1st
Corinthians 3:13-15, “Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the
day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire
shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide
which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's
work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be
saved; yet so as by fire.”
“Lordship Salvation” is a false plan of salvation which teaches
that a sinner cannot be saved by simply placing one's faith in Christ's
death, burial and resurrection. According to the proponents of Lordship
Salvation, a person must try really hard to stop sinning in order to be
saved. They must decide to stop living in sin. They must
surrender their will totally to God. They must commit their life to Christ
as “Lord.”
They must have a desire to reform or else they cannot be saved. The heresy
of Lordship Salvation exists in hundreds of different formulas, but in every
case it adds human effort to the simplicity that is in Christ. Please read,
“Good Works Or Bad
Works, Both Are Works!”
In sharp contrast, the Word of God does not
teach that salvation is difficult and hard to obtain. Lordship Salvation is
nothing more than repackaged Calvinism and is a lie of the Devil. Read for
yourself some of the unbiblical teachings from some of today's most popular
false prophets in America's churches, John F. MacArthur.
Deadly False Teacher, Pastor John MacArthur
Pastor John MacArthur of the Grace Community Church has authored a heretical book titled, “HARD
TO BELIEVE” in which he errantly teaches...
"Salvation isn't the result of an
intellectual exercise. It comes from a life lived in obedience and
service to Christ as revealed in the Scripture; it's the fruit of
actions, not intentions. There's no room for passive spectators: words
without actions are empty and futile...The life we live, not the
words we speak, determines our eternal destiny" (Hard to Believe,
p. 93).
[emphasis added]
Ladies and gentlemen, what you have just read
is works salvation. Now in fairness to Dr. MacArthur, who is a gifted
teacher (but bad Bible student), he has attributed the
previous quote to a publishing error and has
updated the quote. Here is the new updated quote...
Don’t believe anyone who
says it’s easy to become a Christian. Salvation for sinners cost God His own
Son; it cost God’s Son His life, and it’ll cost you the same thing.
Salvation isn’t gained by reciting mere words. Saving faith transforms the
heart, and that in turn transforms behavior. Faith’s fruit is seen in
actions, not intentions. There’s no room for passive spectators: words
without actions are empty and futile. Remember that what John saw in his
vision of judgment was a Book of Life, not a book of Words or Book of
Intellectual Musings. The life we live, not the words we speak,
reveals whether our faith is authentic. [emphasis added]
SOURCE:
Dr. John MacArthur, Grace To You, an
updated quote from his book 'Hard To Believe', page 93.
At a glance, the preceding quote sounds
impressive. It certainly seems proper to authenticate one's profession of
faith with a life of good works. It appeals to our sinful human nature to
attempt to please God by our own self-righteousness. The true nature of
MacArthur's deadly teaching becomes more apparent when you only consider the
first two lines of his quote...
“Don’t believe anyone who says
it’s easy to become a Christian. Salvation for sinners cost God
His own Son; it cost God’s Son His life, and it’ll cost you the
same thing...”
Is that Biblical? No, it is not. MacArthur foolishly teaches that it
is hard to become a Christian, because he says it will
cost you your life of worldliness, sinful bad habits and selfish
ambitions to make your faith valid. Clearly he does not believe
that faith alone in Christ is enough to be saved. MacArthur deceitful says
that mere words won't save, which is true if they are insincere words;
however, the thief on the cross was saved immediately when he spoke the
words, “Remember me” to Jesus (Luke 23:42). We are saved solely by faith in
Christ, which may or may not be expressed by words. Words are not required
to be saved. We are saved the moment we believe in our heart that Jesus is
the Christ Who died FOR OUR SINS on the cross and rose (1st Corinthians
15:1-4).
The Devil is so subtle. False prophets know
that adding works to salvation is blatant heresy, a lie. So what they do is
instead say that you're saved by grace through faith, but your faith is not
valid unless there are works to make that faith credible (or to authenticate
it). This is a backdoor approach to a works-based salvation. How can a gift
be difficult to obtain? How can eternal life be free while at the same time
costing us our life as MacArthur claims?
