Ungodly Men Crept In Unawares

Jude 1:4, “For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.”

For most of my Christian life I never quoted the following passages together, I saw them as separate passages. But in recent years it occurred to me that Matthew 7:13-15 and Matthew 7:21-23 are absolutely connected. This whole passage should be interpreted together as one:

Matthew 7:13-23 “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 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.”

The dear Savior warned us about false prophets, dangerous wolves who come to us in unsuspecting sheep's clothing, who can be known by their fruits. This passage is very often misunderstood. Different people have different ideas of what is meant by “fruit.” It is abundantly clear to me that the only logical conclusion of the meaning of “fruit” here must be BELIEVING ON JESUS and nothing else. That is what the blessed Savior said in verse 21, “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.” We find the will of the Father in 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 “fruit” which Jesus spoke of is their doctrine.

Further evidence of what I say is found in 1st John 4:1, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” The only way that we can “try” (or test) the spirits is with the inspired written Word of God. Everything that man produces (books, sermons, music, art, movies, blogs, et cetera) has a spirit underlying it. We are commanded by God to weigh everything against the Holy Scriptures, and to bring every thought into submission to Christ (2nd Corinthians 10:5-6).

By the way, the reason why I always use the word “inspired” when mentioning the King James Bible is simply because there are many preachers today who deny that we have a perfect inspired Bible. For example: The entire Bob Jones University crowd deny that we have an inspired Bible today. Sadly, even my own Hyles-Anderson College camp deny (since 2008) that we have an inspired Bible today. Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) believed and taught that the King James Bible is inspired!!! You can hear Brother Hyles say this for himself in this wonderful sermon called: 'The Real Battle.'

The inspired King James Bible says in Jude 1:4, “For there are certain men crept in unawares ...ungodly men ...denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” At first glance this verse would seem to exclude Roman Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Church of Church, Mormons, proponents of Lordship Salvation and other cults; however, by perverting the grace of God they are essentially denying Jesus Christ. That is why in Matthew 7:22-23 we find Christ denying a group of false prophets. They attempted to defend themselves. They boasted of having done “many wonderful works.” They did these works for Jesus! They boasted of having “prophesied in thy name.” That is, they preached everywhere they went in the precious name of Jesus.

But the Word of God calls them “ungodly.” Jude 1:4, “For there are certain men crept in unawares ...ungodly men ...denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” By embellishing the Gospel, adding requirements that God does not require, they denied the Lord Jesus Christ. Only those who wholly trust the Lamb of God are saved. Partial faith in Christ plus turning away from your sins cannot produce the new birth. That is a completely different mindset than BELIEVING ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST (Acts 16:30-31).

While attending the ungodly Harvest Baptist Church on Guam, I heard their senior pastor, Marty Herron, say (and I quote): “It is not enough to admit that you are a sinner, you must forsake a lifestyle of sin to go to Heaven.” That is putting people under the law! To require someone to turn away from sinful behavior to be saved is to put them under the law of God. What saith the Scripture? Romans 3:19-20, “Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”

The purpose of God's law (i.e., the Ten Commandments) is to give mankind THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN. The apostle Paul said in Romans 7:13 that “sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.” God's Old Testament law (all the “Thou shalt not” commandments) remove any argument or controversy about the guilt and awfulness of sin. We know that murder is a sin. We know that adultery is a sin. We know that covetousness is a sin. We know that bearing false witness is a sin. We know that bowing down or worshipping graven images is a sin. We KNOW this because the Bible teaches that these horrible actions are sinful. The Bible gives us these helpful words:

Galatians 3:24-26, “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”

The preceding Scripture passage explains everything perfectly! The law is a school teacher, which shows us that we are guilty sinners, incapable of saving ourselves. The law then brings us to Christ to be saved by grace through faith. I hope you can now see what is so horribly wrong about Lordship Salvation, and the false teaching that a person must turn away from sinful behavior to get to Heaven.

“Lordship Salvation” is the false doctrine that says faith is not enough to be saved; but in addition, you must surrender your entire personality to Christ as “Lord” of your life, and be willing to follow and obey Him for the rest of your life. This heresy is usually combined with the “turn away from your sin” heresy to be saved, but not always. That is why I make a distinction between the two falsehoods. In his excellent book titled: “Enemies Of Soulwinning,” Pastor Jack Hyles exposes both of these heresies separately, and also the Devil's counterfeit bibles:

• Misunderstood Repentance: An Enemy Of Soulwinning
• Lordship Salvation: An Enemy Of Soulwinning
• False Bibles: An Enemy Of Soulwinning

I am horrified that I'd say at least 95% of all Baptist churches today have been infected with these deadly falsehoods. It is so sad. The problem is our sinful human bad habits and nature. People naturally go by what they hear. That is why the Bible commands us as God's children not to listen to gossip, not to repeat gossip and not to allow gossip to cause us to hurt other people. In the book of Proverbs we find the word “tongue” mentioned 19 times. Proverbs 15:2, “The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.” King Solomon said much about the dangers of gossip, destroying friendships with gossip, destroying one's neighbour with gossip, and of being a wicked talebearer!

Sadly, Pastor Jeff Redlin of Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College read some wicked slander about me on the internet in 2021 and sinfully assumed it was true. That ungodly hypocrite ought to be fired as their pastor! Jeff Redlin is a wicked man who woefully lacks God's compassion for hurting people. With his unkind and cruel words, Pastor Redlin compelled me to leave Campus Church. No man who mistreats hurting people has any business being a pastor of a church. Campus Church is a disgrace to the cause of Jesus Christ! It is my humble prayer and hope that God will humble Jeff Redlin, remove him as the pastor of Campus Church, and cause him to suffer greatly that he would be in my shoes so he would understand. That wicked man is proud, arrogant and thinks he is better than others. I speak that to the utter shame of Pensacola Christian College for tolerating his abuse. Jeff Redlin is an ungodly man crept in unawares!

I heard a local Baptist pastor recently praising Billy Graham (1918-2018), saying that Mr. Graham led millions of people to Jesus Christ. That is simply untrue! Billy Graham corrupted the Word of God and cast stumbling blocks before the people, by not keeping sanctification separate from justification. According to Mr. Graham, faith was not enough to go to Heaven. In addition, Graham taught that a person must “count the cost and pay the price” of turning away from their sinful behavior, and follow Christ faithfully. That is NOT the Gospel of free grace, not even in the ballpark!

