Even To Them That Believe On Jesus' Name

John 1:12-13, “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: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

I recently explained to someone what the Bible means in John 1:12b, "even to them that believe on his name." Since we cannot see, hear or sense Jesus with our physical senses, we have no choice but to just believe ON HIS NAME. God understands this. It is perfectly find to put your trust in the "name" of Jesus for salvation, believing that He died for your sins on the cross, was buried and then bodily resurrected from the dead three days later.

The inspired Holy Bible openly acknowledges that we cannot see God. The world was given a glimpse of God when Jesus walked this earth 2,000 years ago in Palestine. We are saved by placing our childlike faith in the only begotten Son of God...

1st Peter 1:7-9, "That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having notseen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."

I'm sure you've heard of doubting Thomas in the Bible. When Jesus raised up from the dead, He appeared to all the apostles, but Thomas was not present at that time. When Thomas arrived later He was grieved and upset that he had missed the Savior. I can only imagine how left out Thomas felt. Thomas was emotionally hurt...

John 20:25, “The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he [Thomas] said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

Eight days later Jesus appeared again to the apostles, and this time Thomas was present...

John 20:26-29, “And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”

I love that last part of the verse. Thomas refused to believe Christ had risen from the dead unless He was able to physically see and touch the Savior. Ah, but we have the blessed opportunity today to believe in Christ's death on the cross, burial and bodily resurrection three days later without seeing Him, which requires greater faith. I am one of those in John 20:29b “that have not seen, and yet have believed.” I hope you are too friend.

Hebrews 11:27, “By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.” I love that. So often we hear unbelievers today challenging the existence of God, demanding proof (as did Thomas) before they will believe. Anyone with an honest heart knows that Jesus is the Savior of the world. Have you put your trust in Him dear friend? I did when I was 13 years old. My pastor was saved when he was just 7 years old. Pastor Steven Anderson trusted Jesus when he was 6 years old. Pastors' Jack Hyles and Curtis Hutson trusted Christ when they were 11 years old. Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold was 18 years old when he trusted Jesus as his personal Savior. In fact, 80% of Christians get saved at or under the age of 18. By the age of 70 your chances of ever getting saved decreases down to only 4%. Luke 18:17, “Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.” This verse simply means that you must humble yourself as a little child to admit that you cannot save yourself, and that you need Jesus to save you. Getting saved requires humility, which children naturally possesses but adults don't. As we grow older we become proud.

Simply believe on Jesus' name dear reader, receiving His sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that He was buried but then resurrected physically three days later for your justification. Believe the 'GOOD NEWS' (Gospel) of Jesus Christ crucified, buried and risen, and you are saved.

Prayer And The Sovereignty Of God

Psalm 2, "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him."

Some argue that because God is sovereign, He determines all that there is to be. These say that God is dependent only upon Himself; hence, mere mortals could never influence His actions. How then could He be moved to action by the prayer of a mortal? They say if God is such, then an answer to our prayers would mean condescension to our weakness.

Now this would be true if God were only one Person, but fortunately, God is three Persons, and in the great doctrine of the trinity, we reconcile God's sovereignty and man's influence on Him to do what He would not have done had man not have prayed. Let us begin this reconciliation.

1. God gave His Son equality and fellowship with Himself. John 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

2. God gave His Son a place as counsellor. Isaiah 9:6,7, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this." As is mentioned in other chapters, the word "counsellor" here means mainly that Jesus was and is the Heavenly Father's counsellor.

3. God gave Jesus asking privileges. Psalm 2:6-8, "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession." Note the words, "Thou always hearest Me," in John 11:42. So the first praying was done by Jesus to the Father.

4. The Father and Son always were together. Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." The word "God" here is the word "Elohim," which is a word that means "plurality and unity." Notice also Genesis 1:26, "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." Especially look at the words, "Our image." Here we have the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit working together in unity.

5. All that God does is done through prayer. John 1:3, "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." Jesus said, "Father, let's make a world," and that world was made.

6. Hence, prayer had its source in the very being of God Himself, as the Father listened to the counsel and prayer of His Son.

7. This means that the Son has influence on the Father.

8. Since the Son influences the Father, if we can influence the Son, we can influence the Father. John 14:6, "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 15:7, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." We have to come through the Son to the Father. Now the key to this is the Son's union with the Father and our union with the Son. Psalm 37:4, "Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." This is why the unbelieving Jew cannot pray. This is why the liberal who denies the deity of Jesus cannot pray. It IS true that mortal men cannot determine the actions of a sovereign God, but the Lord Jesus, the Son of God, can determine the actions of His Father, and since Jesus is the God-man of the trinity, this very nature makes it possible. Man could not enter into a union with God, but as God, Jesus can, and God could not enter into a union with man, but as man, Jesus can. So we contact the Man, Christ Jesus, and the Father contacts the God, Christ Jesus; hence, man contacts God through His Counsellor, and our Saviour, the God-man, Christ Jesus.

Perhaps a small chapter like this is not vital in the average Christian's prayer life, but to one who dwells upon the greatness of God, such a thought is sweet and precious. We as men can influence the Man, Christ Jesus. Our Heavenly Father as God can be influenced by the God, Christ Jesus. Hence, through Jesus man can be used as a tool with which to open the great heart of God.

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An Important Lesson On Repentance

Philippians 1:5-7, “For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.”

You can hardly step into any church today without hearing the Devil's lie that to get to Heaven you must “turn from your sins.” There are different variations of this damnable heresy. In Chick Tracts you will read on the back page of every tract that to be saved you must, “Be willing to turn from sin (repent).” The late cartoon evangelist Jack Chick was a theological liar. Sadly, Pensacola Christian College (PCC) also preaches another gospel, requiring lost sinners to “follow and obey God's will instead of your self-serving sins.” That is not the simplicity that is in Christ which we read about in 2nd Corinthians 11:13-15.

Tragically, Pacific Garden Mission's radio program since 1950, 'Unshackled,' also preaches a counterfeit gospel of turning from your sins to be saved. Dear reader, nowhere does the inspired Holy Bible teach that to receive God's free gift of eternal life, that you must forsake a lifestyle of sinning, or experience some radical change of heart toward your sinning that results in a changed life, which is the heresy that Ray Comfort preaches. And let's not leave out the Lordship Salvation cult at Bob Jones University (BJU).

Now, in this blog I am going to make it very plain and simple to you what is very wrong with all of the preceding counterfeit plans of salvation. In all of the aforementioned false gospels, they require human reformation, which is not Bible repentance. I can sum up my blog with the following true statement: The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU. In the corrupt plan of salvation of PCC, Unshackled, Ray Comfort, BJU and Jack Chick—they all require YOU to commit to turn from your sins, which they errantly teach will result in a radical change of behavior. This is human reformation, not Bible repentance (which is a change of mind). Do you see the difference dear friend?