Heretical
statements made by MacArthur...
"The Greek word translated 'belief' is not referring merely to
intellectual attainment or mental acquiescence but a wholehearted acceptance of
everything that is implied in the claims of Christ. You need to believe that
Jesus is God and that He died for your sins, committing your whole life to
Him in sacrifice and serving Him as Lord." (Assurance of Victory--1 John
5, Moody Press, p.12).
"Submission to the will of God, to Christ’s lordship, and to
the guiding of the Spirit is an essential, not an optional, part of saving
faith" (EPHESIANS, p. 249).
“Don’t believe anyone who says
it’s easy to become a Christian. Salvation for sinners cost God
His own Son; it cost God’s Son His life, and it’ll cost you the
same thing...” (
Hard to Believe,
page 93).
This is
the damnable heresy of Lordship Salvation! Kindly, Mr.
MacArthur is unknowingly working for the Devil. Many foolish pastors
embrace MacArthur's heresies as mere semantics, when they ought to be
exposing and refuting his false plan of salvation. Anyone who says that it
is hard to be saved is teaching false doctrine. It's easy to be saved, so
easy that 3,000 people were saved in one day in Acts 2:41.
Beware of Dr. MacArthur's Subtle
But Damnable Heresy
Kindly, MacArthur is spiritually
dangerous, because he hides heresies between doctrinal truth,
which are the hardest lies to expose. To expose such falsehoods,
you must first separate the lies from the truth and deal with them as such.
It is very easy to be deceived if you're not knowledgeable concerning the
truth of God's Word. Jesus told us to SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES in John
5:39.
My friend, it is very easy to be saved,
so easy in fact that 3,000 people got saved in one day in Acts
2:41. You don't have to give your life (as Christ gave His life)
to be saved! If it were true, then salvation would be the result
of partial faith in Christ plus human effort. To lay such a heavy burden upon
a sinner's shoulder,
requiring them to validate their faith by the way in which they live, is to make salvation
HARD, VERY, HARD; but Jesus said, “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is
light.” (Matthew 11:30). If you always keep in mind that eternal life is
a free gift, paid for by Jesus' precious blood (1st Peter 1:18-19), then you
won't be misled.
Beware of the popular, satanic,
forked-tongue, double-talk, which says that salvation is the
free gift of God, but without works you're faith is not valid.
When James spoke of showing his faith by works in James 2:18, he
meant in the eyes of men, not God. Proof of this was that
Abraham was saved in Genesis 15:6 when his faith was counted for
righteousness (also see Romans 4:1-6). But in Genesis 22:8
Abraham's Christian character was tested by God, not his
salvation. Genesis 22:12, “And he said, Lay not thine hand
upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him:
for now I know that thou fearest God,
seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.”
The test was to see if Abraham feared God enough to obey Him
in all circumstances. God likewise tested the Hebrews
(Deuteronomy 8:2-3). And you can be assured that God will test
our faith too! A faith must be tested. Salvation is without
works of self-righteousness. Beware of any false plan of
salvation that requires human effort plus partial faith in
Christ.
“Who is John MacArthur? He
is the one man in America doing more than anybody to destroy
soul-winning churches!” —Dr. Jack Hyles (a
needful quote from the MP3 sermon, "I
Sojourn In Mesech")
1st Corinthians 2:1-2, “And I,
brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech
or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
For I determined not to know any thing among you,
save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.” When the
apostle Paul first came to Corinth, all he wanted to know is
whether they were saved or not. Notice that Paul wasn't
concerned about their lifestyle or if they had forsaken sin and
committed their lives to Christ. To determine if they were
saved, Paul simply wanted to know about,
“Jesus Christ, and him crucified.” It is extremely easy to be
saved. We are
not saved because we are good, but because God is good.
You've just read the same dangerous type of
forked-tongue, double-talk, deception, that all the false Christian cults
use. For example: The satanic religious cult of Jehovah's Witnesses (JW's)
subtly teach...
