If Sin Separates From God, Why Cannot A Christian Lose Salvation?

Romans 8:35-39, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Once saved, always saved (OSAS) is 100% biblical. Eternal life and Eternal Security are NOT two separate doctrines in the Bible. They are one and the same. The Bible teaches that Jesus is eternal life. 1st John 5:20, “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.” If you have the Spirit of Christ in you, you have eternal life (Romans 8:9).

Jesus Christ died on a cross 2,000 years ago to pay everyone's debt of sin (1st John 2:2; Romans 5:6-9; John 3:16). We as sinners contribute nothing to our own salvation except the sin that made it necessary. Salvation is of the LORD (Jonah 2:9).

It is biblically true that sin separates the sinner from God (Isaiah 59:2), which is exactly why Jesus died on a cross 2,000 years ago to bring peace between God and man (1st Timothy 2:5), to those who trust Him (1st Corinthians 1:21). Romans 5:1-2, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” Once a sinner comes to God by faith, accepting Jesus' sacrifice on the cross as full payment for his or her sins, believing that Christ was buried but is risen from the dead, God the Father declares that individual 'JUSTIFIED' (just if I'd never sinned).

Once saved, a believer's POSITION is eternally settled in Heaven. They are sealed with the indwelling Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:15; Romans 8:9; 1st John 3:24). Once saved, always saved. We can know this because eternal life is the free gift of God, which has nothing to do with our performance.

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.

The damnable heresy of misunderstood repentance has sadly crept into nearly every Baptist church today. Biblically, you don't have to repent of your sins to be saved. Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do. A born again Christian should repent (change their mind) about their sins. But regarding the new birth (regeneration), faith is the only righteous thing that I can do (Galatians 3:26).

Pilgrim's Progress author John Bunyan (1628-1688) said it best, I humbly think...

“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

In other words, we must always keep service (discipleship) separate from salvation (sonship), lest we pervert God's simple plan of salvation. Since unbelief is the only sin that can keep us out of Heaven, then unbelief is the only sin from which we must turn to be saved.

If sin were to separate the redeemed Christian from God, resulting in loss of salvation, then no one would be saved. Remember, we are saved by God's grace, not our works. Romans 6:1-2, “God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” I love this Scripture passage. When we sin as believers (and we all continually do), God's grace reaches lower than our sins so that we can never risk losing God's free gift of eternal life, which is by faith alone. 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.”

As humans we all have have a free will. When a Christian sins we have broken fellowship with God (1st John 1:6-9), and in this respect we are separated from God. But nothing could ever separate the worst sinful Christian from the saving grace of the Gospel that redeemed them. Our walk with God as saints is our CONDITION in Christ; our salvation is our POSITION in Christ. These are not the same thing.

Dear reader, I encourage you to read chapter 4 from Pastor Jack Hyles' (1926-2001) helpful book titled, 'Enemies Of Soul-Winning.' The chapter is called, 'Misunderstood Repentance: An Enemy Of Soul-Winning.'

According to Romans 5:15-18, Romans 6:23 and Ephesians 2:8-9, eternal life is the free gift of God, obtained without works. The spiritual new birth is as irreversible as the first physical birth. Getting saved is not a process, it is a supernatural miracle of God in response to a man's faith in the only begotten Son of God.

Pastor M.R. DeHaan (1891-1965) said it very well...

"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 You Trust Someone Mostly, You Do Not Trust Them At All

Galatians 3:26, “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”

Have you ever said that they trust someone, kind of. The truth is they don't trust that person, period. Either you trust someone 100% or you don't trust them at all.

Dear reader, do you really trust the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior? In fact, sadly, nearly everyone who claims to be religious on the planet does not completely trust Christ.

In 2003 in the Chicago Sun-Time during the Iraqi War, I read a sad article titled: “U.S. Troops Line Up For Baptism Just In Case.” Oh my, that is not the Gospel. That is not how you get to Heaven! In case the soldiers were killed on the battlefield, they were being invited by the heathen military chaplain to be dunked in a baptistry to prepare to meet God. Fools!

Salvation is not found in any religion, baptistry, sacrament or ritual; but rather, in Jesus Christ's crucifixtion on the cross, His burial and bodily resurrection from the dead three days later. This is the Gospel, the “Good News,” according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-6. There is no other way to Heaven (Acts 4:10-12). Any admitted guilty sinner who believes the Gospel is saved (Romans 1:16). Christ died for our sins! He is the only Savior and Mediator between God the Father and men. You can pray to Mary all you want, you are wasting your idolatrous breath!

If you trust someone 99%, you don't trust them. It's that simple. If you are relying upon church sacraments to get to Heaven, which includes the baptistry, you are not wholly trusting Christ. If you are relying upon the fallacy of having “repented of your sins,” you are not wholly trusting Jesus as your Savior. Not one verse in the inspired King James Bible teaches that you must repent “of your sins” to be saved. Yet, wicked Baptist pastors everywhere are preaching this damnable heresy today, misleading the masses. Please don't let some slick false prophet take you to Hell with him. Salvation is of the LORD, and you have no part in your own salvation except the sin that made it necessary. Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do.

Now, I am not saying that you cannot have doubts as a Christian. It matters not how much lack of confidence you may have that Christ can save you, it you trust wholly in Jesus alone for the forgiveness of your sins, accepting His sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins, burial and His physical resurrection the third day, you are going to Heaven. It's that simple. Billions of sincere people are going to miss Heaven and spend eternity in Hell someday because they trusted in TOO MUCH. Do not add anything to your faith in Christ and what He did for you on the cross. Salvation is simply believing that Jesus did it all for you through Calvary's cross. Do not be foolish by adding to that.