1. In the Devil's counterfeit gospel—which requires faith in Christ PLUS turning from your sinful ways and following Christ in obedience as “Lord” of your life—the emphasis is upon YOU.
2. In God's simple plan of salvation—which requires admitting you are a guilty sinner and by faith receiving Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that He was buried and then bodily resurrected three days later from the dead—the emphasis is upon CHRIST.

The inspired Holy Bible teaches that as believers Jesus lives the Christian life through us. Galatians 2:20-21, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” Lordship Salvation teaches the exact opposite, that the burden of change is your responsibility.

The infidels at GotQuestions.org errantly teach that “repentance is a change of mind that results in a change of action.” Pensacola Christian College (PCC) teaches this same damnable heresy. They are horribly placing the burden and responsibility upon YOU to change your behavior, instead of relying upon the indwelling Holy Spirit to live through us as Christians. You get saved by coming to God as you are, as a GUILTY UNGODLY SINNER, and then when God saves and indwells you with the gift of His blessed Holy Spirit, He begins to work to change you (John 16:13).

When someone associates behavior modification with getting saved, they corrupt the Gospel and confuse people. Please don't believe anyone who insists that you must TURN FROM YOUR SINS to receive God's free gift of eternal life. It's a gift, and a gift cannot be merited or earned in any way if it is truly a free gift (Romans 5:18).

Why Turning From Your Sins Cannot Help Save You

Acts 3:26, “Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.”

Acts 3:26 simply means that God sent His only begotten Son to SAVE US FROM OUR SINS. Matthew 1:21, “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” The Bible is not teaching in Acts 3:26 that turning away from the act of sinning is required to be saved. That would be WORKS! That would be KEEPING THE DEEDS OF THE LAW for salvation. Romans 3:20, “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” The LAW and the GOSPEL are two keys—the law is the key that shuteth up all men under condemnation, and the Gospel is the key which opens the door and lets them out. Acts 3:26 simply means that Jesus has the key to open the door, to free men from the condemnation that their sins bring upon them! Let's read our intriguing text passage again, shall we:

Acts 3:25-26, “Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.”

Carefully notice WHO does the turning... JESUS! Contrary to the Lordship Salvation heresy which demands that YOU turn from your sins to be saved, the Bible teaches that JESUS came to save us from our sins. The man who repents “TOWARD GOD” (Acts 20:21), has turned his back against his sin. That doesn't mean he is going to forsake them, it simply means that he has recognized his sinnership as a guilty sinner under the condemnation of God's law, and as a needy sinner he turns to Christ to be saved by faith alone.

Romans 3:19, “Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.”

It is very important to learn in the preceding Bible passage, knowing that the purpose of the law is not to convince men to forsake living in sin; but rather, to BELIEVE the 'Good News' (Gospel) of the Lord Jesus Christ crucified, buried and risen to be forgiven of your sins.

Having said all that as introduction, the reason why turning from your sinning cannot help save you is simply because:

1. No matter how much you try to clean up your life, you cannot undo the sins you've already committed. According to James 2:10, even committing one sin is enough to send a person to Hell forever, “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” What in the world makes any preacher think that God requires a lost sinner to forsake their sinful behavior to be saved, when even one sin is all it takes to go to Hell forever?
2. Another reason why turning from sin cannot save you is because no one has ever turned from their sinning. The very idea is absurd. You may self reform your behavior enough to hide your sins. That is, you can possibly live above reproach. However, you cannot live above sinning. The horrible false idea that you can turn away from your sinful ways is a giant fallacy. At best all you can do is become a better sinner! I am astonished that most preachers today foolishly embellish God's simple plan of salvation, complicating it by ADDING things which God does not require (e.g., turning from your sins, inviting Christ into your life, becoming a Christ follower, water baptism and inviting Jesus into your heart). You may do all those things and never be saved at all.
3. Nowhere does the inspired Word of God teach that you must turn from your sinning to be saved.

Jesus told us to SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES in John 5:39. The issue is not what you think, what I think, nor what any other human thinks; the issue is what saith the Scripture?

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Why So Many People Doubt God's Gift Of Salvation

1st Corinthians 1:21, “For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.”

Galatians 3:14, “That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”

Galatians 3:29, “ And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”

Titus 1:2, “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;”

Eternal life is a “promise” from God, to all who BELIEVE on the name of Jesus Christ. 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.”

The simple reason why so many people doubt whether they are really saved or not is because they are not trusting in the PROMISES of God.

For example: The cult of Roman Catholicism requires that their members strictly adhere to keeping Seven Sacraments. Some of these sacraments include water baptism, confessing one's sins to a priest, partaking of Eucharist (i.e., communion), et cetera. These are all physical rituals that someone can see, feel and hear (all tangible things, not abstract). Many people don't want to put their faith in a Savior which they cannot see, so they instead opt for a tangible religion that offers them faith in a man (the Pope and priests), an organization (Roman Catholicism) or some rituals (sacraments). This same dilemma applies to all organized religion.

Another example of not trusting Christ by faith alone is the unbiblical false teaching that you must “turn from your sins” to get to Heaven. Turning away from one's sinful behavior is something that you can see, that you can partake of, it's an action that you can take, et cetera. But these are not faith in Jesus. A born-again believer may attempt to reform with God's help, trying to turn from their sins to please God, but this has nothing to do with being saved.

The only way to get to Heaven is to wholly lean on Jesus' name. You don't have to give up your sinful bad habits to be saved, because that would be works. We get saved by simply taking God at His Word, believing the PROMISES of God in the Holy Bible. Galatians 3:22, “But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.”

Many people have a problem with trust. Unless they can see, hear, touch and physically sense something, they won't trust God to just take Him at His Word in the Scripture. If you want to enter into God's Kingdom, then you are going to have to trust God. ...

1st Peter 1:7-9, “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.”

We cannot see Jesus. That is why the Bible tells us to simply BELIEVE ON HIS NAME. John 1:12-13, “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: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” It is okay to put your trust in Jesus' name only, since you cannot see, hear or perceive Him with the 5 human senses. God understood that, which is why He told us to BELIEVE ON HIS NAME.

If you trust in water baptism, sacraments, turning from your sinful ways and other things that YOU can see and do, then you will never find any assurance of God's free gift of salvation. John 11:25-26, “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” Believe the Gospel, Oh sinner, and be forever saved!

Repentance And Faith

Acts 20:21, “Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.”

