 Amen. So keep your place there in Galatians chapter one. We're going to start there in just a minute. So we're starting a new sermon series this evening. So we'll go on for four or five weeks on this sermon series. And the title of the sermon series is called Danlable Heresies. In 2 Peter chapter two and verse number one, the Bible reads, it's on the inside of your bulletin. You know, keep your place in Galatians chapter one. I'll just read this for you. It says, there were false prophets among the people, even as there should be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in danlable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themself swift destruction. Now a lot of people will kind of, you know, play down, you know, the doctrines of the Bible, especially verses like this. There's a lot of compromise out in Christianity, and I use that term loosely today, that, you know, anybody that claims the name of Jesus, anybody that claims Christ is saved, you know, is good, and that's good enough. You know, these are the Billy Graham's and all these people that people, I mean, that's not even a good example. He said people cannot even claim Christ and still go to heaven. But the point is, is that people will, you know, kind of criticize us for following the Bible saying that oh, you're drawing too strict of lines and all these things. But look at what the Bible says in 2 Peter chapter two. It says that there's danlable heresies. That means that there's teachings out there that are sending people to hell, is what that means. And it's interesting in Galatians chapter one, where Paul is talking about his gospel. He's talking about his gospel. I love verse number twelve, where he basically says, for I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ himself taught Paul the gospel. And Paul then up in verse number eight and verse number nine says to everybody that hey, if anybody brings another gospel to you, other than the one I brought to you, the one that I got from Jesus, you know, let them be accursed. He says twice. When the Bible repeats something right after the verse that it just repeated, it's basically saying if anybody teaches another gospel, let them be damned. Let them go to hell is what he is saying. So it's a big deal. These heresies, these danlable heresies are teachings by Christians today that are going to send people to hell. It's a big deal. They're causing people to not be saved. And in a very subtle way, and tonight we're going to look at a very, a very wicked doctrine that's out there today, and it's called Lordship Salvation. It's called Lordship Salvation. It is mainly pushed today by a man named John MacArthur who has a large ministry actually in California in LA. And you say what is Lordship Salvation? You can lose your place in Galatians chapter one. Go to John chapter, Jonah chapter three, Jonah chapter three. I want to give just a really quick, or just a really quick recap for two minutes on Jonah chapter three and verse number ten. Solaners need to know this verse and they need to understand how to explain this verse. Let me read from you, read a quote from John MacArthur on Lordship Salvation. John MacArthur whose book, The Gospel According to Jesus lays out the case for Lordship Salvation. He summarizes the teaching this way, quote, The gospel called to faith presupposes that sinners must repent of their sin and yield to Christ's authority. So real quick, go to Jonah chapter three. Jonah chapter three and let's take a look at this idea that he's talking about as far as repent of your sin. This is, first of all, you can't even, you can't even hardly use the word repent today without people, you know, misunderstanding what it says. We always let the Bible, you know, define words for us, but the word repent has literally had its meaning changed. If you look up repent in the dictionary, it says repent of your sin. First of all, how can you return from your sin? You can't define a word using the word, first of all. But second of all, what does repent actually mean? He's saying that the gospel called to faith presupposes that sinners must repent of their sin and yield to Christ's authority. Look at Jonah chapter three in verse number ten. Many people believe that you must repent of your sin to be saved. All right? And this Lordship salvation doctrine is a cousin to repent of your sin salvation. But look at Jonah chapter three in verse number ten. So what happened in Nineveh, we just studied this, is Jonah went and preached in Nineveh and surprisingly the people listened. The people actually listened to the prophet for once in the Bible. They listened to the man of God. Now look at verse number ten. It says, and God saw their works that they turned from their evil way and God repented of the evil that he had said he would do unto them and he did it not. So there's two things that you need to take away from this verse right here. Is that repenting of your sins, meaning turning from your sins, that's what people believe, repent of your sins. That's what John MacArthur is talking about. He's talking about turning from your sins. That is works. Turning from your evil way is works. God saw their works. What were their works that they turned from their evil way? That's works. Look, it's good. It's a good work. It's a good work to turn from your evil way, but it's works. And the second thing is this. God repented of the evil that he had said he would do unto them and he did it not. God repented. God does not have sin. So every time you hear the word repent in Mark 115, repent ye and believe the gospel. Every time you hear the word repent in the Bible, all it means is to change your mind. It means, I mean, did God sin? Nobody would agree that God sins. God has no sin. I've studied this out. God repented many times in the Old Testament. The person that repents the most in the Old Testament is God. And God does not repent. So repent does not equal repent of your sin or turn from your sin. It simply means repent ye and believe the gospel. It means change your mind from whatever you believed to what the gospel is saying. I literally said that to a guy several times today. I don't use the word repent, but I literally say to somebody when I'm giving them the gospel, do you see how that's different from what you told me at the beginning? I'll very clearly say to them, well, I'm going to show you how the Bible says something different from what you told me. And I'll point out when I get through this in the Bible, I'll point out where the Bible does show that difference. And then when I get to the point of that difference, I will say, do you see how that's different? Have you changed your mind about that? And they will say, yeah, I do see the difference. And I have changed my mind about that. Why? Because it's right there in the Bible. What have they done? They've repented. They've repented in what? Believed the truth. Believe the word of God. All right, so repenting of your sin is works. So if you have to repent of your sin to be saved, that's a workspace gospel right there. And those people that are teaching that the Bible says, let them be accursed. It says, let them be damned. So now there's nine tenets of Lordship salvation. I'm not going to go through all nine. I picked out the kind of the four or five that are the main ones. You're going to turn to 2 Corinthians chapter five, 2 Corinthians chapter five. And what I'm going to do is I'm going to kind of read off these tenets to you. And then I'm going to show you this is, this is a typical, this is typical of these damnable heresies is that they, they're single verse, they're one verse wonders. They have one single verse, and they leave out the context of, you know, the entire chapter of the verse. Many times there's another Bible