Very important points Pastor John makes. At salvation Christ is on the throne of your life. You recieved the righteousness of Christ and are led by God as you follow Christ. If you are a Christ follower he IS Lord over your life... immediately. Scripture is very clear about this. Now as far as killing sin in your life that is part of sanctification. And through the sanctification process (over your lifetime) you are becoming more like Christ (whom you follow). You are conquering sins and becoming more righteous and holy as God is holy. As Christ is holy. So the idea or notion of a carnal Christian is nonsense. You are simply growing in holiness and make mistakes along the way. Just as a baby learning to walk "falls down". He gets back up and keeps growing into adulthood. If you are not, and you are still in the world... then you are simply a false convert as youve never been converted by God. But if you can see the radical transformation, you hate sin, and now want to live righteously and are progressing in that direction then it shows fruit of salvation. People ask what is righteousness. God is perfect. His moral law reflects his unchanging character and nature. We are to be growing in reflecting moral perfection. It is progressive growth for us humans who have been born again, but we are, in all the areas of moral character, growing. There is growth and growth and growth. This is why reading and applying the Scriptures is also important daily because we grow in faith but also obey what we read. If we love and follow Christ then we will obey our King. He is our Lord.
This misrepresents the free grace position. We absolutely do not deny that Christ is Lord. No one could ever be saved if he wasn't already Lord. Also we don't say just believe some facts. It's a personall trust in Christ as Lord and savior, wich demons do not have.
The risk you run is that you place the power of salvation in the hands of the person making the choice to simply believe. Im not saying you're not saved, but it risks giving the idea to young believers or newcomers that they only need to say they believe in JC and then they are saved, which is not Biblical.
Outstanding clarity every time Pastor John speaks
Very important points Pastor John makes. At salvation Christ is on the throne of your life. You recieved the righteousness of Christ and are led by God as you follow Christ. If you are a Christ follower he IS Lord over your life... immediately.
Scripture is very clear about this.
Now as far as killing sin in your life that is part of sanctification. And through the sanctification process (over your lifetime) you are becoming more like Christ (whom you follow). You are conquering sins and becoming more righteous and holy as God is holy. As Christ is holy. So the idea or notion of a carnal Christian is nonsense. You are simply growing in holiness and make mistakes along the way. Just as a baby learning to walk "falls down". He gets back up and keeps growing into adulthood.
If you are not, and you are still in the world... then you are simply a false convert as youve never been converted by God.
But if you can see the radical transformation, you hate sin, and now want to live righteously and are progressing in that direction then it shows fruit of salvation.
People ask what is righteousness. God is perfect. His moral law reflects his unchanging character and nature. We are to be growing in reflecting moral perfection. It is progressive growth for us humans who have been born again, but we are, in all the areas of moral character, growing. There is growth and growth and growth.
This is why reading and applying the Scriptures is also important daily because we grow in faith but also obey what we read. If we love and follow Christ then we will obey our King. He is our Lord.
Those who deny the Lordship of Christ should revisit Revelation Chapter 22.
I can’t believe anyone would think that intellectual assent to the facts about Christ means you’re saved - scary that someone would be that deceived.
You will know them by their fruit.
Mathew 7. You will know whom by thier fruit,? And what is the " fruit" speaking of??
“Historically” John?
This misrepresents the free grace position. We absolutely do not deny that Christ is Lord. No one could ever be saved if he wasn't already Lord. Also we don't say just believe some facts. It's a personall trust in Christ as Lord and savior, wich demons do not have.
The risk you run is that you place the power of salvation in the hands of the person making the choice to simply believe. Im not saying you're not saved, but it risks giving the idea to young believers or newcomers that they only need to say they believe in JC and then they are saved, which is not Biblical.