Proof That Calvinism Is A Counterfeit Gospel

Luke 10:20, “Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.”

Our dear Savior tells us as believers to “REJOICE” that our “NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN HEAVEN” in the Lamb's Book of Life. How could we rejoice if Calvinism were true? You see, in Calvinism you cannot know 100% that you are saved presently. Case in point, here is a disturbing heretical quote by Dr. Steve Pettit (the shameful president of Bob Jones University since 2014). ...

“You can't just speak about getting saved, and you accepted Christ, and then that's it! There is a justification; There is a sanctification; There's ultimately a glorification, and though there are three parts, they are all part of the whole, and you cannot separate them. In order for you to qualify for the award, you have to get into the race, you have to stay in the race, and you have to finish the race. If you want to win, you have to run to the end; and winning in the Christian life is everything, because if you lose—if you don't finish—you lose everything—you lose your SOUL. And so, the Christian race is the life of faith that begins, is run, and is finished when we cross over into Heaven!” [emphasis added] —Dr. Steve Pettit (“What Does It Mean To Run 'The Race'?” - January 26, 2015 - BJU Chapel)

Oh my, what blatant heresy! According to Steve Pettit you cannot know you're saved until life is over and you've faithfully run the Christian race. In his own corrupt words, Dr. Pettit doesn't separate sanctification from justification. Evangelist John Bunyan fully understood the importance of keeping sanctification separate from justification:

“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.” [emphasis added] —John Bunyan (1628-1688)

Steve Pettit and company at Bob Jones fail to put a distinction between being justified by the man Christ without, versus being sanctified by the Spirit of Christ within. By mixing and combining sanctification with justification, Dr. Pettit has grossly blurred the lines between discipleship and Sonship, utterly confusing the students and faculty at Bob Jones. To make matters worse, BJU uses, sells and promotes umpteen different Bible revisions to further confuse their students and staff. BJU is a house divided, built upon shifting sand!!!

Steve Pettit errantly says:

“If you want to win, you have to run to the end; and winning in the Christian life is everything, because if you lose—if you don't finish—you lose everything—you lose your SOUL. And so, the Christian race is the life of faith that begins, is run, and is finished when we cross over into Heaven!” [emphasis added] —Dr. Steve Pettit (“What Does It Mean To Run 'The Race'?” - January 26, 2015 - BJU Chapel)

That is 100% pure Calvinism, where YOU are required to finish what you started. The true Gospel always points you to Christ; a false gospel always points to you. In true Bible salvation, Christ FINISHED it all for us. Calvinism (i.e., the heretical doctrines of John Calvin, 1509-1564) focuses on YOUR faithfulness; whereas, the true Gospel focuses on GOD'S faithfulness. In true salvation the believer is 100% safe and secure in God's promises, because of the indwelling Holy Spirit Who preserves in every saint. But in Calvinism it is the saint who must persevere in holiness and sanctification in order to secure salvation. I hope you see the drastic differences between the Devil's lies of Calvinism, versus the truth of the Gospel in the Holy Bible. Calvinism is manmade tradition!

The fact that Jesus encourages every believer to REJOICE to know that our name is written in Heaven is solid proof that every child of God CAN KNOW 100% that we are safe and secure under the Father's everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 33:27, “The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.” It would be IMPOSSIBLE for any believer to REJOICE with such bold confidence that our name is written in Heaven, if Calvinism were true, because in Calvinism one cannot know assuredly that we are saved until we finish the race.

Read the damnable heresy which Dr. Steve Pettit preached to 2,700 BJU students and faculty:

“If you want to win, you have to run to the end; and winning in the Christian life is everything, because if you lose—if you don't finish—you lose everything—you lose your SOUL. And so, the Christian race is the life of faith that begins, is run, and is finished when we cross over into Heaven!” [emphasis added] —Dr. Steve Pettit (“What Does It Mean To Run 'The Race'?” - January 26, 2015 - BJU Chapel)

If Steve Pettit were correct (which he is not), then how could any saint of God REJOICE that our names are written in Heaven? We could not, because if we must persevere to run unto the end, then we cannot know for certain we are redeemed until we have finished the course!

The tragic thing is that very few professed Christians are willing to rebuke the Bob Jones University camp for their damnable heresies. Moody Bible Institute (MBI) in Chicago (according to their own college website) has gone Calvinistic in recent decades. The reason why is Pastor John MacArthur, who is a BJU alumni. BJU and MBI are all in bed together, committing spiritual whoredom. We need to have a revival of getting back to the simplicity that is in Christ, which is THE GOSPEL. Calvinism is a cesspool of theological rot and iniquity!!! Pastor John MacArthur shamefully boasts of being a 5-point Calvinist. Folks, we are at war spiritually in the churches today over the Devil's Calvinist creeps.