So, what does
"accepting" Jesus really mean? Is it a one-time act of faith, or
is it a continuing way of life? Must our belief be strong enough
to motivate us to action? Can we really accept the benefits of
Jesus' sacrifice without the responsibility of following him?
...
Salvation is a free
gift from God. It cannot be earned. Yet it does require effort
on our part. ...
Thus, "accepting
Christ" involves far more than just accepting the blessings that
Jesus' superlative sacrifice offers. Obedience is required. ...
So we must do more than simply hear and believe.
SOURCE:
What Must We Do to Be Saved? - Jehovah's Witness' Official Web
Site
In essence, this is exactly what MacArthur is
teaching. MacArthur, just like the JW's, says that eternal life is a free
gift, while at the same time saying that you're not really saved unless
there's a changed life accompanying that faith. Listen to me, the manner in
which you live has absolutely NOTHING to do with the GIFT OF GOD. Eternal
life is a free gift, period. A gift is received and that's it! John
MacArthur is not saved, because he corrupts the plan of salvation to include
human effort.
You must understand that every unsaved Seventh
Day Adventist, Mormon, Episcopalian and Roman Catholic believes that Christ
died on the cross for their sins, was buried and resurrected; but they all
make the fatal error of adding human effort, which perverts the plan of
salvation and turns it into a process and a reward. I wish I could wake
preachers up! My former pastor of an Independent Baptist Church idolizes
John MacArthur. I've shown him the major doctrinal errors of MacArthur, but
he still thinks MacArthur is the greatest. Truly, famous author Mark Twain
was 100% correct when he wrote...
MacArthur says, “There's no room for passive
spectators: words without actions are empty and futile.” This negates the
gift of God completely. When children gather around the family Christmas
tree to receive their gifts, they are mere spectators waiting to open their
presents! There are no actions required of them to get their presents (if
they are genuine presents). If a child is required to behave for even
5-minutes to get their present, then it is not truly a present (i.e., a
gift). It would instead be a reward. The Bible repeatedly teaches that
eternal life is God's free gift to humanity (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 6:23),
because He loves us and gave His only begotten Son for us (John 3:16; 1st
John 3:16). What an awesome God!!!
Contrary to what MacArthur teaches, God does
not require people to follow through with obedient behavior to authenticate
their salvation. Romans 4:5 teaches that A MAN'S FAITH IS COUNTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS! That means you
don't need any good works (nor do you have to forsake any bad works) to be
saved! Getting saved is a free gift, which is why many disobedient believers
at the Judgment Seat of Christ... “shall be
saved; yet so as by fire.” They are saved and secure in the promise of God's
gift concerning eternal life, but they will receive no rewards
concerning their fruitless life on earth (1st Corinthians 3:15). Eternal life
is a free gift, which any sinner can freely receive, by simple faith in
Jesus Christ Who died on the cross for our sins and rose.
You Don't
Have To Repent of Sin to Be Saved, You Must Be 100% Sinless to Go to Heaven
Please
read this blatant satanic heresy preached by false prophet Paul Washer:
“No, no, if you
don't have works, you're going to Hell!”
SOURCE: Paul Washer;
Paul Brainwasher: "If You Don't Have
Works, You Are Going To Hell"
More Self-Incrimination Damnable Evidence By Paul Washer
Evangelist Paul
Washer is one of the most dangerous false teachers behind America's pulpits!
Beware of the Devil's lie of Calvinism, which is not the Gospel of free
grace!!! The true Gospel only focuses on CHRIST, but a false gospel focuses
on YOU! Run away from any
corrupt preacher (or
bad Bible college like Bob Jones University) who teach that YOU must
repent of YOUR sin to be saved. No such thing is taught in the King James
Bible!!! The Bible says that all of our righteousness is as “filthy rags”
to God (Isaiah 64:6). The truth is that no man has ever turned away from
his sins (Ecclesiastes 7:20). Dear reader, you don't have to repent of your
sinning to get to Heaven, you must be totally 100% perfect and sinless.
