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The Real Issues
Grace cannot set aside forever all condemnation for
future sins
Salvation does not
include freedom to live in sins of all kinds. It
does not guarantee immunity from Hell if one goes
back into sins and dies in them.
There is no Scripture
in the Bible that teaches that God forgives at one
time all past, present and future sins.
It
can only set aside condemnation as long as a man
stays free from sin. The modern fallacy that
judicial forgiveness covers ALL sins, past, present
and future; that God does not impute sins of
believers to them; and that God never condemns a
saved man for any sins committed, but charges them
to the Lord Jesus Christ, is one of the most
unscriptural and demon-inspired theories in any
church. It is argued by those who hold to such a
theory that not even earthly courts could punish the
same man for his crime two different times and that
since Christ bore the sins of all men, He cannot
bear them twice. This argument is all true as far as
it goes, but it is only half truth. Christ bore the
sins of all, but no one gets saved or is forgiven
until he truly repents and asks for mercy.
It
is true that a man cannot be punished for his crime
twice, but if the same man goes out and commits the
same crime again after being cleared of the first
crime, he must be punished again. There is no court
that will give any man a blanket pardon to continue
to commit the same crimes again and again without
punishment every time he sins. The fact that he was
pardoned for one crime is no excuse for all future
crimes. In other words, if a governor pardons a
murderer and restores him into full
citizenship and freedom, the murderer cannot go out
and continue to murder simply because he was
pardoned. It would be silly to argue that the pardon
that he received for one murder gives him full
freedom to murder all he wants to without being
punished for his crimes. No human government could
long continue if this was the way it dealt with
criminals. No court could justly free a man to go
out and commit all the crimes he desired simply on
the grounds that he had been punished for one crime
or had been pardoned at on time. Is God the only
Governor that is so lacking in intelligence that He
carries on government by permitting His subjects to
be as lawless as they please? No, Jesus said to
those who He forgave, "Go your way and SIN NO MORE".
"Oh but that is impossible" I hear you say. Well
then ask Jesus why He said it if He didn't mean that
it were possible.
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SOUND THE
ALARM!
Cry aloud,
spare not, lift up your voice as a
trumpet and shew my people their
transgression and the house of Jacob
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(continued) It is
just as ridiculous to argue from the same premise
about the salvation of sinners.
God could not be just
to give any man a blank cheque (check) to commit any
sin that he wanted and to be immune from punishment.
This would be just like the murderer being given a
blank cheque as part of his pardon enabling him to
commit all the murders he wanted to. In this case
the governor who gave the pardon would be
responsible for all the murders the the man would
commit. Naturally all the sins of a sinner have been
paid for and Christ has borne all sins in His body
on the tree. He will forgive all sins that are
confessed to Him and truly repented over, but this
does not give the saved person a blank cheque to
continue in sin and live as he pleases without any
fear of being held accountable for his sins after he
has one time been saved. This is the wickedest false
doctrine believed and sometimes even taught in the
present church today.
Salvation does not
include freedom to live in sins of all kinds. It
does not guarantee immunity from Hell if one goes
back into sins and dies in them.
There is no Scripture
in the Bible that teaches that God forgives at one
time all past, present and future sins.
There are Scriptures
that tell us that all sins committed up to the time
of repentance are forgiven and blotted out and
therefore at the time of forgiveness there is not
one sin that God holds against that truly repentant
person. God promised to keep us free from sin from
this point on if we would meet certain conditions.
GOD NEVER DID PROMISE ANYTHING BUT THIS. No man ever
received anything but this. God never required of us
anything but confession of sins already committed.
ONLY SINS THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED CAN BE FORGIVEN.
This is clear from
all Scriptures ( Ex 32:30-34, Lev 4:2-35, 5:1-17,
6:2-30, Num 5:1-7, Ps 32:1-5, 38:1-18, 51:1-13, Matt
3:6, 18:12-35, Acts 2:38, 3:19, 5:31, 26:18, 2 Pet
1:9, 1 John 1:9, Rev 1:5)
It is simply
ridiculous to teach that future sins are forgiven
before they are committed. The fact that the sins of
men since the cross were committed after Christ died
or that Christ died for all future sins of future
men is no proof that all future sins of a man are
forgiven before he commits them. Christ died for all
men and if men are all forgiven simply because
Christ died for them and if men do not have to
confess their sins in order to be forgiven simply
because Christ died for them, then all will be saved
and there is no need of anyone ever confessing sins.
The sins of the Old Testament saints were not
committed after Christ died and yet Christ atoned
for all those sins that were past (Rom 3:24-25, Heb
9:15). They all had to make confession of sins when
and after they were committed just as modern men
must do, according to the passages cited above. We
must conclude that no sin can be forgiven before it
is committed. If this is true, then there is no such
thing as all future sins being blotted out by one
act of faith in Christ, giving men immunity from all
punishment for future sins committed.