Beware of the lying false prophet like Pastor Joel Osteen, who says that to be saved you must turn from your sins and invite Jesus into your life. Jesus was a part of Judas Iscariot's life, yet Judas is in Hell forever. Judas turned from his sins, even returning the thirty pieces of silver. Matthew 27:3 tells us that Judas “repented” of his sins and still ended up burning in Hell. Judas felt sorry for betraying an innocent man, Jesus, but Judas never repented toward God by faith in His only begotten Son (John 3:16). I feel sad for Judas.

Dear reader, I cannot stress just how important this blog is. Are you relying upon Christ alone and what He did to pay your debt of sin on Calvary's cross? Cults like Seventh-Day Adventism (SDA) and Lutherans redefine what “faith” means, perverted it's biblical meaning. SDA's errantly teach that you must obey the Ten Commandments to prove that you love God, and if you don't they say your faith is false and you are not saved. Martin Luther (1483-1546) errantly taught that you put your faith in Christ by getting water baptized. This is what Lutherans (his cult followers) still teach today nearly 500 years later.

I ask you again with a concerned heart dear friend, are you trusting Christ alone? If you are relying upon the Gospel alone for salvation, then despite any doubts you may have in the veracity of the Holy Bible, you are trusting Jesus 100%. If you trust your wife 95%, you don't trust her. If you trust her 99.99%, you don't trust her! Trust means that you wholly place your full confidence in someone.

I ask you once more friend, are you wholly relying upon the Lamb of God to save you? John 1:29, “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” Not church membership, not the baptistry, not sacraments, not loving thy neighbour, not religious devotion, not serving Christ, not repenting of your sins, not making Jesus “Lord” of your life, not living a lifestyle of repentance, not faithfully running the race 'til the end, not anything but “BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST” (Acts 16:31b). Thank you for reading my ministry blog.

Every One Of You Can Be Saved

Acts 2:38, “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”

There is a beautiful Bible truth hidden in this Scripture text. The Apostle Peter preached the Gospel and extended a salvation invitation to “every one of you.” This truth disproves the Calvinist lie that God only chooses certain people to be saved, and others to go to Hell. According to the inspired Word of God, God desires for all men to repent (change your mind) from unbelief to belief to be saved. 2nd Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”

Dear reader, it matters not who you are or what you may have done, Jesus Christ died on Calvary's cross 2,000 years ago to pay your debt of sin. It matters not if you are Judas Iscariot, God would have saved Judas if he simply trusted Christ. It matters not if you paid Judas the 30 pieces of silver to betray Jesus, God still wanted to forgive them. No one is beyond the hope and saving-power of the Gospel. John 5:40, “And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” Notice that Christ did not say “ye cannot come”; but rather, “ye will not come” unto me to be saved. No one ever went to Hell who didn't consciously choose to go there by rejecting Jesus as their Savior.

But you say, “I'm like unto one of the Pharisees who plotted Jesus' death. Would God save me?” Yes, yes, ten thousands times yes! It matters not if you are a murderer, thief, child molester, adulterer, extortioner, crooked politician, homosexual, transvestite or some other evil monster, yes, absolutely yes, God will save you if you'll just BELIEVE the Gospel. You must understand that there is no “you” in God's simple plan of salvation, there is only Christ and what He did for you through Calvary's cross. Jesus paid our debt of sin. If you and I were to pay for our own sins, we would be cast into the everlasting fires of Hell. That is justice!

Thank God for His mercy and grace. Romans 5:9, “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” The ONLY means of obtaining peace with God is through faith in His only begotten Son. Romans 5:1-2, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” There is no peace in any religion! There is no peace in the sacraments of Roman Catholicism and the Lutheran and Presbyterian denominations. Galatians 3:26, “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”

WHOSOEVER will can be saved. John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Anybody can and should be saved. Your eternal happiness depends on it. When you die your location changes, but what you believe determines the neighborhood you move into. Acts 2:38, “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” The Apostle Peter told the crowd that every one of them could be saved by faith in Jesus Christ. The choice is yours along to make dear friend.

Pastor Harry Ironside Refutes Misunderstood Repentance

Mark 1:15, “And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.”

In chapter 16 of his insightful book, “The Preaching That Produces Repentance,” Pastor Harry Ironside (1876-1951) writes:

“In many quarters, men have attached to the words 'repent' and 'repentance' meanings that do not properly belong to them. So that there is the possibility that our hearers may altogether misunderstand us if we urge them, in so many words, to repent. They may imagine they must by some effort of their own, produce that which entitles them to consider that they have attained a state where they are acceptable to God. This is not the truth as set forth in His Word, as every Bible-taught preacher well knows.” —Pastor Harry A. Ironside, “The Preaching That Produces Repentance,” chapter 16

Mark 1:15, “And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” The last portion of our text passage of Scripture literally could be read translated, “Change your mind and believe the GOOD NEWS that Jesus died on a cross to pay your debt of sin, was buried and three days later bodily resurrected from the dead.” Christ died, that's history; Christ died, was buried and resurrected FOR ME, that's salvation. Anybody can be saved! Whosoever will may come! Every one of you may be saved.

Confusion About Repentance

2nd Timothy 2:23-26, “But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”

In our text passage of Scripture, we are taught that repentance is “a change of mind” toward THE TRUTH. In the New testament, the word “repent” (Greek noun: metanoia) comes from two Greek root words: meta (after or beyond) + noia (mind - e.g., paranoid, i.e., alongside your mind). Hence, to “repent” simply means to think afterwards, that is, to change your mind from UNBELIEF to BELIEF in the “GOOD NEWS” (Gospel) of Jesus Christ crucified, buried and resurrected the third day (1st Corinthians 15:1-6). Repenting unto life (the new birth) has absolutely nothing to do with forsaking your sinful bad habits, which would be reformation.

