Gospel

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Most local churches today do not teach the true gospel of sovereign grace. They preach the free will gospel that leads men to hell.

It is true that once a person is born again he/she can not be unborn again. (John 10:28-29 and Romans 8:38ff) In the natural realm can a person be unborn once they are born from their mother's womb? Absolutely not. The same is true in the spiritual realm. There are many verses which seem to suggest that a person can lose their salvation but that is impossible. However, not everybody who makes a profession of being saved is saved. We must remember passages such as Matthew 7:21-23 where Jesus says: "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. 22 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? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."
These verses are very sobering and should cause everybody who believes themselves to be saved to seriously examine their profession to see if it lines up with what the Bible teaches about how a Christian should live and if they are in fact following the truth as taught throughout the entire Bible. To do the will of God is to believe on both the Father and the Son. Believe is not just an intellectual exercise of thinking Jesus died for your sins but it is trusting in the atonement that Jesus accomplished on the cross and obeying every word that Jesus spoke. If we sin we know we have an advocate with the Father who intercedes on our behalf. "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." 1 John 2:1

It is God's revealed will that we NOT sin. Too many professing Christians show little or no evidence for being born again. The new birth (also called regeneration) is a work of the Holy Spirit by grace through faith. The true believers in Christ will bring forth fruit. There's no such thing as a fruitless Christian. Jesus said: " \I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned."
The branches represent those who make a profession of following Jesus and in this sense they are in Christ but because some do not abide in Jesus they are cast forth as a withered branch and cast into the fire which is a picture of hell. The fruit of the Spirit will be evident in a person who has been saved.
Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved we are told in Romans 10:13 but this calling is not a one time only calling but a continual calling because only a child of God will have an abiding love for Jesus and the Father. He can not stray too far from the fold as one of the sheep but must be brought back by the loving hand of the savior.
Now the scripture does continuously warn against the deceitfulness of sin, riches, an evil heart of unbelief etc. These warnings are given because many do fall away from the faith they profess to have. "Demas hath forsaken me having loved this present world." Was Demas saved? Good question. Paul seems to suggest that he fell from grace because you can not have a love of this world and a love of the Father. These contradict the work of the Spirit. 1 John 2:15-17 "If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." This is another very sobering verse which should cause us to examine ourselves to see if we are in Christ.

Paul said "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?" 2 Cor. 13:5

The doctrine of election and reprobation is seldom even taught in most local churches today because it is considered too controversial and most pastors instead of loving and teaching the truth as too busy gathering large numbers of followers who will put their money in the offering plate to help build a mega church if possible.

Salvation has been described as a salvation from past, present and future sins. This is true. Thus it is a continual work that can not fail to be accomplished in those whom God has chosen to salvation. As one brother put it: " A person whom God has chosen for salvation cannot be unsaved, unredeemed, unreconciled, unforgiven, lost, forsaken, abandoned, or thrown away. Good works and obedience cannot earn salvation, and neither can a lack thereof result in the loss of salvation. The biblical truth of once saved always saved puts the focus of salvation where it should be – on the holy."








Carlton Pruitt ministers the gospel to the Los Angeles area.
Formerly a Hollywood actor (SAG member) and junk removal expert he now spends most of his time studying the scriptures, writing articles, hymns and poems and doing street preaching.

See all his videos on https://www.YouTube.com/user/LAStreetPreacher

CONTACT at [email protected]

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