I saw this heretical meme on Facebook today and refuted it. Of course, the original poster laughed at my truthful comments. Jesus admonished all of us in our text passage of Scripture to BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS!!! I properly added the cancellation circle as a warning.
Dr. Jack Hyles gets the Bible right...
Also, here is a helpful quote from Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold...“The wickedness of a life has not one thing in this world to do with where you go when you die; not one thing!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Religion Or Christ?”
“If you have to look at your life to prove that you are saved, it proves that you're not!” —Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold, “Why Lordship Salvation is WRONG!”
The Bible is full of real life examples of saints who lived horrible lives of sin—from the trail of collateral damage left by the sordid lifestyles of Samson and Solomon, to Demas forsaking Paul on their missionary journey, “having loved this present world” (2nd Timothy 4:12b).
1st Corinthians 3:15, “If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” This born again man was so selfish and sinful that he received no rewards at the Judgment Seat of Christ; yet he was safely saved.
In the carnal church at Corinth, there was a Christian couple openly living in fornication (1st Corinthians 5:1-5). The Apostle Paul heard rumors while evangelizing in another city and he was disturbed by them. So, Paul writes his first Epistle to the church elders to rebuke them for not dealing with the matter. Please notice that nowhere does the Bible teach in 1st Corinthians 5:1-5 to KICK SINNERS OUT OF CHURCH. Sadly, this is the popular interpretation that is often attributed to this passage. What saith the Scripture? How should a local church deal with a member who chooses to commit open sin and refuses to repent? 1st Corinthians 5:5, “To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.”
Sexual sins have historically led to Sexually Transmitted Diseases(STD's). In fact, entire societies have been ruined because of outbreaks of syphilis. I humbly believe that is what Paul is referring in 1st Corinthians 5:5. The loose woman with whom the man was sleeping had formerly been his father's wife. That means she was shacking-up with multiple partners and inviting STD's, just like the tens of millions of fornicators in American society today.
By the way, the controlled media has sinfully ignored the truth concerning the murder of Gabby Petito by her boyfriend Brian Laundrie in 2021. She was shacking-up with her boyfriend in the back of a van while driving around the country for several months. That is wickedness! It's not young love. It's not cute or sweet. They were unlawfully living together like husband and wife, butt naked in Gabby's van sleeping together, living in fornication. It doesn't surprise me one bit that it all ended in disaster! Hebrews 3:13, “But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.”
That doesn't mean to avoid someone because they watch 'The Simpsons' on television; but rather, a saint who (for example) is a drunkard, an adulterer or a known thief (i.e., they are choosing to commit open sin, which is evil). They should feel ashamed if they are living in open sin. I do believe that homosexuals can be Christians, but the Bible commands us to avoid closely associating with them so that they may be ashamed. It is never okay for a redeemed child of God to continue living an open lifestyle of sinning.
The Epistle of 1st John is often misunderstood. ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป ๐ฏ:๐ฎ๐ฐ, “๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐บ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐บ. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐, ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐.” The evidence of the new birth is the gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit.
I agree that if a person can sin without any conviction whatsoever from the Holy Spirit, then that person is not saved. God is not an absent parent, He does lovingly scourge and chastise His children (Hebrews 12:6-8). The Epistle of 1st John was not authored by God to determine if others are saved; but rather, if we are saved (1st John 5:13).
The test is not if we have departed from sin. NO ONE has ever been able to live above sin (Romans 7:14-25), we can only try to live above reproach (1st Timothy 5:24).
The Epistle of 1st John is often misunderstood. ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป ๐ฏ:๐ฎ๐ฐ, “๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐บ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐บ. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐, ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐.” The evidence of the new birth is the gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit.
I agree that if a person can sin without any conviction whatsoever from the Holy Spirit, then that person is not saved. God is not an absent parent, He does lovingly scourge and chastise His children (Hebrews 12:6-8). The Epistle of 1st John was not authored by God to determine if others are saved; but rather, if we are saved (1st John 5:13).
The test is not if we have departed from sin. NO ONE has ever been able to live above sin (Romans 7:14-25), we can only try to live above reproach (1st Timothy 5:24).
One of the GO-TO Scripture passages that the Lordship Salvation crowd use is 1st John 3:8-9, “He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.” 1st John 3:9 is not teaching that believers won't sin. The Bible is saying that the indwelling Holy Spirit within us cannot sin. When we sin, we do so because we choose to walk in the flesh, but we are commanded as believers to walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-25).
There is an old adage: Where there is fire there is smoke. I heard Pastor R.A. Torrey use that adage to teach that if you are saved there will be some evidence of it in your life. However, I don't like that adage at all in that illustration. Candles do not produce any smoke. Smoke is caused by a lack of oxygen. Any firemen can tell you that a fire can still be active without showing any signs of it. A fire can smolder for hours inside a wall without producing any smoke. Likewise, just because you have the blessed Holy Spirit living inside you, doesn't mean that there will be visible evidence for others to see. That is why Jesus said in Matthew 5:16, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Jesus wouldn't have told us to let out light shine to glorify God, unless it were possible for us not to do so.
Dear reader, just because you are a born again child of God, doesn't guarantee that you will sin less from now on. Many believers choose to live sordid lives of sin and wickedness. Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) gets it exactly right in this helpful sermon titled, “YOUR SALVATION DID NOT CHANGE YOU A BIT.” Every new convert must be mentored by a local Bible-believing church. After all, this is the second part of The Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
The first part of The Great Commission is to preach the Gospel to lost sinners, leading them to place their faith in Jesus Christ. The second part is to indoctrinate new converts with the truths of God's Word after they get saved, so that they can go win more people to Christ. The idea is to perpetuate the Gospel of free grace. It is a bad thing when we hear Baptist preachers bragging about the 200,000 people which they allegedly led to Christ (which is what I heard missionary Steven Heidenreich arrogantly claim).
Kindly said, Mr. Heidenreich didn't bother to mention how many of those alleged “converts” are serving Christ today, if any. The fact is that I do not know how many of those people were actually saved, but it is obvious that he didn't bother to follow-up with those supposed converts. I have never boasted of how many people my ministry has led to Christ over the past 23 years, since I humbly started my Jesus-is-Savior.com website ministry in 2002.
My point here is that fulfilling The Great Commission requires more than just preaching the Gospel. Our blessed Savior said that we should also be, “Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you...” The reason why millions of believers today are not attending church and living carnal lives, is simply because today's backslidden horrible pastors don't care enough about people to go knock on their door to invite them to church, and to have the courage to preach from the pulpit against sin, and to earnestly contend for the faith. The average Baptist pastor today merely cares about his next paycheck! I can name a handful of pastors who are pathetic and have no business being clergy. They don't care!
Beware of the Devil's deceived Lordship Salvation gang, who insist that you cannot be saved and continue living in sin. The truth is that everyone still lives in sin. I don't care how good you may think you are friend, you are still a dirty sinner, and so am I. We all deserve to go directly to Hell to burn forever! Thankfully God has made a way of escape, through faith in the precious name of the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 5:9).
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