and churches, which says that “Lordship” salvation and a free grace Gospel both fall within the realm of orthodox Bible theology. Nothing could be further from THE TRUTH!
Let's compare the two plans of salvation:
- Lordship Salvation - 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 in order to establish or provide evidence that such faith has resulted in eternal life. Living the Christian life faithfully is required to prove that your faith is genuine, otherwise you do not go to Heaven. A major heretic who preaches this damnable false plan of salvation is Dr. Steve Pettit (president of Bob Jones University since 2014). Faith in Christ is insufficient to get to Heaven. In addition, Calvinists (aka, Lordship Salvation) require that you live a sanctified life to prove that your faith is genuine. This is faith plus works for salvation, which does not produce the new birth.
- Free Grace Gospel - Forgiveness of sins and eternal life are the free gift of God, which require nothing more than childlike faith in the Gospel (i.e., the Good News that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins, He was buried and then bodily resurrected three days later). This is 'THE GOSPEL' according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-4. Believers SHOULD live for Christ and follow Him as Lord (Romans 3:31), but these virtues are not necessary nor permitted by God to get to Heaven (Galatians 3:1-3), nor do they have anything to do with the new birth (John 1:12-13). We are saved by God's righteousness through faith alone in Jesus (Philippians 3:9), and the life we choose to live on earth has absolutely nothing to do with God's promise of eternal life unto them that BELIEVE (1st Corinthians 1:21; Romans 5:20l Acts 13:39).
I challenge you to read the simple plan of salvation as preached by Pastor Curtis Hutson (which is 100% accurate). Now look at this horrifying garbage by Dr. Steve Pettit (president of BJU). Folks, these are two VERY DIFFERENT plans of salvation. There is no way Biblically that Curtis Hutson and Steve Pettit can both be correct. Dr. Hutson teaches that you don't have to forsake a lifestyle of sin to get to Heaven, but Dr. Pettit absolutely does! You cannot show me even one verse in the inspired King James Bible that says to turn away from sinful ways to be saved. Wicked false teachers have redefined key Biblical terms like “repentance” and “faith” to mean something very different than what God intended them to mean.
Dear reader, there is only ONE Gospel. Galatians 1:6-7a, “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...” There are NOT two different variations of the Gospel. I wish that Pastors like Jeff Redlin, Sean Quinlan and other fools would wake up to righteousness, and stop berating my ministry of telling THE TRUTH, and join me to expose the accursed Bob Jones University camp today, who have become a cesspool of Calvinist iniquity. Calvinism is not the Gospel, not even close!!!
Sadly, one of today's most dangerous false prophets is Evangelist Ken Ham, who is supported financially by the Crown College (Pastor Clarence Sexton), Pensacola Christian College (Pastor Jeff Redlin), and other apostate religious institutions today. Ken Ham preaches the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation, requiring that sinners turn away from their sinful bad habits or else God won't save them. Repentance does not, nor ever has, meant to turn away from sin. Repentance is the admission that one is as guilty a sinner as God hath declared us to be in His Word. Pastor Harry A. Ironside (1876-1951) got it 100% right:
Clearly, Ironside taught a Free Grace view of the Gospel. Consider further the following quote by Dr. Ironside:"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, pg. 36
Harry Ironside DIDN'T teach Lordship Salvation, he simply taught that Biblical repentance was necessary for salvation, which is evidenced in the following quote by Pastor 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?
Read what Dr. Ironside said in his Gospel tract, ANOTHER GOSPEL? ...
In your face MacArthur! Harry Ironside just contradicted everything MacArthur teaches concerning salvation. In sharp contrast to Harry Ironside, here are some of MacArthur's foolish unbiblical teachings from his book, The Gospel According to Jesus (Zondervan 1988):"When anyone comes promising salvation to those ‘who make full surrender' of all that they have to God, and who 'pay the price of full salvation' he is preaching another gospel, for the price was paid on Calvary's cross and the work that saves is finished. It was Christ Jesus who made the full surrender when He yielded His life on Calvary that saves us, not our surrender in any way to Him."SOURCE: Harry A. Ironside, from the Gospel tract, Another Gospel.
Is this true? Absolutely not. John MacArthur is of the Devil and his doctrines are demonic!!! There is no way possible to reconcile the beliefs of Harry Ironside with those of John MacArthur and only a wicked person would try. MacArthur clearly teaches that no one can be saved unless they are willing to UNCONDITIONALLY SURRENDER and FORSAKE EVERYTHING. This is not what the Word of God teaches. Please Read: Dr. John R. Rice Refutes Lordship Salvation.Saving faith is "unconditional surrender, a complete resignation of self and absolute submission" (page 153)."Salvation is for those who are willing to forsake everything" (page 78)."Saving faith is a commitment to leave sin and follow Jesus Christ at all costs. Jesus takes no one unwilling to come on those terms" (page 87)."Eternal life brings immediate death to self" (page 140).
Now let me quote to you again the great man of God, Dr. Ironside:
Salvation is a gift, paid for by Jesus' literal, physical, precious blood (1st Peter 1:18,19; 1st John 1:7; Hebrews 9:12; Revelation 1:5). We are saved by HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (Matthew 6:33; Romans 10:3,4; 1st Corinthians 5:21); and not our own willingness to do better (Isaiah 64:6; Ephesians 2:8,9; Titus 3:5; Romans 4:5,6,22). We don't give up our sins to get saved; we give up our sins because we are saved, and that requires time to grow in God's grace (1st Peter 2:2)."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?
- Lordship Salvation is of the Devil.
- Misunderstood repentance (i.e., turning away from sin) to be saved is of the Devil.
- Calvinism (all 5 tenets) are of the Devil.
- Martin Luther (1483-1546) is burning in Hell, because he preached the heresy of Baptismal Regeneration his entire life (just go read his catechisms from 1529)
- Bob Jones University preaches the Devil's lies of Calvinism for salvation.
- ALL of the modern Bible revisions have been corrupted by Satan! If you don't have a King James Bible, you don't have an inspired Holy Bible!
- Pensacola Christian College wickedly bids Godspeed to the BJU camp (2nd John 1:11).
- We have a solemn duty as God's redeemed saints to expose darkness (Ephesians 5:11), tell the truth (Proverbs 12:17), hate evil (Psalms 97:10), preach against false doctrine (Titus 1:10-13). What is wrong with Campus Church and PCC? Revelation 3:2, "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God." How long oh ye foolish children will ye go along with false prophets who damn men's souls with Calvinism?
(an awesome sermon by Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold)
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