Charlie Kirk Didn't Give A Clear Gospel Presentation

Matthew 7:21-23, “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”

Let me say before I begin that I love Charlie Kirk (1993-2025). I am so sad that his precious life was cut short, way too short. I followed his college campus debates on YouTube and enjoyed his wit, intellect and profession of the Christian faith. That being said, my heart wants to believe that he went to Heaven, but as a born-again fundamentalist Baptist preacher I am concerned from Charlie's own statements regarding what he was trusting in for salvation. ...

In one notable debate, a student asked: “Are you a Christian by any chance?” 

Charlie: “Very very much so.” 

The student then asked: “Why is that exactly?” 

Charlie responded: “Jesus saved my life. I’m a sinner, gave my life to Christ, most important decision I ever made.” SOURCE

Folks, that is NOT how you get to Heaven. The false prophets in Matthew 7:21-23 gave their lives to Christ too, doing all things good in Jesus' name, but our omnipotent Savior denied knowing them as His sheep. They called Jesus “Lord, Lord,” just like Charlie. Sadly, they went to Hell, because following Christ as one's “Lord” cannot produce the new birth. You must trust Jesus exclusively as your Savior (John 6:40). I'm not saying that Charlie went to Hell. I'm saying that his plan of salvation is vague at best and confusing, so I have concerns.

Charlie Kirk Refused To Say Mormons Are Not Christians

The Mormons loved Charlie Kirk because he sinfully called them “brothers and sisters in Christ.” Ironically, Tyler Robinson was raised in a Mormon family. Charlie wickedly coddled the Mormon cult, never telling them THE TRUTH that Mormons are NOT Christians! The Mormon Research Ministry calls Charlie Kirk an “Ambassador for Christ.” Why is a Satanic cult praising Charlie's faith? The sad truth is that Charlie was extremely ecumenical, blurring the lines between Christianity and the cults by his silence. A man is not wise who surreptitiously avoids offending damnable religious cults.

“I love how Mormons send missionaries around the world, I love how polite they are. … Half my team is Mormon,” Kirk, 31, said to huge cheers from the crowd at Utah Valley University moments before he was allegedly killed by the 22-year-old trade-school student.

“Mormons are great people. Let me just say, I’m an evangelical Christian, but I’m not one of those guys that hates on Mormons,” Kirk said. SOURCE

In a bizarre twist, Tyler Robinson as it turns out was raised in a Mormon family. Sadly, like most neo-evangelicals today, Charlie prioritized unity over truth. Dear reader, it is far more better to be divided over truth than to be united by error. You'll never win unsaved religious cult members to Jesus Christ by coddling them in their damnable heresy.

Charlie Kirk Trusted In The Lie Of Lordship Salvation

Charlie Kirk's faith teacher, former Pastor Rob McCoy of Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park, California, teaches hardcore Lordship Salvation! Their so-called “church” requires turning from your sins and surrendering to Jesus as “Lord” of your life to be saved. 

The Gospel

We believe that all people are, by nature, separated from God and responsible for their own sin, but that salvation, redemption, and forgiveness are freely offered to all by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. When a person repents of sin and accepts Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord, trusting Him to save, that person is immediately born again and sealed by the Holy Spirit, all his/her sins are forgiven, and that person becomes a child of God, destined to spend eternity with the Lord. SOURCE: https://www.godspeak.com/our-beliefs

There is NO Gospel folks! Where is Jesus' death on the cross, His burial and bodily resurrection from the dead the third day. I mean, this is “the gospel” according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-6. What Rob McCoy is preaching is worthless theological dung! Their plan of salvation is actually a plan of damnation. Godspeak Calvary Chapel is a religious cult! The sad truth is that 99% of professed Christians today are not saved at all. They are merely living the Christian life in Jesus' name, but they've never actually been born again by the Holy Spirit of God in response to childlike faith in the Gospel.

As I mentioned, Charlie Kirk was very ecumenical, which in itself does not indicate that he wasn't saved. However, something is wrong when Roman Catholics (the biggest hellbound religious cult on the planet) and Mormons support Charlie's religious beliefs because he was so vague. I've heard him say repeatedly that he gave his life to Jesus as a young boy in fifth grade, but that is not how you get to Heaven. My point in writing this article is to raise awareness that Lordship Salvation is not the Gospel. Since Charlie was so vague about exactly what he trusted in to be saved, we don't know, and that's the entire point. Charlie says he got saved by giving his life to Christ, but that is not the Gospel. He relentlessly calls Jesus his “Lord,” but so did the accursed proselytes in Matthew 7:22.

