Jonah 3:10, "And God saw THEIR WORKS, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not."
Titus 3:5, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”
The Bible in no uncertain terms says that God's free gift of eternal life is WITHOUT WORKS. The deadly mindset of the cults has crept into most Baptist churches nowadays, which has corrupted these churches so that they now are also CULTS! What saith the Scripture? ...
Romans 4:3-5, “For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”
The Bible verses that you just read are quoted from the Old Testament concerning Abram (whose name was later changed by God to Abraham)...
Genesis 15:6, “And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”
People in the Old Testament, before and under the Mosaic Covenant, were ALL saved the same exact way that people get saved today thousands of years later, which is by grace through faith in Christ. Acts 10:42, “To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.” Abraham was saved by faith alone without WORKS! Romans 4:4 plainly teaches that if salvation had been by works, then it would have been of DEBT and not by GRACE. Dear friend, God has never owed a debt of salvation to any wicked human being (and we are all wicked - Romans 3:19-23). Turning away from your sins and evil ways is a WORK according to God in Jonah 3:10.
The following is a helpful video which exposes Evangelist Ken Ham as a false prophet! ...
The FALSE GOSPEL of ANSWERS IN GENESIS and KEN HAM
Sadly, the wicked Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College (PCC) promotes infidel Ken Ham to all their thousands of church members and students. RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!! When I attended Campus Church in 2021, they showed Ken Ham's Young Earth Creation (YEC) series all summer long for Wednesday night Bible study. It upsets me when incompetent pastors, like the Bozo clowns at PCC, play video tapes of other preachers instead of doing their own Bible study. Ken Ham DOESN'T rightly divide the Word of Truth, he is WRONG on the Gospel.
All of these men get paid a sickening 6-DIGIT annual salary, four times what the average U.S. citizen earns in a year!!! I have a problem with that. What happened to being a servant? Matthew 23:11, “But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.” Sadly, the pastors who are the most successful in this world, do the least to contend for the Christian faith (Jude 1:3). Prosperity, fame and financial wealth have destroyed more preachers than all their hardships, afflictions and enemies combined. SHAME on Temple Baptist Church in Powell (right outside of Knoxville), Tennessee and their Crown College! SHAME on them for promoting a religious con man who preaches another Gospel.
Dear friend, there are NOT two plans of salvation (Galatians 1:6-7). You either must turn away from your sinful bad habits as a second step to be saved, in addition to faith; or else you do not, but it absolutely cannot be both. Romans 11:6, “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.” What Ken Ham is preaching is NOT God's grace. When you attack the grace of God, you attack the God of grace!!! SHAME on PCC for promoting Ken Ham and his Young Earth Creation (YEC) circus. There is no evidence in the Bible to support a YEC, but there is plenty to substantiate an Old Earth Creation (OEC).
In God's plan of salvation, repentance is INCLUDED with believing on the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:30-31). If it weren't, then Paul and Silas would have told the Roman jailor that more than faith is required to be saved, but they didn't. They simply told the man to BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, and thou shalt be saved (Acts 16:31b). God does not save those who are trying to be saved, He only saves those who are trusting to be saved. Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith. Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do.
According to Ken Ham, faith in the GOOD NEWS of Jesus Christ crucified, buried and risen the third day is NOT enough to get to Heaven. In addition, Ham says you must repent and turn away from your sinful ways. But what saith the Scripture?
Jonah 3:10, "And God saw THEIR WORKS, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not." God changed His mind (He repented) not to destroy Nineveh. But they didn't get saved by THEIR WORKS!!! The Bible doesn't say that the Assyrians got saved, it simply says that they turned away from their evil ways and God spared imminent destruction upon their nation. Judas also turned away from his evil ways (Matthew 27:3), even returning the 30 pieces of silver to the Pharisees which he had been paid to betray Jesus. Judas felt remorse, regret and reformation, but he never repented toward God to put his faith in Jesus. Turning away from sin is WORKS! Ken Ham is a hellbound false prophet!!!
SHAME on Pensacola Christian College and Crown College for promoting infidel Ken Ham, which confuses their students. In the preceding video, Ken Ham's employee even says that turning from sins is the "SECOND" thing you must DO to be saved. That is a counterfeit plan of salvation, which cannot produce the new birth.
Satan is a beautiful liar! He is clever and knows how to subtly creep works into God's simple plan of slavation to deceive his victims. When a preacher suggests that you've never been saved unless your behavior has changed, he is preaching another gospel.
Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) gets repentance exactly right according to the Holy Bible...
“Repentance is not some little silly, 'I'm sorry.' Repentance is not simply a fear of God. Repentance is not a monk fasting and afflicting his body in a monastery. Repentance is not remorse because of sin's consequences. Repentance is not penance performed before the pope as you kiss his toe... Repentance is not being sorry for what I've done wrong. It is not confessing one's sins to a priest. It is not just conviction of sin. It is not the signing of a pledge of abstinence. Repentance is that thing when you come before God and see yourself as you are, and see Him as he is, and say with Isaiah 'Woe is me, for I am unclean!'” —Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001), a quote from the timeless MP3 sermon, THE GOODNESS OF GOD LEADETH TO REPENTANCE!
Pastor Harry Ironside (1876-1951) taught a free grace view of the Gospel. Consider further the following awesome quote by Pastor Ironside...
“The Gospel is not a call to repentance, or to amendment of our ways, to make restitution for past sins, or to promise to do better in the future. These things are proper in their place, but they do not constitute the Gospel; for the Gospel is not good advice to be obeyed, it is good news to be believed. Do not make the mistake then of thinking that the Gospel is a call to duty or a call to reformation, a call to better your condition, to behave yourself in a more perfect way than you have been doing in the past …
Nor is the Gospel a demand that you give up the world, that you give up your sins, that you break off bad habits, and try to cultivate good ones. You may do all these things, and yet never believe the Gospel and consequently never be saved at all.”
SOURCE: Harry A. Ironside, from the sermon: What Is The Gospel?
Yes, that is exactly right! Amen and amen. Here are a bunch more helpful quotes and teaching on Bible repentance. I thank God for free grace preachers who get repentance correct, because most preachers sadly preach a misunderstanding of repentance. It is tragic that most Baptists today have succumbed to Satan's lie that you must be willing to forsake your sinning to get to Heaven. They have not been born again yet. No one has ever forsaken their sinning! You may clean up your life of visible sins and do a good job of hiding your sins from others, but you'll still be a dirty sinner (Romans 7:14-25).
I preach on the topic of repentance regularly, because most pastors today are pulling on the same rope as the Devil by teaching an unbiblical form of repentance which focuses on your sacrifice for God, instead of Christ's sacrifice for you on the cross. If to “repent” means to forsake our sinful ways TO BE SAVED, but Jesus already paid for our sins by dying on the cross, then what are we repenting from? The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU.
According to 1st Corinthians 15:1-6, the Good News (Gospel) is that Jesus died on a cross to pay for your sins and mine. He was buried. Three days later Jesus resurrected physically from the dead. This is the Gospel. There is nothing in Paul's Gospel (which he received directly from Jesus according to Galatians 1:12), which requires someone to repent of your sins, be willing to turn from your sinful bad habits, surrender all, follow Christ nor anything else. We are saved by BELIEVING! John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”
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