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(EMAIL) I have read some of your writings. My question to you, How do we know that you are right and Ellen G White is wrong? why do you all try to prove her wrong instead of trying to teach others the way to God. Each man is subject to his own interpretation. I want to say to you that God takes what we know and teach us what He wants us to know. Salvation is not about proving someone right or wrong. If Ellen G White is wrong, God will deal with her for leading His flocks astray not you, if you are wrong, He will do likewise. Leave the judging to the creator. With this I pray that you will use the word of God in a much better way to God's honor and glory and not to your own self-righteousness.

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name.

We know that Ellen G. White was wrong because of the evidence, the same way we know Catholicism, Mormonism, Islam, Jehovah’s Witnesses, etc. are wrong. Here are specific examples of such evidence that should help you http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/sabbath.htm

As Christians, we are commanded to teach the Biblical message, which means we must refute false doctrines. Such obedience to God has brought hatred and persecution, but that goes with the territory of faithfully serving God. We desire his approval and praise over man’s. SOULS are perishing and truth must go forth.

We are commanded to “test” the spirits because many are false prophets (1 John 4:1). This is partially fulfilled with Ellen G. White and Seventh Day Adventism.

GOD BLESS YOU.

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(EMAIL) Please get your facts straight about Catholicism. The Bible in fact proves the doctrines and practices of Catholicism, NOT Evangelicalism ....

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name.

You are only repeating what you heard another wrongly say. Catholicism is basically devoid of all Biblical backing, especially about salvation and the related. It is not even close about Mary’s importance. Since you think Catholicism is backed by Scripture, please show us where MARY is “our life, sweetness and hope” and co-redeemer with Christ in the Bible.

For your own soul’s sake, and those you love the most, please read the New Testament and change accordingly. Your soul is in the GREATEST DANGER possible.

God bless you.

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(EMAIL) Im so glade that im serving an Awesome God. A God that really cares for our needs and a God that see beyond reality. He is a God that forgive's us whenever we go wrong. If He was human just like me and you He would've not have mercy at all. I have to say thank you for the wonderful massage, it truly inspire's me from time to time. enjoy the rest of your day and may god bless you abundantly.

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name.

God is certainly awesome and MUCH MORE. Yes, he does forgive, but we must meet his conditions for that forgiveness. Please read the following carefully Luke 18:13,14; Mt. 6:14,15; 1 John 1:9; Acts 10:43; etc.

Forgiveness does NOT just come automatically, according to the Bible. (MOST people will go to hell in the end.)

GOD BLESS YOU.

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(EMAIL) I am one of those that are undecided on this issue, I have read Charles Stanley book, He obviously struggled with this for years , I think he has done a real good job to back up his side he’s not as dogmatic it seems as his opponents are.

Anyway I have not read your book as yet, but have listened to a lot you have to say one Question have you ever had a face to face chat with Charles Stanley about this issue.

A few questions re your side you say that you don’t get into works to keep your salvation from my experience people that are worried about there salvation do indeed try and work there way there. I think it clears there conscience, also you say where there is sin or continuing sin we are not indeed saved my son has a alcohol addiction but loves the lord so what your saying is he not saved where as Charles stanley would say the opposite.

I would love to read your book then comment again from an informed procession at the moment I am leaning a bit more to Charles explanation, and others, we cant live in fear of losing our salvation I have been a Christian for twenty five years will I hope I have , and a lot of water so to speck has gone under the theological bridge and from that alone I am lending to internal security, people have dedicated there lives to Christ then muck up fall away what ever you like to call it then you say they go to a lost eternity , himmm the mind boggles.

Any way I haven’t made a final decision yet, will drop you another line when I have.

God bless

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name.

I have read Stanley’s book on eternal security. Here is an article on it http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/stanley.htm

He was also sent a personal letter. We never got any response back. Whatever you might have heard or read from anyone who rejects eternal security, please don’t attach to us. We go ONLY by the Bible. One basic article which should help you decide eternal security is false is this one http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/spiritualdeath.htm

We believe that we are saved by grace (Eph. 2:8,9) but we can fall from grace (Gal. 5:2-4). We are justified by faith (Rom. 5:1) but our faith can become shipwrecked (1 Tim. 1:19,20) and cease to exist (Lk. 8:13; Rom. 11:19-23). We are not under the law (Rom. 6:14,15) but if you live according to the sinful nature you will die (Rom. 8:13). Paul taught against legalism (Gal. 5:3,4) but he also taught that no immoral, impure or greedy person has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God (Eph. 5:5-7). We are not saved by works (Eph. 2:8,9) but to reap eternal life and not destruction you must sow to please the Spirit and not the sinful nature (Gal. 6:8,9). God is faithful to us (1 Jn. 1:9; 1 Cor. 10:13) but we must be faithful to him to the very end of our lives to escape the lake of fire or second death (Rev. 2:10,11). God surely loves us (Jn. 3:16; Mk. 10:21; Rom. 8:35-39) but those who inherit the kingdom of God love God (Jam 2:5; 1 Cor. 2:9) and to love God means to obey his commands (Jn. 14:15; 1 Jn. 5:3). We have freedom in Christ (Gal. 5:1) but this freedom is not to indulge the sinful nature (Gal. 5:13; 1 Pet 2:16).