Confusion About Repentance
(by Dylan McNutt)

Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) said it well...

“Repentance is not some little silly, 'I'm sorry.' Repentance is not simply a fear of God. Repentance is not a monk fasting and afflicting his body in a monastery. Repentance is not remorse because of sin's consequences. Repentance is not penance performed before the pope as you kiss his toe... Repentance is not being sorry for what I've done wrong. It is not confessing one's sins to a priest. It is not just conviction of sin. It is not the signing of a pledge of abstinence. Repentance is that thing when you come before God and see yourself as you are, and see Him as he is, and say with Isaiah 'Woe is me, for I am unclean!'” —Pastor Jack Hyles, from the sermon: "THE GOODNESS OF GOD LEADETH TO REPENTANCE!"

Pastor Harry Ironside (1876-1951) also said it very well...

“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.” —Pastor Harry A. Ironside, from the ministry tract: "What Is The Gospel?"

Also, my ministry friend Michael P. Bowen wrote those doctrinally sound words...

"I am at eternal odds with the false, counterfeit messages of salvation-by-works that are taught from virtually every pulpit today, on every television channel, and on every Christian radio station; however, I am not at eternal odds with the individuals who preach these counterfeit messages. My heart literally goes out to all of them because they simply do not understand Christ’s plan of salvation. They have been lied to by a crafty enemy named Satan, whose sole aim is to take as many people with him to the lake of fire as he can possibly manage to steal away from God using a counterfeit plan of salvation that appears so real, so genuine, and so holy that few ever realize they have been deceived by it. Oh reader, so many of today’s professing Christians who think they are going to heaven when they die are not going to make it to heaven as they had assumed because they’ve been lied to by today’s error-filled gospel messages." —Michael Patrick Bowen, from his book: "I NEVER KNEW YOU," p. 17

These three godly Bible preachers have faithfully interpreted the correct biblical meaning of repentance to be saved. THANK YOU Brother Dylan for this helpful ministry video. To God alone be all the praise and glory. Jesus is precious!

God Is Not Sympathetic Toward Gospel Perverts

Galatians 1:6-12, “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

I hear foolish professed Christians expressing sympathy toward damnable false prophets and false converts. Such bleeding-heart, neo-evangelical, churchgoers try to convince us that those who errantly teach you must “repent of your sins” to be saved are still going to Heaven, they're just confused. They would have us to succumb to the corrupt belief that “Lordship Salvation” falls within the realm of orthodox theology, when it clearly does not. Lordship Salvation is the heresy of mixing works with grace, of combining service with salvation.

Adding Anything To The Gospel Perverts It

But I contend that if we as saints are expected by God to show tolerance and extend a welcome arm of Christian fellowship toward Reformed (Calvinist) Baptists who preach Lordship Salvation, then why not extend the same sympathy and Olive Branch to Roman Catholics who add the Seven Sacraments (works) to salvation by grace through faith?

I mean, you cannot include as born again Christian Brethren those who add being willing to turn away from your sinful past ways to be saved, or to follow Christ as “Lord” of your life to be saved, while at the same time vehemently rejecting Catholics who trust in their accursed Seven Sacraments to merit Heaven. Lordship Salvation is a dubious plan of salvation that generates fear and uncertainty instead of providing sweet assurance of eternal security. And may I say, Eternal Life is Eternal Security, these are not two separate doctrines in God's Word.

In the inspired Holy Bible there is no verb for the word “faith.” The verb form of the noun faith is “believe.” These two words are synonymous and interchangeably used in the Scripture. John 5:38, “And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.” The reason why sinners refuse to come to Jesus Christ to be saved is simply because they refuse to believe the inspired Holy Bible. This is why Abraham told the rich man (now poorer than poor) in Hell concerning his five living brothers, “If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” In other words, God is not going to provide you with any more truth than the King James Bible. If the Scripture will not convince you to believe on Christ to be saved, then nothing will convince you.

The Apostle Paul certifies in Galatians 1:12 (from our Scripture text) that Jesus directly gave the Gospel to Him; he didn't receive it from man. Throughout human history there has always been only one plan of salvation, not two or more. One is saved by God's grace through faith in the finished Work of His Son on the Cross, His burial and bodily resurrection as payment in full as our pardon for sin. JESUS PAID IT ALL!

Psalms 32:1, “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.”

Oh, how wretched we all are as sinners in God's sight. You miserable dog! We're peanut-brained, weasel-eyed, hog-jowled, beetle-browed, bull-necked lobsters! I stole those lines from Evangelist Billy Sunday (1862-1935). Psalms 106:6, “We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.” We all deserve to go straight to Hell. Do not pass GO! Do not collect $200. Remember the board game Monopoly?

Dear reader, if it is unacceptable to add sacraments to God's simple plan of salvation, thus corrupting grace, then it is equally as wrong to add being willing to turn from your sins, forsaking the world, becoming a Christ follower, inviting Jesus into your life, walking in holiness, living a lifestyle of repentance, faithfully running the race, surrendering to Jesus as “Lord,” or adding anything else to God's simple plan of salvation; which is by grace through faith alone in the 'GOOD NEWS' (Gospel) of Jesus crucified, buried and risen the third day.

What Exactly Is 'The Gospel'?

So, it is not merely a trifle matter of semantics when someone adds junk to embellish and change God's simple plan of redemption. The inspired Word of God plainly defines “the gospel” in 1st Corinthians 15:1-6 as three things:

1. Jesus DIED on a cross to pay our debt of sin.
2. Jesus was BURIED.
3. Jesus RESURRECTED from the dead three days later.