Dear reader, I feel like the lone ranger nowadays! All I see are wicked ungodly pastors (e.g., Marty Herron, Gary Walton, Sean Quinlan, John MacArthur, Steve Pettit, Chuck Phelps, Jeff Redlin, Timothy Zacharias, et cetera) who don't care about THE TRUTH! I have personally warned many of these men, but they turned a deaf ear to THE TRUTH. Romans 3:4, “God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.” I am preaching a free grace Gospel. Marty Herron, Gary Walton, Chuck Phelps, Steve Pettit are NOT preaching the Gospel, they are sinfully preaching the Devil's LIE of Lordship Salvation and wrong repentance! Those crooked men do not walk straight!!! They are ungodly men crept in unawares! All of the aforementioned shameful names are affiliated with Bob Jones University (BJU).

Tragically, the Pensacola Christian College (PCC) camp wickedly bid Godspeed to BJU. In July of 2021 Pastor Jeff Redlin of Campus Church sinfully rebuked me for preaching against the Bob Jones crowd. I was disgusted and still am at Mr. Redlin, for being partaker of their evil deeds at BJU. 2nd John 1:11, “For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” Jeff Redlin bared false witness against me in the summer of 2021 at Campus Church, wrongly accusing me of “finding weaknesses” in the Bob Jones crowd. In truth, I am faithfully exposing them for preaching another gospel, REBUKING THEM SHARPLY as Titus 1:9-14 commands, that they might be sound in the faith. Sadly, neither the BJU or PCC camp are listening, they just keep hating and ostracizing me for TELLING THE TRUTH! God is on my side because I am on His side (Romans 3:4).

As I mentioned earlier, the problem is our sinful human nature. People (including preachers) tend to avoid any conflict, controversy or anything unpleasant. That is why shameful PCC pastor pastor, Sean Quinlan, scolded me for my zeal against the Devil's corrupt modern perversions of God's Word. Pastor Quinlan (in 2018 at the Lighthouse Baptist Church on Guam) sinfully and shamefully called me “obsessed over the Bible.” What an ungodly thing to say! Psalms 119:139-140, “My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.” Something is very WRONG with a pastor who rebukes someone for their zeal over God's Word. Sean Quinlan is an ungodly man crept in unawares. Pastor Quinlan quit in 2018 and went back to work at PCC in Florida. Sadly, he hurt a bunch of people at the Lighthouse Baptist Church on Guam, who are still struggling to this day because of his foolish lack of good sense. Jeff Redlin is no better, sinfully bidding Godspeed to the infidel BJU camp. SHAME on PCC and their ungodly pastors crept in unawares. Jeff Redlin must go! Tim Zacharias must go! Sean Quinan must go! Birds of a feather flock together!!! These are wicked parasites, mooching off of Christendom for their own belly's sake (Romans 16:17-18).

True evil lies in willful ignorance as much as deliberate intention. The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference, the kind of hateful indifference found plaguing the Pensacola Christian College (PCC) camp today. I came to Campus Church in July of 2021 with a spirit of love, compassion and a desire to be a blessing to PCC and Campus Church any way that I could. God knows that I speak THE TRUTH! But that ungodly person Pastor Jeff Redlin was cold, calloused, insulting, rude, injurious, uncaring and mean. When I told him that I was divorced and that after 16 years I hoped to find a wife, he shamefully scolded me for coming to church to find a wife. I never told him this was the only reason I came to church. I couldn't believe how childish and immature he is, in charge of a megachurch with over 10,000 members. So sad!

Then, right in front of his wife, Redlin told me that if I did find a woman to marry, he wouldn't perform the wedding. This is a horrible pastor who had only known me for two weeks of his entire life! Who talks to strangers like that? Pastor Redlin woefully lacks compassion for people! He certainly has zero people skills. Then, after finding my website ministry (which I didn't tell him about), he wrongfully accused me of finding weaknesses in preachers. I kindly rebuked him back, for sinfully bidding Godspeed to the Lordship Salvation, Calvinism and Devil's bibles promoted by the Bob Jones University camp today! Somebody needs to preach with the authority of God's Word against ungodly men crept in unawares!!!

It is uncaring and foolish pastors like Jeff Redlin and Sean Quinlan, who both rebuked me for contending for the Christian faith, why America is going to Hell in a wheelbarrow today!!! These are ungodly men crept in unawares, partaker of the evil deeds of the Bob Jones cult who deny salvation by faith alone in Jesus Christ. As I have showed you (read here again for yourself), Bob Jones University today requires that you turn away from your sinning to be saved.

With regard to the doctrine of Soteriology:

We believe Scripture teaches that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone (Eph. 2:4–10; Rom. 3:21–26; Titus 3:5) and apart from any human work of righteousness (Phil. 3:9). God offers this salvation freely to all men who are willing to repent and turn from their sins (Acts 3:19, 17:30) and place their full faith and trust in the atonement Christ made by His finished work on the Cross (Luke 24:46–48, Heb. 9:11–15, 10:10–14). [emphasis added]

SOURCE: BJU Statements of Faith

Not one verse in the inspired King James Bible teaches to repent “of your sins” to be saved. When the thief on the cross wanted to be saved, He simply asked Jesus to “remember me” (Luke 23:42). It was his faith in Jesus that saved him, nothing more. When the Roman jailor asked Paul and Silas how to be saved, they simply told him to: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 16:30-31). They didn't require the man to turn away from his sins. They didn't require the jailor to surrender all to Christ as “Lord” and faithfully follow Him from now on. Paul and Silas didn't tell the man to “count the cost and pay the price.” Jesus paid the price in full with His precious blood, so we don't need to pay for anything.

Here is Evangelist Billy Graham's damnable counterfeit plan of salvation:

How To Be Sure You're Saved

First, you must recognize your need.

Second, you must understand the cross.

Third, you must count the cost.

He also said, “Which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost? … So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:28, 33).

Many people come to Christ without first counting the cost. The cost includes repentance, the forsaking of sin, and a continual, daily, open acknowledgment of Christ in your life.

Fourth, you must take a definite step.

One day at Stanford University, a student of a non-Christian faith came to me and said he was convinced that Jesus is the Son of God but said he couldn’t confess Him publicly. He said that back in his own country the cost socially would be too great.

I had to tell him that the Bible says: “Whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 10:32-33).

Like the rich young ruler of old, the student went away sad. He had counted the cost and was not able to pay the price of open acknowledgment of Jesus Christ as his Savior.