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

Remember Gal. 6:8,9 is a SALVATION passage not a rewards passage. GOD BLESS YOU.

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(EMAIL) I found your site while attempting to find the passage from the Bible (a Tradition of the Catholic Church) about how we cannot trust the heart of man. I was searching to counter the mormon hook of praying about the BOM to feel the burning in your breast. I understand why you and I do not really consider mormons to be Christian, but to place Roman Catholics in the same category is so intellectually dishonest and absurd...I have to admit I was shocked.

You really should consider praying the Holy Rosary. Not reciting it mind you, but really praying it. I am a convert to Roman Catholicism and I have no doubt one of our greatest weapons against the evils of our self indulgent society and the prince of darkness is to ask our lady to pray for us while we reflect on the life of her son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Praying the Rosary is praying the Gospel. Ignorance of this weakens your anti-authoritarian arguments against the Church Christ built upon the rock of Peter. This one is even easier to defend, and right out of sacred scripture....don't go there.

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name.

The basic problem you have with us is simple: You reject what the Bible says in favor of Roman Catholic teaching. You think the rosary, among other things, somehow fits under “Tradition” when it is impossible for this to be the case or to prove. Rather than pointing people to JESUS, as the earliest Christians did, you are pointing people to the Rosary (which is supposed to be the “epitome of the Gospel” according to Roman Catholic Church). In turn the Rosary declares MARY (NOT Jesus) to be our “life, sweetness and hope.” Believing such will damn one to hell.

You also have also been taught, as all Catholics have been, that Catholicism is the one true church built upon Peter the “rock.” Please read this http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/peter.htm

You need to change for your own soul’s sake and those you love the most. Please go by the Bible ALONE and you can’t go wrong. Eternity is a long time. Take this email seriously. GOD BLESS YOU.

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(EMAIL) We just joined with a group of local churches and did a Basketball camp together. The materials were very basic and a simple salvation message was in all the devotionals, but nothing concerning the security of the believer. I was beside myself when on the third day a lay speaker from one of the churches got up and present an "illustration" to the kids.

She took plates and washable markers and told the kids to write sins on them. They did and she talked about how Jesus washes our hearts! Then she told the kids to write sins on the plates - after she'd erased the sins they'd previously written on the plates. Nothing appeared. She than said, "See, once Jesus forgives you- your heart is always clean from that point on!" The kids were amazed. One kid yelled out, "Cool!". You could see in his eyes that he'd just been given permission to sin as much as he wished.

I was grieved. I stayed after the presentation, along with another minister from a church that believes in conditional security and we explained to this young lady how offensive and contrary to Biblical truth that illustration was. She basically told us that we were the devil coming against what God had just done in her.

I just couldn’t sleep that night. I'm 36 and it seems that my entire generation is buying the lie. This emerging church stuff and the osas stuff is got my peers living like world and thinking God winks at their sin.

Sorry, I wrote so much. I just wanted to say- I was surfing the web for information and came across your site and THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Bar none- one of the best resources out there for information in the war on false doctrine!

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name.

Thank you for the kind words. It was a blessing that you were righteously grieved by the HERESY of eternal security. We battle this doctrine all the time. It has saturated the so-called Bible-believing churches. MULTITUDES are now on the road to hell thinking they are on the road to heaven and can’t get off the road to heaven.

Have you ever noticed there is a whole book of the New Testament written about those who change GRACE into a license for immorality (Jude 3,4)? It is VITAL that Christians fight against this counterfeit grace message and false gospel.

By in large, the false teachers have ruined the vineyard. 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. It should enable you to better help people see the truth about this subject http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/whatsnew.htm

Remember Gal. 6:8,9 is a SALVATION passage not a rewards passage. GOD BLESS YOU.

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(EMAIL) my daughter was telling me that she has to forgive her husband - they are divorced but also she has to forgive her dad - he has mental illness and was hard on her when little - also she says i have to forgive him for the way he treated me - we are divoriced and he is in nursing home now for mental illness - also that i have to forgive my step father for abusing me

she said if we dont forgive the ones who hurt us - whether as children or adults - we will lose our salvation - and we have to tell these people we forgive them - well before my step father died i did write him a letter - but have not forgiven husband so to speak but realize he was mentally ill all the years i was married to him what do you say in regard to what my daughter said she interpreted Jesus to mean in the bible she also believes that even if you are saved but you back slide you will lose your salvation - i have always believed that God usually deals with those of His children who do not obey Him - but have heard that others do also believe this

thanks - my daughter does suffer frm bi polar - drs said she got from her dad - so she gets very emotionally involved in things that she reads in the bible like she now fears she will go to hell if she does not forgive her dad and ex husband

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name.

