An Atheist Who Once Claimed To Be A Christian Is Not Saved

1st Corinthians 15:1-4, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”

It is clear to me in our text Scripture passage, that the Apostle Paul is teaching you have believed in vain if what you believe is not the true Gospel. The apostle is not saying that you can lose God's free gift of salvation once you have it.

There is a growing phenomena on social media of ignorant people claiming that atheists who formerly professed faith in Jesus Christ are saved. They are foolish to assert that someone who is now an avowed atheist, but once professed faith in Christ, is somehow still going to Heaven. They are totally contradicting 1st John 2:22, “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.” They are in violation of the Scripture, not me. I won't debate this with naysayers. They are in the twilight zone, talking nonsense.

The inspired Holy Scripture tells us in 1st John 2:19, “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.” I have a difficult time believing that someone who once professed to be a Christian, but now is an avowed atheist, is still saved.

The Apostle Paul plainly said in 1st Corinthians 15:2, “By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.” Paul is reminding the church at Corinth that when he was with them he preached the true Gospel unto them, which truth if they stray away from cannot be saved by believing another gospel. That is what Paul meant, nothing more. When the Gospel is tampered with it is made impotent.

I really like this MP3 sermon by Pastor Jack Hyles titled, “Fundamentalist Heresy” in which he refutes numerous false ideas about how to be saved, including a sinner's prayer. Please don't fall for the Devil's lie that someone can be an atheist and still go to Heaven in their unbelief. Certainly an atheist can be saved if they will repent of their unbelief to trust Jesus Christ.

It is true that God sees everyone's heart, but that doesn't mean He will allow anyone to slide who is wrong on the Gospel. He didn't allow the cursed false prophets to slide in Matthew 7:21-23, nor will He allow anyone else to slide. They followed Lordship Salvation calling Jesus "Lord, Lord" but they never rested completely in Him as their Savior (Hebrews 4:10-11). Such is the tragic case with 99% of churchgoers today.

The Growing “Repent Of Your Sins” Controversy

Acts 16:29-31, “Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”

In the inspired King James Bible we find numerous passages where someone was converted, that is, born again, saved. Yet, not once do we find any mention of someone being required to “repent of your sins” of to get to Heaven. Part of man's inherent sinful nature is to remedy bad works with good works. We see this with Adam and Eve when they ate of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. The Bible says they sewed fig leaves together to make aprons...

Genesis 3:6-7, “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

God rejected their fig leaf religion! Adam and Eve sought to remedy their bad works with good works, but the payment for sin is not works, it is death. Jesus had to die for our sins. If we were to pay for our own sins, we would have to die both the first and the second death, burning in the fires of Hell forever. That is the just punishment that we deserve for our own sins!

Nowhere does the inspired King James Bible teach that to be saved a person must “repent of your sins.” Ungodly but sincere men added those words to God's simple plan of salvation.

Evangelist Mark G. Cambron (1911-2000) explains repentance accurately:

𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
The Greek word for repent is metanoeo, which, translated into English is: “to change ones mind.” It does not mean to turn from sin. That would add works to salvation. 

Repentance for salvation means a change of mind from men's ideas of salvation and religion, to an acceptance of Gods only way of salvation.

This results in a completely new creation, not a reformation of the old. The old nature remains as evil as ever after salvation and has not been reformed . . . The old nature can now be controlled by the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit.

God guarantees salvation. This is His gift to us.
God guarantees reward and fruit to the obedient son.
God guarantees chastening and loss of rewards to the disobedient son.

God does not cast out disobedient children, but in some cases, does take them home. He does not permit His children to live as they please without His discipline and guidance. 

Many teach repentance for salvation incorrectly, by including some form of human effort or righteousness, such as willingness to turn from sin, or turning from sin. This is heresy and has confused many people. It adds works to salvation and causes many to not understand Gods great gift. It is probation, not salvation. It is completely unscriptural. It is Galatianism and a counterfeit of the gospel.

It is a tragedy that many Christians live shallow Christian lives. The Cambron Institute is dedicated to the task of training Christian men and women in the importance of total dedication and making Jesus the Lord of their lives not to be saved but because they are saved.