In theology repentance and faith are not the same thing. Yet, repentance and faith happen at the same time. You don't repent first and then have faith. Some people confuse turning away from their sinful behavior as repentance, but this is reformation. Others confuse sorrow over sins with repentance, but this is penitence. Some people confuse trying to right your wrongs (i.e., to make a mend) as repentance, but this is penance. Repentance is a change of mind toward God, as we just learned in Acts 20:21.

A helpful illustration of repentance and faith is getting on an airplane to travel somewhere. I live in the city of Pensacola. Lets say that I buy a plane ticket to Hawaii. When I get on the plane and am flying toward Hawaii, I don't have to first leave Pensacola and then make a second decision to move toward Hawaii. They happen simultaneously. Likewise, false prophets like Ray Comfort preaches that to get to Heaven, you must first commit to live a perpetual lifestyle of forsaking your sinning, and then “second” (Ray even uses this word) put your trust in Christ to be saved. Dear reader, trusting Jesus as your personal Savior is NOT the “second” thing you need to do to get to Heaven, it is the ONLY thing!!!

In the Gospel of John we find the word “believe” mentioned 85 times, but you won't find the word “repent” mentioned even once. This is simply because repentance is automatic. The Greek word for repent regarding salvation in the Bible is always either the noun form metanoia, meaning “a change of mind”; or the verb form metanoeo meaning “to think differently.” It is tragic that millions of unsaved wicked men have embellished this simple meaning to errantly teach that you have to turn from your sinful ways, experience a radical transformation of heart, or follow Christ as “Lord” to be saved, none of which are biblical.

If repentance were a separate act from faith, then John would have told us in the Gospel of John, but he didn't. John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.” As a general rule, you should never base a doctrine on an obscure passage of Scripture while ignoring a clear one. False prophets like to cite passages such as Acts 2:38 and Acts 20:21 in an attempt to teach that turning from your sinful bad habits is something more required to be saved then just faith in the Gospel. But those false teachers totally ignore the entire Gospel of John. The truth is that Christ died on a cross to pay our debt of sin. All that God requires of any man to be saved is to simply BELIEVE that Jesus did it all for you.

The man who believes has repented; and the man who repents has believed. Like two sides of one coin, repentance and faith are inseparable and happen at the same time. Let's go back to the airplane illustration, shall we. When a man gets on a airplane to travel someplace, he doesn't have to make two decisions; he is automatically leaving his origin as he moves toward his destination place. Likewise, the lost sinner who puts their trust in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, has turned their back against the sins for which Christ needed to sacrifice Himself on Calvary's cross. That doesn't mean they are giving up their sinful bad habits, which would be works (Jonah 3:10); it just means they have acknowledged their sinnership before a holy God  (Romans 3:19-20). That is, you must know what you are being saved from.

Repentance Is A Change Of Mind, Nothing More

I was so happy today when I learned that Pastor Strand is correct on repentance. It is becoming rare these days to find a Baptist preacher who is correct on repentance and the Gospel. Pastor Strand added these words to explain Bible repentance...

True repentance concerning salvation occurs whenever a person “changes his mind” (i.e., repents) concerning who he is. He is a sinner in need of salvation. According to Matthew 27:3, Judas did not repent (i.e., have regret) as to who he was (i.e., he was a sinner in need of salvation); he only regretted (i.e., repented) what he had done to an innocent man. Unfortunately, that is never enough to save a person from sin and sin's penalty (Hell). Until a person sees himself as being “sinfully” sick (Lk 5:31-32), he will never see his need for a “spiritual doctor” (i.e., the Savior). Our problem is not in what we do before God, but in what we are before God. The mistake Judas made was in “turning from his sin” (i.e., what he had done to an innocent man) instead of “changing his mind” about his sinfulness (i.e., the fact that he was a sinner in need of a Savior). Like the thief on the cross who never had the opportunity to “turn from his sin,” we, like him, can only “acknowledge our sinfulness” in order to be saved (Lk 23:40-41). True repentance for salvation occurs when we “change our mind” concerning two areas:

1. Who we are (Lk 23:39-40) — We are sinners in need of salvation (Rom 5:6-8)
2. Who Christ is (Lk 23:42) — Christ is God (Jn 5:17-18 & 8:24, 58-59 & 10:30-33) and our only Savior from sin (I Tim 3:16 & 4:10).

SOURCE: Pastor Brad Strand, “The Strand Study Bible,” p 1938-1939

Boy, that is great stuff! That is life-changing truth! I am not kidding friend. When you learn the truth about repentance and the Gospel—knowing how simple God's plan of salvation really is and that it can all be yours completely for free; and you have received that free gift of eternal life by faith alone in Jesus Christ—it will produce unspeakable joy in your soul.

1st Peter 1:7-9, “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.”

No believer will ever find the sweet peace and joy of being God's redeemed child, until you know beyond any shadow of a doubt that your name is written in Heaven, in the Lamb's Book of Life (Luke 10:20). As an acknowledged guilty sinner, by faith I received Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for my sins at age 13. I called out in my soul to the risen Savior, casting my trust upon Him alone as my Savior. I thank God for the gift of His only begotten (biological) Son, Jesus, who with His precious blood paid my debt of sin (1st Peter 1:18-19).

God bless Brother Strand for rightly dividing the Word of Truth.

Repentance And Faith Happen At The Same Time

Nowhere does the inspired King James Bible teach that you must forsake a lifestyle of sinning, nor give up your sinful bad habits, nor even “be willing” (Jack Chick's damnable heresy) to turn away from your sinful bad habits to be saved. Anyone who teaches such lies is pulling on the same rope as the Devil, and they have never been born-again by faith alone in Christ alone.

Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty!

Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.

Turning away from sinful ways would be a work. Faith puts all of the merit where it belongs, on the object of our faith, Jesus and His work.

If to “repent” means to forsake our sinful ways TO BE SAVED, but Jesus already paid for our sins by dying on the cross, then what are we repenting from?

The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU.

I often quote those helpful statements, because they are the truth. Your sinful ways has nothing to do with God's free gift of eternal life. Certainly, once you receive Christ and are in Christ (2nd Corinthians 5:17), God is going to start dealing with your soul about the sins in your life as His redeemed child (Hebrews 12:6-8). However, this is strictly a matter of SERVICE for your Lord (Romans 12:1), and not a matter of SALVATION, which is Christ's doing alone (Galatians 3:26).

Repentance is not a separate act from believing. We don't repent AND believe; we repent TO believe. The object of repentance is to believe the Gospel. That is, you think differently to admit you're a guilty SINNER and that Jesus is the only SAVIOR, and by believing the GOOD NEWS (GOSPEL) of Christ's death, burial and resurrection you are instantly, irrevocably and forever saved (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). Nothing more is required to get to Heaven. Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do.

