EO Responds To
Emails 04-12-09
(EMAIL) Three weeks ago I was saved at church and asked Jesus to forgive me. That night I was baptized. I was thinking I was ok for heaven now I see your web page. Please help me to understand how to maintain my salvation to get to heaven. I don’t want to mess up and not go. Is messing up a ten commandment again enough to make me a sinner again and will i need to be saved again? Seeking Answers
(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. Salvation comes instantly at the point of a trusting-submitting faith in JESUS. When one turns from his idols to serve the true and living God [1 Thess 1:9], he becomes God’s child. That status, however, can change, according to Scripture. Because of the flood of eternal security teaching, people dangerously think if they were ever saved they MUST enter heaven after physical death. Such causes one’s spiritual guard to be down to say the least, sin is not recognized as the danger it is and spiritual death becomes a reality.
The Bible is clear that the righteous can die spiritually, the opposite of once saved always saved teaching. See http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/spiritualdeath.htm
Also, the Bible is clear in reporting we must endure to the end to be SAVED (Mt. 10:22; Heb. 3:14; Rev. 2:10,11). Hence, if a person starts his “race” good but never finished, he will still go to HELL. In fact, it will be “worse” for him than if he was never saved to begin with (2 Pet. 2:20-22).
Please consider getting our 801 page book refuting eternal security entitled, “The Believer’s Conditional Security.” There is MUCH in it that can help you better understand this salvation related subject. http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/whatsnew.htm This book is the most exhaustive and comprehensive refutation to eternal security ever written.
Please consider signing up for our weekly email teachings, updates, etc. If interested, you can do that here http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/contact.htm
Remember Gal. 6:8,9 is a SALVATION passage not a rewards passage. GOD BLESS YOU.
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(EMAIL) Please pray for me. I just read your web page about backsliders. I am one who felt God’s presence and now I feel lost. I have been diagnosed with severe depression and it has torn my family apart. I started to abuse alcohol and now I have “come to my senses” Please pray for me!
(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. God can turn a horrible situation around and make something good out of it. Remember what the Father did for the Prodigal http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/prodigal.htm
A person who has turned away from wickedness to follow the Lord Jesus has cause to rejoice. That includes you, if you are described there. ALL Christians have cause to rejoice, even though now for a little time we may go through painful trials and persecutions. This life is short and eternity is loooooooong. Remain faithful to God. You must love him first and foremost. You are battling for eternity. Your SOUL is at stake. Do not give the devil any opportunities. Avoid certain people, places and things.
This is also an important article for you to read http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/newconverts.htm ...We prayed for you. GOD BLESS YOU.
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(EMAIL) Do you think that God is merciful to people that don’t even know Him? I believe He is. He was to me. It seemed as though He orchestrated things in my life to help bring me to Him. If that is the case though, then why does it seem He is less merciful to people that know him? In other words, if we don’t obey we will suffer eternal damnation. Don’t get me wrong. I want to obey God and I want to be righteous and holy. I was just asking.
(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name.... YES, we do believe God does show mercy to some degree to people who do not know him. That kind of mercy though is NOT the kind of mercy a former “object of wrath” gets when he repents and places a submissive faith in Jesus and becomes an “object of his mercy.” God’s favor and mercy on a person can afterwards cease to exist and depart, just as the “Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul” (1 Sam 16:14). Also Azariah said:
The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. (2 Chr 15:2)
It’s commendable you want to obey and be righteous, but are you putting God’s word into practice NOW. That is the question!
He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.” (Luke 8:21)
[MANY terrible things can happen to the godly in this life before we actually die. Various factors come into play as to why, including Job-like tests, persecutions for righteousness, negligence, etc. Remember: Tests can be unpleasant and this life is a long test. Regardless what happens, remain true to Jesus.] ... GOD BLESS YOU.
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(EMAIL) How can someone be saved again if Jesus died once?
(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. You are asking the wrong question. The question should be: Did any of the NT writers even suggest someone can be saved again, even though Jesus died once for sins? The answer is YES - ABSOLUTELY YES. See Rom. 11:19-23; James 5:19,20 and Luke 15:24,32. The last reference shows that Jesus Himself thought so too.
