I Am Thankful For Clint Eastwood's Christian Faith

Colossians 1:3-8, “We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.”

I was delighted to learn this week that Clint Eastwood is now a born again Christian. In the following beautiful testimony of his Christian faith, you'll hear Clint say that nothing he has ever done could save him; his trust is in the one Savior which God the Father has provided, Jesus Christ. Before you watch the video, I realize that you don't get to Heaven by giving your life to Jesus nor by following Christ, but listen to the entire testimony and you will hear Clint Eastwood plainly say: “My future is secure, not because of anything I've done, but because of everything He's done.” Clearly, Clint's sole faith is in the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.

“I Risked It All To Follow Jesus Christ” —Clint Eastwood

We should all keep in mind that life is short, Hell is hot and eternity is a long time! I generally never accept someone as saved, like Charlie Kirk, merely because he said he, “I gave my life to Christ.” So did Judas Iscariot, being one of Jesus' very apostles, but Judas died in his sin of unbelief and is consequently burning in the fires of Hell forever! Kindly said, I am convinced that Erika Kirk is not saved, still caught in the deadly grip of Roman Catholicism.

I could certainly be wrong and hope that I am, but from just going by as many of his public statements and interviews that I could find, Charlie Kirk was deceived by Lordship Salvation, which cannot produce the required new birth. In sharp contrast, Clint Eastwood has given a detailed explanation of exactly what he believes concerning salvation, which speaks for itself. I am fully convinced that Clint Eastwood is a born again believer. Ultimately, I am merely clay but God is the Potter who formed me in my mother's womb. It is not my place to judge who is saved and who is lost, but I do know what the Gospel is (1st Corinthians 15:1) and is not (Acts 15:1). Please read this excellent Gospel tract by Pastor Harry A. Ironside (1876-1951) titled, 'What Is The Gospel?'

I encourage Christians, when presenting the Gospel or testifying about their own conversion, to avoid using non-biblical terminology which may confuse and obscure the light of the truth of the Gospel. 2nd Corinthians 4:3, “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost...” Lost sinners cannot get to Heaven by giving their life to Jesus, becoming a Christ follower nor by repenting of their sins. These common embellishments do great harm to the cause of Christ, mixing service (discipleship) with salvation (sonship), thus obscuring the simplicity that is in the Gospel of Jesus Christ (2nd Corinthians 11:3-4).

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.” —Evangelist John Bunyan

Clint Eastwood beautifully testified that a friend one day said to him, “You've spent your life telling stories through your movies, but what if The Greatest Story ever told is true? His friend's words impressed upon his heart, which ultimately led to his crying out from his soul to Jesus Christ to be saved. Mr. Eastwood was born on May 31st, 1930. He's now 95 years old and nearing meeting His Creator and Savior in person. We'll all fall into the hands of the Living God soon enough, which is a fearful thing the Bible says (Hebrews 10:31). But dear reader, dying doesn't have to be terrifying if you confidently know that your name is written in Heaven in the Lamb's Book of Life (Luke 10:20).

By His death on the cross, burial and resurrection from the dead the third day, Jesus took the sting out of death (1st Corinthians 15:55-56). That is, we don't have to die in our sins and go to Hell forever, if we'll simply trust in Jesus who died in our place. God sent His only begotten Son into the world 2,000 years ago to die on a cross, to make payment for your sin debt and mine. Jesus paid a debt that He did not owe, because we owed a debt of sin that we could not pay. We are all wicked sinners! JESUS PAID THE PRICE for our sins with His precious blood (1st Peter 1:18-19). There is absolutely nothing that anyone can do to deserve, earn or merit eternal life; it is the free gift of God through His grace (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 5:15-18, 6:23).

Jesus died on a cruel cross, He was buried, and three days later Christ triumphantly resurrected bodily from the dead. This is 'The Greatest Story' ever told dear friend, because the dear Savior (God made incarnate in the flesh) died FOR YOU. Christ died, that's history; Christ died and raised up for YOU, that's salvation! Trust the GOOD NEWS (Gospel) now dear reader, if you've never done so. Simply by faith take God at His written Word in the inspired Holy Bible, accepting Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that He was buried, but then miraculously resurrected from the dead and is alive forevermore. This is the only “Gospel” that saves (Romans 1:16; 1st Corinthians 15:1-6; 1st Thessalonians 4:14). 

Simply believe that Jesus did it all for you through Calvary's cross. Trust Christ alone and you will be born again by the Holy Spirit of God (John 1:13-14; 1st John 3:24). Remember friend, it's not what you do that gets you to Heaven; it's what Jesus did through the cross!

I rejoice with Clint Eastwood for receiving our wonderful Savior, Jesus. The evidence is overwhelming that Jesus is indeed the Savior of the world. 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.” Christ died in your place dear reader. Will you accept His free gift of eternal life? God is already freely offering everyone this gift, so you don't need to ask for it. Simply place your reliance (faith, trust, hope) in Jesus alone as your personal Savior; make His death, burial and resurrection your only hope for Heaven, and you will be instantly, irrevocably and eternally saved.

Granted, to clarify, you DON'T get saved by giving your life to Jesus, inviting Christ into your life, repenting of your sins, living the Christian life, nor by becoming a Christ follower; you get saved by BELIEVING THE GOSPEL! Despite his use of non-essential terms (e.g., I gave my life to Jesus), Clint Eastwood thankfully elaborates and explains that his faith is solely in the finished redemptive work of Jesus Christ. This shows me that he is definitely a born again child of God, because his faith in not in works in the least degree, he is completely resting in Christ for his salvation (Hebrews 4:10-11).

God bless Clint Eastwood for sharing his Christian conversion publicly; something that the lost world will never share, lest others also be saved. Satan is the god of this world, whom the Bible says hides the light of the truth of the Gospel, to hinder people from being saved (2nd Corinthians 4:3-4). No doubt many lost sinners will come to trust in the saving knowledge of the Gospel because of Eastwood's testimony, for which I for one am extremely grateful, and I know our faithful good Lord is too. Nothing is nearer to the heart of God than soulwinning (Luke 8:15; 2nd Peter 3:9), which is done by simply sharing with others how we got saved and inviting them to do the same. Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do.

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.

THANK YOU for reading my ministry blog. To God alone be the praise and credit (John 15:5).

“My future is secure, not because of anything I've done, but because of everything He's done.” —Clint Eastwood