reading rule. Bible reading rule number one is if you're interpreting a verse that contradicts, that makes it contradict clear scripture in the Bible, you're interpreting it wrong. It's your mistake, not the Bible's. The second one is this, many times you can dispel these one verse wonders by simply reading a few verses above, and a few verses below, and getting the context of what the Bible is talking about. Many of these verses are not even talking about salvation. You know, people just applying, you know, verses that are not talking about salvation to salvation. Alright, so the first tenet we're going to talk about tonight is I'm going to read you the verse that they use to prove it, and then we'll actually look at what it means. Okay, the first one is this, and second Corinthians chapter five, you're going to go to verse number 15, but the first tenet is this, true faith, we're looking at tenets of Lordship salvation. Okay, true faith always produces a changed life. Now this is a, these statements are from, you know, the Grace Church, whatever it is that John MacArthur runs, these are his words, their words, not mine. Alright, so true faith always produces a changed life. Now, you've got to start to recognize some of these words that they use as well. So when someone says to you, things like true faith, things like, you know, things like this, you can kind of start to tell, okay, I think I probably know what they believe. I think I probably know what I need to dispel with this person that I'm talking to. This will make you a better soul wonder. But notice how it says true faith, meaning there's always this question of whether or not it's really true faith or not. Alright, so the comment or the statement is this, true faith always produces a changed life. Look at second Corinthians chapter five, look at verse 15, this is how they prove it, right here. And you'll just see like it's just, it's maddening, like there's just a complete misunderstanding of salvation, complete misunderstanding of the Bible, but makes perfect sense because these people aren't saved. We'll get second Corinthians chapter five and verse number 15. Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things are passed away, are passed away, behold, all things are become new. So that is true. You are a new creature once you are saved. Turn to John chapter three. Look, you're literally born again when you are, when you are saved. Look at John chapter three. Go to John chapter three. Now let's just explore what that actually means that you are a new creature. So if you're saved tonight, if you trusted on the Lord Jesus Christ, you are a new creature. The moment that you got saved, you became a new creature. Look at John chapter three. Look at verse number three. This is Jesus talking to Nicodemus and Jesus answered and sent him, verily, verily I say unto thee, accept a man be born again. There's that new creature. He cannot see the kingdom of God. Now Nicodemus doesn't understand what Jesus is talking about. He thinks Jesus, this is kind of like John MacArthur here. He thinks Jesus is talking about like literally physically being born again. Like just talking about the idea of just a man, a grown man being born again. Nicodemus saith unto him, how can a man be born when he's old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born? He's clearly thinking about this idea of being physically born again. And Jesus answered and Jesus explains it to him, verily, verily I say unto thee, accept a man be born of water and of the spirit. He cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Now Jesus is explaining to Nicodemus and then people will use this to say that you have to be baptized to be saved too. But he's talking about, there's two births that Jesus is talking about. He's talking about a spiritual birth and a physical birth. So you've been born once, that's your physical birth, that's the birth of water. That's what Jesus is talking about. He's saying, accept a man be born of water, that's your first physical birth as a baby. And of the spirit. So the second born again is a spiritual birth. Let's keep reading. Jesus makes it even more clear. Here's proof that it's two births. It's not like you're born physically, you're born by believing on Jesus and then you're baptized and you're born. That makes no sense. He says that which is born of flesh is flesh and that which is born of spirit is spirit. So if you just match up the flesh birth to the water in the verse above and the spirit birth to the new birth, the spirit birth, literally, it makes perfect sense. And he says, marvel not that I stand to the E, you must be born again. The wind, and he just goes on. But the point is, this is such a typical case of people listening to Jesus and not understanding that he's talking about spiritual things and not physical things. Like, I am that bread of life. What? We're supposed to eat Jesus? The Catholics still believe that. He's talking about spiritual rebirth here. So the point I'm trying to get you to understand is that you are spiritually a new creature once you are saved. You are spiritually born again. Now go to Titus chapter 3 and verse number 5. Go to Titus chapter 3 and look at verse number 5. Titus chapter 3, look at verse number 5. Actually, let's go back to verse 4. It says, but after that the kindness and love of God are savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy saved us, this is talking about salvation, by what? The washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ, our savior. So you are spiritually changed. You are spiritually made alive when you got born again. But let me tell you something, folks. And if anybody else has had this experience different than mine, please let me know. But when I got saved, I didn't all of a sudden like become young again and get, you know, I'm still getting gray hair. I'm still got this flesh. I've still got this, this old man upon me here. I mean, my flesh did not change and neither did yours. You had some things happen to you. You were spiritually made alive. You are no longer under sin. You are no longer a slave to sin. We'll look at that in just a few minutes. But you didn't get physically changed. Anybody can see this. All right? Here's the second one. Turn to Romans chapter six. So this idea that, you know, all of a sudden I'm just going to become this new physical person that no longer sins anymore once I get saved is complete false doctrine. Look at Romans chapter six. Look at verse number 17. Here's the next one. True faith means that Jesus will be the Lord of your life. Again, we see that true faith, real faith, means that Jesus will be the Lord of your life. And they use Romans chapter six, verse number 17, which is just crazy because Romans chapter six, as I showed you this morning, is nothing but Paul taught, well, I'll show you in just a minute. But let's look at Romans chapter six and verse number 17. This is the verse that they use to say that Jesus will be the Lord of your life, meaning everything that you do will be according to what Jesus wants you to do once you are saved. Look at verse number 17. But God be thanked that you were the servant, you were the servant of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered, which was delivered you. I mean, I can prove this doctrine wrong with the verse that they call out. What does it say? Turn to Romans chapter 10. Look at, underline these words if you write in your Bible, you obeyed what? It says, you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered unto you. What does that mean? What does that mean? He said you were servants of sin, but you obeyed from the heart. Turn to Romans chapter 10 in verse number nine. It doesn't say you obeyed with the flesh, it says you obeyed with the hearts. What