Rather than try to provide support for a HERESY, why don’t you just turn from your wickedness and spread the Biblical message of a conditional security? ... GOD BLESS YOU.
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(EMAIL) Are you saying that all Catholics are going to Hell? I do believe that New Testament is the word of God but unless you can convince me that it was actually written by God and NOT by man, I refuse to believe that everything in the New Testament is 100% true and accurate. As I mentioned before I believe that the New Testament contains at least some symbolism…
...I believe that those who accept Christ into their hearts will be saved. It doesn’t matter if you are Catholic, Baptist, Luthern, etc…What gives you the right to say that your type of Christianity is the ‘right’ one?? If you honestly believe that your type of Christianity is the ‘right’ and only way to get to heaven then I think that you need to wake up…So far I’ve seen your church manipulate Bible verses,...and make negative statements about Mary…I can’t say that I’m necessarily impressed.
Obviously you do not like Catholicism. Fine. In my opinion, I think that you could do more with your ministry by preaching about peace and love and not bashing Catholicism.
“It is mathematically impossible for the Bible not to be of divine inspiration”?? Once again, I don’t understand your statement. Tell me what kind of math that you are talking about please…”All people who are not Biblically saved will be damned”? So unless someone has the exact same interpretation of the Bible as YOU, they are going to Hell?? Do you really believe that? Please note that if you are the second coming of Jesus then I apologize… God Bless.
(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. Do we believe all Catholics are going to hell? If you mean by “Catholic” one who believes what the Roman Catholic system teaches and does, and one who follows that example—YES. It is impossible to be a Christian if one has not been Biblically “born again.” [Catholics think they were born again at infant baptism.] To complicate the matter even more: Mary and the sacraments are trusted in for salvation and the communion wafer is worshiped. (There are other serious problems too!) Hence, NO SUCH PERSON can be a real child of God, as defined by the Bible, even though he may be religious and thinks he is! Please read this http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/rcdeception.htm
God does NOT have to actually write the words in the Bible for those words to be 100% accurate and true. Also, it seems like a contradiction to say you believe the New Testament is God’s word, but you don’t believe it is 100% accurate. Do you believe God can make mistakes?
You wrote, “I believe that those who accept Christ into their hearts will be saved.” What do you mean by that? Catholics are taught they “receive Christ” when they swallow the communion wafer! If that is what you mean, such can NOT save anyone. Please do NOT lump Catholicism, which has various forms of idolatry, with other denominations that don’t. This is not to say just going to a particular church/denomination will save a person. [Catholics commit idolatry when they worship the communion wafer, bow before statues and/or pray to Mary, the saints or angels.]
I base all my religious beliefs on God’s word—the Bible, which is what Christians are supposed to do (2 Tim. 3:16,17). If you think we have distorted the Scriptures out of context, then get specific. What did we distort? The comments we made about Mary are cited to show the Roman Catholic church has fabricated a person they call “Mary,” who doesn’t really exist. That person is supposed to be the sinless, Queen of heaven, mediatrix and dispenser of all graces, “our life, sweetness and hope,” etc. Such is a deadly lie. The sooner one stops believing those things the better for him/her. The real Mary of the Bible is none of those things! Please see http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/maryofbible.htm
We are trying to help Catholics realize what they have been taught is false so they can place 100% of their TRUST IN JESUS for salvation and turn from their idols. We do this out of love for souls and truth. This is very serious! What you do about these issues will stretch into eternity. Your SOUL is in danger.
By the statement: “It is mathematically impossible for the Bible not to be of divine inspiration,” I mean the many detailed prophecies which were fulfilled show divine inspiration especially when applied to the law of probabilities.
One does NOT have to believe exactly like we do to be a Christian. Some doctrines are NOT salvation-related, but others are. And some of the ones related to salvation are misapplied by Catholicism to the eternal harm of all who are so deceived, even those who are sincere.
You know we are NOT the Lord Jesus. We are merely his servants spreading his truth for the sake of SOULS. The reason you are so hostile is because you do not know the message of the New Testament and refuse to examine what we have already stated. Please read the Bible and change accordingly, before it is too late. GOD BLESS YOU.