We ask people to make a public confession of Christ in our meetings because Christ demanded a definite commitment. Christ had reasons for demanding that people openly follow Him. He knew that an unwitnessed vow is no vow at all. Until you have surrendered to Christ by a definite act of your will, you are not a Christian. [emphasis added]

SOURCE: How to Be Sure You’re Saved | Decision Magazine | BGEA

Let me repeat what Billy Graham heretically said:

“The cost includes repentance, the forsaking of sin, and a continual, daily, open acknowledgment of Christ in your life.” [emphasis added]

Dear friend, there is NO COST to you or me in God's simple plan of salvation. Jesus paid for OUR SINS with His blood. What saith the Scripture? 1st Peter 1:18-19, “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:” Dear reader, when any preacher like Billy Graham comes along, preaching that getting saved to go to Heaven will COST YOU SOMETHING, he is preaching another gospel. The Bible says Christ made the full payment for our sins, by His sacrifice on the cross of Calvary.

Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty!

Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.

Turning away from sinful ways would be a work. Faith puts all of the merit where it belongs, on the object of our faith, Jesus and His work.

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.

We must stay true to the simplicity of the Gospel!! Repentance regarding salvation is a change of mind from unbelief to belief!!! We must earnestly contend for the faith (Jude 1:3).

The Sad Damnable Legacy Of Billy Graham

John 20:30-31, “And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 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.” 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.”

Yesterday I became curious what would appear on Google if I searched how to go to Heaven. So on my mobile phone I typed “How to go to Heaven” in Google. The first website that appeared was the Billy Graham Evangelistic Crusade. I was saddened when I read their false plan of salvation. Here is a quote from their website:

HOW TO GO TO HEAVEN

We can’t earn salvation; we are saved by God’s grace when we have faith in His Son, Jesus Christ. All you have to do is believe you are a sinner, that Christ died for your sins, and ask His forgiveness. Then turn from your sins—that’s called repentance. Jesus Christ knows you and loves you. What matters to Him is the attitude of your heart, your honesty. We suggest praying the following prayer to accept Christ as your Savior:

"Dear God, I know I’m a sinner, and I ask for your forgiveness. I believe Jesus Christ is Your Son. I believe that He died for my sin and that you raised Him to life. I want to trust Him as my Savior and follow Him as Lord, from this day forward. Guide my life and help me to do your will. I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen."

SOURCE: https://peacewithgod.net/how-to-go-to-heaven/

What you have just read is another gospel, not what the Bible teaches. Nowhere in the inspired Scriptures (if you have a trustworthy King James Bible) are we taught to “turn from your sins” to be saved. This is a work! Turning away from sinning is in fact, keeping the law. What saith the Scripture? Romans 3:19-20, “Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” The only purpose of God's Old Testament law in salvation is to give mankind THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN.

The Apostle Paul also said in Romans 7:13, “Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.” You see dear reader, the law was given to man by God, not so that we can try to keep it to get to Heaven, but to show us we are all guilty sinners in the sight of a holy God. Then the law brings us to Christ to be saved by God's grace through faith alone. Galatians 3:24-26, “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”

It is tragic that Billy Graham and his family who are still continuing his corrupt ministry, have added to the Gospel, requiring that people keep the law to be saved. Billy Graham preached the heresy of Lordship Salvation, which requires more than faith alone to get to Heaven. In addition, Billy Graham and his followers are all propagating the same heretical junk theology of the accursed Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), whose official Statement of Faith errantly teaches that to be saved you must commit your entire personality to Him as both Lord and Savior. That is FALSE! When the Roman jailor asked Paul and Silas what he must do to be saved, the simple answer was to BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. Paul and Silas didn't tell the man to commit anything to God. They didn't tell him to turn from his sins. They didn't tell him to surrender all to Christ as Lord. They simply told him to BELIEVE.

So you see, when some wicked false preacher tells you that to go to Heaven you must “repent and turn from your sins,” he is lying to you! Repentance is a change of mind from unbelief to belief; that's it, that's all, no more! We've got a bunch of lying preachers today! I am talking about Jeff Redlin and Timothy Zacharias of Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College (PCC), who falsely teach in their Foundation's Class for all new church members, and I quote: “Repentance is a change of mind resulting in a change of behavior.” The Bible doesn't teach that repentance results in anything except BELIEVING ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST to be saved, period, end of story.

Anyone who teaches that true repentance will result in a change of behavior is preaching another Gospel. It is the Holy Spirit through the Word of God that sanctifies a person (John 17:17; 1st Peter 2:2), but only if that person yields to the Holy Spirit (Romans 12:1-2; 2nd Corinthians 10:5-6). Many believers don't yield to God's indwelling Holy Spirit, and so they continue to live carnal lives of horrible sin (like Lot, Samson and Solomon).

This truth is also evidenced by the sexually immoral Christian man in 1st Corinthians 5:1-5. The Bible says that if he refused to repent of his sins (as a believer), then he would still “be saved in the Day of the Lord Jesus” (1st Corinthians 5:5b). This proves that Lordship Salvation is untrue, because if a man must surrender to Christ as both Savior AND LORD to be saved, then this man could never have been saved at all. And, again in 1st Corinthians 3:15b we see a man who lost all his rewards in Heaven because of sin “saved; yet so as by fire.” He barely escaped the fires of Hell! 1st Corinthians 3:15, “If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” Lordship Salvation makes the fatal error of mixing and combining sanctification with justification.

Pilgrim's Progress author, John Bunyan, said it best I think:

“If you do not put a difference between justification wrought by the man Christ without and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ within, you are not able to divide the Word aright; but contrariwise, you corrupt the Word of God, and cast stumbling blocks before the people.” —John Bunyan (1628-1688)

We rarely hear any distinction between sanctification and justification anymore in today's apostate pulpits. Instead, all we hear is that you cannot go to Heaven unless you “turn from your sins” or “make full surrender to Christ as 'Lord'” or “give your life to Christ” or “follow Jesus as 'Lord' from now on.” You may do all these things and yet never have been born-again at all. Jesus said that to be saved “YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN” (John 3:3-7).

Billy Graham (1918-2018) was a gifted orator, a kind man and beloved by millions of people. Unfortunately, he also did more than anyone to sinfully yoke believers together with unbelievers in the damned Roman Catholic religion. You cannot get to Heaven through the sacramental salvation of the accursed Catholic church. The Bible is very plain in Acts 16:30b-31, “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.”

You get saved by putting your childlike faith (reliance, confidence) in the Lord Jesus Christ, believing that He did it all for you on the cross. Christ died for your sins, He was buried and three days later He physically resurrected from the dead. Those THREE THINGS are the Gospel (i.e., the Good News) by which we are saved, IF we believe it (Romans 1:16). I am so tired of hearing preachers today just tell people to believe that Christ died for their sins, and there is no mention of His bodily resurrection from the dead. To be saved you absolutely must believe that Jesus raised up from the dead.