Obviously that is IMPOSSIBLE, which even Christ said Himself (Matthew
19:25-26).
That is why God
sent His only begotten Son into the world, to pay our debt of sin for us
(2nd Corinthians 5:21). Hence, we are saved by “GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS,”
through faith alone in Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:9; Romans 10:3-4). That
is not what Paul Washer is preaching!
Look at
this nightmarish garbage that Evangelist Rap Comfort preaches! Folks,
the Bible is abundantly clear that there is only ONE GOSPEL (Galatians
1:6-9). 1st Corinthians 15:1-4 defines that Gospel of Christ's death on the
cross for our sins, His burial, and miraculous bodily resurrection three
days later for our justification (i.e., our faith in Him is not in vain).
What an awesome Savior!!!
I don't care how
rotten in character, sinful in behavior or contemptible in reputation you
may dear friend, if you're resting in Christ's death on the cross for your
sins, His burial and physical resurrection as your only hope for Heaven, you
are 100% WASHED of your sins and legally DECLARED RIGHTEOUS in God's sight
(Hebrews 4:10-11; 1st Corinthians 6:9-11; Romans 5:6-9). Every believer
falls IN GRACE, never FROM GRACE (Romans 5:20). The only one's who fall FROM
GRACE are those self-righteous heretics like Marty Herron, Steve Pettit,
Paul Washer, Sam Horn, Charles Phelps, John MacArthur, John Piper, Adrian
Rodgers, Ray Comfort and other Calvinists who ADD works to faith (Galatians
5:4). Adding even the slightest thing to faith alone negates salvation and
prevents the new birth. The Devil's greatest weapon has always been to con
people into living the Christian life without ever being born-again.
False Evangelists Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron
&
Paul Washer
On page 1233 of THE EVIDENCE BIBLE,
under the section titled, “False Converts,” Evangelist Ray Comfort
errantly teaches...
"Many will say to me in that
day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name
have cast out devils? and in your name have done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you
that work iniquity (Matthew 7:21-23). This is why we must forsake
traditional quick-fix evangelism..."
Source: THE EVIDENCE
BIBLE, by Ray Comfort, pg. 1233; 2003, Bridge-Logos Publishers,
Orlando, Florida
Ray Comfort does “err, not knowing the
scriptures” (Matthew 22:29) concerning Matthew 7:22-23. Mr. Comfort
would errantly lead us to believe that the religious group in Matthew
7:22-23 were not saved because of “quick fix” evangelism, but that is not
the truth at all. In fact, the “quick fix” of trusting Jesus Christ is
exactly what they needed. If you know that you're a sinner and trust upon
the name of Jesus, believing that He is the Christ (Who died, was buried and
rose again), then you are saved my friend (Acts 10:43; John 20:31; Galatians
3:26).
Paul Washer errantly teaches...
“But if you profess to have gone through the narrow gate, and yet you
live in the broad way ... just like all the other people who are carnal
and wicked ... the Bible wants you to know that you should be terribly,
terribly afraid — you know not God.” (time: 24:37 in video)
SOURCE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuabITeO4l8
God hates the false teachings of Paul Washer!
Biblical salvation is based upon the love of God (1st John 3:16) and not
upon one's willingness to depart from sin. What Paul Washer is teaching is
evil to the core. Paul Washer is heard around the world by millions of
people, many of whom live in constant fear because of Washer's teachings.
You just read it for yourself...
“the Bible
wants you to know that you should be terribly, terribly afraid — you
know not God.”
