The Scriptures teach clearly and emphatically that the Christian redemption always is conditional, always is an opportunity.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. (II Corinthians 6:17)

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. (Revelation 2:5)

The theologians hasten to proclaim: Salvation is unconditional. You cannot destroy your relationship with God by your behavior. You shall not surely die!

What is the source of this blindness?

The Scriptures state that we Christians, like the Israelites, will die in the wilderness if we do not continue serving the Lord.

I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. (Jude 1:5)

The Christian theologians announce: there is nothing you can do to injure your redemption. Once you "accept Christ" you are saved for eternity. This is because redemption is not dependent on your moral behavior.

What is the origin of this deadly misunderstanding, this inability to comprehend the explicit Word of God?

The holy Scriptures assert that the righteous must press forward in faith at all times or else they will draw back to destruction. To be saved we must "endure to the end."

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. (Matthew 10:22)

But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition [destruction]; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Hebrews 10:39)

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: (II Peter 1:10)

Christian teachers declare that those who would be saved need only make a mental and verbal assent to the facts of redemption (facts the demons know only too well), and having made such an assent they never again will have cause to be concerned about their position in God.

This is antinomianism, an ancient heresy. There is poison here! We have noticed that once Bible students are exposed to current Evangelical teaching they no longer are able to comprehend Old or New Testament Scriptures. There is a spirit associated with Evangelical doctrine. Once this spirit enters the mind and spirit of the believer he or she no longer is able to perceive what is written.

The spirit of which we are speaking presents an abstract redemption that removes the believer from the real world and places him in a special realm shielded from judgment. The Divine salvation becomes an arbitrary act of God designed for elect Gentiles (or for whoever chooses to believe) and cannot be made void or injured in any manner for eternity. The Divine redemption, it is conjectured, is utterly independent of the moral character and behavior of the believer.

It is the greatest lie ever told. It is contradicted by every book of the New Testament.

To be continued.