Any admitted guilty sinner (Romans 3:19-20) who by faith (taking God at His Word) accepts Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for their sins (believing that Jesus died, was buried, but then bodily raised up from the dead after three days) is saved immediately, irrevocably and permanently. Nothing more is required not permitted to get to Heaven.

As born again believers we won't receive eternal life in the future, we already have eternal life now! I believe that when we someday leave this earthly body at death, there will be no break in our conscience. We have eternal life because Jesus is eternal life. 1st John 5:20, “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.” Amen and amen.

I do not glory in myself as a fundamentalist Baptist preacher, but only in Jesus Christ my God, Lord, Friend and Savior. 1st Corinthians 1:29-31, “That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.” Jesus is all we need! Ephesians 2:13-14 teaches that Jesus is also our PEACE. Galatians 2:20 teaches that Jesus lives the Christian life through us, that is, the 'FRUIT' of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-25). 

I just showed you from God's inspired Word exactly what 'THE GOSPEL' is and is not. Although it may seem harmless to add repenting of your sinful bad habits to be saved, it completely changes God's simple plan of salvation to something complicated, difficult and burdensome. There is nothing easy or simple about trying to forsake your sinning. I've been trying my whole life to live right and I still fail every day (Romans 7:10-25). Thankfully, I am not trusting in my own righteousness to merit Heaven. I am not trying to avoid sinning as a means of proving that I am really saved, which would be works. I try to live right because I love Jesus (John 14:15), but this has absolutely NOTHING to do with going to Heaven.

My Hope Is Built On Jesus' Righteousness Alone

The ONLY reason I am going to Heaven is because at age 12 in 1979, I put my childlike trust in the only begotten Son of God, Christ my Savior. I am trusting in God's imputed righteousness through faith alone in Jesus (Philippians 3:9). I have no righteousness apart from that which has been counted (imputed) to me by faith in the Lamb of God (John 1:29).

My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

Refrain:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand:
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

SOURCE 

That is my Christian testimony. I am not going to Heaven someday because I have turned from my sins, because the truth is that NO ONE has ever turned away from their sins. We are all sinful piles of manure! That is why God the Father sent His only begotten (biological) Son into the world 2,000 years ago, to pay our debt of sin on Calvary's cross because we simply couldn't pay it without burning in the fires of Hell forever (Galatians 2:21). Jesus paid a debt He did not owe, because we owed a debt we could not pay (2nd Corinthians 5:21).

So, when you hear a lying neo-evangelical false prophet telling you that to get to Heaven you must follow Christ, be willing to turn from your sinful bad habits, pick up your cross, surrender all, receive Jesus as “Lord,” repent of your sins, live a lifestyle of repentance, faithfully run the race, forsake the world or invite Christ into your life—you know that he is preaching another gospel accursed by God (2nd Corinthians 11:3-4; Galatians 1:6-9).

Only A Fool Is Slow To Believe The Inspired Words Of God

Acts 28:23-27, “And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he [the Apostle Paul] expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”

The Apostle Paul was being horribly persecuted and prosecuted for preaching the Gospel. He calls for the chief leaders among the Jews to hear his petition This is the context surrounding our text passage from Acts chapter 28. I love this chapter of the inspired Holy Bible. Our text passage says that Paul expounded the Jewish leaders from morning until evening with the Word of God. Yet, at the end of the day only some believed, others did not believe.

I encourage you to read Acts chapter 28. It is an amazing passage of inspired Scripture! I find it disturbing that it was the Christian women, not Jesus' own chosen Apostles, who were the first to visit Christ's tomb after He was laid to rest. When Jesus' mother (called the mother of James), Mary Magdalene and the other ladies saw that the tomb was empty, and two angels in shining garments confirmed to them that Jesus had risen from the dead as He foretold, they immediately went to back to tell the Apostles.

You couldn't make this stuff up. Jesus' own Apostles didn't believe the report of the women. Luke 24:11, “And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.” That is hard for me to process. These eleven men (Judas Iscariot commit suicide after betraying the innocent Son of God to death, who was the twelfth) who had seen Christ perform umpteen miracles—Who made the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the dumb to speak, the lame to walk, who healed the sick, and raised the dead—now refused to believe THE TRUTH that Christ has risen triumphantly from the dead. Jesus Christ is risen dear reader!!!

Two of the disciples who were present when the ladies testified of all they had seen at Jesus' empty tomb, walked to Emmaus with downcast saddened faces. We read in Luke chapter 24 that Jesus approached them and started asking them why they were sad. They engaged in a lengthy conversation as Christ expounded them in Moses and the prophets concerning Himself, yet the Bible says Jesus' true identity was kept holden (hidden) from them. The two disciples expressed their disbelief of all which had happened, which compelled Jesus to lovingly reprimand them in Luke 24:25-26 “Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?” Why are humans so stubborn to believe the plain truth that is right in front of them?

They invited Jesus to stay with them, but the Bible says Jesus pretended that He couldn't stay for the evening, but He really wanted to stay. Luke 24:28, “And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.” I am so grateful to God for being transparent in His Word, to allow us to see Jesus' humanity. They asked Jesus to stay, but He so: “No, than you anyway, but I must be going.” The Bible says they constrained (begged) Him to stay, and Jesus did. I love that. The Lord was being a true gentleman, not taking advantage of their kindness and hospitality. We serve an ethical Savior!

As the three finished their dinner, Jesus' true identity was revealed unto the two disciples and they marvelled. Luke 24:32, “And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?” Dear friend, you should read the inspired King James Bible each day until you get heart burn, that is, until your soul burns from THE TRUTH (Jeremiah 20:9).