do you do with the heart? You know, what is the heart used for? Look at Romans chapter 10 in verse number nine. I mean, this is what we literally tell people at the very end of giving them the gospel. In verse number nine it says that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe where? In thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. It is the belief in your heart you trust on Jesus in your heart, not with your flesh. That's what it is saying in Romans chapter 6 17 where it says they obeyed in their heart, not with their flesh, not with their actions, for and then in verse number 10 it literally explains it to you, for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Obeying from the heart, Paul is talking about you've you've believed on the Lord Jesus Christ with your heart. Look at Romans chapter 6 again and go back just a few verses. This is one where you can just go back a few verses. You don't even have to go back a few verses but if you know what you what you do with your heart and you know if you're saved you know what you do with your heart you believe unto righteousness with your heart. Romans chapter 10 says just a couple chapters over. Look at verse number 15. Just to get some context of what Paul is talking about here we talked about it a little bit this morning and again he says what then shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace God forbid he's literally saying like hey don't don't keep sinning just because you can that's that's what he's saying if no ye not that to whom you yield yourself servants to obey his servants ye are to whom you obey whether of sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness but God be thanked that ye were the servants of sin but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered unto you being then made free from sin you became the servants of righteousness what Paul is saying here is that when you believed with your heart when you got saved you became free from sin what does that mean? Does that mean you're never going to sin anymore? No that means that sin can't kill you anymore that means that sin can't destroy your soul and hell anymore so Paul is saying why would you willingly go and serve sin? why would you willingly go it's like it's like you're in this this fight with sin and sin showed up you know now that you're saved sin shows up with a knife to the gunfight that's what Paul is saying you got a gun and sin has a knife like they're the they're literally showed up to a gunfight with a knife and you're like why would you ever serve sin? Paul is trying to convince you like hey you're no longer a servant to this anymore this sin can't endanger you anymore it can't kill you it can't kill your soul anymore it can't send you to hell why would you be a servant to it? You would have to willingly go and put yourself under servitude you have to take your gun and you know put it in your back pocket and just willingly serve sin willingly serve the guy that showed up with a knife that's what Paul is saying why would you do this? He's not saying you couldn't do it that's why he keeps saying you shall you should you should you should again and again and again in Romans chapter 6 and Romans chapter 7 he's just saying you should do this you should do this you should do this try to make the case for why you should actually like constrain your flesh after salvation verse 19 he says I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh which you still have by the way for as you have yielded your member's servants to uncleanness and to iniquity under iniquity even so now now that you're saved yield your member's servants to righteousness unto holiness he's talking about sanctification after salvation getting right for when you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness look at Romans chapter 7 just one chapter over look at verse number four Romans chapter 7 one chapter over he gives an analogy he gives an analogy of a wife married to a husband and how you know the wife is bound by the law to her husband but if her husband dies he's he's making an analogy of of how we are free from sin as this wife would be free from her husband let's just read the whole thing look at verse one it says know you not for I speak as them that know the law how the law had dominion over a man as long as he live for the woman which hathen husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth but if the husband be dead she is loosed from the law her husband he's making a comparison here so then if while her husband liveth she be married to another man she should be called an adulteress but if her husband be dead she is free from that law so that she is no adulteress though she be married to another man is just talking about a woman whose husband has died you know she is no longer tied to that husband she can go a widow can remarry as matter of fact the Bible says widows under sixty should remarry but then he's using this as a comparison where for he's saying in the same manner my brethren you're also become dead to the law by the body of Christ so just as that woman is free from the law of her husband as her husband died you are dead to the law meaning the law can't kill you anymore that you should be married to another even to him who is raised from the dead that we what we should bring forth fruit unto God you say you should do this for when we were in the flesh the motions of sins which were by the law did work at our members to bring forth fruit unto death that sin before we were saved literally was bringing forth fruit bringing forth our spiritual death that's why you're spiritually going to die before you were saved folks is because of that sin but now we are delivered from the law that being dead we're in we were held that we should serve should serve in newness of what in what newness newness what what is that word what was born again newness of spirit that we should serve in newness of spirit and not any oldness of the letter you know what he's saying he saying that your flesh you should make your flesh match the newness of spirit so now that you're saved don't go serve the sin you're not dead to the sin you're not held to that but you should serve in newness of spirit follow the spirit is what he is saying and we'll talk about the spirit in just a few minutes why in the world if all of sudden we just didn't struggle with sin anymore if I was truly saved and I no longer struggle with sin and I just got all the sin out of my life why in the world in first Corinthians chapter 9 what Paul have to say as we talked about just I don't know two or three weeks ago on self-control where he said you know I keep under my body I bring it into subjection I mean he's talking about exactly what he's talking about in Romans 7 6 right here he's saying I'm constraining my flesh to match my spirit my born-again spirit that's what he's talking about in first Corinthians chapter 9 he's saying we need to constrain that we need to keep we need to keep we need to control ourselves you know this flesh is not brand new this flesh still has the lust and the desires of this world in all these all this in that you know that the spirit is telling us that we should be away from we need to keep under our body keep control of our body and subdue it so it matches the born-again spirit turn to Romans chapter 4 so I mean we're going to this true faith true faith will produce you know a changed life that's that's the statement or you will make Jesus the Lord of your life it will produce this changed life look at Romans chapter 4 verse number 4 kind of blows this one out of the water this one kind of blows this out of the water says now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace but of debt this is another very strong soul winning verse here