More False Teachings From The Grace Evangelical Society

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 was dumbfounded today when I read a nutty article at the website of the Grace Evangelical Society (GES). Here is a heretical excerpt from their website...

A reader recently claimed that it would be wrong for God to force a Christian-turned-atheist into heaven because it would violate his or her free will. This raises an interesting question. This is my response to that claim.

...If you claim that you can lose salvation by becoming an atheist, then you don’t believe in what Jesus promised, everlasting life that cannot be lost. That’s because you don’t really know if you’ll become an atheist before you die. You might. So, you can’t be sure if you’re saved (with the logic that you presented). Nonetheless, John said, “I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13).

If those who fall away don’t have everlasting life, then John shouldn’t say that we can know that we have everlasting life that cannot be lost. If someone can lose eternal life, then John is wrong.

The bottom line for me is this. I care about the simple promise of Jesus. Jesus promised eternal life for all those who believe in Him. He promised that we get that eternal life now, not later: “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has eternal life” (John 6:47).

Notice that the person who believes has eternal life now. So how long does eternal life last? If it doesn’t last forever, then Jesus lied. You get everlasting life the moment you believe, and it lasts forever. That’s a promise of Jesus, and I believe it. Do you?

SOURCE: Lucas Kitchen, 'Can A Christian Quit?,' Grace Evangelical Society

Balderdash, tommyrot, poppycock, tomfoolery! Dear reader, what you have just read by Lucas Kitchen, director of the Grace Evangelical Society is totally unbiblical. Our text verse from 1st John 2:19 says, “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.” The fact that someone who attends a church can leave because they were not part of them, proves biblically that not everyone who claims to be saved is really saved.

We also see this truth in Matthew 7:21-23, “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” I am always astonished how religious people can go directly against the inspired Word of God, totally ignoring passages of Scripture that condemn them, and have no qualms about doing it.

Take for example the Devil's cult of 'Lordship Salvation.' This diabolical heresy errantly teaches that faith is insufficient to get to Heaven. In addition, proponents of Lordship Salvation teach that a person must surrender all to Christ as 'Lord,' turn control of their life over to Him, forsake their sinful ways and follow Jesus no matter what the cost. Whew, they sure ask a lot of a person to be saved!!! We see in Matthew 7:22-23 what will happen to everyone who places their faith in the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation. In Matthew 7:22 they said: “Lord, Lord,” but Jesus denied knowing them! Jesus told them why He rejected them in verse 21, because they didn't do the will of the Father, which according to John 6:40 is to believe on Jesus! Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do!

The religious group in Matthew 7:22-23 boasted to Christ of their “many wonderful works” which they had done in His name. They boasted of “prophesying” (preaching) in Jesus' name. But they failed to do THE WILL OF THE FATHER, which is found in John 6:40, “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” Satan's greatest weapon is to con people into living the Christian life without ever being born again.

What the Grace Evangelical Society(GES) is preaching is junk theology! I cannot believe what they are teaching—that if a former professed Christian now professes to be a God-hating atheist, they are still saved!!! Kindly said, NO, THEY ARE NOT SAVED!!! They were never born-again to begin with. God's redeemed children don't become atheists. Lucas Kitchen is taking the Scripture's text out of context, created a new pretext. He is trying to use a handful of verses about eternal security to errantly teach that atheists are going to Heaven, just so long as once upon a time they professed faith in Christ. That is as absurd as it is unscriptural.

Dear friend, anyone who now claims to reject Jesus Christ, professing to be an atheist, was never saved at all. I realize that the apostle Peter denied knowing Christ in a moment of fear of prosecution, but that is very different than someone who just denies Christ because they genuinely don't believe on Him. It is possible for a true believer to become discouraged as John the Baptist did in prison. A believer can fall into doubts and disillusionment. But a saint of God cannot lose the indwelling Holy Spirit, Who bears witness with our spirit that we are a child of God (Romans 8:9, 16-17).

If what Lucas Kitchen is errantly teaching were the truth, it would mean that present day Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Churches of Christ, Assemblies of God, and Roman Catholics, who once professed faith in Christ in a Baptist church but quit and joined a false religion, are still saved. That is not what the Bible teaches! They left us because they were not of us 1st John 2:19 says. Anyone who adds works to grace is not a child of God. Partial faith in Christ plus works equals damnation in Hell forever. Only those guilty sinners who place their complete trust in Jesus—accepting Christ's sacrifice on the cross as payment for their sins, believing that He was buried and then bodily resurrected three days later from the dead—are saved and going to Heaven. It is that simple friend.

Sometimes people ask me if you have to keep believing to stay saved. I always tell them that a person who is saved will keep believing. Do you need to tell a human baby to continue breathing to keep living? No, it is automatic. Likewise, a person who is genuinely born-again will continue to believe. I do not believe in the perseverance of the saints, I agree with Dr. Curtis Hutson, who said: “I believe in the preservation of the saints.” I agree with Pastor Harry Ironside, who said: “I believe in the perseverance of the Holy Spirit.”

Once saved, always saved. If saved, always saved; but if someone genuinely denies knowing Christ, it is only because they were never saved at all. It is possible to adopt the philosophy of Christianity for the wrong reason (e.g., money, family, tradition, prestige, opportunity, romance) and yet never have been born-again. The Jews in the Wilderness heard Moses preach the Gospel for 40 years, but not being mixed with faith they perished (Hebrews 4:2). The Jews knew the details of the Gospel so well, that they could have preached it to Moses. The problem, was that they didn't believe it. Judas heard Jesus preach the Gospel, but he didn't believe it. Many lost people are familiar with the facts of the Gospel, but they have no faith in it. Only those who believe the 'GOOD NEWS' are saved.

Here Is The Gospel

God says that we are sinners and that no amount of good works or behavioral changes on our part could ever make us holy enough to enter heaven. God sent His Son to pay for all of our sins. Jesus paid for our crimes by dying on the cross for us all. His dead body was buried in a grave. On the third day, Jesus arose from the dead. The instant you believe this, He knows it and He saves you.

John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on Me hath everlasting life.”

The free gift is based solely upon your trust in what Jesus did for you and has nothing at all to do with what you do for Him.

Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”

If you have never received Jesus Christ as your Savior dear reader, please do it now. Simply by childlike faith receive Christ's sacrifice on the cross as payment for your sins. Believe that Jesus did it all for you friend! Jesus died in your place (and mine) on the cross. He was buried and then after three days of being dead, God raised up the blessed Savior. That is the GOOD NEWS (Gospel). BELIEVE IT, oh sinner, and the work is done, you are saved!

John 6:28-29, “Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.”

Simply BELIEVE THE 'GOOD NEWS' of Jesus Christ crucified, buried and risen and you are born again!