So the two enlightened disciples (who now believed) went back to tell the eleven Apostles all that they had seen and heard. Then suddenly, Jesus appeared in the room, but they thought it was a ghost. Luke 24:36-37, “And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.” Again, their woeful lack of faith is disturbing. Not once, but twice, the eleven Apostles express their foolish lack of faith. That blows my mind!

I mean, the Apostles had seen Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead, who stank with bodily rot after being dead for four days in the grave. They had seen Jesus feed 5,000 people with a little boy's lunch. They had seen the blind healed so that they could now see. They had beheld lame people walk again, and a woman with an issue of blood healed after 12 years of suffering. They witnesses miracle after miracle. Yet, after witnessing all of these hundreds (and perhaps thousands) of supernatural miracles by the Son of God, they still were not convinced. Good night in the morning folks, what does it take to convince someone to believe?

I have learned in my brief time on earth that in every circumstance, some sinners will believe the Gospel but other will not. The Bible teaches that even if some lost sinners were to see the dead raised, they still would not believe the Gospel. That is so sad and tragic! Luke 16:30-31, “And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” The formerly rich man (now poorer than poor) begged Abraham to send Lazarus from the dead to warn his five living unsaved brothers, but his sincere request was denied. Abraham reiterates the truth that if lost sinners won't believe the written inspired Words of God, then they are beyond hope.

About thirty-five years ago, I shared the Gospel with an older man that I worked with as truck mechanics. His name was Andy. I'll never forget what he said to me: “I won't believe until God knocks on my front door, hands me a Bible and says, 'This is my Word'.” I have often felt sorry for Andy. His wife was a devout Catholic, but he was more of an agnostic (not sure what he believed). Andy was a good man, but lost in his sins without Jesus Christ. Dear reader, if you still don't believe the truth, despite the clear signs of God's existence everywhere we look in nature, then there's nothing that will change your mind (Psalms 19:1-3; Romans 1:20). 

There is an abundant amount of evidence showing that Jesus is who He claimed to be. History verifies the Holy Bible. Archaeology verifies the Holy Bible. Science verifies the Holy Bible. Nature verifies the Holy Bible. The dark sinful human nature verifies the Holy Bible.

The Greatest Faith In Israel

I love this precious true account in the Scripture...

Luke 7:1-10, “Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.”

Do you know why Jesus said this centurion (a commander over 100 soldiers) had the “greatest faith” in Israel? By the way, I cannot think of a greater compliment than for Christ Himself to bestow such admirable words of praise toward any man. Wow! I love this Bible passage, because it encourages me to have like faith. Why did Jesus say that this Roman centurion had the GREATEST FAITH in Israel? It was simply because the centurion believed that Jesus was who He claimed to be, God in the flesh (John 10:33; 1st Timothy 3:16 - cited only from the King James Bible). If Christ has been a mere mortal man, then He couldn't have commanded the sick servant to be healed. But Jesus was the God-man, 100% God and 100% man.

Pastor John MacArthur Denied Jesus' Deity

I heard Pastor John MacArthur (1939-2025) foolishly teach that if Jesus had God's blood flowing in His veins that he couldn't have been 100% a man. So, according to Dr. MacArthur Jesus DIDN'T have God's blood flowing in His veins. That is the sin of BLASPHEMY! John MacArthur slanders the inspired Word of God by denying Jesus' deity! Let me remind you dear reader that the Bible teaches Jesus was born of a virgin, meaning that God in Heaven alone is Jesus biological Father (Isiah 7:14; Matthew 1;23).

Pastor John MacArthur heretically teaches:

“It isn't human flesh, human bones, and divine blood. That's not a man. It is medically impossible to think of Christ's blood as divine. It is theologically impossible to think of Christ's blood as divine. It is Scripturally impossible to think of Christ's blood as divine. He would be less than man. His blood is human blood.” [emphasis added] —Dr. John MacArthur, 'The Precious Blood - Part 1'

GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN!!! Evidently Mr. MacArthur forgot the VIRGIN BIRTH! What normal man has ever been born of a virgin? That's right, NONE! Jesus was 100% a man, but he had God's divine blood in His veins, making Him 100% God as well; otherwise Jesus would have had a sinful nature, just like you and me (Romans 5:12). Woe unto John MacArthur!

Woe unto Bob Jones University (BJU) for bidding John MacArthur Godspeed! Woe unto Dr. Steve Pettit (incompetent BJU president from 2014 to 2022), Marty Herron (former incompetent pastor of Harvest Baptist Church on Guam from 1999 to 2018), and anyone who else who bids this false prophet John MacArthur Godspeed. Woe unto the Harvest Baptist Church on Guam for bidding this ungodly reprobate Godspeed! 2nd John 1:11, “For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” All of the aforementioned religious people and organizations have blood on their hands, for betraying the Lord Jesus Christ!!!

What saith the Scripture? Acts 20:28, “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.” Did you catch it? The Bible says that GOD purchased THE CHURCH with HIS OWN BLOOD. There you have it in writing—Jesus had God's blood flowing in His veins! Woe unto Dr. MacArthur and any other theological liar who teaches that Jesus' didn't have God's blood flowing in His earthly veins. How could Jesus be the only begotten (biological) Son of God and not have His heavenly Father's blood?

Are you a fool dear reader? That is, have you been slow to believe all that Moses and the prophets, and all that Jesus and the Apostles, have spoken? I believe that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, the very Christ, God almighty in the flesh!

The Big Lie

Acts 13:39, “And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.”

I found the following helpful information at the GraceAnswers.info website...

“Free Grace Gives People a Free Ticket to Sin”

Expose the Lie. Reveal What They Refuse to Say.

There is a charge constantly leveled against Free Grace theology:

“If salvation is free and eternally secure, then people are free to live however they want.”