Paul Washer's gospel is arbitrary, conditional,
uncertain... how much sin means that a person who trusts Christ is not
really saved? All three of these men are Calvinists. Ray Comfort doesn't
believe that God loves sinners. That's the same garbage theology that John
Calvin, Fred Phelps and John MacArthur teach. Yes, the "God Hates Homos"
hateful preacher from Kansas who's all over the news is a Calvinist!!! I
tell you, Calvinism is of the Devil. And so is Arminianism. Jesus commanded
for us to SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES (John 5:39); not read the
writings of flawed men such as John Calvin and Jacob Arminius. Neither man
was doctrinally correct in all their teachings. Kindly, John MacArthur, Kirk Cameron, Ray Comfort and
Paul Washer all teach garbage theology!!! All of these men are gifted
speakers, teachers and great personalities; but they are WRONG on
repentance, salvation and in MacArthur's case,
the blood.
So what does the Bible teach concerning sinful
Christians who disobey the Lord? The Bible tells us the answer in 2nd
Corinthians 5:9-11...
2nd Corinthians 5:9-11, “Wherefore
we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every
one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath
done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the
Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust
also are made manifest in your consciences.”
The Bible says in Revelation 14:13, “And I
heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which
die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest
from their labours; and their works do follow them.” The Bible speaks of
resting from our LABORS. Are you laboring for Christ? The Apostle Paul said
in 2nd Corinthians 5:9 that he labored for the Lord that he might be
ACCEPTED OF HIM on judgment Day. 2nd Corinthians 5:11 mentions the
TERROR OF THE LORD for those believers who are disobedient and waste their
life, talents, gifts, and resources; never doing anything to serve Christ
here on earth.
One of the great dangers of our time is the
New York Times Bestseller List, which promotes the apostate theological
garbage of Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, Rick Warren and Max Lucado. Tragically,
Satan has used this deception to inoculate America's churches from the
truth. Instead of searching the Scriptures as the Lord commanded, people are
looking to these apostate authors to lead them. You'll be hard pressed to
attend a church service these days where the pastor doesn't quote, promote
and compliment these yardbirds. These men are apostates, leading America's
churches into World Religion via the ecumenical movement (the uniting of
religious denominations by sinful compromise). We ought to divide over truth
rather than unite by error. The ecumenical movement is of the Devil.
Certainly, beware of the books by John MacArthur, Ray Comfort and Paul
Washer.
Max
Lucado publicly promotes open borders, illegal immigration and receiving
them into America as welcomed guests. No wonder the criminal globalists put
him on the New York Times Bestseller List. You don't get on such a
list unless you kiss-up to the New World Order. They've sold their souls!
The enemy has come into America like a flood!
The Bible teaches that
salvation is simple. Salvation is as simple as taking a drink of water
(John 4:14). Salvation is as simple as receiving a gift (Romans 6:23).
Salvation is as simple as going through a door (John 10:9). Salvation is
simple!
Who are you going to believe... John MacArthur
who says it's hard to believe, or the Bible that speaks of the simplicity
which is in Christ in 2nd Corinthians 11:3-4?
Who are you going to believe... Ray Comfort who
says that "quick fix evangelism" cannot save anybody, or the Bible that
teaches in Romans 10:13 that God will save whosoever calls upon the name of
the Lord?
Who are you going to believe... Paul Washer who
says that you should live in fear of going to Hell if there are sins in your
life as a Christian, or are you going to believe the Lord who promised in
John 6:37 that He would never turn away those who come unto Him?
Salvation is not conditional upon the way we
live. MacArthur, Washer and Comfort all teach that salvation is conditional
upon one's departure from the literal act of sin. It is so hypocritical what
they teach, based in self-righteous arrogance. Salvation is simple, easy, not hard, and freely
offered by God to anyone who wants it.
Revelation 22:17, "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him
that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever
will, let him take the water of life freely."
Read
what Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980) has to say Scripturally about worldly
believers
Forgiveness for the Worst Sinner
“When you get saved, you
get saved not because you deserve it, but because you simply let
God save you and because you confess your own poor sinful state
and your inability to save yourself.”
SOURCE: Dr. Rice... Here is My
Question, by Dr. John R. Rice, pg. 304; 1962, Sword of
the Lord Publishers; ISBN: 0-87398-158-8
Galatians 1:9
and 2nd Corinthians 11:4, “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... For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus,
whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye
have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye
might well bear with him.