Shallow Christianity cannot be cured by adding works to salvation.

Salvation is not the result of what we do, but is by receiving what God has done for us. Acts 13:38, 39; Acts 20:20: Gal. 1:8,9; Gal. 2:4; Gal. 2:21; Gal. 3:1.3; Gal. 5:1-4; Eph. 2:8-10; II Cor. 5:21;John 3:16-18; Phil. 3:9; Titus 3:5-8:11 Cor. 11:13-1 5.

SOURCE: The Cambron Institute

Boy, that was great! Thank God for the few doctrinally sound preachers that He has blessed us with. Sadly, over 95% of pastors, missionaries, evangelists, religious professors and church laymen today are Bible ignoramuses, parroting heresy that they've heard taught by other heretics. Be a Berean! Search the Scriptures daily and learn to be objective by thinking for yourself.

Bible colleges, theological seminaries, missionary boards and churches all across America have bought into the Devil's lies of Lordship Salvation and Misunderstood Repentance. It is tragic. These counterfeit plans of salvation (really damnation) hinder lost sinners from being born again. The false idea that God will not save you unless you're first willing to forsake your sinful bad habits and follow Christ in obedience is not the Gospel Paul preached in 1st Corinthians 15:1-4, which he received directly from Christ Himself (Galatians 1:12).

Another gospel is being preached from nearly every pulpit today. I read a wonderful book several years ago by Christian writer Michael P. Bowen, 'I NEVER KNEW YOU' (free .pdf format edition), which helpful book compares the false plan of salvation taught by ten popular big name preachers, versus what Jesus and the Bible actually teach. If you have any doubts about your salvation, this book is for you dear reader. You will be blessed, I am confident.

I have given hard copies of this book to many people in my life, including my doctors, nurses, neighbours, a musician friend, et cetera. I always let them know upfront that I will never ask them if they've read the book, nor ask what they think about it. It's just my way of sharing my Christian faith.

That being said, I have had Baptist pastors become greatly offended after I gave them this book, because it exposes the Devil's lies of Lordship Salvation and Misunderstood Repentance. When I attended Harvest Baptist Church on Guam in 2013 to 2014, for one year, the pastors were very offended and upset with me when I handed them this truthful book. The pastor's son in law, who was an associate pastor at their church, refused to even talk to me after I gave him a copy of the book. I was horribly called into the church office, confronted and falsely accused by their wicked pastors of causing confusion and divisiveness in the church. It is they who caused the divisiveness and confusion with their deadly modern English Bible revisions, perverse Lordship Salvation, and demonic repent of your sins garbage.

This tommyrot, balderdash, poppycock, tomfoolery, claptrap, blahblah and flapdoodle sadly exists in nearly every religious institution and church today, including Pensacola Christian College and Bob Jones University. They have another gospel, not the free grace Gospel. It has become so bad that many believers no longer attend any church in their local area because they cannot find one that is doctrinally sound. I know because they write to me in frustration. I know because I am having the same problem in Pensacola. Today's churches are pathetic!

Dear reader, if you cannot find a local church that doesn't teach you must repent or turn from your sins to get to Heaven, then please just stay home. Take your family to the park for a picnic, where at least they won't be corrupted with a counterfeit plan of salvation that will send them to Hell forever.

Although I have much respect for Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980), he was only a man fully capable of error and he did a great disservice to the Christian world by foolishly defining Bible repentance as turning away from sin with all your heart (which you can read in his popular tract titled, 'What Must I Do To Be Saved?' Consequently, the corrupt Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has adopted Brother Rice's teachings verbatim on repentance, promoting damnable heresy.

Repentance is a change of mind, not turning from sin. When you tell a lost sinner that they must repent by “turning from sin with all your heart,” you have just horribly placed a surmountable gargantuan burden upon their shoulder, which is not the free gift of God. Any plan of salvation that requires YOU to pay a price, surrender all, make a commitment, exchange all that you are for all that Jesus is—you have just met the Devil.