Here is a helpful video exposing Calvinism...

How Calvinism Infects The Gospel
(by Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold - I love this faithful preacher)

The reason why we CAN rejoice in knowing that our names are written in Heaven is because God's gift of eternal life is solely based in GOD'S PROMISE TO SAVE THEM THAT BELIEVE (1st Corinthians 1:21). I love God so much for making salvation that way. I KNOW that my name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life because God saved me by faith alone in His only begotten Son. John 20:31, “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.” Simply believe dear friend and the work is done, you are saved!!!

I have KNOWN that my name is written in Heaven since I received Jesus Christ as my personal Savior at age 13. John 1:12, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” I KNOW I am saved because God promised to save whosoever believes on Christ. But in Calvinism you cannot know if you are saved, because your life must be monitored to see if you have changed. That is what Calvinism teaches! Case in point, read what Evangelist Paul Washer false preached to thousands of youth:

“3,000 kids came forward… It was just a bunch of kids doing what they’d been trained to do ever since they were in Sunday School. No tears, no repentance, no broken-hearts, no weeping over sin, no self-hatred, no realization of offenses against God given, nothing. A move of God? …I think not. Because when God moves, and particularly when God moves to save, there is repentance. Now what is repentance? The word means to change. Let me ask you a question: Have you changed?” [emphasis added] —“Repent and Believe - Part 4”

What a theological liar! Dear reader, repentance does not mean “to change.” Repentance in the Greek New Testament means, “a change of mind.” Repentance regarding salvation simply means to lay aside your wrong thinking, and instead believe the Gospel. So according to Paul Washer you are not saved yet unless your life has changed. If our lives have to change before we can rejoice that our names are written in Heaven, then we have a big problem, because how can we ever know if our lives have changed enough to satisfy God? Folks, Calvinism is wrong on so many levels!!!

The ONLY way that anyone can rejoice that our name is written in Heaven is by KNOWING 100% that we have been redeemed. If that redemption is predicated upon faithfully running and completing the Christian race, living a lifestyle of repentance (as Ray Comfort errantly teaches), or changing our ways, then there is no way that any of us can ever know we are saved. Thank God for His solemn promise of eternal life to all who believe!!!

The blessed and wonderful thing about God's simple plan of salvation is that it has all been made possible by the precious sacrifice of Jesus Christ upon the cross. Religion without Christ makes a person more a child of the Devil. Calvinism robs Jesus of the right to save which belongs exclusively to Him. The Bob Jones University camp today shift the burden of sin from Christ's shoulders to the sinner's shoulder, requiring that a person forsake their sinful ways to be saved. Doing so places a heavy burden upon the sinner's shoulders too heavy to be borne. In the true Gospel, the full weight of sin is placed upon the Savior's shoulders, not ours.

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus Christ, my righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

Beware and run away from any preacher who tells you that to receive eternal life you must repent and turn away from all your sins! All of the pseudo-Christian religions today preach this damnable heresy. Mormons, Jehovah's Witness, Seventh-Day Adventists, Church of Christ, Lordship Salvation, John MacArthur and the Bob Jones University camp—these infidel groups all pervert the Gospel of free grace!!!

Jesus commands every believer to REJOICE that our name is written in Heaven in the Lamb's Book of Life. That means we CAN 100% assuredly KNOW that we are definitely saved. If Calvinism is true, then at best all we can hope for is some level of apprehension, uncertainty and fear of not knowing we've made it to Heaven yet. Case in point, read what Ray Comfort foolishly teaches:

On page 1513 of THE EVIDENCE BIBLE, under the section “Questions & Objections,” Ray Comfort addresses the statement: “Because Jesus died on the cross we are forgiven of every sin.” Here is Ray Comfort’s disturbing reply to this question:

“The forgiveness that is in Jesus Christ is conditional upon ‘repentance towards God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ’ (Acts 20:21). It is a gift that God offers to everyone, but individuals must receive it by repenting and trusting in Christ, or they will remain dead in their sins. No one has Biblical grounds to continue in sin, assuming that they are safe just because Jesus died on the cross. See 1 John 3:4-6.” [Emphasis added] —'THE EVIDENCE BIBLE,' by Ray Comfort, p. 1513; 2003, Bridge-Logos Publishers, Orlando, Florida

Those are some very dangerous words at the end, “…assuming that they are safe just because Jesus died on the cross.” Dear reader, you sure CAN assume that you are SAFE just because Jesus died on the cross, if you are trusting in the blood of His cross for salvation!!! Colossians 1:19-20, “For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.” Kindly said, Ray Comfort is a fool. The Holy Bible is very clear that a man makes peace with God THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS' CROSS!!!

