Bible Proof Calvinism And Lordship Salvation Are A Lie

2nd Peter 1:1-9, “Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.”

The very fact that someone can LACK THESE THINGS (“BUT HE THAT LACKETH THESE THINGS” in verse 9) irrefutably PROVES from the Bible that Calvinism, Misunderstood Repentance and Lordship Salvation are a lie of the Devil. What are these heresies? Let me give you a basic idea of what they are:

• Calvinism - The heretical teachings of a man named John Calvin (1509-1564). Calvin was an unsaved religious man who believed and taught that God chooses who will or won't be saved. Once heresy usually begets another. Since Calvin believed that God chooses who will be saved (aka, the heresy of 'Unconditional Election'), this necessitated the further lie that Christ only died for those chosen (elect) saints (aka, the heresy of 'Limited Atonement'). And another heresy was also necessitated, which says that God forces those He chooses to get saved. This heresy is called 'Irresistible Grace.' Calvin taught that those whom God chooses WILL persevere to live a life of holiness and dedication to God, as “proof” that their faith is genuine. Sadly, Moody Bible Institute, Bob Jones University and Faith Baptist Bible College And Theological Seminary have sinfully turned Calvinist in recent decades, damning men's souls to Hell forever.
• Lordship Salvation - My soulwinning friend, Pastor Ralph “Yankee” Arnold, defines Lordship Salvation as: “Lordship is the unsupportable and unbiblical belief, that the performance of good works, the promise of good works, or the evidence of good works, must accompany faith in Christ in order to establish or provide evidence that such faith has resulted in eternal life.” (a quote from 'JESUS vs. John MacArthur'). The Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation teaches that faith is insufficient to save a person, claiming that you must also receive Christ as the absolute “Lord” (Master) of your life, and be willing to follow and obey Him no matter what the cost, or else you cannot go to Heaven. Pastor Marty Herron is caught between grace and works, an avid fan of Dr. MacArthur. I heard Pastor Herron with my own two ears tell hundreds of people at church: “It is not enough to admit you are a sinner, to go to Heaven you must also turn away from a lifestyle of sin.” Mr. Herron is oh so WRONG! Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) faithfully exposes this deadly heresy!
• Misunderstood Repentance - This lie is often coupled with Calvinism and Lordship Salvation, but not always. I have heard preachers expose the former, but defend and preach the latter. Misunderstood Repentance is the Devil's lie that the Greek Bible word for “repent” (metanoia) means more than simply: “a change of mind.” Many pastors, Bible professors and evangelists today are falsely teaching that repentance means: “a change of mind which leads to a change of behavior.” I heard Pastor Tim Zacharias teach this heresy myself at Campus Church (on Pensacola Christian College's campus grounds). In fact, the preceding quote is an exact quote from Dr. Zacharias, in July of 2021 at a Wednesday night Bible study. Kindly said, Pastor Zacharias is WRONG! My favorite preacher, Pastor Jack Hyles exposes this heresy.

These three distinct but separate false teachings are often related, making it somewhat difficult for most believers to discern the lines of separation between them. The bottom line is this—The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU.

Any corrupt preacher—who tells you that YOU must turn away from your sins (e.g., John MacArthur and Marty Herron), YOU must follow Christ (e.g., Adrian Rogers and John Piper), YOU must faithfully run the race until the end (e.g., Steve Pettit), YOU must count the cost and pay the price (e.g., Billy Graham), YOU must live a lifestyle of repentance (e.g., Ray Comfort and Unshackled), YOU—is preaching a ANOTHER GOSPEL accursed by God (Galatians 1:6-9).

What saith the Scripture? Acts 16:30-31, “And brought them out, and said, 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.” The Holy Bible simply teaches us to BELIEVE to be saved, not to repent of our sins or live a certain type of lifestyle. Folks, the Devil is cunning, more subtle and dangerous than anyone can imagine. The Devil has crept into most Baptist churches today, corrupting them with the lies of Calvinism, Lordship Salvation and/or Misunderstood Repentance. These false doctrines have condemned millions of unsuspecting people to Hell.

In Matthew 7:21-23 we find such an unfortunate group:

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.”

They failed to do THE WILL OF THE FEATHER in Heaven. What is God's will? The dear Savior Himself told us plainly what “THE WILL OF THE FATHER” is:

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.”

The will of God the Father is TO BELIEVE ON JESUS!!!