Eternal Life Is A “Free Gift”

Carefully notice in the following beautiful passage of inspired Scripture that the phrase “free gift” is mentioned three times, and the phrase “the gift” is also mentioned three times. ...

Romans 5:15-18, “But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.”

That is SIX TIMES total that we read the word “gift.” And yet, incompetent neo-evangelical pastors everywhere today are wickedly teaching that you cannot be saved without forsaking your lifestyle of sinning, becoming a Christ follower, surrendering “all” to Jesus and inviting Christ into your life, none of which are the Gospel.

Pastor Harry Ironside (1876-1951) said it 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.”

SOURCE: Harry A. Ironside, from the tract: 'What Is The Gospel?'

Amen and amen! Dear reader, please do not let some ungodly arrogant pastor full of pride deceive you concerning God's simple plan of salvation. Eternal life and forgiveness of sins are the free gift of God, paid for by the precious blood of Jesus Christ (1st Peter 1:18-19).

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.

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

If salvation is truly by grace, then you don't need to start or stop anything to be saved. Eternal life is a free gift from God (Romans 6:23). 

One is saved by God's grace through faith in the finished Work of His Son on the Cross as payment in full as our pardon for sin.

The Counterfeit Gospel Of “World Missionary Press”

Proverbs 17:4, “A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.”

One of my ministry web visitors contacted me recently with excitement. He was elated to be a part of the World Missionary Press ministry, distributing their booklets to lost sinners. I didn't enjoy needing to inform my friend that he had been woefully deceived. The plan of salvation he was promoting is toxic, to the shame of World Missionary Press (WMP).

One of their toxic booklets is titled, “The Way To God,” which states on page 27...

Their booklet heretically says:

Repent of your sins
(To repent means to be "sorry enough to quit sinning.")

Sorry enough to QUIT SINNING? That's hard core Lordship Salvation. You don't have to feel “sorry” for your sins (which is an emotion) to be saved. You do need to admit that you are a guilty sinner (Romans 3:19-20; 1st John 1:8-10). But you DON'T need to “quit sinning” to get to Heaven. Who can quit sinning? Psalms 130:3, “If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?”

Let's examine their entire SEVEN STEP plan of damnation shall we:

God's simple plan of salvation does not have steps. You simply need to come to God as a needy sinner to receive Christ's sacrifice on the cross 2,000 years ago as full payment for your sins, believing that He was buried, but then three days later resurrected from the dead. This is “the gospel” according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-4. In the preceding corrupt plan of salvation from World Missionary Press, they don't even mentioned Jesus dying on the cross, but they require you to repent, confess and forsake your sins to get to Heaven. That is a false gospel!

The inspired Scripture warns against telling lies...

• Proverbs 6:19, “A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”
• Proverbs 12:17, “He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.”
• Proverbs 14:5, “A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.”
• Proverbs 19:5, “A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.”
• Proverbs 19:9, “A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.”
• Proverbs 21:28, “A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.”

Kindly said, World Missionary Press are liars! They are preaching another gospel accursed by God. Galatians 1:6-8, “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.” Woe unto anyone who perverts the Gospel message!

Nor do you have to “receive Jesus Christ into your heart and life” as WMP foolishly requires in Step 7. That is not God's simple plan of salvation. Christ died for your sins and mine. He doesn't demand that we first commit to reform (behavior modification) as a prerequisite to receive God's free gift of eternal life. Jesus paid for our sins with His precious blood (1st Peter 1:18-19). JESUS PAID IT ALL!

If you are saved, then you don't owe Jesus anything. To say otherwise would require works for salvation. Romans 12:1 says it is our “reasonable service” to “present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,” but this is a voluntary service, not compulsory. 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. The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU. If salvation is truly by grace, then you don't need to start or stop anything to be saved. Eternal life is a free gift from God (Romans 6:23).

One is saved by God's grace through faith in the finished Work of His Son on the Cross as payment in full as our pardon for sin. Satan's greatest weapon is to con people into living the Christian life without ever bein born again. When well-meaning people (such as the World Missionary Press) corrupt God's simple plan of salvation, a certain percentage of lost sinners will misunderstand and not get born again. The Devil is delighted.