Just in case you think I am barking up an empty tree here, consider that statistically 25% of all professed Christians in Europe today deny that Jesus bodily resurrected from the dead. Here is a wacky church that falsely says Jesus didn't die on the cross for our sins! Need I say more? So you see, it is of the utmost importance that preachers always mention Christ's death on the cross, burial and bodily resurrection. Here is the official website of the accursed Jehovah's Witnesses, who deny that Jesus ressurected physically from the dead. They claim that He only raised up in Spirit. Dear friend, JESUS RESURRECTED PHYSICALLY FROM THE DEAD. The Bible plainly says:

1st Corinthians 15:4-6, “And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.”

Now, I may not be that smart, but I know that you cannot see a spirit. As we just read, Jesus (after He raised up from the dead) was SEEN by over 500 saints at one time! Wow! I believe Christ appeared to thousands of saints after he physically resurrected from the dead. Also, we read in Acts 1:9-11...

Acts 1:9-11, “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.”

As I just showed you, FIVE TIMES in Acts 1:9-11 we are told that the apostles SAW Jesus in His physical form, ascending up into Heaven. Clearly, Jesus did physically, and not just in Spirit, raise up from the dead.

Billy Graham is a theological liar! According to his website, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Crusade falsely says:

"I want to trust Him as my Savior and follow Him as Lord, from this day forward. Guide my life and help me to do your will. I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen."

SOURCE: https://peacewithgod.net/how-to-go-to-heaven/

Nowhere in the Holy Bible are we told to “follow Him as Lord, from this day forward” to be saved. Those lies cannot produce the new birth in Jesus Christ. It is so tragic that the first website to appear, when I searched Google for how to go to Heaven, is Billy Graham's damnable false plan of salvation. Just as the Bible says in Romans 3:20, no flesh will be justified in God's sight by keeping the works of the law.

Like all lying false prophets, Billy Graham starts of by saying that salvation is not by works, but then totally contradicts himself by requiring you to keep the law to be saved. Salvation cannot be by both folks! You either get saved by faith alone without works; or else you must turn from sin (keep the law) in addition to faith to be saved. One or both of these plans of salvation may be false, but they absolutely cannot both be true!!!

It is tragic that Mr. Graham leaves behind a legacy of doing works for a salvation which he claims is not earned by works. It makes no sense! Lordship Salvation is a sick form of theological schizophrenia. While they incessantly insist that salvation is without works, they incessantly require that you do works (turn away from your sinful living) to be saved. That cannot be a free gift. The Bible teaches that eternal life is the free gift of God (Romans 5:15-18, 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9). A “gift” by every definition of the word is something which is received without obligation or compensation. ...

Paul Washer Exposed: Repent Of Your Sins False Gospel Refuted

There is no threat as dangerous today to the Gospel as the “repent of your sins” heresy in churches and Bible colleges today. Evangelist Ken Ham is guilty of preaching another gospel. Sadly, Pastor Clarence Sexton, Crown College and Temple Baptist Church in Powell, Tennessee sinfully bid Ken Ham Godspeed. Something is very wrong with today's pastors, who don't stand against error, false doctrine or false prophets anymore. Does Clarence Sexton stand against anything anymore? Pastor Sexton foolishly stands against King James Bible only preachers, while at the same time endorsing repent of your sin heretics! Go figure!

Anyone who endorses Billy Graham has doctrinal issues! Mr. Graham went to Hell to burn forever, rotting with his “repent of your sins” garbage. You cannot show me even one verse in the Bible, where someone was told to repent of their sins to be saved. I can show you in Matthew 27:3 where Judas repented for the sins he had committed, but Judas still went to Hell forever in his sins. You don't turn from your sins to be forgiven of your sins, you REST completely in what Jesus Christ has already done for you through Calvary's cross. Acts 10:43, “To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.” ALL the prophets gave witness through their preaching, that faith in Christ is the only way of salvation. There was no mention or requirement to follow Christ as supreme “Lord,” turn away from sins or anything else!!!

Beware Of Pastor Keith Gomez's Counterfeit Gospel

1st Corinthians 5:1-5, “It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.”

It saddens me when I keep hearing Baptist preachers promote the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation. Sadly, Pastor Keith Gomez of the Northwest Baptist Bible Church in Elgin, Illinois is a false prophet! Pastor Gomez combines sanctification with justification, corrupting the Word of Truth and casting stumbling blocks before the people. On their church website, Pastor Gomez requires lost sinners to "turn from your sin" to be saved. But they don't explain what that means. I triple-dog dare you to show me anywhere in the Bible where it teaches to "turn from your sin" or "repent of your sin." You cannot! But I can show you Hebrews 6:1 where it teaches to repent from "DEAD WORKS." That is, both good and bad works that have been hindering you from doing the one thing that determines salvation, which is TO BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST (Acts 16:30-31).

It was Pilgrim's Progress author John Bunyan who made this excellent observation:

“If you do not put a difference between justification wrought by the man Christ without and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ within, you are not able to divide the Word aright; but contrariwise, you corrupt the Word of God, and cast stumbling blocks before the people.” —John Bunyan (1628-1688)

I couldn't have said it any better. What Pastor Gomez is doing is mixing justification with sanctification, which is another gospel. Read these helpful true words by Pastor M.R. DeHaan (1891-1965):

"There is a vast difference between coming to Jesus for salvation and coming after Jesus for service. Coming to Christ makes one a believer, while coming after Christ makes one a disciple. All believers are not disciples. To become a believer one accepts the invitation of the Gospel, to be a disciple one obeys the challenge to a life of dedicated service and separation. Salvation comes through the sacrifice of Christ; discipleship comes only by sacrifice of self and surrender to His call for devoted service. Salvation is free, but discipleship involves paying the price of a separated walk. Salvation can't be lost because it depends upon God's faithfulness, but discipleship can be lost because it depends upon our faithfulness." DeHaan, M. R. Hebrews. Zondervan Publishing House, 1959 (p. 117).

Keith Gomez is preaching the same theological garbage as Chuck Phelps, Steve Pettit, Marty Herron and the whole rotten Bob Jones University cult today! RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!

It sickened me when I attended Pensacola Christian College's Campus Church for the summer of 2021. I heard false teaching. Pastor Timothy Zacharias and Jeff Redlin falsely teach, and I quote: “Repentance is a change of mind resulting in a change of behavior.” No, that is a doctrine of devils. Repentance unto life has nothing to do with behavior modification. Although it is Biblically true that when a person gets saved there will be some form of inward change, those changes may or may not be noticeable in their outward behavior.