• That statement sounds forceful.
• It sounds moral.
• It sounds protective of holiness.
• But it is not honest.

Because it deliberately ignores the other half of the biblical argument.

The Lie Is Not What They Say — It’s What They Omit

• They talk endlessly about salvation.
• They warn loudly about assurance.
• They threaten constantly with loss.
• But they say almost nothing about divine discipline.

That omission is not accidental. It is essential to keeping the accusation alive.

Remove discipline from the conversation, and grace looks reckless.
Restore discipline, and the accusation collapses.

This Is a Category Error, Not a Moral Concern

The argument assumes something Scripture never teaches:

“If salvation cannot be lost, then consequences disappear.”
That is not biblical logic.
That is philosophical fear.

Scripture never ties daily behavior to eternal destiny.

It ties behavior to fellowship, discipline, and reward.

Eternal life is a gift.

Accountability is ongoing.

Those are not competing truths.
They are complementary ones.

What Free Grace Actually Teaches

• Free Grace does not say sin is harmless.
• Free Grace does not say obedience is optional.
• Free Grace does not say God looks the other way.

Free Grace says something far more sobering:

• You cannot undo regeneration. But you can invite divine discipline.
• You can lose intimacy with God.
• You can suffer real consequences in this life.
• You can forfeit eternal rewards.

That is not leniency. That is seriousness without fear-mongering.

Divine Discipline Is the Missing Doctrine

God disciplines believers precisely because they are secure.
Discipline is not the threat of rejection.
Discipline is the proof of sonship.

A judge punishes criminals.
A Father disciplines children.

If God never disciplined His people, grace would be suspect.
But Scripture says He does — firmly, personally, and lovingly.
Grace does not remove God’s hand.

Grace explains why that hand belongs to a Father, not an executioner.

The Irony They Never Address
If fear of Hell were the only thing restraining sin, then assurance would be morally dangerous.

Yet, Scripture does not motivate holiness with terror of damnation.

It motivates holiness with:

• love
• identity
• accountability
• discipline
• future evaluation

Fear-based systems produce outward conformity and inward anxiety.

Grace-based systems produce responsibility grounded in security.

The Real Issue Is Control, Not Holiness

Threat-based religion needs uncertainty to function. Grace removes leverage.

When eternal life is settled, teaching must appeal to truth, growth, and responsibility — not fear. That makes grace dangerous to systems built on intimidation. So they call it license.

The Mic Drop

Free Grace does not teach: “Sin freely.”

Free Grace teaches:

“You are eternally secure —and therefore fully accountable to a holy Father who disciplines His children.”
The Big Lie is not grace.
The Big Lie is pretending discipline doesn’t exist.

SOURCE: GraceAnswers.Info

You Still Have A Chance To Settle Out Of Court

John 3:1-7, “There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.”

Dear reader, please do not think that this matter of being born again is mere religious talk. This is a LEGAL MATTER! You have sinned against a holy God, your Creator. Thus, you are guilty according to Romans 3:10-20. There is a long criminal record against you in Heaven if you have not received Christ yet (Revelation 20:12). As such, there is a penalty for your wickedness, which is to burn in the fires and torments of the Lake of Fire (Hell) forever and ever without hope or rest day nor night (Revelation 14:11, 20:11-15, 21:8). John 3:18 declares that if you are not saved, you are ALREADY CONDEMNED, which means when you die you'll go straight to Hell.

God the Father loves all humanity. God loves YOU dear friend and He has made a way of escape (Romans 5:9). God is holy and His holiness absolutely demands justice! The wages of sin is death, not good works (Romans 6:23). Billions of foolish hellbound religious people think their good works can satisfy the wrath of God against sinners, but it cannot. God required a perfect sacrifice, which perfect sacrifice Jesus became on Calvary's cross, as a Lamb without spot nor blemish, who was killed for our sins (John 1:29; 1st Peter 1:18-19). JESUS PAID IT ALL!!!

To settle this legal matter out of court, so to speak, God the Father is offering you dear friend (and every human being) an incredible offer, simply because God loves you (John 3:16; Romans 5:8). God sent His only begotten (biological) Son into the world to die a criminal's death on a lonely cruel cross, as full payment for YOUR SINS and MINE (John 3:16). Literally, Jesus who knew no sin became as sin, so that we who knew no righteousness could be made the righteous of God in Christ (2nd Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 3:9). What a great Savior!!!

You still have an opportunity dear reader to settle out of court with God the Father. Jesus has already paid for your sins, but you must appropriate His gift by resting in (trusting) Jesus as your Savior. This means abandoning all false hopes of relying upon turning from your sinful ways (aka, the “repent of your sins” heresy), serving Christ, inviting Jesus into your life as “Lord,” water baptism, keeping sacraments, confessing sins to a priest, being willing to turn from your sins, and other heresies that pollute, pervert and complicate God's simple plan of salvation, which is obtained only through faith alone, by grace alone, in Jesus Christ alone. 

Hebrews 4:10-11, “For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.”

Trying to reform your own life by turning from your sinful behavior to be saved is NOT Bible repentance, it is manmade behavior modification. It is works, not grace (Romans 4:4). You don't have to be willing to forsake your sinning to get to heaven; Christ died on a cross to pay for your sins, so that you could freely go to Heaven. 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.” Again and again in the inspired Holy Scripture we read that Jesus died on a cross to save us from our sins (Luke 19:10; John 3:17); but nowhere will you find any Scripture that requires being willing to forsake the world and a lifestyle of sinning to be saved.

One of my favorite free grace preachers, Pastor Harry A. Ironside (1876-1951), wrote these prolific words of truth...

