Psalms:37:7, “Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.”
Hebrews 4:10-11, “For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.”
“Jesus does not forgive sin! Jesus paid for the price of sin with His death, burial, and resurrection. Jesus does not forgive sin for He paid for sin Himself. He forgives sinners by paying for their sins!” —Pastor Bob Gray Sr.
Jesus needed to pay the right PRICE in the right PLACE. That right price was the Savior's precious BLOOD (Acts 20:28), and the place is the heavenly MERCY SEAT in the heavenly HOLY PLACE (Hebrews 9:12; 22-24; 12:24):
Acts 20:28, “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.”Hebrews 9:12, “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”
Please understand that you DON'T need to surrender your life to Jesus as “Lord” (Master) to get to Heaven. There is a popular damnable heresy nowadays in many churches, which errantly teaches that faith is not enough to be saved. In addition, proponents of the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation say that there is a “second thing” that you must do to be saved, which is to “repent and turn away from your evil ways.” They say you must renounce and forsake your sinful bad habits, and then continue to live a lifestyle of repentance until you die to be saved.
Case in point, watch the following helpful video which exposes John MacArthur's counterfeit plan of salvation...
John MacArthur says “It's Hard to Get to Heaven”
Philippines 2:9-11, “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
You don't get to Heaven by confessing that Jesus is the “Lord,” you get to Heaven by receiving Him as your personal Savior. 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:” You take Him as your Savior, not your Lord to be saved. Anybody who teaches differently is a liar, and they are contradicting the Gospel of John, which is God's Gospel tract (John 20:31). Pastor Jack Hyles beautifully refutes the heresy of Lordship Salvation. It's not what you DO, it's what He DID. It's not DO, it's DONE!!! The old account was settled long ago. Jesus paid for it, all I can do is trust Him. You trust Him! It's not the DO-GOODERS that get to Heaven, it's the DO-TRUSTERS!!! Have you trusted Him as your Savior? Is your name written in Heaven?
I heard a fool from Pensacola Christian College (PCC) try to convince me that Lordship Salvation is Biblical, by citing the following passage of Scripture. 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.” But just because Jesus is the Lord, doesn't mean that He requires you to pick up your cross to follow Him, serve Him faithfully and forsake your sinful bad habits as a prerequisite to saving faith, because those things are all WORKS.
Jonah 3:8-10, “But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.”
God saw THEIR WORKS, that they TURNED FROM THEIR EVIL WAY. They didn't get saved, they simply humbled themselves before God to stave off imminent destruction upon Nineveh. That is what Judas did. Judas “repented himself.” That is, he was remorseful for what he had done to betray his Lord, as one of Jesus' very apostles. Judas felt penitent sorrow. Judas reformed, even returning the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and Jewish elders who had wickedly paid him to betray Jesus...
Matthew 27:3-5, “Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.”
You see dear reader, you cannot get to Heaven by feeling sorrow for your sins (penitence), trying to make amends for your sins (penance), and by turning away from your sins (reformation). Bible repentance is changing your mind toward God, acknowledging THE TRUTH that you are a needy sinner, so that you BELIEVE the Gospel and are saved. Repentance is NOT a second step, or a separate act, from believing to be saved. Repentance is included in believing. That is why although we find the word “believe” mentioned 88 times in the Gospel of John, the word “ repent” does not appear even once. Repentance is automatic, so that you don't and shouldn't even mention repentance when witnessing to someone, lest you confuse them. If God didn't mention repentance in His Gospel tract (the Gospel of John), then why should why? Think about that.
If you want further Scriptural evidence, consider Acts 16:30-31. I love this classic Scripture passage! 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.” The Philippian jailor in Rome heard and saw the great earthquake, beholding the power of God. He wanted to know how to get saved, so he directly asked Paul and Silas how to do to get to Heaven. Paul and Silas simply said: BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
They didn't tell the Roman jailor to do a “second thing” like Ray Comfort and Ken Ham do! Ladies and gentleman, there is no SECOND THING!!! There are no steps to getting born-again. You simply come to God as a broken needy sinner and BELIEVE the GOOD NEWS of Jesus crucified, buried and bodily resurrected three days later to be saved. That is the Gospel:
1st Corinthians 15:1-4, “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:”
We are saved by BELIEVING the Gospel. 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.” It is not our words of wisdom, nor our cunning stylish ability to tantalize listeners with our eloquent speech that leads lost sinners to Jesus Christ, it is THE GOSPEL itself. The Gospel is “the power of God unto salvation” to EVERYONE THAT BELIEVETH!!! The way that you witness the Gospel to a Roman Catholic, or a Mormon, or an atheist, is the SAME—just preach to them THE GOSPEL.
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