I have read and watched every social media source I could find this week, searching for any information to confirm that Charlie Kirk was indeed a born-again believer, but unfortunately I haven't been able to find it. The $64,000 question is: Did Charlie Kirk rest in the finished redemptive work of Jesus Christ through Calvary's cross alone for salvation; or did Charlie think that following Jesus as “Lord,” giving his life to Christ to serve Him, and turning from his sinful ways, were also necessary to be saved. If the latter is true, Charlie did not go to Heaven, based on our text Scripture passage from Matthew 7:21-23. Eternal life is a gift for the guilty, not a reward for the righteous. Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do.

Dear reader, merely living the Christian life is not enough to get to Heaven. You can give your life to Christ, serve Him diligently all your days, turn from your sinful bad habits, and yet never be born again and still go to Hell forever. I am sincerely concerned whether Charlie went to Heaven or not. In fact, most religious people do NOT go to Heaven, they go to Hell (Luke 13:23-24). Romans 1:16b says that the Gospel is “the power of God unto salvation” to all who believe it's message. If the Gospel is tampered with at all and not explained accurately, it can lose its saving effect. Please carefully notice the following Scripture verses:

Mark 7:13, “Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.”

1st Corinthians 1:17, “For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.”

2nd Corinthians 11:3, , “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”

Galatians 5:4, “Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.”

This is a harsh reality dear reader, and a real tragedy which is going on in many so-called “Christian” churches and Bible colleges today. Every Bible-believing church should give a clear presentation of the Gospel and invitation to accept Jesus Christ alone as Savior by personal faith, plus nothing. Sadly, a counterfeit plan of salvation is being preached today from nearly every social media outlet, Bible college, Missionary board, rescue mission, book and church.

I've already had some people get upset with me for daring to question Charlie Kirk's salvation, but you are a fool if you merely ass-u-me that anyone who professes faith in Jesus is saved. Clearly, according to the inspired Word of God, most people who profess faith in Christ are not saved. Anyone who follows the core teachings of Roman Catholicism, Mormonism, the Jehovah's Witnesses, Church of Christ, Lutherans or Seventh-Day Adventists are NOT saved!

I still haven't heard Charlie Kirk give a clear salvation testimony. In every case he adds Lordship to the Gospel, which is not God's simple plan of salvation. President Donald Trump is considered by most churchgoers to be a born-again Christian, but I assure you according to his own statements that he is not a Christian. Donald Trump has repeatedly said publicly that he hopes his works will qualify him to be good enough to get to Heaven. Born-again believers don't talk about doing works to merit eternal life!

I haven't heard Charlie Kirk make such statements, but I have heard him in every case when he testifies about his Christian beliefs, say that he gave his life to Christ in fifth grade. That is not how you get to Heaven. Judas Iscariot was one of Christ's very apostles, yet died in his unbelief and went to Hell forever. I am not saying that I think Charlie Kirk went to hell, so please don't anybody go put words in my mouth. I am simply pointing out for the sake of all observers that making Jesus Lord of one's life is NOT a part of God's simple plan of salvation. Nor is giving your life to Jesus a part of God's simple plan of salvation. If you foolishly think dear reader that you cannot be saved without accepting Christ as the “Lord” of your life, so that you will surrender your life to live for Him, you are not saved! Eternal life is a gift for the guilty, not a reward for the righteous.

I hate the Satanic fraud of Lordship Salvation, which evil disease has crept into nearly every Bible college, rescue mission, the White House, social media outlet and church today. Like the Apostle Paul, who said he was “set for the defence of the gospel” (Philippians 1:17b), I’m a stickler for a clear presentation of the Gospel.

Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold said it well...

“There is power in this Gospel message. Most people just don't know how to present it... The clarity of the Gospel is what makes it easy for them to believe.” —Pastor Yankee Arnold, “WHY GRACE CAN SAVE THE WORST MAN!”

Salvation is not a sinner promising to turn from sin, sorrow for sin; nor sinners giving their life and heart to Jesus so that He will save them. This is the deadly heresy of LORDSHIP SALVATION. Salvation has nothing to do with our promises or gifts to Christ. Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith. Salvation is simply a needy sinner accepting Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross as satisfactory full payment for the forgiveness of our sins. We simply trust in Jesus alone to save us (Acts 16:30-31; Romans 4:1-7; 1st Corinthians 15:1-6, Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5).

Charlie boldly told the world about his faith in Jesus as his “Lord and Savior.” But that's the problem, you don't have to receive Jesus as your “Lord” to be saved, you simply take Him as your Savior. Although many religious people will want to debate this issue, Matthew 7:21-23 speaks for itself. These unsaved heathens were religious people. They did “many wonderful works” in Jesus' name. They prophesied (preached) in Jesus' name. They said they'd even cast out devils in Jesus' name. Yet, Christ denied knowing them as His redeemed sheep. They made the fatal error of serving Christ to work their way to Heaven, instead of resting solely in Jesus' sacrifice on the cross to pay for their sins. Satan's greatest weapon is con people to live the Christian life without ever being born again.