We are very sorry for the past hurts you and your daughter have and are suffering. Please know you are NOT alone! We are living in a society where sin and injustice are rampant.

According to Jesus’ teaching in Mt. 6:14,15 and Mt 18:21-35 we MUST forgive those that sin against us. It is an act of “mercy” and a command to forgive such. Remember their offenses against us are VERY SMALL compared to our great offenses against God by our sins, according to Jesus. To not forgive is to hurt YOURSELF many times more than the person you won’t forgive.

Remember Gal. 6:8,9 is a SALVATION passage not a rewards passage.

Please read this http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/newconverts.htm

GOD BLESS YOU.

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(EMAIL) Please help me. I am desperate. I feel I have committed a sin unto death. I was saved and kept on sinning in a sexual way. I thought I was saved because I believed in Jesus. Now I understand about being obedient. I have repented and asked for forgiveness, turned from my sin but now I don’t feel the presence of God I am terrified. I don’t want to be lost. I love Jesus and God and the Holy Spirit. Please give me any hope you may feel the Holy Scriptures have to offer. I thank you. May God have mercy on us all.

God bless you

Jesus be with you

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name.

Sexual sin can be forgiven. This is clear from various Scriptures such as the Prodigal (Luke 15:11-32). Also David got forgiven after his adultery and murder. For David, after he repented, there apparently was a time (even though he was forgiven) that he never had the joy of his salvation (Psa. 51:12). I know a man like that who did get the joy and peace back again after he lost his salvation, but it took awhile.

Stay in the Bible and remember this: If you draw near to God he will draw near to you. Please read this http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/newconverts.htm

GOD BLESS YOU.

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(EMAIL) I think that you are the one that is confused instead of Ray Comfort. Law to the proud and Grace to the humble period. Also you cannot lose your salvation. If you lost it then you never had it in the first place. It was Jesus that said in Matthew 4:17 Repent ,for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Once again, I say that if you REALLY have it you can\’t lose it. I don\’t put my faith in Ray Comfort but in the living GOD and he is ALWAYS true to his word.

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name.

You are repeating what you heard someone say—probably Comfort. Just think about this: how could the Lord Jesus or his apostles teach either “law” or “grace” when they spoke to crowds which consisted of both the proud and the humble? In other words, the whole crowd heard the same truth!!!!

According to Scripture, a righteous person can die spiritually http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/spiritualdeath.htm

Hence, one can lose his salvation.

Remember Gal. 6:8,9 is a SALVATION passage not a rewards passage. GOD BLESS YOU.

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(EMAIL) About your pages on Charles Stanley and eternal salvation (1995), you all-out forgot where the Gospels say the only unforgivable sin is denial of or blasphemy against the holy spirit. So murder or whore away, etc.

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name.

While it is true that the only unforgivable sin is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, many other forgivable sins that don’t get forgiven will damn a person! Please read the follow lists in Rev. 21:8; 1 Cor. 6:9,10; etc. Especially destructive is the list in Eph. 5:5-7:

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a man is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. Therefore do not be partners with them.

Remember: a righteous person can die spiritually by turning to evil http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/spiritualdeath.htm

Remember Gal. 6:8,9 is a SALVATION passage not a rewards passage. GOD BLESS YOU.

(EMAIL) I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness for almost 35 years, though never baptized. I was “Saved” in a Baptist church 8 years ago, only to fall back into the JW's again on a promise of seeing my dead daughter in Paradise one day. I left the JW’s in March of this year. I know that they are not the truth. I joined a baptist church a couple of months ago and they teach the OSAS doctrine. I don’t think I fully believe that either, I think that you can fall from grace. There are so many religions saying that “We Have The Truth” and im so confused, i don’t know what to believe anymore. Can you help me?

(RESPONSE) Greetings in Jesus’ name.

The only way you will ever have peace about what to believe is to spend quality time FOR YOURSELF DIRECTLY IN THE BIBLE. Read and reread the New Testament as you memorize certain Scriptures.

Ponder this fact about the Watchtower headquaters: The Watchtower headquarters teaches that it ALONE can correctly understand the Bible and the people who are JWs have made the mistake to believe those Bible-defined false prophets.

Most Baptists believe in THE HERESY (once saved always saved or eternal security). Sadly, they are not alone. By teaching that way they have also spread lukewarmness, bondage to sin, spiritual death, ignorance of the Bible and, thereby, destroyed millions of souls, while the teachers often get wealthy and popular. For your own good have NOTHING to do with Calvinism. It is a false gospel and counterfeit grace message. You are clearly right that one can fall from grace (Gal. 5:2-4).

The most important subject to study out is salvation. Go only by the Bible, especially the New Testament and you should be blessed as you change accordingly.

GOD BLESS YOU.

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