general of the people who profess their new faith in Christ as their
those that allow it are a modern heresy. I repeat, and like all heresy, it has malignant consequences among Christians. Heresy is nothing but entertainment. with impunity. We practically pay for the failures of our theoretical mistakes.
Without a doubt, any man can be saved by coming to Christ for help, but he must have the intention to obey him. The salvation of Christ is forever. united to his lordship. "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your Heart that God raised from the dead, you will be saved... the same who is Lord He is rich to all who call on Him, for everyone who calls on "the name of the Lord will be saved" (Rom. 10:9-13). The Lord is the object of faith for salvation. When the Philippian jailer asked the way to be saved, Paul he said, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved' (Acts 16:31). He did not tell him that He would believe in Salvador with the idea that he could later think about the matter of his lordship and to adapt it to his convenience. For Pablo, there were no divisions of jobs; Christ should be the Lord or he would not be the Savior . 24
This penetrating analysis of faith shows how deeply he had thought. Tozer on the dangers of the doctrine of denial of lordship.
For several years my heart has been disturbed by the doctrine of the faith as is being received and taught among evangelical Christians everywhere. It it places great emphasis on faith in orthodox circles, which is good, but I still feel disturbed. My fear, specifically, is that this conception modern faith is not biblical, that when the teachers of our days use that word does not mean the same as what the biblical writers referred to when it They used. The causes of my discomfort are these:
The lack of spiritual fruit in the lives of many who declare
have faith.
2. How unusual radical changes in behavior and life are general of the people who profess their new faith in Christ as their Salvador personal.
The failure of our teachers to define or even describe the thing to which
the word phrase is supposed to refer.
4. The heartbreaking failure of multitudes of seekers, despite taking it seriously so seriously, in doing something as a result of the doctrine or receiving some satisfactory experience through it.
The real danger of a doctrine so repeated and received uncritically by
so many may be false just as they are understanding it.
I have seen faith presented as a substitute for obedience, an escape to