https://youtube/watch?v=PoTNdCBd2_g Dr Ralph Yankee Arnold on Lordship Salvation. The phrase Lordship Salvation sounds scriptural and appears biblical. So whats the big deal? Is it grace or is it works? To simplify, its both, and its un-scriptural and un-biblical. It means the difference between living a defeated life or a victorious one. It means the difference between being on PROBATION in this life, and being free indeed eternally, in Christ Jesus through faith. Salvation is eternal, not temporary. This is simply what we believe to be true and here is why it is incumbent upon believers to reject the doctrine called Lordship Salvation: If one must reform himself prior to being saved, then there will be nobody saved. If one must remain without sin after he is saved in order to remain saved, again, nobody will be saved. It is the experience of every Christian and of those written about in the scriptures that, no matter the degree of his disdain for his sin, it remains a part of his human character. So, if any are to be saved, salvation must be contingent only upon the work that Christ did at Calvary and not upon anything else. Todays teachers will tell you differently. They speak out of both sides of their mouth telling us Its grace BUT... The Lordship legalistic may attempt to argue away the inherent contradictions in their doctrine, but the contradictions cannot be explained away. Lordship salvation-ism is a dichotomy. It is legalism. It is Roman-ism. It is impossible. It is another Gospel. Jesus is still Lord whether you make Him Lord of your life or not. You are relinquishing Lordship of YOUR life when you trust in Jesus as your savior. You are saying I want YOU to be my Lord, I am trusting in YOU alone for this life and the life to come. I am surrendering my will to you Lord. Thats what salvation is, recognizing Christs Lordship over EVERY sphere and surrendering to that. In that process you are saved because you recognize Him for who He is; the Creator, the One who knit you together in the womb, Hes the faithful One, giving your life meaning and purpose and fulfillment. Hes the One who is the sovereign of the universe and you are submitting, bowing down to His Lordship. You are confessing that He is Lord. Thats what it means to be saved. You are saved from yourself. He is the Lord. He is the Savior. He is eternal and so is salvation. Jesus said Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. Revelation 3:20 in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Paul to the Romans. The Gospel of our salvation is this: Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 This video features Dr Ralph Yankee Arnold. A real trooper this guy, he brings a whole new meaning to what the word apostleship should be. Now, with over 40 years of teaching the truth, Dr. Arnold is the pastor of the Calvary Community Church of Tampa, Florida. He brings the simple facts toward the simplest decision of choosing Christs unmerited favor from God our creator, over living a life trying to hammer out His favor and forgiveness through works of our own. So the question to the works/grace tweener would be: Did our savior die in vain that we would try to do this on our own to GAIN our salvation from hell? This is sinful and shameful to teach otherwise is it not? Recently, many big name preachers are getting called out on this and now they are jumping like fleas on a roadrunner. We are not defeated! We are ETERNALLY VICTORIOUS through the undeserved forgiveness that Jesus freely gives to the believer. When He, The Son of God paid the price on that ugly cross He said: It is FINISHED! The grace/works tweener says :Its finished but....
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