Statements such as
"taketh away the sin of the world" and "take away
our sins" simply refer to the fact that Christ bore
the sins of all men of all ages, past, present and
future men, but redemption can benefit only those
who personally confess their sins and accept the
work of Christ on the cross for them. If this be not
true and if Christ saves all men simply because He
died for all, regardless of their meeting any
conditions in their personal lives, then all are
saved from sin and will go to heaven and there is no
need of preaching the gospel any further.
The will of God is
that after one is forgiven and becomes a new
creature in Christ then they are supposed to quit
the sin business. Jesus told several "Sin no more,
lest a worse thing come unto thee" John 5:14, 8:11.
Jesus taught that "whosoever committeth sin is the
servant of sin John 8:34. He further taught that the
work of the Holy Spirit throughout this age would be
to "reprove the world of sin" John 16:7-11.
Paul stated that me
should not continue in sin just because God was
gracious to keep forgiving sin Romans 6:1, that men
"should not henceforth serve sin" after they were
born again Romans 6:1-6, that saved men are "freed
from sin" Romans 6: 7-23, that saved men were to "
walk in Christ as they received Him Col 2:6-7, that
if they sinned again after they were made free from
sin, that they died again and reaped what they sowed
Romans 6:16-23, 8:1-13, Gal 5:19-21, 6:7-8, that if
saved men denied God He would deny them 2 Tim 2:12
Grace cannot keep men
saved when they are sinning against God Romans
8:1-13
This section above contains
excerpts from Dake
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IT'S MY
MISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE PREPARED FOR ETERNITY!
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Hell’s
best kept secret
Why do 80-90%
of those making a decision for Christ fall away from the
faith? What is the principle that Spurgeon, Wesley,
Whitefield, etc., used to reach the lost? Why has the
Church neglected it? Don't let anything stop you from
listening to this incredible teaching. What happens to
anyone who doesn’t understand true repentance for
breaking God’s Law. Jesus doesn’t make your life better,
He wants you to lose your life.
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This
is the challenge for honesty and reality in God’s
people.
It
is not intended to be arrogant or critical, but - it is
one of exposure and challenge; the challenge in our
‘comfortable’ carnally secure and sin ridden Western
society.
It
is for the Lord’s glory and pleasure, and blessings and
fulfilment for the people of God.
If
you are saved in Christ, but feel that you are not
moving and growing in Him, you need to hear Dr. Houston.
Are
you are hungry and desperate for more of God and His
reality in your life and long to see and experience real
Revival
Scriptural Holiness, the ‘missing link’ is a result of
experiencing and going on unto Perfection. The doctrine
of Holiness has been almost forgotten, hidden and not
taught or preached and this is why that there have not
been any Revivals like in past times. The issue is the
personal conviction and deal with the issue of personal
sin and revival first starts with ourselves.
John Wesley said, “Only share this with people who are
hungry.” “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
after righteousness, for they shall be filled” said
Jesus.
Like Joshua and Caleb we press on in spite of unbelief
and doubt in others. True holiness has never been a
popular subject – the cost is very high.
Satan is a liar and a robber. For half a century and
even longer, he has bred and fostered many
misinterpretations, misconceptions, and half-truths to
God’s people and promoted a lying gospel of just half
the message, a half truth gospel that takes those "I've
prayed the sinner's prayer and I'm alright" people,
straight to hell after they die.
The
Bible says that
"without Holiness no
man shall see the Lord" and "Blessed are the pure in
heart, for they shall see God"
The fear of God
comes from the knowledge of God, which is from knowing
God. The Bible tells us that the beginning of wisdom and
knowledge is the fear of the Lord. The fear of the LORD
is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the
Holy One is understanding.” (Proverbs 9:10)
As God’s presence
is revealed to us physically and spiritually we stand in
awesome respect of His power and majesty. The children
of Israel had an encounter with God that made an
impression on them at Mount Sinai. Then Moses led the
people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood
at the foot of the mountain. Mount Sinai was covered
with smoke, because the LORD descended on it in fire.
The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace,
the whole mountain trembled violently, and the sound of
the trumpet grew louder and louder. (Exodus 19:17-19)
In God’s presence the people were terrified, but Moses
said to the people, "Do not be afraid. God has come to
test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to
keep you from sinning." (Exodus 20:18-20)
The greater our knowledge of God the greater our love
will be for Him, and the greater our fear of Him will be
also. The prophet Isaiah had an encounter with God that
changed his life. He said: "Woe is me..." (Isaiah
6:1-5)
In the revelation
of God’s light and glory even our slightest shortcomings
are revealed which causes us to immediately repent.
Notice that Isaiah even felt contaminated by the sin of
the people that he had been with, when he stood before
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