Ray Comfort foolishly connects dots which the Bible does not, connecting one's manner of life with salvation. In fact, I can show you numerous Scripture passages which teach that we can safely ASSUME WE ARE SAFE IN CHRIST:

• Romans 5:20-21, “Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.” 
• Romans 6:14-15, “For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.” 
• 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.”

These three beautiful Bible passages very clearly confirm that every believer is SAFE IN JESUS CHRIST, regardless of how sinful we may choose to live. Where sin abounds, grace doth MUCH MORE ABOUND. For the child of God, we fall in grace, neve from grace. The redeemed child of God is no longer under the curse and power of God's law, we are now under God's saving grace forever!!!

Tragically, Ray Comfort, Steve Pettit, Gary Walton, Paul Washer, Moody Bible Institute, Bob Jones University, Pacific Garden Mission, Marty Herron, Sam Horn, Chuck Phelps and John MacArthur do not understand this great theological truth. These wicked infidels fail to understand that the child of God is forever UNDER GOD'S GRACE, so that we can boldly proclaim our justification and position in Christ as His redeemed child, regardless of how much sin we may choose to allow into our life. Yes, you CAN live like the Devil and still KNOW your name is written in Heaven, because God's gift of eternal life is rooted in His promise to save them that believe on His only begotten Son, and not upon our good behavior or attitude.

The ungodly Calvinist crowd condition salvation upon one's continued good behavior. That is NOT the Gospel of free grace, not even close!!! The gift of eternal life that God offers to all mankind in the Holy Bible is offered solely on the basis of Christ's sacrifice on the cross, through the blood that He shed and applied to the Mercy Seat in Heaven (Hebrews 9:12, 22-24; 12:24). In sharp contrast, the fraudulent salvation that Calvinism offers is based upon partial faith in Christ plus your best efforts to obey God in all points for a lifetime.

Shameful Calvinists like Pastor Chuck Phelps (senior cult leader of the Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana) say foolish things like:

“You can't work to have salvation, but if you have salvation it will work!” —Pastor Charles Phelps, “False Faith” (time - 30:13; November 1, 2009 - Sunday morning)

That cute statement sounds catchy doesn't it? But it is damnable heresy! It is a classic HALF-TRUTH deception, commonly employed by the Devil's crowd. The first part is totally true, you cannot work to have salvation. However, the second part is blatantly false, if you have salvation it will work. That is simply NOT true! Just because you are a redeemed child of God doesn't mean that your life will be pleasing to God. Evidence of this is found in The Parable of The Sower And The Seeds in Luke 8:11-15...

1. STONY GROUND - The first group of seeds fell on stony ground and the birds (symbolic of Satan) captured the seeds before they could take root. This first group didn't get saved. The following three groups DID get saved, because they began to grow. 
2. SHALLOW SOIL - The second group of seeds fell upon shallow soil. They started to sprout, but because of its shallow roots the plants fell away when the winds of persecution blew. John Lennon of The Beatles for a short time professed to be a born-again Christian. But because of persecution by the world and other immature believers who attacked him for his worldly music, John fell by the wayside. I sincerely believe that John Lennon did get saved and is in Heaven with Jesus right now. This second group of believers never mature to become soulwinners.
3. THORNY WEEDS - The third groups of seeds fell upon thorny weeds. They begin to grow but are choked by the cares, riches and pleasures of the world, never maturing to bring forth any fruit (souls saved).
4. FERTILE SOUL - The fourth group of seeds are those who fell upon fertile ground, having a good and honest heart to take heed and obey God's Word. The Bible says that they mature to bring forth MUCH FRUIT (converts to Christ).

The Parable Of The Sower And The Seeds PROVES that Chuck Phelps is a false prophet!!! Again, look at what Phelps heretically teaches:

“You can't work to have salvation, but if you have salvation it will work!” —Pastor Charles Phelps, “False Faith” (time - 30:13; November 1, 2009 - Sunday morning)

The Bible does not agree with that nonsense!!! Eternal life is a gift from God, period, end of story. Whatever happens after the new birth in a Christian's life is entirely a matter of discipleship and not salvation. The claim that if you have salvation, it will work is a false statement! That is like saying that if you accept the birthday gift I bought for you, it will change your life or else you didn't really get it. That would be strange and weird! The Bible teaches that Jesus made the payment with His precious blood for our debt of sin. Christ died for the ungodly (Romans 5:6-9). I wish I could get every pastor to understand the Bible, I really do!

It blows my mind how pastors, religious men who are supposed to be learned in the Holy Scriptures, don't understand that salvation is all about what Christ did for us, not about what we can do for Him. Dear reader, when you get saved by receiving Jesus Christ, nothing changes in your character! What does change is that God's Holy Spirit comes to live inside you the very second that you place your trust in Christ as your Savior.