Faith Can In Fact Be Immersed In Doubt

Mark 9:24, “And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.”

I love this true story in the Bible. A father's son was demon possessed. The boy threw himself into the fire and carried on terribly, afflicted by demons. Although they tried, the Apostle could not deliver the boy from his demons. They were frustrated. But then came Jesus who healed the boy and made this classic statement to the disciples in Mark 9:29, “And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.” 

The dear Savior came to the grieving father and told him if he believed, all things were possible. The man makes a remarkable statement to Christ in Mark 9:24b, “Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.” The man clearly had some doubts about Jesus' ability to heal his boy, but in faith asked the Lord to help him overcome his doubts, which is faith. So you see friend, even if you have 99% doubt, that is okay, just so long as you act upon that 1% of faith to rely upon God. I'll give you one of my favorite illustrations of a chair.

Let's say for the sake of argument that a defective light bulb on the ceiling needs to be replaced, but you cannot reach it. The only furniture you have readily available to stand upon to reach the bulb is a chair. The chair looks old and shaky, unreliable. Yet, you need to change the bulb with a new one. So, despite your doubts and fear of falling if the chair breaks, you place all of your weight upon the chair anyway. Even though you had 99% doubt in the chair's ability to hold you up, you went ahead and trusted it anyway, and that it no less than 100% faith. By getting up to stand upon the chair, you placed 100% of your trust in it.

Salvation is the same way dear reader. It matters not how many doubts or fears you may have in Christ and His inspired Words in the Holy Bible. What matters is that you trust Christ! Romans 10:13, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Tragically, this particular passage of Scripture has been greatly misused and abused in recent years by many people. Some claim that the entire chapter of Romans 10 refers to the future salvation of the nation of Israel, and has nothing to do with getting saved. That claim is preposterous! Romans 10:3-4 plainly indicate that this chapter is about the new birth.

Don't Misinterpret Romans Chapter 10

Also, there are many in the New IFB (independent fundamental Baptist) movement who heretically teach that you cannot be saved without praying a Sinner's Prayer. They errantly teach that you cannot go to Heaven unless you call, ask or pray to be saved. Scripturally nothing could be further from the truth. In Acts 16:30 when the Roman jailer asked what he needed to do to be saved, Paul and Silas simply replied in verse 31, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” They didn't tell the man to ask, call or pray, did they. No, they certainly did not.

Jesus plainly said in John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.” Dr. Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) was right that a good rule to follow when interpreting the Bible is to never use an obscure passage to contradict a clear one. Romans 10:13 is definitely an obscure passage of Scripture because it stands alone, as does Romans 10:9-10. These passages are often misinterpreted to preach a different gospel message.

Every modern English Bible revision corrupts Romans 10:9 by changing that to be saved we must believe on “the Lord Jesus” to instead declare “Jesus is Lord,” which is incorrect and a false plan of salvation. Please avoid the modern English perversions! Nowhere does the Scripture require you to surrender to the Lordship of Christ (Dr. Hyles exposes Lordship Salvation) to obey and serve Him instead of your own sins and self-serving will. Yet, this is the garbage sadly being taught in many doctrinally corrupt churches and Bible colleges today, like Pensacola Christian College. Anybody who tells you that you must “repent of your sins” or “surrender to Jesus as Lord” to get to Heaven is preaching another gospel.

Final Thoughts

I believe lest we be exalted about measure, there is a price to pay in prayer and fasting if you want God to work in a miraculous way through your life to help others. That is what the Apostle Paul said God sent him a thorn in the flesh in 2nd Corinthians 12:7b, “there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.” 1st Corinthians 1:29, “That no flesh should glory in his presence.” Prayer and fasting require a greater faith, and faith pleases God (Hebrews 11:6).

Optimism is not faith. You can actually have a pessimistic outlook and still have faith in God. In Acts 12:1-15, the Apostle James had just been murdered by Herod and Peter was next to go. The Christians prayed for Peter's release in doubt. We know they doubted because when God answered their prayers, they called the young girl Rhoda “mad” (crazy) when she announced that Peter was standing at their front door:

Acts 12:14-15, “And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.”