talking about two people in verse number 4 and verse number 5 there in verse number 4 there's someone that worketh he does good works he's out there and he's going to church he's doing what he's supposed to do but the reward is not of grace but of debt I always tell people out soul winning you know people that think that you know I think if I'm pretty good I can get to heaven and that is just give them a simple analogy that you know I pointed their car in the driveway and I say what if I stole your car what if I stole your car and then I took your car to Joy Rod and I smashed it up and I lit it on fire and then the Fresno PD arrested me and I stood in front of a judge in Fresno and I said and the judge said pastor Jared did you steal and destroy Bob's car and I said well judge yeah I did but you know what I'm really nice and everyone always laughs whenever I say what for years and years and years whenever I say to somebody do you think the judge is going to let me go most of the time they laugh out loud and I've never had one person say yeah I think because you're nice they should just let you go I've never had one person say that because they know that no matter how nice I am I have to pay for the crime that I committed that's what the Bible is saying in verse number four it doesn't matter how nice this guy is he's going to have debt because he has sin but to him that work at not verse number five this is a this blows lordship salvation right out of the water right here he work at not he has not made Jesus the Lord of his life he is not doing what he is supposed to do but what does he do he believeth on him that justify it the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness the jerk is going to heaven and the nice guy is going to hell in verse number four and five of Romans chapter four it blows it completely out of the water number three turn to the first John chapter two you're going to keep your place in first John chapter two because the Lordship salvation proponents completely destroy first John chapter two they misuse almost every single verse in this chapter but the Bible says in first John chapter two verse number three well here's the let me give you the next the next statement and this one is really tricky we give you the next statement here's the next statement obedience is evidence one's faith is real or genuine they will say you know what you might almost listen to that one and say it doesn't sound that bad but here's what you have which you need to understand you need to understand that they're constantly putting doubt in this real faith or true faith it says obedience let me read it to you again and then let me tell you how I would reword it and then I would agree with the statement but it says obedience is evidence one's faith is real now if that said this I might agree obedience is evidence of one's faith I would agree with that statement but they're constantly getting people to question whether or not their faith is real or not so they say obedience is evidence one's faith is real look at first John chapter two this is what they use to justify this and it's a complete misunderstanding of the Bible says first John chapter two verse number three says in hereby we do know that we know him if we keep his commandments he sayeth I know him he that sayeth sorry I know him and if not his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him they're basically saying that unless you keep all the commandments you're not safe like nobody's going to heaven we in this religion here we're all going to hell in this this religion anybody that doesn't keep his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in this is not a salvation verse is the truth of it so what we need to understand here it's talking about we do know that we know him if what so we know Jesus if what if we keep his commandments you know what that tells me that tells me that knowing Jesus is a spectrum it tells me that that you could have to save people and one of the saved people might know Jesus better than the other saved person is that not true who what is Jesus in the beginning was the word and the word is with God in the word was God Jesus is sitting in front of all of you this is Jesus how many of you know this perfectly how many of you know every single word in the Bible and can quote any verse that I draw right now nobody including myself I guess we're not saved knowing Jesus it will first of all what's the important thing about salvation turn to Matthew chapter 7 is it important what is the important thing about salvation is it that we know Jesus what does it mean to know Jesus look at verse number 7 and look at verse I'm sorry Matthew 7 look at verse number 21 Matthew chapter 7 verse number 21 Matthew chapter 7 verse number 21 the Bible says not everyone the Santhony Lord Lord shall enter in the kingdom of heaven so these are red words if you ever read a letter Bible meaning Jesus himself is saying not everybody that claims the name of Christ is going to heaven so where those lines drawn will we draw them with the Bible not everyone the same thing to me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdom heaven these people know Jesus they know Jesus they're calling him Lord but Jesus himself is saying not everyone that calls me Lord is going to go to heaven what how could that be possible look what he says as a matter of fact it's going to be a thing that's not uncommon many will say to me in that day Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy name and I named cast out devils and I named on many wonderful works what are these people doing these people are standing in front of Jesus and they are calling him Lord I'm sure they believe he's the son of God and they're standing in front of him and they're professing what they're professing their wonderful works and what will that what will that what will Jesus say I'll profess unto them oh look at this is is knowing him what was important he will say I never knew you depart from me you that work in equity these people that are going to stand in front of Jesus and they know he was the son of God and they knew he was Jesus and they stood in front of him and they're professing their works to him Jesus said he didn't say he used to know him he didn't say oh yeah I knew you and then I forgot you and then I knew you again says no I never knew you what's important for salvation is that Jesus knows us and how does he know you because you're not trusting in your works you're trusting on him alone and then he knows you and then you're sealed with the Holy Spirit and if look at 1st John chapter 2 I'm sorry did I keep you have you keep your place they're going to keep going back there for the rest of the sermon but it's it's it's unbelievable that they could take these verses and just make these drastic statements salvation is whether or not Jesus knows us and knowing Jesus is keeping his commandments so knowing Jesus how well look we should know Jesus we should study the Bible listen to the Bible follow the Bible put the Bible into action in our lives but that will be a spectrum in different Christians lives at different levels of growth with different people in their lives obviously somebody that's been saved for 10 years and been in church and been soul winning will be will know Jesus much better than somebody that just got saved yesterday and has never read a page in the Bible but both are equally saved look at verse number five of 1st John chapter 2 says but who so keep of his word again it's about you know doing what Jesus wants you to do in him fairly is the love of God and I love this word right here perfected hereby we know that we are in him talking about the spectrum of perfect faith versus dead faith talking about James chapter 2 again talking about