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(EMAIL) I recently heard you on a radio program with ________. Your conviction about sin was encouraging. My husband recently confessed to 20 years of lying, habitual masturbation and looking at sensual women. We have been in ministry and have taught our children very, very differently. (We did not even have a TV for 5 years at the beginning of our marriage.) I also found out he was not a virgin when we married, as he had claimed.)
A few minutes ago, I asked him if he felt like a hypocrite with our children. He said he did not. Almost every time he sinned, he confessed it to God, and was very sorry. He always felt totally forgiven and loved by God after each incident. The next time, even if he went four months or two months or whatever, he would sin and repeat his repentance all over again. He has been doing this for 20 years as I stated.
He told me that we have a sinful nature and that God totally forgives every time we sin. So is what he saying that if I kill someone today, repent and kill someone daily for 50 years and repent each time, then I am fine with God and not even a hypocritical Christian.
I hate to rank sin, but I would think that having a lack of patience and repenting and working on it, but still struggling with it, is a little different than murdering people. Sexual sin is so painful to a spouse. My heart has been broken and only God can heal me, I am sure of that.
My husband quotes Paul when he stated that he did what he did not want to do...you know the minimizing-sin scripture.
My husband also felt fine to take communion after he sinned. He said that after he asked God to forgive him, he was cleansed. Wow. It is so confusing to me. He was a board member, sang anointed worship songs (solos), and got called into missions, all during the past 20 years. I am so confused. I would feel guilty being disrespectful to my husband on a Sunday morning and would get things right with him, before I took communion....He could happily take communion the next Sunday? Amazing. One of us has to be wrong, because something just doesn’t seem right.
...He said it was not an everyday thing, but he confessed to doing it on many of our family vacations, as the kids and I were asleep. He looked at women around town too, as well as enjoyed JC Penny’s catalogs to check out the girls. I am devastated. God is helping me, but at times I feel like I may have a nervous breakdown.
My husband is genuinely sorry. He said that the one thing God told him to do, he resisted...telling me. He finally did it. Now he said he loves me so much more. He said he wanted to love my all those years, but Satan put a block in the way. Now he loves me and is committed to me. He is permitting me to control the TV and computer usage. We have discarded all his photography books and JC Penny’s catalogs.
I really am confused. Where was his sustained remorse?... He took me (without the kids) on a retreat to celebrate completion ...We have always been pretty poor, so the retreat was amazing! He even sinned then, on our special retreat. He was able to wake up, forgiven, and enjoy the trip with me. (Mind you, he said he did feel really bad immediately after each incident.)
Please help me. This is so confusing. One thing that comforts me when I see images in my mind of him sinning and watching sensual women, is that the sinful nature is HOSTILE to God. How true that is. I hope God is not flippant about sin.
(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. We are very sorry to read your sad email. Sin brings trouble and pain not only for the one who yields, but also to others. May God help you and your entire family and give you peace and restoration.
Like multitudes of others, your husband has been deceived about the seriousness of mental adultery. He doesn’t seem to think lust in the heart can drag him to hell, unlike what Jesus taught:
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. (Mat 5:28,29)
My question to him is: When he says he repented after sinning on and off for 20 years did he trash the porn after each repentance? If not, WHY? Why would he keep it unless he wanted to lust again???? It seems he never had real repentance until now.
The best way to know real repentance came is: Has he experienced freedom from lust? If not, he didn’t repent and wasn’t forgiven. He also remains on the road to hell, if unforgiven.
He needs to guard his SOUL from the dangers of sin. It seems like he must believe in THE HERESY (once saved always saved), which minimizes the consequences of sin. Such is also implied in your husband’s dangerous view of Rom. 7:14-25, which he probably got from the grace changers. They want us to think Paul was a constant sinner and all Christians sin continuously. As bad as that is they also say all sins are the same and our future sins are already forgiven even before we commit them! It is just like Peter warned:
But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. (2 Pet 2:1,2)
Your husband has shown signs of repentance by destroying the porn and is sorry for sinning against you. You need to forgive him. You MUST forgive him to be forgiven yourself. It is easy to forgive others when you realize your own sin debt against God was 500,000 times greater than the offense to you (Mt. 18:21-35).
