The true plan of salvation is repentance towards God and faith in Christ Jesus (
Acts 20:21). We prove our repentance by our deeds (
Acts 26:20). The Lord Jesus taught the road to life is "hard" and only a "few" will find it (Mt. 7:13,14, NKJV). Many get saved, but afterwards fall away (
Lk. 8:13;
Jn. 6:66;
1 Tim. 1:19; etc.). In other words, after initial salvation we must endure to the "end" to enter the kingdom of God and escape the lake of fire (Mt. 10:22;
Heb. 3:14;
Rev. 2:10,11). Eternal life comes to the repentant the moment such believe on Jesus for salvation (
Jn. 3:16; 6:47;
1 Jn. 5:12,13), but there is another important aspect of eternal life that many are totally unware of in our day because of the false teaching of eternal security. According to true grace teaching, eternal life is also a HOPE (
Titus 3:7), yet to be REAPED (
Gal. 6:8,9) in the AGE TO COME (
Mk. 10:30) for only the ones who PERSIST IN DOING GOOD (
Rom. 2:7) and DO NOT GROW WEARY AND GIVE UP (
Gal. 6:9).
If a saved person sows to please his sinful nature he'll die spiritually (
Rom. 8:13;
Gal. 6:8,9). The prodigal is a clear example of this (
Lk. 15:24,32). The end result of sin is spiritual death, so DO NOT BE DECEIVED (
James 1:14-16). For more information regarding the believer's security, see our what's new page. Our 801 page book, The Believer's Conditional Security, is the most exhaustive and comprehensive refutation to eternal security ever written. It will not be refuted!
Because of the teaching of once saved always saved, grace has been taught as a license for immorality for so long, and without challenge, that when Scripture is quoted, such as
1 Cor. 6:9,10 or
Rev. 21:8, it is disregarded, and the giver of God's Word is falsely accused of teaching legalism, bondage, works, etc. This reflects how truly dark are the days in which we live!
The ACID TEST question to know if a ministry or local congregation is teaching a license for immorality as condemned by
Jude 3,4 is: Does true grace allow the sexually immoral in heaven? If their answer is "YES," avoid it like the AIDS virus! To sit under this teaching influence could mean that your soul and the souls of your loved ones will be eternally damned as a result. To support and promote such a ministry and teaching is to share in its wicked work (
2 Jn. 9-11). This includes your financial donations! Flee from such a ministry or congregation and encourage others to do the same before it's eternally too late.
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