If you listened to the sermon clip by Pastor Gomez, then you heard him condemning teenagers who live worldly lives, saying that their faith is dead and they are not saved. That is false doctrine!!! Evangelist John R. Rice (1895-1980) was asked that very same question. In Dr. Rice's book titled: Dr. Rice... Here Are More Questions, he beautifully refutes the heresy of Lordship Salvation:

"We have young folks in our church who are supposed to be saved and who giggle and whisper all during church services and who say they 'just hate' church and 'can't stand' to listen to our pastor preach. They attend movies and worldly amusements. I feel that as pastors and Sunday school teachers we do not warn those enough who think they are saved but are not born again. Shouldn't we plead with them to go to the alter again?"

SOURCE: Dr. Rice... Here Are More Questions, by John R. Rice, p. 76, Sword of the Lord Publishers; ISBN: 0-87398-157-X

The following is Dr. Rice's response to the preceding question:

"Being saved, born again, is one thing; learning to live a consecrated Christian life is an entirely different thing. There is not any way you can judge whether people are born again except as you take their testimony that they have put their trust in Jesus Christ and depended on Him for salvation. Some of these young people indeed may not have been taught to trust in Christ. If they were looking for "an experience," a certain kind of feeling or emotion, then they may have been misled. But if they honestly turned their hearts to Christ and depended on Him for salvation, they were saved.

Now a Christian should live a consecrated Christian life but that does not automatically follow. People who are saved will find, like Paul, "When I would do good, evil is present with me . . . . So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin" (Romans 7:21, 25).

Every saved person still has the old carnal nature and often-times has the same kind of temptation he had before. Some people who have truly been born again have a desperate fight to quit tobacco, and some have never seemed to get the victory over that or other bad habits. Some Christians have never learned to trust the Lord enough to bring tithes and offerings, and some have never learned to win souls. When a baby is born, he is not born grown. Being born is one thing; growing is another thing entirely.

So the thing to do is to take for granted that people are saved when they trust Christ for salvation. Then one should set out to teach them to read the Bible daily, to learn to pray about their daily needs, to confess their sins and failures and grow in grace day by day. It is as foolish to expect young Christians to be good Christians by themselves as it is to expect a child, born in the family, to automatically be a great credit to the family without any rearing—whether they are spiritual babes or physical babes. I assure you that unless people are taught to be consecrated Christians, taught to read the Bible and pray, they are not likely to be good Christians, even if they are truly born again. [emphasis added]

SOURCE: Dr. Rice... Here Are More Questions, by John R. Rice, pp. 76,77, Sword of the Lord Publishers; ISBN: 0-87398-157-X

That is something very different than what Pastor Keith Gomez is heretically preaching. Kindly said, Keith Gomez is an ignorant fool. He is theologically incompetent! What Gomez is preaching is balderdash, tommyrot, flapdoodle, claptrap, poppycock and blahblah. Keith Gomez is a Hyles-Anderson College graduate, as I am; but we espouse two very different plans of salvation. What I preach is in 100% agreement with what Pastor Jack Hyles taught, but what Keith Gomez is preaching is the same crap that Dr. John MacArthur teaches! 

Dr. Rice is 100% correct: 

“Being saved, born again, is one thing; learning to live a consecrated Christian life is an entirely different thing.”

A changed life comes from growing in grace as a result of having the indwelling Holy Spirit, and not as a part of saving-faith itself. Salvation is receiving, not giving. Salvation is receiving, not achieving. Repentance has NOTHING to do with a changed life. Repentance is simply a change of mind from unbelief to belief. Eternal life is a gift. You simply take it by faith.

Pastor Ray Stanford (1916-2012) wisely said:

“Salvation becomes ours when we trust Christ to SAVE us. Effective service is ours through OBEDIENCE. Salvation primarily involves the spirit and our eternal destiny; it is a gift (John 5:24). Service involves the body and our present earthly life; it is labor for which rewards are given (Romans 12:1, 2; I Corinthians 3:8-15; Luke 10:2).” ~Pastor Ray Stanford, Personal Handbook Of Evangelism, chapter 7 - Lordship Salvation

Amen! Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty!

Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.

Turning away from sinful ways would be a work. Faith puts all of the merit where it belongs, on the object of our faith, Jesus and His work.

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.

We must stay true to the simplicity of the Gospel!! Repentance regarding salvation is a change of mind from unbelief to belief!!! We must earnestly contend for the faith (Jude 1:3).

I did not write this blog to criticize Pastor Keith Gomez; but rather, to earnestly contend for the Christian faith.

Titus 1:10-14 commands believers to REBUKE THEM SHARPLY who subvert whole households, that they might be sound in the faith. Tragically, we've got a bunch of sinfully proud and arrogant preachers today, who refuse to humble themselves to heed THE TRUTH. I have been preaching against the corrupt Bob Jones camp for the past 8 years, but they refuse to listen to repent of their false teachings. What saith the Scripture? Romans 3:4, “God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.” What I am preaching agrees with the inspired King James Bible. But what Pastor Gomez is preaching does not agree with the Word of God.

The issue arises over the proper interpretation of James 2:17-18, “Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.” Carefully notice that the Apostle James said “shew me” and I will “shew thee” faith. James is talking about justification in the sight of men, not God. In the Epistle of Romans Paul talks about justification in the sight of God, which is by faith alone WITHOUT WORKS...

Romans 4:4-7, “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. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.”

Please take careful notice of those beautiful words: “WITHOUT WORKS”!!! So why oh why do foolish preachers (e.g., Keith Gomez, Bob Jones University, Pensacola Christian College and other infidels) corrupt God's Words by ADDING works to faith. I am so tired of ignorant preachers citing the Epistle of James in an effort to ADD works to faith. They say stupid things like: “We are saved by faith alone without works, but real faith works!” Huh? Folks, that is a form of theological insanity! We've got a bunch of theological schizophrenic preachers today!!! We've got a bunch of clowns in the pulpit, telling people to push and pull at the same time.

The garbage that these preachers are teaching today is against the plain and simple teaching of the Holy Scriptures. Proverbs 21:30, “There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.” A changed life is a matter of growth in grace, of sanctification (John 17:17); and not of getting saved, which is a legal matter of justification by faith alone. The next two Scripture passages clearly confirm that Paul and James are writing about two very different things in their epistles:

JUSTIFICATION IN GOD'S SIGHT = Romans 3:28, “Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.”

JUSTIFICATION IN MAN'S SIGHT = James 2:24, “Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.”