I heard a religious woman in 2021 testify that she thought she was saved, but then realized she'd never turned away from her sinning. She testified at a revival service that now she knows she's saved, because she has turned from her habit of sinning. Dear reader, she is still as lost as a moose in a caboose in a snowstorm!!! She is no closer to Heaven than she was before, all because her wicked pastor lied to her. She has been given false hope by her unsaved foolish pastor. I am talking about an independent Baptist church pastor in Texas! This is sadly happening all across the United States today. Pastors and laymen alike have been woefully deceived by the Devil. They have been lied to by infidel preachers on radio and television, from nearly every pulpit today, misled to think you must forsake your sinful bad habits or else God won't honor your faith in His only begotten Son. Nothing could be further from the truth of God's Word.

The only way to become a born-again child of God is to wholly lean on Jesus' name (Hebrews 4:10-11). Adding anything to faith cancels it! Faith in Jesus PLUS anything equals damnation in Hell forever. The promised Messiah came into the world to pay for your sins and mine, He doesn't demand that we forsake those sins in order to qualify for God's free gift of eternal life. The truth is that no one is capable of forsaking his or her sins. There is no way! You may clean up your life and reform in the eyes of men, but you are still a dirty wretched sinner and so am I. Psalms 130:3, “If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?”

You see, you don't get saved by doing your part to clean up you filthy ways, and then trust Christ as a secondary thing. That is a counterfeit plan of salvation which cannot produce the new birth by the Holy Spirit of God. To be saved, you must submit wholly to God's righteousness, which is by faith alone in Jesus Christ (Romans 4:1-7, 10:3-4; Philippians 3:9).

I Still Sin A Lot And Am Worried I Might Not Be Saved

Romans 10:12-15, “For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?”

Many people have been lied to by preachers, misled to think that they are not saved unless their life has changed for the better, but that is not true. One of my favorite quotes is from Pastor M.R. DeHaan (1891-1965)...

"There is a vast difference between coming to Jesus for salvation and coming after Jesus for service. Coming to Christ makes one a believer, while coming after Christ makes one a disciple. All believers are not disciples. To become a believer one accepts the invitation of the Gospel, to be a disciple one obeys the challenge to a life of dedicated service and separation. Salvation comes through the sacrifice of Christ; discipleship comes only by sacrifice of self and surrender to His call for devoted service. Salvation is free, but discipleship involves paying the price of a separated walk. Salvation can't be lost because it depends upon God's faithfulness, but discipleship can be lost because it depends upon our faithfulness." —Pastor M.R. DeHaan, “Hebrews”; Zondervan Publishing House; 1959 (p. 117)

If I were to ask you the question dear reader—Do you know for sure that if you died today, would you go to Heaven?—what would your answer be? If I were asked that same question, my answer would be—I know I am saved because my only hope for forgiveness of sins and eternal life is what Jesus Christ has already done through Calvary's cross to pay for my sins. I realized a a 13 year old boy that I was a guilty sinner in God's sight, and by faith I received what Christ did to pay for my sins on the cross. I am only trusting upon Jesus' death on the cross, His burial and physical resurrection from the dead three days later (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). That is all that I am trusting in to get me to Heaven. If you're answer is different, then you need to get saved friend.

Your behavior, sins and feelings have nothing to do with being saved. You are either solely trusting what Christ did to pay your debt of sin through Calvary's cross, or you're not. Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith. Turning away from sinful ways would be a work. Faith puts all of the merit where it belongs, on the object of our faith, Jesus and His work. The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU.

“Sound doctrine is like a sound ship. There are no holes in it.” —Pastor David Baker

I say “through” because Jesus after He raised up from the dead, still needed to take His literal liquid blood to Heaven to sprinkle upon the Mercy Seat in the presence of God the Father on our behalf (Hebrews 9:12, 22-24; 10:1-4, 12:14). Redemption wasn't “finished” on the cross, for Christ hadn't even died, been buried or resurrected yet. When Christ said “it is finished” (John 19:29-30), He was referring to all the Messianic prophecies concerning Himself up until that point, right after He uttered the words “I thirst” (thus fulfilling Psalms 69:21).

Your behavior, sins and feelings have absolutely nothing to do with being saved. You are either solely trusting what Christ did to pay your debt of sin through Calvary's cross, or you're not. Many people are trusting Christ PLUS something else, and they are not saved. You must put your trust (reliance) upon Jesus only, believing that He is the Christ, the only begotten Son of God (John 20:31). I again recommend that you read Michael P. Bowen's helpful book, "I Never Knew You."

Many people are trusting Christ PLUS something else, and they are not saved. You must put your trust (reliance) upon Jesus, believing that He is the Christ, the only begotten Son of God. I again recommend that you read Michael P. Bowen's helpful book, "I Never Knew You."

I encourage you to listen several times to the Gospel of John, which is God's Gospel tract.

The sins of bitterness, gossip, lust, hate, drunkenness, worry, gluttony, hatred, covetousness and other vices are something that every believers struggle with. Even the best Christians still sin every day and struggle with the sinful flesh. We all have a Skeleton Closet of sins that we don't want other people to know about. That doesn't mean you're not saved. Faith is the only righteous thing that anyone can do to be saved.

You cannot turn away from your sinning and neither can I or anyone else. You might be able to reform and clean up your life, so that you feel more self-righteous and others may think you are a good person, but you still sin and are a sinner. We are saved by trusting in Christ's righteousness, not ours. That is critically important for you to understand. Every Christian should memorize this Bible verse from Philippians 3:9, "And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:" You need HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS!!! That is, we are saved by God's imputed righteousness (Romans 4:4-7). By the way, all Bible citations are ONLY from the inspired King James Bible, because all of the modern revisions are corrupted by Satan.

You need to understand that eternal life is a "FREE GIFT" (Romans 5:18) from God. A gift cannot be merited, earned or deserved in any way. Salvation is not a reward, it is a gift for the guilty. You may say that you still sin horribly and worry you're not really saved, but that is exactly who Christ died for, "THE UNGODLY" (Romans 5:6-9). Please don't make the common foolish mistake of looking at your behavior, instead of trusting completely in what Jesus has already done through the cross to pay your massive debt of sin.

The way that you choose to live as a saint is a separate matter of service (Romans 12:1), not salvation (Galatians 3:26). How you choose to live as a born-again believer will determine your rewards and happiness in Heaven, but it has nothing to do with getting saved, which Christ alone did for you, paying for your ticket to Heaven with His precious blood (1st Peter 1:18-19).