I found this disturbing video on YouTube of an interview of Pastor Allen Jackson by Charlie Kirk, in which they attribute politically indifferent churchgoers to a false Gospel. Here is a Lordship Salvation quote from Pastor Allen Jackson with which unbiblical comments Charlie fully agreed...

“We think we get our card for Heaven and we can live like the Devil. And I'm convinced that Hell's gonna be filled with a lot of people who have those cards. And we're gonna have to change who we are. We'll be judged by the impact we have on the world we live in. Not by the fact that we walked the aisle of a church and recited a sinner's prayer.” SOURCE: The False Gospel That Keeps Christians from Voting | Pastor Allen Jackson & Charlie Kirk (Time, 5:18 in video)

It is clear from the context that Pastor Jackson is teaching Lordship Salvation. He implies that if you're not living a changed life you aren't going to Heaven. This is a works-based counterfeit gospel. Even the title of Charlie's video, calling political indifference a “False Gospel” is dangerously misleading. The true Gospel according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-6 is the death of Christ on the cross, His burial and bodily resurrection from the dead three days later. Your behavior has absolutely NOTHING to do with a free grace Gospel. The life that you choose to live is strictly a matter of service and discipleship, and not of salvation and sonship. The entire nature of this creepy video is that if you're not suffering and serving Christ, you didn't get saved.

Also, in the preceding video Charlie Kirk endorses false prophet Ray Comfort, who is a damnable false teacher of Lordship Salvation. Ray Comfort teaches hard core Lordship Salvation, insisting that your behavior must change or else you cannot be saved. In Jonah 3:10 the Bible calls turning from one's evil ways “works.” Titus 3:5 and Ephesians 2:8-9 plainly teach that you don't get saved by works. Romans 4:1-7 says we are saved by faith alone. Some readers may try to defend Charlie's terrible video if you want, but the fact remains clear to see that at best his Christian salvation testimony is flaky, obscured and unclear. This video is very misleading, taking the viewer away from a free grace plan of salvation. The truth is that, yes, you can get born again and still live like the Devil. I love what Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold said...

“'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, “Calvinism And Grace Are NOT Compatible”

Since Charlie continually spoke about giving his life to Christ in fifth grade, and trusting in Him as his “Lord and Savior,” it can be concluded that at best Charlie was vague. Granted, he wasn't a theologian or a religious minister, I understand. And please understand that I did not write this blog to cast a negative reflection about Mr. Kirk, not at all. I am writing this blog to emphasize the need for clarity in the Gospel message.

“I mean, I'm nothing without Jesus. I'm a sinner. I fall incredibly short of the glory of God. We all do. I gave my life to the Lord in fifth grade, and it's the most important decision I've ever made, and everything I do incorporates Jesus Christ.” [emphasis added] —Charlie Kirk, 2024, during an interview with Russell Brand

Pastor Harry Ironside (1876-1951) taught a Free Grace view of the Gospel. Consider the following awesome 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 tract: 'What Is The Gospel?'

Bravo and well said Pastor Ironside!

Charlie Kirk (1933-2025) endorsed false prophet Ray Comfort.

Folks, we are at war over God's simple plan of salvation today. The Gospel is intentionally being obscured to blind lost sinners from coming to the light of the truth of the Gospel to be saved (2nd Corinthians 4:3-4). The Lordship of Jesus is NOT part of the Gospel of free grace.

Lordship Salvation: A Perversion Of God's Grace

(by Pastor Curtis Hutson, 1934-1995)

Shame on Pensacola Christian College, Family Baptist Church in Pensacola, Victory Baptist Church in Pensacola, Fairfield Drive Baptist Church in Pensacola, Smyrna Baptist Church in Pensacola, Bible Baptist Church in Pensacola, AND OTHER RELIGIOUS CULTS today who pervert God's simple plan of salvation to include works. You don't have to take Jesus as your “Lord” to get to Heaven; you simply take Him as your Savior!

What greatly concerns me is that hundreds of millions of people are now paying close attention to the aftermath of Charlie's assassination. They are studying his life and watching his videos, learning about his religious beliefs more than ever, but they are being misled to think that you must receive Jesus as your “Lord” to get to Heaven, which implies living the Christian lifestyle (works). I fully agree with Pastor Jack Hyles, who said he was sick of the Lordship Salvation mess!

Another helpful excellent quote is from Pilgrim's Progress author, John Bunyan...

