MY THEOLOGY………MY KING

Five Truths of the Bible….Once Saved Always Saved

Special thanks to Dr. Harlan Betz…..From whom I found this list:

There has been some question as to what my theological leanings are so I wanted to provide some picture into what I believe. I did not create this list but it accurately describes my view of Salvation. The “Theological Puritans” over at the Calvinist web-site Old Truth use their belief system to exclude people from Christian faith. It is a weapon by which they deem who is and is not worthy for “election” into the presence of God.  The principles below make up the core of my beliefs but at the end of the day I just think God sent his son to be murdered on a cross and rise 3 days later so that ALL people would have the opportunity to repent and recieve the salvation of Christ.  I think God is big enough to save us all. Watch My King to hear the REAL TRUTH!

1.Total Depravity

Man is totally depraved. Every facet of man’s nature and faculties is corrupted by the sin nature. There is nothing in man that can enable him to earn or deserve eternal life. God, in grace, draws all men (John 12:32; Titus 2:11), Man is able to receive and respond to the grace of God (Mt 23:37;John 5:24-25; Eph. 2:8-9). Man is a free moral agent with responsibility to respond to God’s grace (John 1:1-9; 3:16-17). Man can respond to God’s grace and come to Christ and he is called to do so (Rev. 22: 17)!

2. Unmerited Election

God elects a man without regard to that man’s merit! In fact, man cannot merit God’s saving grace! Election is an act of God’s grace (Eph. 1:4-6). Believing is a response to God’s grace. The Bible teaches both God’s sovereignty in choosing and man’s responsibility in believing. The Bible places foreknowledge before predestination (Rom.8:28-30). God desires for all men to be saved (1 Tim. 2:4). God is not desirous that any should perish (2 Pet 3:9). Whosoever believes in Jesus has eternal life (John 3:16)! Men who go to Hell, go there because they are sinners who rejected God’s grace.

3. Limitless Atonement

Christ died for all mankind (Is. 53:6;John 4:14, 42; 1 Tim. 2:3.6; Heb. 2:9; 1John 2:2). His death is sufficient for all, but efficient only for those who believe (John3:15-17; Rom. 4-5).

4. Instrumental Grace

God’s common grace reaches all people and enables them to respond to Him (Mt 5:45; Tit 2:11; Ps. 19; Rom. I). God, in His grace, offers salvation to all. Some resist God’s grace and remain condemned (John 5:40); others respond to His grace and at the very moment they place their faith in Christ, they are made alive and have eternal life. They are saved by grace. (Eph. 2:8.9). Faith and regeneration in Christ are simultaneous (John 1: 11-13; 3: 117).

5. Preservation of The Saints

“Once saved always saved”, a believer is secure because of God’s preservation. If a person has placed his faith in Christ alone for salvation, he is guaranteed eternal life, regardless of what he: thinks, says, or does. If a person is a believer, he should live like it, but if he doesn’t, God will discipline him. He may sin, but he is still saved (Rom, 8:31-39: Heb. 12:1-11).