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.” John 5:24, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”
We are saved by BELIEVING, nothing more. Anyone who comes to God as a guilty sinner, by faith receiving Christ's sacrifice on the cross as payment for their sins, believing that He was buried, but God raised Him up three days later from the dead, is saved. Hear is a wonderful sermon excerpt from Pastor Curtis Hutson, refuting the Devil's lie of turning from sins to be saved...
Repentance is a change of mind, not a change of lifestyle. Nobody is good enough to go to Heaven. Friend, you don't have to turn from your sins to go to Heaven, you have to be 100% sinless and perfect.
If you ever get saved, you'll have to change your mind about repentance, if you foolishly think that turning from sins is necessary to be saved. Judas turned from his sins. Judas felt guilty, sorrowful that he had betrayed Jesus. In fact, Judas even returned the 30 pieces of silver to the Pharisees. Judas was a changed man, but he still went to Hell in his unbelief. You don't get saved by following Jesus. You don't get saved by serving Christ, as we see in Matthew 7:21-23. These people boasted of their “many wonderful works,” but Jesus denied knowing them as His sheep. They boasted of preaching in Jesus' name. They even called Him “Lord, Lord,” but Jesus denied knowing them, and said: “Depart from me, ye that work iniquity: I never knew you” (Matthew 7:21-23).
All across America and the world, false prophets are preaching the Devil's lie that you are not saved unless you have turned away from your sins. Those wicked preachers create doubt in millions of people's minds, worried that they are not saved because they still have sins in their life. The Lordship Salvation crowd doesn't preach assurance of salvation, because they falsely teach that you might go into sin down the road and not make it to Heaven. But the man who teaches salvation by grace through faith, KNOWS he is safely saved and secure in God's promise TO SAVE THEM THAT BELIEVE (1st Corinthians 1:21).
If you ever listen to Evangelist Ray Comfort (a deadly false prophet), he never teaches the eternal security of the believer. In fact, Ray heretically preaches that to be saved, you must turn away from your sins, and then LIVE A LIFETSYLE of repentance (which he foolishly thinks means to forsake sinful behavior) to prove that your faith is real. This is total works for salvation, and a counterfeit gospel. I also hate the repent of sins HERESY! I hate it because it sends people to Hell. I receive countless emails from scared people, who have faith in Jesus as their Savior, but are scared they are not saved because they still sin. They have been lied to by the advocates of Wrong Repentance and Lordship Salvation crowd. To the unsaved (or natural) men, turning away from sins seems like a reasonable requirement to get to Heaven.
But to someone who is saved and understands the Word of God (i.e., the inspired King James Bible), we know that salvation is solely by God's grace, resting completely in Jesus' finished redemptive work through the cross of Calvary. I was saved at age age by placing my faith (reliance) in Jesus, believing that He dies on the cross for my sins, was buried, and three days later He miraculously physically resurrected from the dead. That is the Gospel, the Good News (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). I didn't give up any sins when I got saved. I have sinned many times throughout my life, deliberately. We all do! There is no such thing as a human being without sin (Romans 3:10-23; 1st John 1:10).
I am saved solely because of faith in Jesus' precious blood, and not by anything I have ever done, am doing or ever will do. External evidence that I am saved is my faith, and nothing else. 1st John 5:4, “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” Beware of anyone who tries to scare you that you're not going to Heaven because of your sins. They are not going to Heaven, because they are trusting in their own good works, plus partial faith in Jesus. That is not enough to be saved. You must totally rest in Jesus Christ alone, Who is the Savior!
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