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.”
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.
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