It's just like if you purchased an old business and needed to convert it. I remember one church that I attended as a teenager. There had been a horrible fire that burned the main church auditorium to the ground. So the church converted their gym for use as a church. Then another group purchased the church from the previous congregation and it became our new church. I spent my high school attending school and church there, for which I am eternally grateful for their godly influence upon my life, without which my blog and website ministry wouldn't exist today. You see, the gym needed to be converted so that it could be used as a church building. Likewise, when a person gets saved, a transfer of ownership has happened. The Devil is no longer that person's spiritual father. God is now their heavenly Father. Now the newly acquired possession needs to be converted to be used for God's purpose. Hence, the purpose of local New Testament churches. Pastor Jack Hyles made this helpful observation:

“Conversion then is the work of the church and its members as they are led by the Holy Spirit to change the life and work of one who has been regenerated. 

Redemption is a work of God the Son. Regeneration is the work of God the Holy Spirit. Justification is the work of God the Father as He declares the sinner righteous in the Son. Conversion then becomes the work of the church as we change the use and purpose of a life.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, 'Conversion And Salvation'

I have shared these truths to show you that the reason why there are so many worldly believers today is because the churches have failed to mentor their converts. The problem is not that people haven't repented. It frustrates me to hear ignorant preachers separating repentance from faith as a secondary act which needs to be done to get saved. Multitudes of preachers ignorantly teach that a person's faith is invalid if they've never turned away from their sinful behavior, which they errantly understand to mean repentance.

Bible repentance is a change of mind toward the truth (2nd Timothy 2:25) and God (Acts 20:21) that facilitates believing the Gospel to be saved. If a person didn't repent they couldn't believe. Repentance and faith happen at the same time and are inseparable. Faith and repentance are like two sides of one coin. You cannot have one without the other and they happen at the same time. It is false doctrine to teach that a person must repent AND believe. It is false teaching to tell a person that they must BOTH repent and believe. The person who believes on the Lord Jesus Christ has repented in doing so.

If this were not so, then when asked by the Roman jailor what must be done to be saved, Paul would have said so in Acts 16:31, but he didn't. Acts 16:30b-31, “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.” If something more than believing were necessary to be saved, then Paul would have said so. Dear reader, this is so important that you understand this. We've got a bunch of ignorant pastors nowadays who are preaching a perverse gospel that requires you to repent of your sins to be saved. Is that what Paul said in Acts 16:31? No, the Apostle Paul simply said to BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!

Although they are not the same thing theologically, they are one and the same event. The man who believes has repented, and the man who repents has believed. A soulwinner ought never bring up repentance while witnessing the Gospel to them, unless you explain clearly what repentance means. I never bring it up to avoid confusing people. But in simplest terms, repentance is simply the admission that one is a guilty sinner in the sight of a holy God. A person must know what they are being saved from. The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). 

Please keep in mind that the Apostle Paul didn't mention repentance in Acts 16:31. The Roman jailor asked a very direct question: SIRS, WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED??? The answer was very clear: BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!!! Let's keep it simple. Did you see anything about persevering to run the race until the end (which is what Steve Pettit heretically teaches)? I didn't. Did you see anything in Acts 16:31 about living a lifestyle of repentance (which is what Ray Comfort heretically preaches)? I didn't. Did you see anything about turning away from a lifestyle of sinning (which is what Marty Herron heretically preaches)? I didn't.

Did you see anything in Acts 16:31 about living the Christian life to prove the genuineness of the reality of your faith (which is what Chuck Phelps heretically preaches)? I didn't. Dear friend, how do all these bizarre extra-Biblical requirements compare to the simplicity that we just read in Acts 16:30-31? Romans 3:4, “God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.” I don't know who reads my blogs. I don't get paid to do this. I have labored diligently night and day for the past 19 years since 2002 for Christ. I have never received a single penny for my ministry. I do what I do as a labor of love for God, truth and people!!!

When the shepherd boy David expressed his interest in the giant Goliath who was challenging the God of Israel, David's older brothers berated him, putting him down. David's response was classic in 1st Samuel 17:29, “And David said, What have I now done?  Is there not a cause?” That is my plea too: IS THERE NOT A CAUSE??? Yes, dear reader, there is a cause!!! The world is going to Hell. Lost sinners need to hear the Gospel. But if the Gospel is being corrupted by false teachers, then we have a big problem! The Bob Jones University camp today are preaching another gospel of “Lordship” salvation. It is challenging enough to preach the Gospel to a lost and dying sinful world, but in addition we need to REBUKE THEM SHARPLY who pervert the Gospel, that they might be sound in the faith (Titus 1:10-13). I know that the arrogant BJU crowd couldn't care less about right doctrine. They reject and despise my truthful Bible-preaching. BUT THERE IS A CAUSE!!!