Jacob Prasch of Moriel Ministries gets our latest Skull and Crossbones Award. He has earned it for teaching the heresy of eternal security in the following article as well as for his co-laboring and promoting it through endorsing other eternal security fanatics like Dave Hunt. Here are Jacob’s actual words:
Part of the problem with Calvinism is that they try to apply time to eternity. Because Calvinism is based on humanism, Calvinists try to figure things out intellectually which can only be comprehended intellectually to a certain point. They like to emphasize that we’re predestined - well, of course, because relative to eternity every choice has already been made. Do I believe in eternal security? Yes, because we are already seated with Christ in heavenly places; in eternity it’s already happening. I believe in eternal security as the Bible teaches it. But once saved always saved? No.... (The Divine Aristocracy, Part 1)
Jacob stated twice that he does believe in eternal security. If he has changed his view since writing that article, let him revise it and contact us. We’ll gladly remove his Skull and Crossbones Award.
Jacob also stated in the same article that he doesn’t believe in once saved always saved. This is nothing more that semantics and double talk. The bottom line in these terms (eternal security and once saved always saved) is that a Christian can stray into great wickedness and he’ll remain saved. This is both a license for immorality and doctrine of demons.
Let Jacob come out with a new article stating he believes a Christian can lose his salvation. That is the real issue, not merely does he believe in eternal security or once saved always saved since these terms are often defined differently. But for him to do that would probably cost him many ministry opportunities, which few in “ministry” seem willing to jeopardize.
Questions for Jacob Prasch: Since you align yourself in ministry at times with Dave Hunt, who you say you disagree with on eternal security (even though at another time you state you believe in eternal security), why aren’t you as open in teaching against eternal security as Hunt is to teach it? Do you really teach a true Christian can lose his salvation? If that is true, then what will it take for a Christian to lose his salvation? Where is such a teaching by you on your web site? Please send me the link. I do want to read it.
Getting back to Dave Hunt, he believes eternal security is related to the “faith” itself and thinks there are “carnal” Christians (just like Charles Stanley does). Hence, Dave Hunt’s gospel and faith is connected with the demonic idea that the unnamed incestous man of 1 Cor. 5:1-5 was a “Christian.” Where is the holiness in such a deadly misrepresentation of a so-called “Christian” as this is? Hunt is an enemy of my gospel, which is clearly shown in 1 Cor. 15:2 to include a conditional security for the believer. You refuse to believe what the book of Jude says about the people who change “grace” into a license for immorality, which is what Dave Hunt, John MacArthur and others have done and are doing on a worldwide scale. The Bible is clear that they are ungodly people, who have blackest darkness prepared for them and they also don’t have the Spirit of God (Jude 4, 13, 19). You don’t really believe the Bible here or don’t think they have changed grace into a license for immorality, even though they all believe King David remained saved while in adultery and murder; that Peter remained saved even after he disowned Christ; etc.
You also have your co-worker, David Lister’s, slanderous misrepresentations of what I believe posted on your web site. He has twisted and distorted things I have stated to smear my name and Evangelical Outreach. (All one has to do is carefully read what I wrote to see his crafty misrepresentations.) Could it be that you don’t really want to know what I teach and believe so his article can better serve your purpose.
You are friends with various “grace” changers and shown yourself to be my enemy, but you want Christians to think you oppose eternal security, while your actions scream otherwise. You want it both ways, while you have not placed a clear teaching on your web site which states a Christian can lose his salvation, even though it is all through the Bible. How can you not do this, since the heresy that a righteous person cannot die spiritually through sin, first taught by the devil, has multitudes believing they are on the road to heaven when they are actually on the road to hell? Precious souls remain deceived.
Jacob, stop being concerned about the advantages you can get by associating with Dave Hunt, and fear God and love the perishing to the point that you are going to preach the Biblical message on true saving faith, that is, it can cease to exist (Luke 8:13), become shipwrecked (1 Tim. 1:18-20) and be destroyed (2 Tim. 2:18). That is another way of saving after getting “born again” one can get back on the road to hell and perish eternally (if he doesn’t repent and live holy).
GOD BLESS YOU.
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