those two people that you know one person that doesn't have works in their life as the same believer their faith is on the dead end of the spectrum then you have somebody that has works along with their faith verse number 18 show me that you know that faith without works and I'll show you my faith by my works that guy's got the faith on the perfect end of the spectrum but look folks there's nobody with completely dead faith with zero works and nobody with completely perfect faith if God is just trying to get you to understand that to perfect your faith you should have works that go with it and wouldn't you want to have stronger faith perfect faith here's the next one here's the next one this one's especially wicked they all are but turn to 1st Corinthians chapter 1 turn to 1st Corinthians chapter 1 you start to see the the the manipulative you know tone of this doctrine here hopefully but this the the fourth one I want to talk about is this idea that if you're truly saved or you have true faith you will persevere in the faith and this is that this is the thing that's that's irritating about this one and even as a Lutheran I thought this was how Baptist were but Baptist are not this way I was I was miss I misunderstood that but they will look at somebody that is backslidden and falls out of church and and gets back into sin in their life and they will say yeah that person see they'll claim to believe in eternal security but they'll just look at somebody like that they'll say yeah they were never saved in the first place yeah that person was just they were just never saved that wasn't true faith that they had their faith wasn't real this is incredibly damaging to people this type of doctrine look at 1st Corinthians chapter 1 and verse number 8 this is what they use to justify this doctrine says who shall also confirm you unto the end that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ turn to Isaiah chapter 61 so they'll take that one verse and they'll say see you will you will not go back into sin for the rest of your life you're like what in the world how are we blameless how are we blameless look at Isaiah chapter 61 in verse number 10 Isaiah chapter 61 look at verse number 10 the Bible says I will regret I will greatly rejoice in the Lord my soul shall be joyful in my God for he had clothed me with the garments of salvation he had covered me with the robe of righteousness we are only righteous in the eyes of God because of the robe of righteousness that Jesus Christ provides for us God does not look on you and say oh that guy's right no looks on you and he sees the blood of Christ and that's how you are righteous we are literally wearing a robe that God gave us when we trusted on Jesus Christ it is not our righteousness I mean this is something and if you even read the few verses in first Corinthians chapter 1 before verse number 8 it's literally talking about what God does for us not talking about us like you know being perfect all the way to the end of our Christian life look at verse number 4 says I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ what God's doing for us that in everything you're enriched by what is this talking about Christians like doing living a perfect life that we're enriched by him in all utterance it's saying how do we how are we uttering things that you know say he's enriching us by his word we go out we go soul-winning we don't say hey let me explain to you in my own words the gospel no we use the utterance that God has given us we use the word of God and in all knowledge where do we get all knowledge from the word of God even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you talking about this church that's going out and they're doing what God wants them to do so you become behind in no gift waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ who shall also confirm you under the end that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ we're blameless by by Christ by him clothing us in righteousness I mean this whole passage is talking about what God does for us not about us persevering to the end go to 1st John chapter 2 here's another verse that they use to talk about how we will just persevere to the end no matter what 1st John chapter 2 look at verse number 19 and this is a huge misunderstanding of this verse as well because this verse is actually talking about something very specific that we will all deal with in a church look at verse number 19 of 1st John chapter 2 this is what they say this is a verse that they use to to say that that you are truly saved if you have true faith if your faith is real you will persevere to the end meaning you will not backslide out of the Christian life look at verse 19 they went out from up they went out from us but they were not of us for if they had been of us they would no doubt have continued with us but they went out that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us first of all again not a salvation verse this is not talking about salvation this is talking about I mean turn to Luke chapter 12 turn to Luke chapter 12 let's look at what this is actually talking about this talk about something very serious that is actually going to happen you know in a church especially a church that is out soul winning doing what God wants us to do you know bearing fruit in this Christian life look at Luke chapter 12 in verse number two so the Bible here is saying is that there were people that were amongst them but were not really of them and it's saying it the last part of this verse that they went out and they might that they might be made manifest it's saying that they were they were put out and they were not they're now not amongst them anymore because God made it known look at Luke chapter 12 verse number two Jesus himself confirms this Luke chapter 12 verse 2 he says for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed neither hid that shall not be known therefore whatsoever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in light and that which you have spoken in the ear closets shall be proclaimed amongst the house tops it's exactly at first John chapter 2 is talking about is that these people that were amongst us look we've dealt with this here there were people amongst us but they were not of us you saying it's not a salvation verse folks it's just warning it's just warning that there could be false prophets that come in here there could be false prophets that will come into a church and try to teach damnable heresies and you need to watch out for that that's what the Bible is saying that's what Jesus is talking about look at Matthew chapter 7 verse 15 Matthew chapter 7 verse 15 Jesus literally says this he says in Matthew chapter 7 verse 15 he says beware of false prophets which will come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves you say what kind of people would would come into a church and and and they're they're not of us well the first type of people is false prophets people that are literally just like they look like they talk like you know believers but they're just false prophets they're just they're they're wolves they're here to just devour they're here to destroy the church that's the first thing there's gonna be false prophets but look even on on the side of outside of the false prophets there's going to be people that come into a church and just try to do harm people that come in and just act badly but what does God promise us in first John chapter 2 verse number 19 he promises that it will be made known he promises like it will be made known that they're not all of us and look I'm thankful for that promise and I've seen that promise come true from the Bible when there's bad things happening in the church and bad people in the church God will make it known and look I don't