Isn't that something? First they horribly accused Rhoda of being beside herself. Then when she insisted it was Peter, they concluded that it must be someone else. Talk about mega doubters! Yet, despite their doubts, God answered their prayers anyway. I learned that precious truth from Dr. Wendell Evans (1935-2026) while I attended Hyles-Anderson College (1985-1993). Dr. Evans was the long time faithful president of the college. This passage always encourages me to know that even when we doubt God, He may still answer our prayers if it is His will. Our necessary part is to pray! Thank you for reading my ministry blog.

There's Not A Dime's Difference Between Calvinism And Hyper-Calvinism

Matthew 7:15, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”

Dear reader, I want to warn you in advance that if you go try to make heads or tails between Calvinism versus Hyper-Calvinism, prepare to get a headache. You'll get boggled down into theology, none of which is Biblical. You read right. Neither Calvinism or Hyper-Calvinism (as they call it) are found in the Scripture!

There are five basic tenets of all Calvinism. Any doctrine that contradicts the plain teachings of the Word of God is a doctrine (teaching) of devils. All of Calvinism's 5 points are demonic doctrines. An acronym that is commonly used to remember the 5 points of Calvinism is TULIP:

1. T = TOTAL DEPRAVITY OF MEN (Calvin taught that men are totally depraved, which is Biblical is the sense that all men are vile sinners, Romans 3:10,19-23. However, Calvin meant much more, teaching that men cannot come to God of their own free will for salvation. That is totally unscriptural. The Bible is abundantly clear that “WHOSOEVER” may come to Christ for salvation, Romans 10:13; Revelation 22:17. John MacArthur doesn't properly explain Calvin's teachings and whitewashes Calvin's evil doctrines).
2. U = UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION (Calvin taught that God chooses who gets saved, and that person has no choice in the matter. This is ridiculous. The Bible again teaches the free will of man. Acts 17:30 commands ALL men everywhere to repent. Why would the Bible command “ALL MEN” to repent if God only chooses some to be saved?
3. L = LIMITED ATONEMENT (Calvin taught that Jesus only died for those who would be saved. This is damnable heresy not taught in the Bible. repeatedly we are told that God loved “THE WORLD,” and that Christ died “FOR ALL MEN.” 2nd Peter 2:1 tells us that Jesus died for false prophets, “even denying the Lord that bought them”).
4. I = IRRESISTIBLE GRACE (Calvin taught that if God chooses a person to be saved, then God forces Himself upon that person, doing what it takes to make them comply with His will. Again, this violates the free will of humanity which God has given to each individual. Salvation is offered, not shoved down anyone's throat. If you want to reject God's gift of eternal life, as many do, then God will let you go to the Lake of Fire for ever. It is your choice alone to make! 2nd Thessalonians 1:8-9 pronounces judgment on them who disobey the gospel, i.e., reject the good news of Christ crucified, buried, and risen. If you trust upon Jesus Christ to forgive your sins—believing that He went to the cross for you to pay for your sins, was buried, and has risen, then you are saved). Eternal life is a free gift which is received, not achieved. It's not what were doing that gets us to heaven; it's where were looking... LOOK TO JESUS!
5. P = PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS (Calvin unscripturally taught that those who are saved will persevere in holy living until the end. The Bible teaches the preservation of the saints; not the perseverance of the saints. Salvation is of the Lord, not man. Man has no part if God's salvation. We are saved by the imputed righteousness of Christ, 2nd Corinthians 5:21; Romans 4:5-6. Charismatics and Lordship Salvationists have adopted Calvin's heresy on perseverance, teaching that salvation can either be lost by committing sin; or else that a person cannot be saved unless they are willing to stop committing sin. Calvin's teachings, all of them, negate the free gift of God).

Much more could be said in defense of the Scriptures, I have just shared a handful of powerful Scriptures with you. God NEVER chooses anyone for salvation, Scriptures such as Acts 17:30 make this abundantly clear (“...but now commandeth all men every where to repent”). Why would God command ALL men to repent if only certain men have been chosen for salvation? There really is NO debate concerning Arminianism, Calvinism, and Hyper-Calvinism if you simply take the Word of God at face value... they're all messed up!