We've got a bunch of dumb dumb preachers today, who do not know how to rightly divide the Word of truth. So, like Marty Herron and Steve Pettit, two infidels of the faith, they go around preaching a counterfeit gospel that cannot produce the new birth by God's Holy Spirit. Consequently, these wicked men, their families and all who follow their false teachings are already damned to the everlasting Lake of Fire. John 3:36, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”

Unless you are wholly trusting (relying upon) Jesus Christ (because of what He did on the cross to pay for your sins, that is, the Gospel, or Good News), apart from all else, you are not saved. Religion is not salvation! The church cannot save you. The baptistery cannot save you. The sacraments cannot save you. Turning away from your sin (keeping the law) cannot save you. You must CEASE from all of your human efforts (works), and wholly REST in the finished redemptive work of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 4:10-11). To be saved you simply must BELIEVE that Jesus did it for you!

Not Every One That Saith “Lord, Lord”
(Lordship Salvation EXPOSED)

The Dangers Of A Christian Attending Secular College

Psalms 1:1 “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.” Jeremiah 10:2, “Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.” 1st Corinthians5:6, “Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?”

The first big danger of attending a secular college is going into massive debt. Sadly, college has become the biggest rip-off in the United States!!! There are only two people who are willing to give a 17 year old kid a loan for $100,000—a loan shark or Sallie Mae (a college loan). ...

The American College Scam!!!

The second, and greatest danger I think, is the immoral conditions that plague America's college today. Here is a disturbing article from The Standard, written by Preston Maithya about the epidemic of sexual immorality on college campuses across America today:

Sexual Immorality in our universities is here to stay

Isn't everyone perturbed by the high level of sexual immorality in our universities? Don't blame it on the students' failure to heed to their parents' advice not to engage in premarital sex. They would like to, but unfortunately, they can't. Blame it on the permissive and liberal environment in our campuses. The university set up provides a good pre-requisite for students to engage in unacceptable sexual activities. Though there are regulatory rules such as the 'Ten-to-Ten' rule which allows male and female students to visit each other in the hostels starting from 10am but not after 10pm, enforcement of such rules is not effective. Not even such rules can bar these hot-blooded young men and lasses whose circulatory system is laden with oversupply of sex hormones from spending as much time as they want together. Even if it means skipping classes or even risking being suspended from the university!

On joining campus, freshmen are taught such theories as the Abraham Maslow's theory about the hierarchy of human needs where they get to learn that sex is a basic human need. This absolutely changes their perception of sex and sexuality. It dawns to them that by trying to abstain, they have only been punishing themselves by not fulfilling one of their basic human needs. They even get perplexed by the fact that they've been advised so many times by their pastors and parents not to satisfy this very vital need before marriage. They curse their primary and secondary school teachers for having 'lied' to them that basic human needs comprise only food, clothing and shelter. They choose to believe what their learned professor taught them: sex is a basic need, just like food and clothing and it goes without saying then that a basic need ought to be satisfied for one to survive. And from the way university students are getting laid, you'd be forgiven for thinking that their survival depends on it. ...

READ MORE: Sexual Immorality in Our Universities is Here to Stay

Young people who decide to attend state university will subject themselves to a barrage of immorality, not only from the ungodly professors, but from their class peers. 

If that hasn't upset you yet, the following shocking article was just published on February 14, 2022 by the American Family Association (AFA)...

New 'Sex Week' on College Campuses Promotes Immorality

With many colleges across the country celebrating "Sex Week" ahead of Valentine's Day, American Family Association, afa.net, denounces this perversion of a holiday recognizing Christian martyrs. The events planned at some colleges include "SEXtravaganza," "Freaky Friday: A Beginner's Guide to Pleasure," "Genital Diversity Gallery" and "Condom Bingo."

AFA Executive Vice President Ed Vitagliano rejected the introduction of this "progressive" trend, claiming that bringing this influence on campuses is wicked and life-destroying.

"Christian parents must become super vigilant when it comes to choosing colleges and universities for their children. In many cases, the 'higher education' that Christian students get is demonstrably wicked," said Vitagliano. "'Sex Week,' for example, instructs students in sexual perversions that will impact them for the rest of their lives. Moreover, these collegiate centers for secularistic and pagan propaganda are turning many Christian kids into just what you'd expect: woke young people who reject Jesus Christ and the authority of Scripture."

SOURCE: New 'Sex Week' on College Campuses Promotes

That is horrifying! Parents who enroll their youth into a state university are feeding their children to the WOLVES! The level of temptation is beyond comprehension in today's ungodly public and state universities. And for that matter, Bible colleges have sadly become a big scam as well...

The Bible College Scam!

I was utterly disgusted by what I saw when I attended Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College. Pastor Jeff Redlin is a little man, with a small heart, selfish and abusive toward suffering people. When I told him I was sleeping in Walmart's parking lot, he coldly walked away. When I told him I was divorced and hoping to find a wife, he shamefully mistreat me, scolding me as a 54 year old man for hoping to find a wife at church. What a rotten person!

Lest you think it's just me who was abused at PCC, read about Samantha Field, who was assaulted as a PCC student and the ungodly rotten college staff sinfully told her to repent and let it go! This is the way academics handle difficult situations. There is not compassion, understanding or love, only covering their butts! Jeff Redlin ought to be fired and never permitted to stand behind any pulpit again. That wicked man is abusive and has no business leading Campus Church. But what do you expect from the people who did nothing after Samantha Field was attacked and ravished at their so-called Bible college? SHAME on Pastor Jeff Redlin. SHAME on PCC for hiring him and sanctioning his abusive behavior!!! Please RUN young person from Pensacola Christian College!!! God's curse is upon Campus Church and PCC, but they are too blind, naked and wretched to realize it (Revelation 3:15-17).

All across America hundreds of thousands of college graduates today cannot find a decent job. They're fortunate if they can get a job as a manager of McDonald's! In the year 1900 only 5% of Americans had a university degree. That number is 76% today. May I say, what value is a college degree when everybody has one? Colleges have become a big money-making scam. Did you know that in Sweden college is free for everyone? In Tennessee, seniors can attend college for free. The governor in 2020 started a new program that promises a free college education for any senior graduating in the state.

I think technical and trade schools are a much better pursuit for young people than heathen state universities. But you need to ask a lot of questions about the environment your child will be subjected to, the curriculum, et cetera. Many companies are starting their own colleges, training their own workers, which I think is much better than attending a secular state college. I am totally against any young person attending any college based on a big loan.

Pastor Marty Herron ruined the Harvest Baptist Church of Guam (preaching the Devil's Lordship Salvation), and is now the shameful theologically incompetent Executive Vice President of Faith Baptist Bible College And Theological Seminary in Ankeny, Iowa. To my understanding they charge about $30,000 a year for room/board and tuition! That's $120,000 for a 4-year degree!!! Over my dead body! Christian school? Ha. They are a den of thieves!!!