"Repentance is the very opposite of meritorious experience. It is the confession that one is utterly without merit, and if he is ever saved at all it can only be through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ, 'who gave himself a ransom for all.' Here is firm footing for the soul who realizes that all self-effort is but sinking sand. Christ alone is the Rock of our salvation."

SOURCE: Pastor Harry A. Ironside, from his book: 'Except Ye Repent,' p. 36

Clearly, Ironside taught a Free Grace view of the Gospel. Pastor Ironside further states...

“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: Pastor Harry A. Ironside, from his tract: 'What Is The Gospel?'

If you will simply by faith (taking God at His recorded Word), accept Christ's sacrificial death on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that Jesus was buried but then physically resurrected from the dead three days later, then you will be instantly, irrevocably and permanently saved (i.e., born again, redeemed). This is 'THE GOSPEL' (1st Corinthians 15:1-6), by which all who BELIEVE IT are saved (1st Thessalonians 4:14; Romans 1:16). You have God's PROMISE of eternal life, IF you believe (Titus 1:2). God promises to “SAVE THEM THAT BELIEVE” (1st Corinthians 1:21b). What an awesome God, Creator and Savior!!!

Galatians 2:21, “I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”

A Christian's Sins Can Never Jeopardize Eternal Security

Ephesians 1:12-14, “That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”

Many foolish pastors, missionaries, religious authors and evangelists today associate living a changed life with the new birth, which is the heresy of 'Lordship Salvation.'

Most of them fail to make any distinction between someone who is saved or unsaved when they speak of living a changed life, but it doesn't matter even if they did because one's behavior has absolutely NOTHING to do with getting saved by faith in Christ alone.

Eternal life is a gift for the guilty, not a reward for the righteous. They need to get their Bible facts straight!

Many believers live horrible lives of open sin. The Bible is full of such sinful saints. That doesn't mean it is okay to live in disobedience to God, but we all do just that at time.

The truth is that no one is any less sinful or more righteous in God's sight than the next Christian. You're either saved or lost, period. If you are saved, then the ONLY righteousness you have is God's imputed righteousness. What saith the Scripture? 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.” That is one of my favorite passages of Scripture. I love the great Bible doctrine of imputation, which beautiful word (and consequently doctrine) has been completely obliterated from the Devil's modern Bible versions.

Case in point is the toxic 'Amplified Version' which was published in 1965. Evangelist Ray Comfort based his popular 2001 'The Evidence Bible' on the Amplified Bible. Consequently, Ray fails to make mention even once in 1,984 pages of the great doctrine of IMPUTATION. Dear reader, Ray Comfort is an incompetent Bible teacher!!! I say that kindly but truthfully. No theologian or preacher is competent who totally ignores the vital doctrine of the imputed righteousness of God through faith alone, by grace alone, in Christ alone. Put another way, we are saved by HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. That is what Jesus meant in Matthew 6:33, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” To go to Heaven someday, you need GOD'S IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS.

1st Timothy 5:24-25, “Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after. Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.”

I love this tremendous passage of inspired Scripture. Some Christians do live above reproach, but there is no such thing as a Christian who can live above sinning. We are all guilty sinners in God's sight, even the best saints among us! As redeemed sinners we are still human. We still go by what we see, as the Bible concedes in 1st Samuel 16:7b, “for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.” So, we naturally form our opinion of others based upon their outward behavior and words.

And although some Christians have very lovely testimonies honoring to God, yet the Bible says those individuals still have Skeleton Closets full of sins, failures and misdeeds (we just don't see them). That is what the Bible means in 1st Timothy 5:24. No child of God can boast of our own turning from sin, serving Christ or walking faithfully in holiness because salvation is “Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:9).

There are a great deal many false prophets today lurking in the churches, mission field, Bible colleges and social media who ascribe to the unbiblical idea that to get to Heaven your faith must produce works, which is the heresy of 'Lordship Salvation.' I like how Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold defines Lordship Salvation in the following quotes...

“Lordship Salvation is the unsupportable and unbiblical belief that the performance of good works, the promise of good works, or the evidence of good works, must accompany faith in Christ to establish or provide evidence that such faith has resulted in eternal life.” —Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold, 'Jesus Versus John MacArthur'

“Salvation is one thing and service is another, and never the two goes together. No man is saved because he serves, and no man has to serve because he is saved. Gotta keep them separate. And if you don't do it, the Scriptures will be confusing to you. You'll not rightly divide what God has to say.” —Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold, "Why Lordship Salvation Is Wrong"

In the belly of the whale, Jonah pondered the great biblical truth that, “Salvation is of the LORD” (Jonah 2:9). And it sure is dear friend! If you ever enter through Heaven's pearly gates some glorious in the future, it will only be because you appropriated Jesus' sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins. JESUS PAID IT ALL!!!

To be born again my friend, you simply need to by faith (taking God at His recorded Word in the inspired Scripture) receive Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that He was buried, but then three days later physically resurrected from the dead. This is 'THE GOSPEL' (1st Corinthians 15;1-6) by which all who BELIEVE IT are saved instantly, irrevocably and permanently (Romans 1:16). You have God's Word on it (Titus 1:2).

The only righteousness that I have is God's imputed righteousness, which is by faith in Jesus alone. Literally, the moment I trusted Christ as a 12 year old boy man in the summer of 1979, Jesus took my sins upon Himself and transferred His righteousness to me by faith. 2nd Corinthians 5:21, “For he [God the Father] hath made him [God the Son] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him [God the Son].” Dear reader, if you ever make it to Heaven someday, it will be solely upon the merit of the only begotten Son of God, and not because you tried to turn away from your sinning.