Your husband needs to also know he is in a fight to the death, that is, he will have to KILL the sinful nature or it will KILL him (Rom. 8:13). Please read these http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/fighttothedeath.htm and this http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/abovesin.htm
ALL people who have trouble with lust can read of 6 points to help in that battle http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/pornography.htm
Please consider signing up for our weekly email teachings, updates, etc. If interested, you can do that here http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/contact.htm
GOD BLESS YOU.
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(EMAIL) Thank you for your articles regarding the KJV. I listened to the KJV Rage audio...I agree with you completely...I’m sorry those men went berserk on you.........“you shall know them by their fruits....” Continued Blessings,
(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. Thank you for your sympathy. Getting thrown out of a congregation for teaching against KJV Onlyism is secondary. The main issue is: People vitally need to be able to understand the Bible, which the KJ version will block. Hopefully, some will think about what was said and change for the good.
This whole KJVO issue is a church “tradition,” which needs to be trashed for the sake of the kingdom. Amazingly, many KJV Onlyites are so blinded and irrational they use Rev. 22:19 against all other translations! That verse shows that taking words away from “this book of prophecy” (the Book of Revelation) will cause loss of salvation. Hence, they have made this a salvation issue and are saying indirectly that one must use the KJV to be saved. They have become guilty of preaching “another gospel.” It is now Jesus PLUS THE KJV to enter God’s kingdom. Remember Heb. 3:14. GOD BLESS YOU.
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(EMAIL) I was just listening to the Sermon you did about KJV onlyism and the rage you had to endure. From the audio stream it was hard to tell what the others were saying in the background, but it sure did sound hostile. I have struggle a long time with the bible version issue. I try to read the KJV most of the time, but the wording is so awkward and difficult in some places. ...What about all the missing verses in the Non KJV versions. I don’t think you addressed that issue in your sermon. Can you please tell me about you think following translations, as I have each, but I want to study just from one. ...I don’t want to be reading anything wrong. If I have to struggle with the KJV then I will. If other translations are just as accurate, then I will read them also....Thanks for your time.
(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. The so called “missing words and verses” of non-KJV Bibles are not really missing! They are NOT found in the Greek text they are based upon. (The KJV is based on a different Greek text.)
The KJV has various translation errors in it. Please do NOT think it is the most accurate! It isn’t. To my knowledge all translations have at least some flaws, but the KJV will dupe the reader in MANY ways including words they think they know, but really don’t! I mentioned some in the KJV Rage audio.
We recommend reading various reputable translations like the NASB, ESV, NIV and NRSV. If you like the Textus Receptus then read the Modern King James, which was translated by Jay Green. It is also a good one. They all teach a conditional security and the vital necessity of being faithful to God to enter his paradise kingdom and escape hell fire after death. May God bless you. Remember Rom. 8:13.
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(EMAIL) From the bible: Woe to those who speak against God’s anointed...He who is without sin let him cast the first stone...(Paul) Why do I do the things I hate? O wicked man that I am. So sir, you should worry about your own soul and pray for others. Does the bible also speak against gossip/slander? We all need to examine ourselves. For there already is one accuser of the brethern. He doesn’t need someone else’s help in the destruction of the saints.
(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name. You wrote all of that because of our message on David Wilkerson. Do NOT confuse speaking against false doctrine and touching God’s anointed. They are not the same.
WHY didn’t you verify the documentation and the related Scriptures we gave? If you had done that, it should be apparent we have only OBEYED GOD by exposing/refuting Wilkerson’s license for immorality there. You should be trying to encourage us rather than condemning us. Why don’t you try to get David Wilkerson to teach sound doctrine rather than falsely accuse us? We are NOT involved in the destruction of the saints, neither do we falsely accuse the brethren.
One final point - a very important one - STOP trying to make allowances for wickedness! Do not be deceived: Paul was holy, righteous and blameless (1 Thess. 2:10). The Rom. 7:14-25 passage is NOT Paul as a Christian. If you do not believe in THE HERESY (Calvinism), you certainly have [at least] been adversely affected by it. Please consider getting our 801 page book refuting eternal security entitled, “The Believer’s Conditional Security.” There is MUCH in it that can help you better understand this salvation related subject. http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/whatsnew.htm This book is the most exhaustive and comprehensive refutation to eternal security ever written.... Remember Gal. 6:8,9 is a SALVATION passage not a rewards passage. GOD BLESS YOU.