The Bible doesn't say that the Father's will to be saved is for YOU to forsake a lifestyle of sin. It sounds so religious, right and good, to tell sinners to clean up their act, turn away from their sinful ways, count the cost and pay the price, or at a bear minimum tell then that they at least must “BE WILLING TO TURN FROM SIN” (every 'CHICK TRACT' teaches this ungodly heresy). But dear reader, these are DAMNABLE HERESIES!!! Proverbs 14:12, “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”

The Satanic lies of Calvinism, Misunderstood Repentance and Lordship Salvation WILL lead you into the fires of torments of the Lake of Fire for ever and ever. Please don't follow Satan's unrighteous ministers (2nd Corinthians 11:13-15). Oh, they may be the most righteous men you know outwardly. No doubt these are all good men (as far as good sinful men go). But they are still walking in darkness inwardly—trusting in their own separation from sin, commitment to Christ, lifestyle and human effort to live the Christian life. Remember, Satan's greatest weapon is to con people into living the Christian life without ever being born-again.

When you introduce Satan's false Bibles and the aforementioned three damnable heresies into any Bible college or church, the number of TARES (unsaved people) goes way up, and the number of WHEAT (saved people) significantly decreases over time. A corrupt Bible can only produce corrupt fruit! A corrupt gospel can only produce false converts! Kindly said, I am sick and tired of hearing fools like Pastor Charles Lawson (a staunch Calvinist in Knoxville, Tennessee) tell people that they are not saved, if they still have pet sins in their life. Pastor Lawson errantly teaches that your faith is not valid if you are still living in willful sin, because he says you've never really “repented.” That is hogwash folks!!!

The reason why so many professed Christians are still living in sin today is because preachers no longer preach against sin. Look at our American culture today? Where are the preaching preachers who cry aloud and spare not against the sins of the people? When's the last time you heard a preacher get behind a pulpit and really rip against the wicked sins of abortion, homosexuality and greed? Good luck finding one! Pastor Steven L. Anderson (whom I love and support) is one such preacher (despite his doctrinal flaws), for which he has been banned now in 40 countries!!! I say: Amen and amen!

We need tough Bible preachers who are not afraid to TELL THE TRUTH! God deliver us from useless social preachers like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who only preach a Social Gospel of equality for all men. The same is true of Martin Luther King Jr., who openly denied Jesus' deity, His virgin birth and bodily resurrection. That clearly shows that Martin Luther King Jr. was NOT saved. No man is saved who denies Christ's virgin birth, deity and bodily resurrection from the dead!!! NO WAY! 

We need to hear the truth that all men are created equal by God, but what about THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST? I've never heard either of these high profile men tell anybody how to get to Heaven!!! They show up at court cases involving blacks, weigh in on Black Lives Matter, politics and other agendas that interest THEM, but what about being ambassadors for God to the unsaved world (2nd Corinthians 5:20-21)? Dear reader, please RUN away from any perversion of God's grace, which places the emphasis on YOU instead of upon the precious BLOOD OF JESUS which saves us (1st Peter 1:18-19).

Let us examine once again a portion of our text passage, which provides PROOF that you don't need to forsake personal sins, leave the world, commit to clean up your life, do better, count the cost and pray the price, run the race, live a lifestyle of repentance, or any other unbiblical nonsense to get to Heaven:

2nd Peter 1:8-9, “For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.”

The Bible says that carnal believers have FORGOTTEN what Christ did for them on the cross, it doesn't say that they were never saved or that they lost God's gift of eternal life. ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED (OSAS)!!! I meet so many religious people who deny OSAS, which proves that they are not saved, and never were! The fact that a believer who CHOOSES to live a lifestyle of sin, can “forget” what Jesus did for them, irrefutably PROVES that a child of God CAN live like the Devil and still have the blessed 100% confidence, assurance and peace that they have eternal life. This is the beauty of God's gift of salvation—it has nothing to do with us, except that we BELIEVE on His only begotten Son (John 20:31).

The mindset of a genuinely born-again child of God is that CHRIST PAID IT ALL!!! I have no part in my own salvation, except to get out of the way by ceasing from my own labors (works), and REST completely in the finished redemptive work of my blessed Savior (Hebrews 4:10-11). Jesus DIED, was BURIED and three days later He RESURRECTED from the dead. This is the GOOD NEWS, that is, THE GOSPEL, by which we are saved if we simply BELIEVE IT with childlike faith (1st Corinthians 15:1-4; Romans 1:16).