Christianity began in the Bible as a new birth. When it went to Greece it became a philosophy. When Christianity went to Rome it became an organization. When it spread throughout Europe it became a culture. But when Christianity came to America, it became a stinking BUSINESS!!! Truly, the love of money is the root of all evil. Bob Jones University (BJU) is a religious cult today, preaching Calvinism (aka, Lordship Salvation) and promoting Satan's corruptible seed (fake bibles). BJU is a money-making rip-off! Young people enroll believing the Bible is inspired, but then come out doubting that we have a perfect inspired Bible today! SHAME on Bob Jones and their complicity alumni. 

Whether state university or Bible college, parents and young people need to count the cost before you pay the price. Teen pregnancy is a big problem in the United States, but schools stopped caring long ago. I definitely think young people are infinitely better off attending a great Bible college like Commonwealth Baptist College (they still believe the King James Bible is inspired); or a mediocre Bible College like Crown College (they support Ken Ham, who preaches wrong repentance), than to attend the Devil's state colleges.

The Bible commands us as believers in Jeremiah 10:2 not to learn the way of the heathen. That is why I am generally okay with trade or technical school, because students are not being indoctrinated with atheism, humanism and evolution (as they are in state universities). They are learning a useful trade. If I could go back 40 years, I would go to culinary school to learn how to cook. Instead, I took truck and auto mechanics at Lincoln Tech. But due to the changes in technology, at least 90% of my skills are obsolete today.

The same is true of Computer Science. Although C++ hasn't changed, just about everything else has. But once you learn to cook great meals, human tastebuds never change! Amen! I took up a trade to work my way through Bible college. But I paid the price for becoming a mechanic. All of those commercials for Lincoln Tech show young men with clean hands working on cars, but in reality you are covered from head-to-toe with dirt, grease and often bloodied hands from injuries! The commercials LIE to people! That is what Satan does, he lies!

Most of today's Bible colleges LIE to people, claiming to believe the Bible, but then they teach young people a bunch of LIES (like Lordship Salvation, turning from sin to be saved, fake bibles and Calvinism). If I had my way, I'd close down every Bible college in America that is not 100% owned and controlled by a local New Testament church! That excludes Bob Jones University, Pensacola Christian College and Faith Baptist Bible College And Theological Seminary—all of which are privately owned!

Parents, if you love your child, do not enroll them into the Devil's college! Save your money. I am not an expert on college advice, but I am a Bible preacher. I would rather be as ignorant as a box of hair, and as uneducated as former war-criminal President George W. Bush, than to be an educated intellectual eating at the Devil's table in a state college. Acts 4:13, “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”

Countless millions of young people have pursued the love of money (a career), but lost their way at some point early in life because they were corrupted in a Devil's heathen state university. Young person, there is no substitute for HARD WORK! Just because you go to college doesn't guarantee you anything! The harder a person works, the luckier they get in life! Most people today don't apply themselves. Many kids are failing in school.

The people who become the most successful in life are often those who never attended college, or dropped out (Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Quincy Jones, Russell Anderson, Tiger Woods, Brad Pitt, Mark Zuckerberg, Paul Newman, Steven Spielberg, et cetera). In today's failing economy in the United States, and the fierce competition in most professions, I think a lot of young people would be wise to consider starting their own business. There is always opportunities for those who look for them. I am a firm believer in young people pursuing their ambitions, and not give up on your dreams to do something that doesn't interest you. I'd rather live on a small income and fulfil my dreams (art, music, sports, whatever) than to make a lot of money and never have any time to enjoy what I love. Money should never be an issue when choosing your future career!!!

Sadly, parents today don't care about doctrinal integrity of the Bible colleges they send their children to, they are only interested in career information. PCC, BJU and Crown College are all training nurses now! It's a money-making racket!!! The bigger and more successful that Bible college and churches grow, the more ecumenical they ALWAYS become! Eventually they turn apostate! The University of Chicago, believe it or not, was started in the 18th century by a Baptist preacher to train young people to serve God. Today, UOG is a haven for homosexual teachers and students! ...

1st Timothy 6:6-12, “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.”

What saith the Scripture? Proverbs 3:5-7, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.” I am just a broken, humble and redeemed sinner. I certainly don't know everything. I have never regretted my decision to attend Hyles-Anderson College (1985-1993). I feel so blessed and privileged to have had that special opportunity. I love Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001). His enemies are still desperately looking for ways to discredit him and his ministry, 21 years after he went to Heaven to be with Jesus. Folks, Dr. Hyles was a sinner just like you and me, and he often admitted it. I heard Pastor Hyles often say that he didn't claim to be a good Christian, but he promised his people that he spent at least 20 hours each week walking with God in preparation of his sermons, and it showed in his preaching.

If you are considering which college to attend young person, talk with your pastor. I agree with Pastor Steven Anderson that churches, and not Bible colleges, should train men to go out into the ministry. Young ladies are supposed to get married, not pursue money-making careers (1st Timothy 5:14-15).

Also, I am 100% against young women going into the military. Many commit the sin of fornication, adultery, get pregnant and some raped in the Armed Forces. Search the internet if you doubt what I say. However, once they have done so, I always support our troops (unless they go murder innocent people like they did in the Iraqi War). This is why I strongly discourage young people from enrolling in the military. You may be required to go murder innocent people, or face court-martial. You WILL be subjected to the foulest filthy language, perverse jokes and ungodly behavior imaginable. You WILL be screamed and yelled at by your drill instructor, who will use vulgarity beyond your imagination. I'm just giving you a heads-up. Is that what is best for a young Christian man? I think not.

I was required to register for Selective Service when I turned 18. The recruiter called my house and did everything in his power to get me to enlist in the military, but I told him I had already signed up for Bible college. He belittled me and said: “Don't you want to do something for your country?” I relied: “I am doing the greatest thing I can for my country, I am going to become a preacher!” By God's grace I did just that!!! I digress, this blog is about colleges and not the military, but my purpose in this article is to speak wisdom to young people and parents. 

Kindly, I wouldn't expect carnally-minded parents and their children to understand the value of centering one's family around a local Bible-believing church, but that is the BEST thing any man could ever do for his loved ones. And I think whatever decisions that a young person makes in life should be based upon that line of thinking, and not how much money one can make, or how soon you can retire, or other shallow goals. If we focus on eternity, then there can be no greater choice than to lay down our life as a living sacrifice for God (Romans 12:1-2). It saddens me to see young people attend some rotten college (whether religious or secular) and never make an impact for God in eternity.