even care at that point if there's some kind of destructive force in the church well were they saved or unsaved or at the at the point where there's a destructive force in the church trying to destroy a soul-winning church I don't care it's like there it's going to be made manifest and and we'll put people out of the church as the Bible tells us to do but first John chapter 2 and verse number 19 is not a salvation verse it's a warning to a church and so let me warn you let me warn you as as soul winners as you start to become a soul winner your life will change why because Satan's after you now because you have a target on your back now why because you're being fruitful now because as you become a soldier in this army and you start you know literally taking names for Christ you have a target on your back now a soul-winning church will always have a target on its back this is why first John chapter 2 and verse number 19 Matthew chapter 7 and verse number 15 Luke chapter 12 verse number 2 and 3 this is why Jesus says this stuff this is what he's doing he's warning us he said hey it's not going to just be peaches and cream everywhere you go it's like when you start actually becoming fruitful coming a soul winner preaching the gospel doing what you're supposed to do things are going to change the devil's going to attack you the devil's going to attack the church but hey you you prosecute things the way I say and the gates of hell will not prevail against the church we have these promises here's another phrase is the last one look at so we know that it's not about whether we know Jesus to be saved it's about Jesus knows us and if we've trusted on Jesus he knows us here's the next phrase the last one look at those who truly believe in Christ will love him you're going to start to see that there's kind of a common thread with all these all these statements those who truly believe in Christ will love him what that's saying is you know you will love Christ and he will become the Lord of your life if you truly have believed if you are truly saved if you have that real faith you will be saved first Peter chapter 1 verse number 8 is what they use here first Peter chapter 1 in verse number 8 is what they use here in verse number 8 the Bible says whom having not seen he love in whom now though you see him not yet believing you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory receiving the end of your faith even to the salvation of your soul your soul so if you're looking at verse number 80 this what they use whom having not seen you love Peter's greeting a church here he's writing a letter he's writing a letter to a bunch of believers that are serving the Lord and he's saying you love the Lord he's not saying that you know every single person that is saved will be loving Jesus I mean what does it even mean to love God in John chapter 14 again it's a spectrum how much do you love God well in John chapter 14 in verse number 15 it there's a really complicated verse here where it says it defines what it means to love God if you love me keep my commandments does anyone have perfect love for God no I mean is there anybody that is just has raised your hand if you have reached sinless perfection in your life you will never get there should be getting sin out of our life should we be following the commands yes that is how we show love towards God but we are saved because he first loved us the Bible that's why we're saved and we should love him back Romans chapter 8 they use this one to go to Romans chapter 8 which is makes no sense but okay let's read it anyway Romans chapter 8 verse 28 they use this one to say that those who are saved will love him complete misunderstanding of Romans chapter 8 verse number 28 Romans 8 28 is one of the most misunderstood promises in the Bible this is a promise to saved people that are doing what God wants them to do so there's two things here you're saved and you're doing what God wants you to do and you know that all things work together for good to them that love God to them who are called according to his purpose look if you're saved you're be you're called to the purpose of becoming conformed to Christ you are called to learn the Bible gets in out of your life follow these commandments and love God but this promise is to people that are actually doing it this is a very this is an awesome promise in the Bible for people that I mean if I think about it if I had some problem in my life if I had some problem in my life that I was trying to solve that that was something was was was plaguing me or something was going wrong in my life you know what the first thing that I would do because look this is a promise in Romans 8 28 the first thing I would do is is show God that I love him the first thing I would do is I would get everything right that I needed to get right I would start serving the Lord I would start soul winning I start being three to thrive I start like showing God that I love him because that's what this promise is for is for believers that are that are showing that they love God and it's not some feeling God I mean I'm glad that love to God is not some feeling that he had towards us no when God loved us he sent his son to pay for our sins and the most brutal death you could possibly think of he spent three days and three nights in hell and rose again from the dead and all we have to do is trust on that we're saved I'm glad that that's what God looks at as love towards us so what God is saying here hey all things I got some problems in my life I got I got some messes going on I want some prayers answered you know what I do show that you love God get things right get the garbage out of your life get separated get in the word of God show God that you love him any promises you it'll work out this is a great promise and it's just completely wrecked by this you know they totally just twisted up with this this crazy doctrine but it's a promise to those that are actually doing what God wants them to do it's one of the benefits of following Christ in this life folks look at the end of the day there's way too early in the world there's salvation is a free gift through trusting only in Jesus and then there's works based salvation this is just another veiled works based salvation it's a cousin to repent of your sins and it's way worse in my opinion than Catholicism because Catholicism is like straight up like hey you got to do the works and it's like so easy just prove that from the Bible and get people to see that they need to repent from that belief to the true gospel but this is a very bad heresy because people it reminds me of Lutheranism in many ways because people that believe in this heresy they are as unsaved as the Catholic but they will tell you that it's by faith alone and so it is it is many times it is hard to wrap unwrap people that are in this heresy it's it's hard to get them there they're wrapped around the axle it's it's tough to get them off because they're like oh I believe it's faith alone but you have to do the works as matter of fact I hope and I hope you kind of started to see this with these statements but I really I mean sort of first John chapter 5 I really I truly feel sorry for people in this church in LA in in John MacArthur church I mean I feel sorry for these people because I have met people like this but the main thing that you need to understand about this doctrine is you could never really know that you're saved and you will see this with people like this the Bible is very clear folks that you can know that you're going to heaven I mean it is not complicated look at verse 13 of first John chapter 5 I truly do feel sorry for and have compassion towards the people that are caught up in this heresy because it is it is confusion it is confusion and many times