You Don't Have To Be Willing To Reform To Be Saved

Matthew 1:21, “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”

John 3:17, “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”

The inspired Holy Bible plainly teaches that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, who came into the world to save mankind from our sins. Luke 19:10, “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” I have shared just a few Scripture passages with you that clearly teach why Jesus came into the world and died on a cross, which was to save humanity from our sins. This is what the inspired Word of God teaches.

Unfortunately, false religion has infiltrated many once New Testament churches, perverting their doctrine and turning them into religious cults. One of the biggest deceptions which Satan has crept into churches today is False Repentance. In his helpful book titled: 'Enemies Of Soul Winning,' Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) gives six reasons why you DO NOT need to repent of your sins to be saved:

1. God says to the unsaved, "Repent of your unbelief." 

It's very interesting that in I John the word "repentance" is never mentioned, and yet the purpose of I John was to give people the assurance of salvation. I John 5:13, "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." Of course, repentance is certainly implied throughout the entire book, because the book tells us that what saves is believing on Christ (or relying on Him) to save, which, of course, implies that that person must repent of what makes him lost, which is unbelief.

2. God says to the saved people, "Repent of sin."

This is done by the Holy Spirit as He comes in to live to remind us to take the clothes off the bedpost, the shirt off the chair, put the shoes into the closet, etc.

3. If a person must repent of his sins to be saved, of what sins must he repent?

Can he repent of all of them? Isn't that sinless perfection or holiness? Isn't that salvation by works? Of what sin must one repent? He must repent of the sin that makes him lost, and that's the sin of unbelief.

4. If turning from sins would get you saved, then turning back to sins would get you lost.

In Acts 16:30 the very simple question is asked, "What must I do to be saved?" This is the one time in the Bible where this question is asked. Now the answer to this question must be what saves a person. Acts 16:31, "And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." There's the answer—belief. There is nothing about repentance here, except, yes, there is something about repentance, because you can't believe without repenting from unbelief.

5. If a person has to clean up his own life before he gets saved, we are back to Arminianism or salvation by works.

6. We cannot do what the Holy Spirit can do.

The Holy Spirit first convicts us of our sin of unbelief to bring us to Christ. Once He brings us to Christ, He comes in us to live. Romans 8:9, "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." I Corinthians 6:19, 20, "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."

Then when the Holy Spirit is in us, He begins to convict us of things in our lives that should be changed. Then the Christian life becomes a constant repenting until we wake in the likeness of Christ. SOURCE: Pastor Jack Hyles, 'Enemies Of Soul Winning'; chapter 4, 'Misunderstood Repentance'

Amen and amen! Not one verse in the inspired King James Bible teaches that to get to Heaven you must forsake a lifestyle of sinning. Neither does the inspired Word of God teach that you must “be willing” to turn away from sinful bad habits. Yet, in nearly every Baptist church today, you will hear such blatant lies preached from the pulpit, telling lost sinners that if they desire to go to Heaven they must forsake their past sinful ways, and promise to do their best to follow Christ for the rest of their life. No such teachings are found in the Holy Bible.

Sad to say, but true nevertheless, we've got a bunch of misled lying ministers behind America's pulpits today. In nearly every Bible college today, a counterfeit plan of salvation is being preached, requiring lost sinners to give up their sinful ways to be saved, which is an impossible thing to do. Those lying preachers will say that no one is perfect, so we can only do our best with God's help to forsake our sins. Although this statement in itself is very true, it is false doctrine when required to get to Heaven, because it is WORKS.

Pacific Garden Mission Is Wrong On The Gospel

A changed life has nothing to do with someone freely receiving God's gift of eternal life, which Jesus paid for with His precious blood (1st Peter 1:18-19). A changed life is the fruit of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-25). This fruit is produced AFTER a person is saved, not before or as a condition of the new birth. This is what the Bible means in 2nd Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” Notice carefully that this man is already “in Christ” who has become a new creature. That new creature is wrought by the indwelling Holy Spirit. Nowhere in this Scripture passage does it imply behavioral modification.

Tragically, Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago, on their 'UNSHACKLED' radio program, horribly misapply this passage of Scripture, using it to coerce lost sinners to commit to forsaking their sinful bad habits and addictions as a prerequisite to be saved. This is a perversion of the Gospel of free grace! The Bible in multiple passages called eternal life the gift of God. It is not something that must be earned, merited or some form of reward that requires a trade of sorts.