I also encourage you to look up these Scripture passages that I have shared with you and memorize many of them. You'll never be able to settle the assurance of God's salvation if you are not familiar with the Word of God. I know I am saved because I can stand upon the promises of God in the Holy Bible. But I have memorized hundreds of Scripture passages in my 43 years as a born again believer since age 13, which help me immensely.

If you still have doubts, pray and ask God to give you the peace you seek, by helping you to understand His great plan of salvation. As long as you associate the new birth with your change of behavior, you will remain confused and worried. One thing has absolutely nothing to do with the other. If I offer you a gift, but then require you to live a better life to keep it or to prove that it actually is yours, it wouldn't and couldn't truly be a "gift." Romans 6:23 and Ephesians 2:8-9 teach us that eternal life is the "gift" of God. You simply TAKE a gift.

The Lying Counterfeit Gospel Of Pacific Garden Mission

Acts 16:29-31, “Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 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.”

I am alarmed at how many preachers, Bible colleges, radio stations, television channels, missionaries and so-called ministries are preaching a counterfeit plan of salvation today. Dr. Jack Hyles (1926-2001) faithfully exposes the Devil's fallacy of Lordship Salvation...

“I never thought, I'd see a day when Baptist preachers would not preach the true Gospel. Tonight, all across this nation, Baptist preachers have succumbed to the heresy of John MacArthur. I said the heresy of John MacArthur! I said the heresy of John MacArthur! And somebody that's got several thousand people to hear 'em, who can go across this country, has got to alert Baptists that we have false teachers in our midst who ​are no longer teaching and preaching salvation by grace through faith plus nothing. Folks, we're fighting for our lives tonight!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “A Vote For Preaching”

I am about to show you the damnable false plan of salvation preached on UNSHACKLED radio by the Pacific Garden Mission (PGM) in Chicago. 

The False Gospel Of Gary Reynolds

I listened to UNSHACKLED radio today, which was aired in 2023 by Pacific Garden Mission (PGM) in Chicago. The episode number is 3804, the classic story of Gary Reynolds. Here is a heretical quote from an excerpt of the program, spoken by the actor who plays Gary...

“You must believe that Jesus Christ died for your sins and then acknowledge Him as the Lord of your life.” [emphasis added] —'UNSHACKLED,' episode #3804, Gary Reynolds

The PGM narrator then adds this heretical statement... 

“You can have the peace and freedom that Gary found in Jesus Christ, but you must repent and believe in Jesus as Lord.” [emphasis added]

Dear reader, that is NOT God's simple plan of salvation!!! Our text passage from Acts 16:29-31 shows the simplicity of the Gospel. We are saved by simply BELIEVING on Christ.

If believing on Jesus as your “Lord” we required to be saved, then the Bible would have said so. You simply take Him as your Savior, not your Lord (Dr. Hyles excerpt), to get to Heaven. If you have to follow Christ as the “Lord” of your life, and repent to “turn from your sins” (which PGM teaches often), then no one is saved. Those are self-righteous works (Jonah 3:10).

Jesus Christ died on a cross to pay our debt of sin. He was buried. Three days later Jesus physically resurrected miraculously from the dead. This 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:”

I didn't see anything mentioned about making Jesus the “Lord” of your life, did you? I didn't see anything about turning from your sinful bad habits, did you? PGM makes sure to push the Lordship Salvation heresy in every UNSHACKLED episode, because they are trying to force sinners to reform and clean up your own life. They are attempting to do the work of the indwelling Holy Spirit in a believer's life (John 17:17).

Dear friend, in the true Gospel the entire burden of sin rests upon Christ alone, who died in our place on the cross; but in the Devil's Lordship Salvation lie, the burden of sin is placed upon the sinner's shoulders, because you are required to turn from your sins and follow Christ as Lord of your life to be saved. The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU. Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty! Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.

“SALVATION is a decision to trust; SERVICE is a commitment to God to perform.” —Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold, “Works And Grace Clearly Explained”

“To add anything to salvation other than the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross is to say that His death was not sufficient payment for our sins.” —Dr. Curtis Hutson

“My sin belongs to me; my righteousness is Jesus Christ's.” —Pastor Brad Moffett

“Sound doctrine is like a sound ship. There are no holes in it.” —Pastor David Baker 

These are great quotes from godly men who understand and preach the true Gospel. PGM is messed up doctrinally. Their theology is like a sinking ship with holes in it. I absolutely hate the Devil's falsehood of Lordship Salvation with a perfect hatred, but I do not hate the deceived men and women who preach it today. My heart goes out to them because they have sincerely been tricked by the master of all deceivers, Satan (2nd Corinthians 11:13-15). All I can do is preach the true Gospel, expose the Devil's lies, and pray that someone will heed the truth. 1st Timothy 4:16, “Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.”

If you admit that you're a guilty sinner in God's sight for breaking His commandments, and you will simply receive Christ's sacrifice on the cross as payment for your sins, believing that He was buried and raised up three days later from the dead, then YOU ARE SAVED. The man who believes had repented. That is, he has changed his mind from unbelief to belief (i.e., he has turned from his dead works to faith in Christ - Hebrews 6:1). True repentance has nothing to do with “turning from sin” and everything to do with “acknowledging one's sinfulness” (Romans 3:19-20; 2nd Timothy 2:25). Like the thief on the cross who simply acknowledged his sinfulness (Luke 23:39-43), the only part a person has in salvation is the beggar's part.

Kindly said, Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago is preaching another gospel (2nd Corinthians 11:3-4) of partial faith in Christ PLUS taking Christ as your “Lord” (which implies that you must give up your lifestyle of sinning to be saved, which is works and not grace). I've listened to hundreds of UNSHACKLED episodes, so I know what they teach. A corrupt plan of salvation cannot produce the new birth.

The False Gospel of Rodney Williams

I heard another UNSHACKLED episode today, the story of Rodney Williams (Part 2), episode #2803. Here is a transcript of their doctrinally perverse phone conversation. Pastor Rodney Williams tells the stranger a counterfeit plan of salvation, giving him false hope...

Stranger: “Is this the guy who wrote a book about Meth?

Pastor Williams: Yes.

Stranger: “I need help man, I'm in so deep; so deep.

Pastor Williams: I've been there, and Jesus is the answer.

Stranger: Oh, don't be talkin' religious stuff man. 

Pastor Williams: I'm telling you the truth. Jesus saved my life. He pulled me out of the same pit you're in. He lives and He loves you. He will change your life.

Stranger: Yeah, how?

Pastor Williams: You have to put your trust in Him. Repent of your sins against God, and ask Him to save you. 