it's such deep confusion that it is hard to get them back to the truth look at first John chapter 5 verse 13 and they can never know they're living in in they're living in terror these things have I written under you that what that believe on the name of the Son of God he's saying what does it take what does it take to be saved to believe on the name of the Son of God he's like I'm saying this to you save people why that you may know that you have eternal life is it that you may think that you you should have eternal life is like no I'm telling you this so you may know that you have eternal life you could never know you could never know if you believe this doctrine I mean think about it you get backslidden you struggle with sin I guess you were never saved I mean this is where I mean where is the list here's the thing if this was true if this doctrine was true the Bible is incomplete where's the list in the Bible because I don't think John MacArthur would believe that you could become sinless so where's the list in the Bible of how many sins per week I can commit of what type how many times I have to go to church to cover up those sins I mean where's the list to where I can stay saved or what it was it was really true faith or real salvation there is no list because it's not of works that's why there's no list if it's if it's a little bit of works in a large salvation is true the Bible is missing information I need charts I need graphs I need severity of sin over time you're like you're over thinking no because the Bible says I can know so if this is true I need charts and graphs but this is not true is a damnable heresy this is why you will see people that are in church for 20 years and they're like oh I was never saved this is why you'll see that you'll see people that are in church for 20 years getting resaved or coming up and saying I just got saved and I've been in church for 20 years it's a mind cult it's it's a leader holding people salvation ransom is exactly what it is it's a power play it's sick to sit here and like look constantly getting people to doubt their salvation you don't like this sermon this sermon isn't resonating with you you saved brother you've been saved well you went back to to those sins he used to do and you're you're not coming to church anymore like was that true faith that you had it's wicked as hell I'll stand up here and I will scream every verse of the Bible at you and you may walk away some days thinking jerk face why do you have to bring that up but I can never take away your salvation because you are sealed by the Holy Spirit not pastor I want you to get right you should show that you love God you should follow the Bible so should I but if you have trusted on Jesus you are saved and nobody can hold that over your head it's trust in Christ plus nothing minus nothing I mean look it's it's confusion and the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 14 that God is not the author of confusion anything tying works to salvation is a false gospel period here's what really bothers me about it though they attack soul winning and they attack the true gospel and this is what really gets me about it they will call the gospel just by trusting on Jesus they will call it they'll come up with with you know a derogatory terms like easy believe isn't and all you're just one two three pray after me look let me tell you something about our soul winning program here we have a seminar that's on YouTube and and we will train you to go soul winning we are thorough soul winners at this church when this church started there's several people that are not not here anymore but there's kind of a culture when this satellite ministry started we had a couple people that were like hey I just want to stick my foot in the door and I want to make people repeat a prayer so I can tell people that I got somebody to repeat a prayer that will never happen here we are out to preach the thorough gospel to people get them to change their mind about what believe and get saved we're not out there to just pray a prayer with people you'll meet people that have been confused by people like that all I've prayed they don't know what they believe they believe in all kinds of different things they believe in workspace salvation they don't even know if there's if God is real and they're like oh well some guy prayed with me one time that is that we will never be that church we are thorough soul winners here we spent hours and hours and hours on a soul winning seminar that you all came to and it's all about preaching the true full gospel to people so they understand it but you know what I do believe in easy believe is because it's easy to believe it's easy to get a gift salvation is a gift in John 6 John Jesus compares it to eating a piece of bread and John chapter 10 he compares it to walking through the door it's easy as long as you have the heart to receive it easy it's simply a choice to trust or not to trust to trust yourself or to trust Christ because it's easy because all the work has already been done that's why it's so easy but they attack the gospel they they play down the gospel and guess what they don't go so we won't thank God they don't go so winning but they don't go so we can they attack people that are out actually trying to get people saved you know there's all kinds of logical problems with it too it basically it takes away free will from people it takes away the idea free will it means like you know all sudden I get saved all sudden I'm just as if I'm really saved I'm going to be this robot that just does what I'm supposed to do for the rest of my life turn to Ephesians chapter 1 turn to Ephesians chapter 1 look folks you do get some tools when you get saved God doesn't just renew your spirit and just leave you alone you get some tools when you get saved but you still have to you know subdue your body and bring yourself under submission because you still have the flesh look at Ephesians chapter 1 verse number 11 this Lord ship salvation it takes away the idea I mean it's workspace salvation but look God doesn't expect us to be illogical you know that you know part of our conscience was our ability to reason that's why God says he'll reason with us you know if you find somebody teaching something that you just like yeah that just that just doesn't sound right that just doesn't make sense God is not the author of confusion the the gospel and and the truth of the Bible it matches our conscience and it matches our reason that God gave us look at Ephesians chapter 1 verse number 11 God does give us tools though it says in whom also we've obtained an inheritance this is talking about you know what we inherit when I talked about this at the Red Hot preaching conference we what we inherit when we get saved being predestinated according to the purpose of him who work of all things after the council of his own will we are pretty you have a destiny if you are saved whether you fulfill that is is up to you but you do have a destiny that's predestined and that we should that we should be to the praise of his glory there's that word again he's coming up who first trusted in Christ in whom also he trusted after they he heard the word of truth how do I know that believe on means to trust it's this verse right here I don't read this to people out soul winning many times but I do explain that believe on means to trust look it's in verse 13 who also he trusted after he heard the word of truth what's the word of truth the gospel of your salvation in whom also that he believed after that he believed you were sealed with that holy spirit of promise which is that now this is it this is what you get when you get saved which is the Ernst of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchase possession until the