And then to make matters worse, now they are in exponential debt for the rest of their life. Meanwhile, Marty Herron in Iowa gets paid a 6-digit undeserved salary (well over $100,000 a year), milking families for every penny he can get at Faith Baptist Bible College And Theological Cemetery. Herron promotes the Devil's bibles! Herron preaches another gospel, teaching that you cannot go to Heaven unless you turn away from a sinful lifestyle. That is damnable false doctrine! That is doctrines of devils!!! And yet foolish Moms and Dads pay them ridiculous amounts of money (millions of dollars) to corrupt their sons and daughters! God's judgment is looming over the United States, and I say the sooner the better.

Salvation Is Either By Faith Alone, Or Faith Is Never Alone, But It 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.” Galatians 3:26, “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”

Getting saved is either by faith alone, or faith is never alone, but it cannot be by both. I get so frustrated talking to the Bob Jones University (BJU) crowd. BJU is enslaved theologically to the Devil's curse of Lordship Salvation. What is Lordship Salvation? It is the falsehood . All across America the Devil has crept the lie of Lordship Salvation into today's Bible colleges and churches.

Another ridiculous cliché heard today is: “Grace is free but it's not cheap.” Huh? “Free” is less money than cheap! We know that salvation is not cheap, because it has been paid for by the blood of Jesus, but we don't have to pay anything to receive it. Sadly, people who believe in salvation by faith alone are falsely accused of believing in “cheap grace.” No, I believe in FREE GRACE!

Do you know what “cheap grace” is? It is telling something that God won't save them unless they “repent and turn away from your sin.” These horrible people who tell us that we believe in “cheap grace” are the cheapest, stinkiest, cheapskate hypocrites in the world, because they think that their good works (which are filth rags in the sight of God) will get them into Heaven. In reality, our grace that gets us into Heaven is the most expensive thing you can imagine, because it was paid for by the precious blood of Jesus. It don't get any more expensive than that!

You'd have to be a spiritually blinded person to say that “Faith is alone, but faith is never alone.” That statement doesn't make any sense at all. It is a blatant contradiction! How can faith be alone if it cannot be alone? Huh? Sadly, this is the garbage theology that Pastor Chuck Phelps of the Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana preaches. Phelps is on the board of directors of Bob Jones University! BJU is an accursed cult today (Galatians 1:6-9).

The heathen Bob Jones University camp and other heretical Lordship Salvation proponents will say: “Well yeah, we have to repent of our sins, and clean up our life, and do good works and live a good life, but it's God who gave us the grace to give us the ability to do the works.” This is how they twist this! They'll falsely claim that you have to turn away from your sin and faithfully live the Christian life to get to Heaven, but still insist that it is not “by works” because God gave them the grace to do it.

Folks, that is NOT the free grace Gospel taught in the Holy Bible! When the Roman jailor asked Paul and Silas what was necessary to be saved, here is what they said in 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.” Nothing more was required. Paul and Silas didn't say anything about the man turning away from his sinful lifestyle, nor did they require him to faithfully run the race until the end to be saved.

We hear the Calvinist (aka, Lordship Salvation) crowd saying that salvation is by faith alone, but faith is never alone. That's garbage, you can't have it both ways! Either If faith is alone, then how can faith never be alone? It's a stupid slogan! This is just a repackaging of works salvation.

One of the leaders of the religious Reformation, Martin Luther (1483-1546), deserves much gratitude for his translation work that contributed to later giving us the King James Bible. Yet, Luther believed and taught the heresy of Baptismal Regeneration (the false doctrine that a person must be water baptized to go to Heaven). Luther believed this his entire life! There is no way that Martin Luther was a born-again believer.

Yet, foolish preachers still try diligently to portray Martin Luther as a saved man. No way! There is no way that a man is saved by faith plus something else!!! The Scriptures are very clear on that! Read Luther's catechism (written in 1529, 12 years after he alleged got saved in 1517 by faith alone). Martin Luther came out of the Roman Catholic church, but the Roman Catholic church never came out of Martin Luther! Sadly, unless he repented of his counterfeit gospel on his death bed, Martin Luther is burning in the fires of Hell forever.

Dear friend, umpteen Bible colleges and thousands of churches today need to put the “alone” back in “faith alone.” In the following sermon excerpt Pastor Steven Anderson refutes Lordship Salvation...

Hard Preaching Against Lordship Salvation, Lose Salvation Refuted

I used to live in Chicago, for 34 years. When I left I left Chicago in 2004 with my family, Rod Blagojevich had just become the governor of Illinois in 2003. I distinctly remember as if it were yesterday, that in 2002 Mr. Blagojevich promised while candidating for office that he would not raise anyone's taxes if elected. Well, the devil is a beautiful liar, as Eve learned in the Garden of Eden. Governor Blagojevich kept his promise, sort of. Instead of directly raising taxes, he started charging taxes on over 200 things which had never been taxed before!

For example: Prior to Blagojevich being elected to office in 2003, only the parts for auto repairs were taxed. But he changed the law so that from now on the labor to fix your vehicle is now also taxable. What a lying scumbag!!! In fact, Rod Blagojevich DID raise taxes, he just did it in a sneaky way. That is a classic demonic bait and switch tactic! To no surprise, Blagojevich was arrested and in 2012 sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption in his office as governor. He served only 8 years and President Donald Trump commuted his sentence. He was released from prison in 2020.

What Governor Blagojevich did to raise taxes was extremely dishonest, breaking his campaign promise not to raise taxes. That is the same horrible type of deception that the serpent inflicted upon Eve. The serpent (Satan) promised Eve that if she disobeyed God, she would become as a god. Eve thought she would be like God, but in reality she only become a god in the sense that she could now make her own decisions concerning good and evil, and suffer the consequences. That is why we live in a fallen world today, where sickness, pain, suffering and death are everywhere (Romans 5:12).

The proponents of Lordship Salvation are just as guilty and sneaky as the Devil and Mr. Blagojevich. Those who preach the lie of Lordship Salvation deceptively talk about being saved by faith alone, but then they sneak works in some other way (John 10:10), by adding them to faith on the backside. They sinfully teach that if your faith does not produce works, then your faith is invalid and you cannot go to Heaven. What they are actually doing is putting people under the law in order to be saved, which is another gospel (Galatians 1:6-9). Salvation is by faith alone, always has been and always will be. Those who falsely preach that we are saved by faith alone, but faith is never along (meaning it results in works), are preaching a counterfeit plan of salvation!

Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty!

Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.

Turning away from sinful ways would be a work. Faith puts all of the merit where it belongs, on the object of our faith, Jesus and His work.

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.

We must stay true to the simplicity of the gospel!! Repentance regarding salvation is a change of mind from unbelief to belief!!! We must earnestly contend for the faith (Jude 1:3).