Stranger: You don't get it man, I owe people money. They gonna waste me, if I don't do it myself first. 

Pastor Williams: Satan wants you to die, and spend eternity in Hell, but Jesus died to give you eternal life, trust Him. You have to take a step of faith, and trust Him, it's the only way. 

Stranger: I been a fighter my whole life, I don't know if I can stop fighting. 

Pastor Williams: Following Jesus is not for wimps. Everyday is a battle, but the battle belongs to the Lord. He gives you the victory when you surrender your life to Him.

Stranger: I'm desperate, I'll try anything, even that!” [emphasis added]  

—'UNSHACKLED,' episode #3804, Rodney Williams (Part 2)

What you have just read is utter nonsense and damnable heresy!!! This is typical of the false teachings heard on UNSHACKLED radio. Let's examine Rodney Williams false gospel.  A complete stranger calls on the phone for help with his broken life, desperate, and Rodney tells him this garbage:

1. Trust Jesus
2. Repent of your sins
3. Follow Jesus
4. Surrender your life to Him

You cannot support the last 3 requirements with the inspired Holy Bible to get to Heaven. This is NOT God's simple plan of salvation. Moreover, Rodney didn't even mention Jesus' death on the cross, burial or bodily resurrection (which is the Gospel according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-4).

I love what Pilgrim's Progress author, John Bunyan, wrote:

“If you do not put a difference between justification wrought by the man Christ without and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ within, you are not able to divide the Word aright; but contrariwise, you corrupt the Word of God, and cast stumbling blocks before the people.” —John Bunyan (1628-1688)

That is my favorite preacher quote! John Bunyan fully understood the utter importance of maintaining separation between sanctification and justification. That is, we must keep SERVICE (Romans 12:1) separate from SALVATION (Galatians 3:26). Many people have been lied to by preachers, misled to think that they are not saved unless their life has changed for the better, but that is not true. They have made the dire error of mixing works with grace. They have combined service with salvation, corrupting the Gospel and confusing people.

Pastor M.R. DeHaan Gets Salvation Right

Another one of my favorite quotes is from Pastor M.R. DeHaan (1891-1965)...

"There is a vast difference between coming to Jesus for salvation and coming after Jesus for service. Coming to Christ makes one a believer, while coming after Christ makes one a disciple. All believers are not disciples. To become a believer one accepts the invitation of the Gospel, to be a disciple one obeys the challenge to a life of dedicated service and separation. Salvation comes through the sacrifice of Christ; discipleship comes only by sacrifice of self and surrender to His call for devoted service. Salvation is free, but discipleship involves paying the price of a separated walk. Salvation can't be lost because it depends upon God's faithfulness, but discipleship can be lost because it depends upon our faithfulness." —Pastor M.R. DeHaan, “Hebrews”; Zondervan Publishing House; 1959 (p. 117)

Bravo Dr. DeHaan! I am shocked and saddened that most pastors today, including the clergy as a whole, are guilty of failing to put a difference between sanctification and justification. In so doing, they have corrupted the Word of God and cast stumblingblocks before the people. PGM and UNSHCAKLED are guilty of mixing works with grace. They are guilty of failing to differentiate between the fruit of the Spirit produced in a believer's life who Walks in the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-25), versus the childlike faith without works which brings salvation (Romans 4:1-7). PGM horribly places the burden of change upon the sinner, instead of wholly leaning on Jesus' name to get to Heaven. Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do.

Beware Of UNSHACKLED Radio

I cannot warn you enough to avoid these false prophets, who mislead lost sinners, sending them to Hell after being given a false hope. Nobody has ever been born-again by following Christ, turning from your sins or surrendering to Jesus, PLUS trusting Christ. You can only be saved by wholly leaning on Jesus' precious name. That is, you must trust what Jesus did to pay your debt of sin through Calvary's cross and nothing more. 1st Thessalonians 4:14, “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.” There is the Gospel. Amen. What PGM is propagating is a false plan of salvation—the same lies which the religious cults teach.

RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!!

My Fault As A Preacher Is Caring Too Much

2nd Corinthians 8:16, “But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.”

That is an amazing passage of Scripture. The Bible teaches that God put care into the heart of Brother Titus for the church at Corinth. Philippians 2:13, “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Has God put care into your heart dear friend for a group of people? God put a burden in my heart (and gave me the ability) in 2002 to start a website ministry. It has been a consuming passion ever since to work (day and night) on the ministry which the Lord has entrusted to me. Colossians 4:17, “Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.”

Anybody who has been following my ministry over the years, knows that I make a fuss over little things. I pay attention to the details. For example: Take a look at this Bible verse comparison chart from Zechariah 13:6, and you tell me if I am being too picky. ... 

Do you still think I bumped my head? Only a blatant liar and fraud for a preacher would even try to defend what I have just shown you. It couldn't be more obvious that Satan is behind the modern-day Bible publishing craze in America. These corrupt Bible perversions are very dangerous, because the Bible versions you choose to use will affect your doctrine. But don't take my word for it, see for yourself in this comparison of Hebrews 6:1...

EASY-TO-READ VERSION (ERV) — “So we should be finished with the beginning lessons about Christ. We should not have to keep going back to where we started. We began our new life by turning away from the evil we did in the past and by believing in God.” [emphasis added]

Here again is Hebrews 6:1 in the beloved, correct, King James Bible . . .

KING JAMES BIBLE (KJB) — Hebrews 6:1, “Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God.” [emphasis added]

Do you see how the new corrupt Bible versions are horribly changing theology in the churches? The King James Bible teaches that we must repent from our DEAD WORKS to be saved, but the ERV teaches that we must stop living a life of deliberate sin (evil) to be saved. These are two very different meanings. Dead works refer to the useless things you are trusting in to get you to Heaven (sacraments, turning from sins, baptism, et cetera). To be saved you must repent (change your mind) concerning WHO YOU ARE and WHO CHRIST IS. You must admit your SINNERSHIP and trust in Jesus' SAVIORSHIP.

True repentance has nothing to do with “turning from sin” and everything to do with “acknowledging one's sinfulness” (Romans 3:19-20). Like the thief on the cross who simply acknowledged his sinfulness (Luke 23:39-43), the only part a person has in salvation is the beggar's part. Salvation is a TAKE proposition, not a GIVE proposition. To be saved you must repent (change your mind) concerning those dead works which cannot save, and instead put your trust as a guilty sinner in Jesus Christ.

Most Preachers Don't Pay Attention To The Details

Your average preacher and pastor today couldn't care less about which Bible people use, but I do care. If you don't have a King James Bible, you don't have an inspired Holy Bible in the English language. All of the Devil's modern Bible revisions are corrupt.