John MacArthur Is Wrong On The Gospel

In his popular 1988 book titled, “The Gospel According to Jesus,” infidel Pastor John MacArthur even heretically uses the word “exchange” concerning being saved. What you are about to read by John MacArthur is totally unbiblical damnable heresy:

“Thus in a sense we pay the ultimate price for salvation when our sinful self is nailed to a cross. . . . It is an exchange of all that we are for all that Christ is. And it denotes implicit obedience, full surrender to the lordship of Christ. Nothing less can qualify as saving faith.” [emphasis added] —Pastor John MacArthur; The Gospel According to Jesus, p. 140 

Dear reader, salvation is not an exchange! Receiving the free gift of eternal life is not a trade. John MacArthur is preaching another gospel of partial faith in Christ plus works (2nd Corinthians 11:3-4). Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith. Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty.

Ray Comfort Is Wrong On The Gospel

Kindly, Evangelist Ray Comfort says that “repentance” means “LIVING A LIFESTYLE THAT PROVES THE REALITY OF YOUR REPENTANCE!” And then he adds, “IT'S A CONTINUAL THING!” Read for yourself what Mr. Comfort horribly teaches this woman, in this transcript from the Living Waters video...

“So if the plane goes down, you'd end up in Hell! There are two things you have to do to be saved. Do you remember what they are? I told you what they are—You've got to repent and trust the Savior! ... God's offering you everlasting life upon your repentance and faith in Christ. Who in his right mind wouldn't say, 'Whoa! That's a good offer!' (The curious woman asks what it means to “repent”?)... Have you ever said you're sorry to someone you did something wrong to? That's all repentance is—You've sinned against God; it's a matter of saying, 'God, I'm sorry,' and then LIVING A LIFESTYLE that proves the reality of your repentance. That's what repentance is, it's a continual thing! God, 'I'm sorry, but I'm not going going to lie or steal or blaspheme Your name ever again. It has that attitude! And the second thing—trust in Jesus!” [emphasis added]

SOURCE: Evangelist Ray Comfort, “I've never killed anyone” (MP3 clip from video)

Dear reader, I triple-dog dare you to show me even one verse from the Holy Bible that teaches that “LIVING A LIFESTYLE” is required as part of being saved. You cannot! Now my friend, “a double-dog dare” is serious business, but a triple-dog dare is something you don't want to mess around with! I triple-dog dare you to show me even one Bible verse that agrees with these false statements by Ray Comfort.

Beware Of False Prophets!

All of these men and institutions that I have just exposed are pulling on the same rope as the Devil, the blind leading the blind into Hell forever.

Kindly said, John MacArthur has God's plan of salvation very wrong!

Pacific Garden Mission and their popular 'UNSHACKLED' radio program have God's simple plan of salvation very wrong!

Evangelist Ray Comfort has God's simple plan of salvation very wrong!

In fact, biblically, you DON'T have to try to turn away from your sins for the rest of your life to get to Heaven.

The Gospel of John is God's Gospel track. John 20:31, “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.” PLEASE DON'T MISS THAT! God authored the Gospel of John specifically so “that believing ye might have life through his name.” That means we don't need any other Scripture than what is found in the Gospel of John to be saved.

Where in the Gospel of John are we taught that, “LIVING A LIFESTYLE,” is necessary to receive eternal life? You cannot! Mr. Comfort is a bold-faced theological liar! Ray is ADDING to the Gospel, perverting it! This means Mr. Comfort is accursed by God. Galatians 1:9, “As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.” I didn't say that, almighty God did!

It grieves my heart to know that most Baptists and neo-evangelicals today have fallen hook, line and sinker for the Devil's lies of Lordship Salvation and Misunderstood Repentance. I wrote this article to warn others of what is happening today in the churches, so that you will be informed and prepared to deal with it. You shouldn't attend any so-called “church” that is wrong on the Gospel.

I don't like churches that use the Devil's corrupt bibles, but I humbly think it is even worse when they are wrong on the Gospel. Usually the two go hand in hand! You'll have a difficult time finding a church that uses the modern corrupt Bibles that is correct on the Gospel. If you are attending a local church that uses only the inspired King James Bible, and the church preaches a free grace Gospel, then count yourself very blessed dear friend because such churches are becoming rare in these perilous times. Thank you for reading my blog.