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This article was written in the hope that it
would inspire further
study of the scriptures on the part of those who believe the teachers and
preachers who say that God does not require those who have believed on
the Lord Jesus Christ
to do the good works that he has prepared for them to do and to repent of all
willful sin.
Those who consider themselves to be saved by grace through faith and yet fail to
walk by faith, walk according to the leading of the Holy Spirit, walk in newness
of life, bear one another's burdens, keep Jesus' commandments, love one another, forgive one another, pray for the saints, etc. are NOT walking in the right kind of faith and are not standing
in what the bible defines as the true grace of God.
Genuine Christians are "God's workmanship
created in Christ Jesus unto good works."
(See Eph. 2:10) Most people who identify
themselves as Christian believers fail to do what God
requires of those who have been purchased with the blood of Christ
because they have been falsely taught that "doing" (obeying
God) is opposed to grace.
After you have been saved, doing
the good works which God hath before ordained
that you should walk in
(1) is not
filthy rags, is not opposed to grace (2)
and it is not self-righteousness!
Luciferian Infiltrators
in the pulpit and on Christian
internet forums will tell you
differently.)
God requires those who are
saved to
"continue in his goodness" and do the works that he has
prepared beforehand for them to walk in. Tragically, many have believed the
Darby/Scofield inspired
doctrine that the state (behavior) of a person who has already been redeemed by the blood
of Jesus Christ has nothing to do with that person's standing in Jesus Christ. This Bible-denying doctrine of devils creates
"believers" who have no biblically-defined fear of God. Thus they have no motivation to reckon themselves dead unto sin, and
instead, take the path of least resistance and allow sin to reign in their mortal bodies.
These believers are continually assured from pulpits all over the land that even if sin dominates their
lives the only loss they will suffer is that of eternal rewards. Why? Because they are under grace
as defined by modern-day preachers, rather than the Bible. (For the truth read
Romans chapter 6.)
The
anti-biblical dichotomy between
grace and good works in the life of the person who has already been
saved has created a falling away perversion of Christianity that sanctions
walking after the flesh as a lifestyle while still considering oneself to be under grace.
The idea is definitely being presented by
some big-name preachers (such as Charles Stanley) that those who have
called on Jesus Christ to save them may continue to live for
themselves (sow to the flesh) and not submit themselves unto God (sow to the
Spirit) and still be under God's saving grace. (Note: Dr. Stanley even goes so far as
to teach that one can cease believing in Jesus Christ and still be on his or her way to
heaven.) God's word refutes this lie:
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to
his flesh shall reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall
reap life everlasting."
God is not
mocked by a false definition of grace
For example, Paul's teachings
are being censored by Mid-Acts Dispensationalists who incorrectly assert that his writings are the
only scriptures applicable to the believer today. One is not rightly dividing
the word of truth by
censoring or "explaining away" Paul's straightforward writings that refute the popular once-saved-always saved doctrine. God does not censor his word and
neither may we!
Paul taught that Christians are "justified freely by his grace
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:"-Rom. 3:24
False teachers emphasize these and similar verses
while neglecting many scriptures that reveal God's expectations of those who have been
justified freely by his grace. They insist that God has no standards of behavior
for one saved under the new covenant:
"Our redemption in Christ Jesus is free!
That means it doesn't matter how we live as Christians. There are no
conditions for living under the new covenant!"
(Yes, eternal life is a free gift praise God, but
he has also freely given us the Holy Ghost to enable us to live the holy life
that is required of all who shall see the Lord.)
"To say that one must walk as God commands his purchased
possessions to walk is to turn grace into works!"
According to the New Testament, grace is no more grace if one believes that he
must do works of righteousness in order to get saved.
And if by grace,
then is it no more
of works: otherwise grace
is no
more grace. But
if it be of works, then is it
no more
grace: otherwise work
is no more
work. Romans 11:6
Those who have already been saved know
the grace that brings salvation teaches them to deny ungodly lusts and
be righteous doers of the Lord's will in this present world:
For the grace of God that bringeth
salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present
world; Titus 2:11, 12
I tell you the truth, Satan's workers know the doctrine of salvation
better than most believers. They reject God's salvation for
themselves but they
know what the Bible actually says and do their utmost (while
posing as pastors, deacons, Sunday school teachers, Christian school
teachers, Christian authors etc.) to teach in such a way that turns the
true grace of God (which reigns through righteousness) into an
anti-biblical "grace" that reigns while sin abounds. (See: Rom. 6:1-12)
They accomplish this by using trigger words and contrived arguments to
cause Christians
to disbelieve the clear, straightforward teachings of God's
word. They emphasize certain verses or parts of verses in their
teachings while neglecting, ignoring or "explaining away" the verses
that contradict their agenda. They will teach truth, yes, but add enough
leaven to pervert the true grace of God. How much leaven is needed to leaven the whole lump? Just
a little, but since unconditional eternal security is
taught against in the Bible,
they heavily leaven their seminary lessons and church sermons in
order to deceive the saints of God on this
crucial matter.
Why do false teachers focus so heavily on the
unconditional eternal security
doctrine?
-
Incorrectly taught pastors hold to unconditional eternal security because their seminary
professors convinced them that the once-saved-always-saved doctrine is integral to the gospel and they
have yet to realize that they believe the words of men (study Bibles,
pastor study "helps") more than the word of God.
- False
brethren who hold teaching positions in the church promote the
unconditional eternal security false
doctrine for another reason. They are "on assignment" by Satan to corrupt the
word of God and make sure Christians are not under grace according to
the teachings of the Holy Bible, but are only "under grace" as per the infiltrators'
teachings. The more Christians they convince that grace abounds while
they continue in sin, the higher they will
rise in rank in their master's realm.
- Satan's
workers also aggressively promote
the false doctrine that Christians may live in willful sin because they
know that those who do so will not be able to effectively
pray against
the works of darkness that are escalating in these latter days.
Satan's "ministers of righteousness"
cannot take your place
in hell if you believe their lies!
They have their own punishment to
endure but they cannot take yours if you accept the doctrines of devils
they are promoting. You are in peril if you do not take the Bible at
face value and believe it.
Make certain your election and calling
in Christ is securely based on the scriptures--not clever manipulators
of God's word.
Important: Pray
and ask God to remove the stronghold false doctrines have over your heart and
mind. Then renounce all false doctrines you have into contact with via
commentaries, study bibles, sermons, radio, television, audio cassettes, etc.
Renounce every false doctrine that has entered your mind consciously and
subconsciously. (False doctrines are often presented in a subliminal fashion by
those who are adept at mind manipulation.) Next, read through the entire King James New Testament and
highlight every verse that pertains to salvation in the past, present, and
future tenses (including the conditional verses). These actions will enable your spirit to break free
from the unprecedented amount of osas conditioning that is destroying the church today.
The real Bible is all you need to learn the truth
but if you would like a book that cites hundreds of scriptures that teach conditional
eternal security, I recommend
Secure in Christ by Dr. Cathy Burns.
(Secure in Christ
is also
available online.
(Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to read this file.) If you prefer an
html file, you may read the book
here.)
Notes:
(1) When we are saved by grace we become God's
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God has already
ordained that we should walk in them (See Eph. 2:10). We are created unto good
works (Eph. 2:10), zealous of good works (Titus 2:14), full of good works (Acts.
9:36), rich in good works (1 Tim. 6:18), throughly furnished unto all good works
(2 Tim. 3:17), show a pattern of good works (Titus 2:7), and are careful to
maintain good works (Titus 3:8).
(2) For the grace of God that bringeth
salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present
world; Titus 2:11, 12
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