Tragically, over 90% of pastors and preachers today preach another gospel of Lordship Salvation, or wrong repentance (aka, the heresy that you must “turn from your sins” to get to Heaven). As I just mentioned, true repentance has nothing to do with “turning from sin” and everything to do with “acknowledging one's sinfulness” (Romans 3:19-20).

God knows that I am not bragging, but I do have the Gospel correct, and I do know that the King James Bible is the inspired Word of God. Like the Apostle Paul, I am set for the defence of the Gospel. Philippians 1:15-17, “Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.” There is nothing in this universe any more important than the Gospel, the power of God by which all who BELIEVE IT are eternally saved (Romans 1:16).

There are millions of false teachers today, who embellish, add and pervert the Gospel of Jesus Christ to their own destruction, and of those who follow them (2nd Peter 3:16-17). I have made many enemies in the Bob Jones University (BJU) camp, for preaching against their Lordship Salvation cult. I have made many enemies in the Pensacola Christian College (PCC) cult, for preaching against their damnable wrong repentance heresy. RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!!

Somebody's Got To Care

Some of my blog, Facebook and website readers are so sick and tired of me harping on these two cults (BJU and PCC) that they no longer want to follow my ministry. That's sad but okay, because I am preaching THE TRUTH which God has put into my heart, to contend for the Christian faith once delivered unto the saints (Jude 1:3). 2nd Corinthians 8:16, “But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.” God has put care into my heart concerning the Gospel and the Word of God. I am set for the defense of the Gospel and the inspired Holy Bible. Somebody needs to be a Watchman!!!

I am like a Pitbull dog wandering around a junkyard, guarding the place, biting any trespassers in the leg. A good preacher has to continually play a game of Whack-A-Mole! When another mole of false doctrine or a false prophet rears its ugly head out of a hole, WHACK with the truth of God's Word! What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace. Well, I'm not tolerating any of it. I am faithfully exposing the Devil's frauds of Lordship Salvation and Misunderstood Repentance. I am faithfully exposing the Devil's frauds of Calvinism, Zionism, Dispensationalism, Modalism, Ecumenism, Neo-evangelicalism and other heretical -isms.

I am paying attention to the details. I CARE!!! God has put care into my heart, as the Lord also put care into the heart of Titus. You either care or you don't. Many Christians today have become indifferent, not caring one way or the other. That is the fault of bad pastors who prioritize making money and growing the church, rather than preaching the inspired truth of God's Word.

Pensacola Christian College (PCC) is a prime offender, all they care about is their tens of millions of dollars in revenues, while the world goes to Hell. PCC's counterfeit plan of salvation gives lost sinners a false hope. Satan's greatest weapon is to con people into living the Christian life without ever being born again. Most of PCC's followers are merely living the Christian life, playing church while going through all the motions, but have never been born-again.

I am a much hated preacher, because I fuss over the little things, like teaching the proper meaning of repentance. In truth, that is a giant thing in the Lord's sight. RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!! It really does. 1st Timothy 4:16, “Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.”

I admit that I live a frustrated life as a fundamentalist Bible preacher. I am always going against the common consensus of preachers, swimming up river against the flow, fighting against mainstream apostate Christendom. It gets frustrating to be kicked out of multiple churches, shunned by corrupt pastors, banned from returning, hated by Bible colleges and scorned by such fools for telling THE TRUTH. Paul had the same problem. Galatians 4:16, “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” For preaching THE TRUTH, the Apostle Paul was counted by the Galatians as their enemy.

The Ungodly Harvest Baptist Church Cult On Guam

That is exactly what happened to me at the wicked Harvest Baptist Church on Guam. When I attended their church in 2014, I befriended their pastors by telling them the truth that Lordship Salvation is a counterfeit plan of salvation. I shewed them, as a true friend does, that they were teaching a misunderstanding about repentance. Harvest's senior pastor, Marty Herron, said, and I quote: “It is not enough to admit you are a sinner, you must forsake a lifestyle of sinning to get to Heaven.” Oh my God! Pastor Herron told that lie to several hundred church members on a Sunday morning in his sermon invitation. I literally went home and cried, shocked by the damnable heresy I had just heard from an unsaved pastor.

I decided to help the church, as a true friend does, so I took my own money and purchased hundreds of dollars worth of books authored by godly pastors (Jack Hyles, Al Lacy, Max Younce, et cetera). Harvest's pastors were greatly offended and showed me the door! I shook the dust off my feet as Jesus said and left that cesspool of snakes. Shame on the Harvest Baptist Church on Guam. Marty Herron resigned as senior pastor in late 2018 and is now the incompetent vice president of Faith Baptist Bible College And Theological Seminary (preacher's cemetery) in Ankeny, Iowa. Herron is still destroying people's lives, giving them false hope by preaching a counterfeit gospel of partial faith in Christ PLUS turning from your sinful bad habits. I feel like the Lone Ranger taking a biblical stand against these false prophets, as 99% of Baptist preachers today remain completely silent about heresy.

Do you care dear reader? I care because God cares. RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!! A ministry friend sent me a sermon by Pastor Steven Anderson from June 11, 2006. It was preached Sunday evening. The sermon is titled "The Great Whore." Here is an excerpt that I made with Audacity, in which Brother Anderson exposes several big name Baptist pastors for wickedly bidding Godspeed to the "turn from your sins" heresy to be saved. I don't agree with all of Pastor Anderson's doctrines or methods, but I thank God for him, that he contends for the faith and exposes corrupt preachers (Titus 1:13-14).

Most Churchgoers Couldn't Care Less About Right Doctrine

The biggest problem in the Christian world today is that God's children don't care. We've become so accustomed to hearing lying preachers tell us to “turn from your sins” and “invite Christ into your life” to be saved, that it's no big deal to us anymore. Well, IT IS A VERY BIG DEAL!!! Dear reader, true repentance has nothing to do with “turning from sin” and everything to do with “acknowledging one's sinfulness” (Romans 3:19-20). Like the thief on the cross who simply acknowledged his sinfulness (Luke 23:39-43), the only part a person has in salvation is the beggar's part. ...

“More people will die and burn in Hell, because they're trusting too much!”—Pastor Jack Hyles, “Yea, Yea, And Nay, Nay!”

“Everything that's hard and complicated about salvation is God's side of it!”—Pastor Jack Hyles, “Yea, Yea, And Nay, Nay!”

