Colossians 1:20-23, “And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;”
Woe unto
Bob Jones University today! Woe unto Moody Bible Institute! Woe unto
The Master's University! Woe unto
Pacific Garden Mission and their Unshackled radio program!
Woe unto ministers' Steve Pettit, Marty Herron, John MacArthur, Sam Horn
and Ray Comfort! Why do I say that? It is because all of these
institutions and ministers have moved away from the hope of the Gospel.
They all errantly teach that you must “repent of your sins” to receive
God's free gift of eternal life.
I was reading a popular Seventh-Day Adventist book today by Miss Ellen G. White, titled: “The Great Hope.” On page 47 she teaches Lordship Salvation:
“Without the law, people have no true conviction of sin and feel no need to repent. They do not realize how much they need the atoning blood of Christ. They accept the hope of salvation without a radical change of heart or reformation of life. So there are many superficial conversions, and many people who have never been united to Christ join the church.” [emphasis added] —Miss Ellen G. White, “The Great Hope,” p. 47
Ellen White is of the Devil. All you have to do to be saved is to receive “the hope of the Gospel,” as our text verse from Colossians 1:23b says. Miss White says more is required. She says you must also have “a radical change of heart and reformation of life.” According to Ellen White, you are not saved by simply trusting Jesus as your Savior; but also, she says you must experience a radical change of heart and reformation of life. That is another gospel! That is not what the Apostle Paul preached. Nowhere in Paul's Gospel, which was given to him directly by Jesus Christ, does Paul tell us to reform our life to be saved.
What Ellen White teaches is the SAME junk theology propagated today by Pacific Garden Mission's UNSHACKLED series, Bob Jones University, Moody Bible Institute, and all the corrupt ministers I mentioned earlier. Just like these ungodly false prophets, Ellen G. White confuses sanctification with justification, casting stumbling blocks before the people. Gospel preacher and author of the classic book, Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan, rightly said:
“If you do not put a difference between justification wrought by the man Christ without and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ within, you are not able to divide the Word aright; but contrariwise, you corrupt the Word of God, and cast stumbling blocks before the people.” [emphasis added] —Evangelist John Bunyan
What a great statement! John Bunyan got it 100% right!!! Dr. Steve Pettit corrupts the Word of God. Dr. Marty Herron corrupts the Word of God. Harvest Baptist Church on Guam corrupts the Word of God. Unshackled corrupts the Word of God. Sam Horn corrupts the Word of God. John MacArthur corrupts the Word of God. Bob Jones University corrupts the Word of God. Moody Bible Institute corrupts the Word of God. John Piper corrupts the Word of God. Ray Comfort corrupts the Word of God. There is a famine of truth in the land today in America. The Devil's lie of Calvinism (aka, Lordship Salvation) has infected 90% of Baptist churches today, because of the Devil's corrupt Bible revisions.
Bob Jones University Has Moved Away From The Hope of
The Gospel
How did the once great citadel of Christian fundamentalism in America—Bob Jones University—go from being a free grace Gospel institution, to preaching the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation? I'll tell you exactly how—they stopped standing for THE TRUTH! Instead of standing with the inspired King James Bible, because of the love of money they went along with the Bible corrupting movement, bidding Godspeed to the Devil's corrupt Bible revisions. In so doing, they changed! Pastor Bob Gray Sr. gets it exactly right...
“Somebody said about a preacher, 'He changed his position.' Listen carefully, nobody ever changes his position. CHANGE IS A POSITION!!! ... When you change, you never have a set position anymore. Truth is set. Truth is stable. Change is not. When you leave the truth, you don't stop anywhere, you keep on changing! And that's why it's called 'backsliding'!” [emphasis added] —Dr. Bob Gray Sr., a quote from the sermon, 'Truth Vs. Change'
Our text Bible passage from Colossians 1:20-23 is a
very interesting passage of Scripture. The Apostle Paul is warning the
believers at the church of Colossae, not to be MOVED AWAY from the hope
of the Gospel. I like what Pastor Jack Hyles used to say—he said we
don't hope to someday have eternal life; but rather, WE HAVE A HOPE of
eternal life now! Titus 1:2, “In hope of eternal life, which God,
that cannot lie, promised before the world began;” I have the hope
of eternal life because I have Jesus dwelling in me! Jesus is eternal
life (1st John 5:20). The phrase “moved away” is the Greek word
metakineō, which means, “to stir away elsewhere.” And the word
“hope” is the Greek word elpis, which means “expectation.” The
word “continue” is the Greek word epimenō and means, “to stay
over, that is, remain.” Certainly you don't need to know the Greek
meaning of words to understand the Word of God, but they help to clarify
meaning.
A common saying is that a picture is worth 1,000 words. I can't think of
a better illustration of someone being moved away (stirred away
elsewhere) from the hope (or expectation) of the Gospel, than Bob Jones
University today. Perhaps you say, “Oh boy, why do you keep picking on
them over there at BJU?” Well, it is for the same reason that I would
incessantly bang on your door at 3 a.m., if your house were burning in
flames. It is because I care about others! I love you folks at BJU and
Harvest Baptist Church on Guam, enough to risk your anger and rejection,
while you still can't figure out why I am so zealous to preach against
your doctrines of devils and use of Devil's Bibles.
Kindly said, when the Bob Jones' crowd get to Heaven, if they make it at
all (I seriously doubt it), they will weep in sorrow and regret, as they
learn from the Lord Himself that I was right in everything I preached
about them. If Pastor Jack Hyles was right, I am right. If Brother
Lester Roloff was right, I am right. If Bob Jones Sr. was right, I am
right. If the Apostle Paul was right, I am right! If all these men were
right about a free grace Gospel, and about the inspired King James
Bible, then I am right. If the King James Bible is right, I am right!!!
To God alone be the glory!
I was listening to
Dr. Steve Pettit on 'The Daily Platform' (BJU chapel sermons) the
other day, and he quoted something that Dr. Bob Jones Sr. (1883-1968)
said. But the sad thing is that Dr. Pettit didn't mention Dr. Bob's
name. I recognized the quote immediately. Mr. Pettit just stated: “A man
once said, 'Do right, thought the stars fall!'” Really, you mean to tell
me that BJU is so far gone spiritually in 2020, that you cannot even
bring yourself to mention your founder's name anymore? That is pathetic!
The truth is that
Dr. Steve Pettit is a dangerous wolf in sheep's clothing, and BJU
made a big mistake when they hired him in 2014, because now he is
selling the college down the river of Lordship Salvation, ecumenism,
counterfeit Bible versions and apostasy, the end of which journey is in
Hell.
Sadly, over 95% of professed Christians today merely go along to get
along with all manner of error, heresy and even crimes, to please their
religious leaders. It is an abuse of church leadership. The Lord said He
came to set us free from all that. John 8:32, “And ye shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make you free.” What truth? John
8:36, “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free
indeed.” Jesus is the truth (John 14:7). The King James Bible
is truth (John 17:17). The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth (John
16:13). Remember, religion wants to fit you with glasses, so you'll see
through their filtered lenses, but the Lord wants to open your eyes! The
truth will open your eyes, and Jesus is the way, the truth and the life
(John 14:6).