Just because I may sin more or less than you doesn't jeopardize my eternal security one iota. Biblically, I can live like the Devil and still have 100% assurance that I am going to Heaven. The reason why is because I wasn't saved by good works in 1979, I was saved by receiving Christ's sacrifice on Calvary's cross as full payment for my sins, trusting that He is risen. 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.” I love that Bible verse!

By God's grace, I've been saved for 46 years and contrary to today's deadly neo-evangelical false prophets, I do know my facts as a fundamentalist Bible-believing preacher. Those reckless but sincere preachers are unfortunately caught between grace and works (a helpful sermon by Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold). Sadly, neo-evangelicals with their Lordship Perversion won't be going to Heaven (Galatians 1:6-9; Matthew 7:13-14; Luke 13:23-24).).

You Need God's Righteousness, Not Yours

Matthew 6:33, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

I love this passage of Scripture, which many Bible students fail to understand properly. Most religious people couldn't accurately explain what this Bible verse means. The reason why is because religion by default teaches that you must do good works, live a good life and be a good person to get to Heaven. I hear that from Roman Catholics all the time when I asked them if they know for sure that they're going to Heaven when they die. Satan is a beautiful liar!

The righteousness that Matthew 6:33 is talking about is God's imputed righteousness. 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.”

Modern Bible Revisions Remove “Imputation”

I love that theological word “imputation.” Moreover, it is a biblical word. Tragically, the Devil's modern Bible perversions completely remove this beautiful word, and in so doing the translators rob the reader of this theological concept regarding salvation. No wonder billions of people are confused and walking in darkness today, when the inspired Word of God has been corrupted.

Dear reader, I cannot warn you enough to burn your modern Bible revisions, because they are ALL woefully corrupt, deadly and toxic to your salvation and spiritual growth. Case in point is the demonic English Standard Version (ESV) which has surpassed the New International Version (NIV) in popularity.

KING JAMES IBLE (KJB) - Romans 4:4-6, “Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works.”

ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION (ESV) - Romans 4:4-6, “Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works.”

The theological word “imputation” is defined as:

Imputation theology refers to the concept in Christian theology where the righteousness of Christ is credited to believers, allowing them to be justified before God. This doctrine emphasizes that believers' sins are imputed to Christ, while His righteousness is imputed to them, forming a key aspect of justification by faith.

Although the Greek word itself (and meaning) for “counted” and “imputeth” in our text passage of Scripture passage are THE SAME, by removing the word “imputeth” the ESV deprives the reader of a key doctrine pertaining to salvation. The 54 King James Bible translators were wise to fully understand this great truth. Without seeing the word “imputeth,” the reader would never further investigate (study to rightly divide the Word of Truth) the rich theological meaning of this term. The very word imputation is rooted in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on Calvary's cross to pay our debt of sin. To replace this word with “counted” is shameful, tragic and an injustice to God's inspired Word in my humble opinion.

You see dear friend, these modern translators assume that you are ignorant, uneducated and stupid, so that they need to rewrite God's Word for you to understand it. The love of money is the root of all evil (1st Timothy 6:10-11).

Kindly said, Evangelist Ray Comfort is a dangerous false teacher. He preaches hard core Lordship Salvation. Ray is very wrong on the biblical meaning of repentance, requiring people to life a lifestyle of turning away from your sinning to be saved, which is works, not God's free grace (Romans 4:4-7; Ephesians 2:8-9; Philippians 3:9; Titus 3:5).

I purchased Ray Comfort's popular 'The Evidence Bible' several years ago. I searched The Evidence Bible from cover to cover for any mention of God's imputed righteousness, but tragically couldn't find anything. Ray based his commentary upon The Amplified Bible (AMP), which perversion of God's inspired Word also completely removes the word “imputeth” from Romans 4:6. This is very likely why Ray never touches upon the paramount topic of imputation in his toxic study Bible, because the word was left out by the incompetent AMP translators.

You Need His Righteousness To Go To Heaven

Clearly, the 54 King James Bible translators wanted you (the reader) to research the concept of imputed righteousness, so that you would properly understand God's simple plan of salvation, which is obtained ONLY through faith alone in Jesus Christ (Romans 10:3-4; Philippians 3:9; Galatians 3:26). Acts 4:10-12 sternly warns the reader that there is no salvation apart from faith alone in the precious name of JESUS. What a faithful Savior!

You and I have no self righteousness to offer God. Your best (and mine) are filth to God. So says Isaiah 64:6, “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” Most theologians concur that “filthy rags” in this passage likely refers to a woman's menstrual rags. The point is that we have NOTHING to offer God for salvation. We are all guilty sinners deserving of everlasting damnation in Hell, fire and brimstone (Revelation 21:8).

Don't compare yourself to the worst of humans, or you'll likely feel pretty good about yourself. Only compare yourself to the inspired eternal Word of God, and you'll fall short of God's glory (Romans 3:23). We are hopeless on our own to merit eternal life. It simply cannot be done. There is no way to make up for the past. We are all horrible wretched sinners. Anyone who denies this biblical truth is calling God a liar (1st John 1:10).

Thankfully, God sent His only begotten (biological) Son unto the world to die on a cross to pay our debt of sin (John 3:16-18). WHOSOEVER simply receives Christ's sacrifice through the cross of Calvary as full payment for their sins, believing that He was buried but physically resurrected from the dead three days later, is instantly and permanently saved. This is the Gospel (1st Corinthians 15:1-6). The Gospel is THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION unto all who BELIEVE IT (Romans 1:16). Simply believe that Jesus did it all for you.

God doesn't give probationary life, He only gives eternal life to those who BELIEVE (i.e., just take God at His Word as recorded in the inspired Holy Bible). Once saved, always saved (OSAS) is 100% biblical. If saved, you can never lose it. Have you been born again dear friend?

Faith is the only righteous thing that we can do.