praise of his glory the Bible is saying here that when you get saved God after you trust on on the gospel you trust on Jesus and you get saved God seals you with the holy spirit which is what it's a down payment he puts in you he puts the holy spirit in you like you would put an Ernst payment down on a house an earnest payment he's saying I put enough holy spirit in you to seal you until the day of redemption it's a great eternal security verse right here John MacArthur is teaching people that their works are sealing John MacArthur is teaching them that people that their works are what is keeping them conformed he's teaching that your works replace the holy spirit the holy spirit is how you are saved eternally it is the mechanical way that God does it he literally gives you now go to Ephesians chapter 4 Ephesians chapter 4 he literally gives you so if you saved and you're back slidden and you're back into all the sins you used to do you still have that holy spirit with you how do I know because the Bible tells me and guess what you're going to know to you're going to know why how are you going to know turn to Ephesians chapter 4 Ephesians chapter 4 it's interesting because Ephesians chapter 4 they use that a couple times to you know they twist this one around but Ephesians chapter 4 if you just read the whole context of Ephesians chapter 4 I'm going to put you to verse number 30 but let's back up a few verses we're talking about the holy spirit that's sealing you Ephesians chapter 4 verse number 30 let's go back to go to verse 23 let's get crazy and actually read some Bible verses here it says it be renewed in the spirit of your mind after the you put on the new man after which after God has created and righteousness and true holiness so now we're talking about that spirit within you where for putting away lying speaking every man truth with his neighbor for we are members of one another be angry and sin not let the Sun go not the Sun go down on your wrath neither get placed devil let him that stole steal no more rather let him labor working with his hands the thing which is good that he may have to give him that mean he may have to give him that needeth let no corrupt communication he's saying here's the things that things that you should do once you're saved he's like get all this he's talking to these he's talking to these Gentiles in Ephesus he's like hey all this garbage that used to do like get this stuff out like follow the new man follow the spirit that's been reborn in you look at verse 28 or 29 let no corrupt communication I quit speaking the way you speak is that you people speak disgusting he's like you're saved now match the new man that which is good to the use of edifying he's like hey start speaking the Bible start speaking doctrines start speaking in the church like start speaking in the church things that edify your brothers that it may minister grace under the hearers because what happens if I don't do these things he says and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God if I'm just going to automatically just do whatever how can I possibly grieve the Holy Spirit it's possible to not do these things keep speaking corrupt communication keep stealing keep doing all these things that are not according to the new man within you and you know what you're going to grieve the Holy Spirit you know what you're gonna feel that grieving and there's some Christians that are pretty good at grieving the Holy Spirit they're pretty good at just like not listening to the Holy Spirit at all why would that verse be in there if I was for sure going to conform if I was truly saved it makes no sense folks it's just it's illogical it's illogical it's anti-biblical and you could never know that you were saved and I mean I'm glad the Bible gives us verses like this turned to Psalm chapter 51 because you think about well man what kind of sins would cause me to lose my salvation I would think that murder would be up there I would think that adultery would be up there as far as sins that could cause me to like were or to where I was never really saved in the first place look at Psalm chapter 51 open up your Bible right in the middle you'll be in the book of psalm Psalm chapter 51 Psalm chapter 51 David himself goes into adultery he goes into adultery and he ends up killing one of his mighty men good righteous man Uriah I mean how long was this whole thing from the first time David laid eyes on Bathsheba to the time that he killed Uriah to the time where Nathan the prophet came and called him out on his sin how long was that and you would think you know the John MacArthur's would be sitting there looking at David during that time being like oh man that wasn't true faith because of murder and adultery don't get you there what does get you there but look at Psalm chapter 51 David gets right so I guess he gets born again again but that's not what happens look at verse number fifth verse number 10 of Psalm 51 the Bible says David is now getting right Nathan has called him out he's repent he's asked for forgiveness he's trying to get right with God he's confessed his sins and he says to God he says created me a clean heart oh God and renew a right spirit within me he's like help me to get right cast me not away from presence and take not thy holy spirit from me what he's talking about here is is being is the equivalent of being filled with the holy spirit in the New Testament that's a whole sermon in itself he's not talking about don't take away my salvation as a matter of fact he makes this clear in verse 12 where he says restore unto me to my salvation he says restore unto me the joy of thy salvation and uphold me with thy free spirit David gets right and he says God help me to appreciate my salvation he doesn't say God help me be saved again he says Lord just restore unto me the joy the appreciation the thankfulness of my salvation help me not to trample on Christ because that's what we're doing when we go out and we willingly sin that's what David did he trampled on Christ he said Christ didn't come yet he trampled on the future Messiah that would pay for his sins Hebrews talks about this if we go out and we willingly sin we are crucifying Christ to fresh we are disrespecting the sacrifice that God gave us he's not he's going to punish us for that in Hebrews 12 he's not going to take away our salvation we need to ask and David asked for the joy of our salvation this Lordship salvation makes salvation purely subjective to whoever is preaching it it is a damnable heresy John MacArthur is sending people to hell he's unsaved and anybody that believes this is not saved and I pray that we could reach people and get these people saved because like it's a terrifying doctrine it's a terrifying doctrine people are afraid they could never know it's illogical it's anti-biblical and it's a damnable heresy let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer your heavenly father I thank you for the Bible I thank you for the clearness of the Bible Lord I thank you for just all the doctrine that you've given us I thank you for the Holy Spirit that you've given us Lord it helps us to understand you know these words in the Bible Lord I just I thank you for the opportunity I pray Lord for people that are caught up in this heresy or that you would just lead us to them and help us to clearly explain the gospel the simplicity that is in Christ Lord that you tell us about and second Corinthians pray that you just lead us to these people and just soften their hearts so they can know that they don't have to be terrified they can know they can know that they're saved and they can know they're saved and it's easy just by trusting on your son we thank you for the opportunity to be here and study your word in Jesus name we pray amen