Ray Comfort Denies The Eternal Security Of The Believer

John 10:28-29, “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.”

One of the hottest debates on social media nowadays is the Bible truth of: ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED!

False prophets like Ray Comfort deny eternal security. Ray is a theological liar who talks out of both sides of his mouth. On his Living Waters ministry website, Ray teaches that you cannot lose eternal life once received. However, Ray totally contradicts himself when he says stupid things like the following...

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Hebrews 10:26 speaks to the Christian, “𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.” We are all born compulsive sinners until the day we die, but it’s the person who sins wilfully, joyfully and pridefully who should be concerned for their salvation. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗻. [𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱]
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SOURCE: https://livingwaters.com/episode/why-its-impossible-to-lose-your-salvation/

What you just read is false doctrine! Ray Comfort is perverting the Gospel. How can Ray Comfort say that he believes in eternal security, while at the same time warning people that you cannot continue living in sin and know you are saved? Which is it Ray? If we must turn from sin perpetually to have assurance of salvation, then we are doomed to live a life of fear, uncertainty and worry. That is NOT eternal security!!!

First, Hebrews 10:26 is not talking about Christians living in sin; but rather, it's about the unsaved person who refuses to get saved. By not believing on Jesus Christ, a lost sinner is crucifying Jesus afresh, and there remains no other sacrifice for their sins. This is exactly what the Apostle Paul meant in 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟱:𝟰, “𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄; 𝘆𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲.” That is, if you try to earn your way to Heaven by turning from your sins (aka, keeping the law), then Christ's sacrifice on the cross is worthless to you. 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟮:𝟮𝟭, “𝗜 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱: 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗳 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗻.” Anyone who refuses to trust Jesus as your personal Savior, you have passed up your only bus ride going to Heaven. There is no other name than "Jesus," by which you can be saved (Acts 4:10-12).

If you can be saved by turning from your sins, then you don't need the Savior. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝟮:𝟭𝟳, "𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝘁, 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸: 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲." Jesus saves sinners who rely upon His sacrifice on the cross to save them. God saves those who are 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 in His only begotten Son, He doesn't save anyone who is 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 to be saved by forsaking a lifestyle of sinning.

Second, Ray Comfort foolishly teaches the Devil's lie that, “𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗻.” What Ray fails to realize is that we all do just that—we all live in deliberate sin continually. Even when we fail to pray for others as we should, we are sinning (1st Samuel 12:23). We are all far more sinful in God's sight than we realize. That is why David prayed in 𝗣𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝟭𝟵:𝟭𝟮, “𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀? 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀.” If there is no assurance of eternal security for those saints who indulge in a lifestyle of willful sin, then no one is saved.

Ray Comfort is caught between grace and works, preaching another gospel of partial faith in Christ plus works, which cannot produce the new birth by the Holy Spirit of God. Only wholly trusting in Jesus' name produces the new birth (John 6:40; Galatians 3:26). Only believing the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus' death on the cross, burial and bodily resurrection on the third day produces the new birth (1st Corinthians 15:1-4; Romans 1:16). Nowhere does the inspired King James Bible tell us to turn from our sinful ways, or repent “of your sins” to be saved.

When the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas in Acts 16:30b, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?,” their simply answer in Verse 31b was, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved...” There is no mention of Paul and Silas telling the man to repent of his sins, or to turn from his sins. To be saved, you repent of the one thing that hinders a man from being saved, and that is the sin of UNBELIEF. That is the only sin you must repent (change your mind) about to be saved—UNBELIEF.

Please notice in Matthew 21:32, “For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.” Notice that Jesus said they didn't repent to BELIEVE the Gospel truth preached by John the Baptist. Jesus didn't say that they failed to repent from their sinning. Wicked unlearned preachers have added words to the Bible which God did not author (Proverbs 30:5-6).

Tragically, less than 1% of believers today care about what I have just shared with you. This is why I incessantly preach on this important topic. I don't just write here in Facebook to teach a couple dozen Christian people, I copy and paste these posts into my blog articles for thousands to read. I learned as a boy from my father that you catch more fish if you put multiple fishing lines into the water. My Dad used to use 5 fishing poles at once (and he caught more fish). I stayed busy taking the fish off the lines and rebaiting the hooks for my Dad. Those were the good ole days.

Dear reader, we all need to make a fuss today about unlearned and incompetent preachers who are telling lost sinners to turn from their sinning to be saved, because that is one of the biggest lies ever told by the Devil. Satan's greatest weapon is to con people into living the Christian life without ever being born again. Michael P. Bowen makes that true statement in his helpful book titled, "I NEVER KNEW YOU."

The inspired Word of God teaches: “ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED,” which means you can go out and live like the Devil and still know 100% that you are saved.

“'You can't tell me you can trust Christ as Savior, and then go out here and live like the Devil, and still go to Heaven!' Yes, I can tell you that! That's what the Bible says. If you don't come to the conclusion, that—Yes, you can trust Christ as your Savior and live like the Devil, and still go to Heaven when you die—you don't get grace, because that is the exact truth! That is the truth! I do not have to change my life! I don't have to stop one sin! You say, 'I've never heard a preacher say that.' You just heard one! And you listen to me—I want to live as holy and as godly as I possibly can. I am now 70 years old. I've been saved for 52 years. ... the only reason I'm going to Heaven is because, 52 years ago in a little living room, I accepted Christ as my Savior.” —Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold, a great quote from the awesome sermon, “Calvinism And Grace Are NOT Compatible | MP3”

What saith the Scripture? Romans 6:1-2, “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” The Lord doesn't want us to flagrantly continue living a lifestyle of sin, but if we do God's grace will much more abound, so that we can NEVER lose God's free gift of eternal life. Romans 5:20-21, “Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”

At the moment you are saved, God seals you permanently with His Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13-14). No amount of sinfulness in your character and life in any way dismisses your salvation. Remember, it is really God's salvation. That is why dozens of times in the Psalms we read King David speak of “Thy salvation” or “Thy righteousness.” David understood that salvation is of the Lord. Psalms 13:5, “But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.”

Dear friend, if you have to look at your life to prove you are saved, it just proves that you're not! I am saved because as a 13 year old teenager in 1980, I trusted Jesus as my personal Savior. It was a Sunday summer morning in an old-fashioned Baptist church. The pastor gave an invitation at the end of his sermon. By faith I received Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for my sins, believing that after He was buried, Jesus physically resurrected three days later from the dead. I trusted Christ to save me and He did.

The way that I choose to live has absolutely NOTHING to do with my eternal security, nor do I have to live a certain way to prove to God or myself that I am saved. The Apostle James teaches in his Epistle that we need to show our faith by our works (James 2:17-21). But the Apostle Paul in Romans teaches that we are justified in the sight of God only by faith (Romans 4:1-7). Many Bible students get these two books confused, mixing grace with works. Ray Comfort is bad news! He is unlearned in the Scriptures, wresting the inspired Word of God to his own destruction (2nd Peter 3:16-17). Thank you for reading my blog.