The Bible is so clear on all these matters. There are problems with all three views. Arminianism is wrong to teach that a person can lose salvation. Romans 5:15 declares that eternal life is a “FREE GIFT.” A gift CANNOT be taken back if it is freely given. Salvation is God's gift to man, paid for by the blood of Jesus (Romans 6:23; Colossians 1:14). Calvinism and Hyper-Calvinism teach “limited atonement” and “selective salvation,” which are both Satanic lies. 1st John 2:2 couldn't be any clearer, “And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” Calvinism is unbiblical heresy!

“Can a man who's predestined to salvation really be lost before he is saved? If a man is predestined to salvation, why does he need to hear the Gospel? What would be the point?” —Pastor Yankee Arnold, pastor of Calvary Community Church in Tampa, Florida; "Why Lordship Salvation Is Wrong?"

Calvinism lie = They believe, because they were chosen.

The truth = We were chosen, because we believe!

Biblical Predestination

Calvinist False Prophet Rolfe Barnard

Election Has NOTHING To Do With Hell

The Counterfeit Gospel Of The Catholic Church

John 3:1-3, “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.”

I was curious what Roman Catholics believe about being “born again.” So, I did a web search and the Catholic Answers website came up, and this is what it horribly said:

The anti-baptismal regeneration position has no biblical basis whatsoever. So the answer to the question, “Are Catholics born again?” is yes! Since all Catholics have been baptized, all Catholics have been born again. Catholics should ask Protestants, “Are you born again—the way the Bible understands that concept?” If the Evangelical has not been properly water baptized, he has not been born again “the Bible way,” regardless of what he may think. [emphasis added] SOURCE

That is damnable heresy! Catholics are very wrong that water baptism produces the required new birth to enter into God's Kingdom.

The thief on the cross was never baptized, yet we learn in Galatians 1:6-7 that there is only one Gospel. No one in the Old Testament was water baptized, yet Acts 10:43 says all of the prophets preached remission of sins through faith in Christ. Nowhere does the inspired King James Bible teach that there has ever been more than just one plan of salvation, which is by God's grace through faith alone in the Messiah.

I cannot warn everyone enough to avoid Catholicism in all of its forms, whether Russian Orthodox in Moscow, or of the Vatican in Rome. There is no salvation in water baptism or the Catholic religious cult. Catholicism is a prisonhouse of religion!

In the article titled, "Are Catholics Born Again?, the writer inaccurately states that the term “born again” is not found in the Bible. Well, he is ignorant of the Bible then, because we plainly read in 1st Peter 1:23, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” And John 3:3 and 7 also plainly mentions the term. Catholics do not know their Bible!

You simply cannot show me one passage of Scripture that teaches water baptism is how you get to Heaven. All of the pseudo-Christian religious cults (Mormons, Lutherans, Jehovah's Witnesses, Episcopalian, Greek Orthodox, Church of Christ, et cetera) mandate water baptism to get to Heaven. Those are all Satan's unrighteous ministers (2nd Corinthians 11:13-15).

If You Don't Believe Jesus is God, Effectively You're An Atheist

Revelation 1:7-8, “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”

The inspired Holy Bible teaches that Jesus is God. He is not “a god” as the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses teach, Jesus is almighty God as the Bible teaches in our text Scripture passage.

Jesus claimed to be God. John 10:33, “The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.” Anyone who says they believe in God, but not Jesus, is effectively an atheist. The Scripture is very clear about this matter...

1st John 2:22-23, “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.”

God came to earth incarnate, who took on the form of a man. 

John 1:1-2, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. ...And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”

Jesus is the incarnate Word of God (cf., Revelation 19:13). He is God!

Beware of all modern English Bible revisions, because they've all been tampered with to attack Jesus' deity. The following meme is just one example, showing how the New King James Version (NKJV) has changed every mention of the universe being created “by” Jesus to “through” Jesus, which two meanings are very different. Please use only the inspired King James Bible and reject all other English versions. Thank you for reading my ministry blog.