I may be the black sheep of the family for stepping on preacher's toes, but so be it. Somebody needs to contend for the Christian faith once delivered unto the saints (Jude 1:3). I had excellent teachers (Jack Hyles, Curtis Hutson, Harry Ironside, Max Younce, Hank Lindstrom, Ralph Yankee Arnold, et cetera) who all preach a simple free grace Gospel without works. They all rightly teach to wholly lean on Jesus' name to get to Heaven, not partial faith in Christ PLUS something more. I thank God for these godly men who preach the truth.

It is tragic that over 95% of professed Christians today are primarily concerned about making more money. They will deny that serious charge against them, but their unwillingness to contend for the faith and lack of fighting the good fight of faith indicts them. I'm talking about the cult at Pensacola Christian College. I'm talking about the cult at Bob Jones University. All of these institutions preach a counterfeit gospel of Lordship Salvation, not a free grace gospel without works. Sadly, hardly anyone in the religious racket cares anymore, and that's really was it has become today, a horrible racket. Today's Bible colleges are illegal enterprises in God's eyes because they pervert the Gospel and give lost sinners false hope.

There Has Always Been Only One Gospel

The Apostle Paul wrote in Galatians 1:6-7 that there is only one Gospel, not two or three. Everyone saved in the Old Testament was saved by faith alone in Christ alone (Acts 10:43). Abraham was saved by faith alone (Genesis 15:6). Abraham was saved by the same Gospel. Galatians 3:6-8, “Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.”

Moses preached the same Gospel that Paul preached, one of remission of sins through faith alone in the Messiah (Hebrews 4:1-2). The prophet Habakkuk said, “the just shall live by his faith” (Habakkuk 2:4b).

Isaiah preached the same Gospel. Romans 10:16, “But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?”

Romans 4:4 tells us that if at any time salvation had ever been by works, then it was of debt and not grace. Dear friend, God has never at any time in human civilization owed anybody eternal life. If anyone has ever been saved, or ever will be saved, it is only because of the precious blood of the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world (John 1:29; 1st Peter 1:18-19; Revelation 7:14). Romans 4:3-4, “For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.” You get saved by believing the GOOD NEWS (i.e., GOSPEL) that Jesus died on a cross to pay for your debt of sin, He was buried and then He bodily resurrected from the dead three days later (1st Corinthians 15:1-4).

Sadly, that is not what is being taught in over 95% of churches, Bible colleges, Christian radio stations and televisions channels today. My biggest fault (which is not really a fault) is that I care too much, that I make a fuss over little things, and that I refuse to shut up for God. So please pardon me if my truthful preaching offends you, it is only because I love you with Christ's unconditional love and want to help you. 

My “fault” for which I was driven out of the Harvest Baptist Church on Guam by their wicked pastors, and banned from returning, is that I cared enough about them to befriend them with THE TRUTH. My “fault” for which I was mistreated by Pastor Jeff Redlin at Campus Church and driven away, and then banned from returning to Pensacola Christian College's campus, is because I cared enough to befriend them with THE TRUTH. Telling the truth is the quickest way to be counted as the “enemy” and banned from attending a church. Galatians 4:16, “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?”

Whereas 99% of preachers today are careful what they say to protect their career and future financial security, I am going to preach THE TRUTH even if it means losing everything, and I have lost nearly everything for telling THE TRUTH. John the Baptist was a man of conviction and it cost him his life, literally. When John preached against Herod's sins (Matthew 14:3-4; Mark 6:18), Herod's wicked adulterous wife Herodias had John murdered. Woe unto her in the fires of Hell! If God allowed John the Baptist (the greatest man ever born among women - Matthew 11:11) to be martyred, then who am I to escape persecution for my Christian faith and truthful preaching (2nd Timothy 3:12)? It is my privilege and joy to preach the Word of God.

Matthew 5:10-12, “Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”

The Satanic Plan Of Salvation At Pensacola Christian College

I never thought that my worst enemies would be neo-evangelical churches like the wicked Harvest Baptist Church on Guam, and neo-evangelical Bible colleges like Pensacola Christian College (PCC). What PCC is teaching today is not fundamentalism, it is neo-evangelical garbage! 

On page 62 of the “John & Romans” booklet which Campus Church at PCC delivered to my home's mailbox in November of 2023 (I live in the city of Pensacola), it teaches this damnable false doctrine to get to Heaven:

“I repent of my sins. I realize that sin is something that God hates and I no longer want to hold onto sinful bad habits in my life.” [emphasis added]

SOURCE: “John & Romans,” Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College, p. 62

I was shocked on page 60 when I read PCC's counterfeit plan of salvation. What I am about to show you is straight from Satan dear reader:

“REPENTANCE — Now is the time to turn from your sin and embrace God. The act of turning away from sin is called 'repentance.' This word implies an inward decision to follow and obey God's will instead of your self-serving sins. It means changing your mind about sin and seeing it as something that grieves God. The Bible says that God patiently waits for all people to make this decision.”

SOURCE: “John & Romans,” Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College, p. 60

Do you still think I bumped my head? I've been exposing the cult at Bob Jones University (BJU) since 2014, and now I have been exposing the cult at Pensacola Christian College (PCC) since 2021. By God's grace, I will continue to expose these wicked organizations.

The quotes that I just shared with you from PCC's Campus Church are NOT part of the Gospel which the Apostle Paul preached in 1st Corinthians 15:1-4...

1st Corinthians15:1-4, “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: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.”

There you have it! The “Gospel” is the “GOOD NEWS” that Jesus Christ DIED on a cross for our sins, He was BURIED and after three days He physically RESURRECTED from the dead. In Paul's Gospel (which Paul said he received directly from Jesus in Galatians 1:12), did you see anything that reads: “follow and obey God's will instead of your self-serving sins.” No, that is not what Paul taught. So why is PCC and their Campus Church promoting this filth? Why does the Sword of the Lord wickedly advertise PCC in their paper?

The only requirement to believe the Gospel is to know why you need to be saved? You need to know what you're being saved from. You are a guilty sinner, and so am I. No one has ever lived who didn't sin (Romans 3:10-23), except Jesus (Hebrews 4:15). He is the perfect sinless Lamb of God (John 1:29). The Bible teaches and warns that the wages we earn from our sinning is death (Romans 5:12, 6:23). This includes a second death in Hell, fire and brimstone forever (Revelation 20:11-15; 21:8). If you admit by faith to God that you are a guilty sinner deserving of Hell, then that is all you need to know to believe the GOOD NEWS that Jesus Christ died on a cross to pay for your sins, was buried and three days later He bodily raised up from the dead for your justification. BELIEVE THE GOOD NEWS, oh sinner, and you are saved!

My preaching will likely continue to hare lip every dog in the county, but so be it. I am telling THE TRUTH. Thank you for reading my blog. Jesus is precious!!!