“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)

Charlie, like so many who profess faith in Jesus today, utterly failed to distinguish and separate between SERVICE (discipleship) versus SALVATION (sonship). If you combine the two, the result is a false gospel which cannot produce the required new birth to enter into God's Kingdom (John 3:1-7). We simply do not know if Charlie Kirk was BORN AGAIN, because of his obscured and vague profession of religious beliefs. You can get upset with me if you want, but the inspired Word of God says that I am right, and as Charlie would say: “PROVE ME WRONG!”

John Bunyan is so right, by Charlie Kirk not differentiating between sanctification and justification, he unintentionally cast stumblingblocks before the people. I understand that he was not a theologian, but he influenced hundreds of millions of people. I humbly think it is sad and tragic that such an extremely popular man, who professed faith in Jesus Christ, failed to clearly present the Gospel of free grace to the world. For Charlie to say that he gave his life to Christ in fifth grade is religious mumbo-jumbo, not biblical teaching. It certainly is not the Gospel. No one has ever been saved who followed, served or gave their life to Jesus!!!

You simply cannot shew me any place in an inspired King James Bible where it requires receiving Jesus as your “Lord” to get to Heaven. 1st Timothy 4:10, “For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.” To get to Heaven, you must take Jesus as your SAVIOR alone. Please read...

Lordship Salvation: An Enemy Of Soulwinning

(by Pastor Jack Hyles, 1926-2001)

I Never Knew You
(by Evangelist Michael P. Bowen)

Just as many right-wing Christians are enamored with President Donald Trump, idolizing him, thinking he can do no wrong; so also do many Christians and right-wing conservatives idolize Charlie Kirk. I am all for having heroes, but not if it means turning a blind eye to the fact that Charlie Kirk seemed to trust in a Lordship type plan of salvation, which is unbiblical.

If you truly understand the biblical Gospel, then you don't have enough information to know if Charlie was saved or not. I may learn more information in the future about his beliefs, but right now I CAN safely say at a minimum that Charlie's testimony was confusing. This is what happens when people use unbiblical phraseology; such as, “I gave my life to Christ.” Not one Scripture passage teaches this is how you get born again. Faith alone in the GOOD NEWS (Gospel) of Jesus Christ crucified, buried and risen, without adding any works of self-righteousness is the only way to be saved. Charlie failed to make this clear.

The woeful sin of today's neo-evangelicals like Charlie Kirk is obscuring God's simple plan of salvation, mudding it down with embellishments that make the grace of God of none effect. Again, I am not saying that Charlie went to Hell. I am saying that due to his careless (no doubt sincere) use of religious terminology, it is difficult to discern what he actually believed. To say that Charlie Kirk trusted in Jesus as his “Lord and Savior” agrees with the Statement of Faith of every hellbound pseudo-Christian religious cult on the planet!

Pastor M.R. DeHaan (1891-1965) gets it 100% correct:

"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)

What a beautiful and doctrinally sound quote. Bravo Dr. Martin Ralph DeHaan!!! I love Pastor DeHaan, who is one of my favorite free grace preachers, along with Pastor Harry A. Ironside (1876-1951). These men were both 100% free grace Gospel preachers! It sickens me that most preachers today have been deceived by the Devil, preaching a counterfeit plan of salvation that does not match up to what the Bible teaches.

God knows that I didn't write this blog to cast a negative shadow over Charlie Kirk. I am however disappointed with Charlie that he didn't present a clear Gospel message to the world. There is no room for speculation or guesswork concerning how to get to Heaven, because the inspired Holy Bible plainly defines 'THE GOSPEL' for us...

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.”

The bad news is that we humans are all guilty hell-deserving sinners (Romans 3:19-20; Revelation 20:11-15). The Gospel (Good News) is that God loves us so much, that He gave His only begotten Son to die on a cross to pay for the sins of the world (John 3:16). Anyone who comes to God by faith (taking God at His written Word), to accept Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that Jesus resurrected from the dead three days later, is saved. Nothing more is required nor permitted, lest the Gospel be made of none effect.

When Charlie Kirk speaks of trusting Jesus as his “Lord,” and that he “gave his life to Christ,” it confuses the lost world, muddying God's simple plan of salvation. I challenge you dear reader, if you are a child of God, to make sure you always present the Gospel in its simple pure form; and whatever you do, please avoid using unbiblical jargon that obscures God's plan of salvation. I know it is easy to pick up on statements and clichés to repeat them like a parrot, but this is how Satan has effectively crept damnable false teachings into Bible colleges and churches today, corrupting them (2nd Peter 2:1).

I cannot think of a better thing to end this blog with, than to repeat John Bunyan' beautiful, quote:

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