a change in the person professing it should not result in a change in
reality, a refuge from the need to think seriously, a hiding place for weakness of character. I have seen people who call it faith misguidedly to the spirit of superior animals, to optimism natural, to the great emotions and to the nervous tics.
7. Common sense should tell us that what does not produce a a change in the person professing it should not result in a change in God, and it is an easily observable fact that for an uncountable number the change from unbelief to faith makes a difference practice in life.
Any profession of faith in Christ as personal Savior that does not place life under complete obedience to Christ as Lord is inadequate and will ultimately end betraying his victim.
The man who believes must obey; the lack of obedience is the proof. convincing that there is no true faith present. To attempt the impossible, God must give faith or there will be none, and he only gives faith to the obedient heart. Where there is real repentance, there is obedience, because repentance does not it is only to regret past mistakes and sins, it is also a determination of start now to do the will of God as He reveals it to us . 25
What Arthur Pink says about the evangelism of the denial of lordship
Arthur W. Pink was a classic Reformed theologian largely self-taught. He wrote and distributed short studies on biblical topics through the monthly magazine Studies in the Scriptures. understanding of the Bible and its ability to express itself in writing are legendarios.
However, Pink often wrote with mordancy and reserved some of his harshest criticism for those whom he believed were corrupting the message of the gospel with easy credulity. It is fair to say that I felt a I have great disdain for the doctrine of the denial of lordship: "Evangelism of our days is not only superficial to the point of exaggeration, but "also radically defective," wrote Pink . 26 Even in the 1930s, decades before the debate over lordship began turn into a familiar theme, Pink clearly saw the big problems that would arise from the doctrine of the denial of lordship:
Saving faith consists of the complete submission of my whole being and my life before what is God willing from me: 'And surpassing what we expected, they were first given themselves to the Lord and to us, by the will of God" (2 Cor. 8:5).
It is the acceptance of Christ as my absolute Lord, without reservations, bowing down. under his authority and receiving his yoke. It is possible that someone might want to object "So why are Christians exhorted in that way in Romans? 12:1?" to which we respond that all those exhortations are simply a call to continue with what they started: "Therefore, in the manner that they have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him" (Col. 2:6). Yes, pay close attention, Christ it is "received" as Lord. Oh, how far below the pattern of the New Testament It is the modern way of urging sinners to receive Christ as their own personal 'Savior'! If the reader were to consult their concordance, they would find que encada pasajeen que se aparecen juntos los dos títulos,siemprees como "Lord and Savior" and never the other way around (see Luke 1:46, 47; 2 Peter 1:11; 2:20; 3:18 . 27
He denounced the disaster that was taking shape as evangelism the denial of lordship was becoming increasingly popular:
The terrible thing is that there are so many preachers in our time who, under the claim to magnify the grace of God, they have presented Christ as the minister of sin, as one who through his atoning sacrifice has sought to obtain an indulgence for men to continue gratifying his carnal and worldly passions. If a man declares that he believes in birth virginal and the vicarious death of Christ and declares to trust only in him for his salvation, nowadays I could pass for a true Christian almost anywhere, although their daily life may not be different from the worldly morality of those who do not act no type of profession. The devil is anesthetizing thousands and sending them to hell thanks to this deception. The Lord Jesus asks, 'Why do you call me: 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. the will of my Father who is in heaven" (Matt. 7:21) . 28
Pink gave this advice on how to deal with the boosters of the doctrine that for him was corrupting the church:
The duty of every Christian is to have nothing to do with the monstrosity. "evangelistic" of this time: deny all moral and economic support, not to attend to none of its meetings, not to distribute any of its treaties. Those preachers who tell sinners that they can be saved without abandoning their idols, without repenting, without submitting to the lordship of Christ, they are so wrong and they are as dangerous as the others who insist that salvation it is through deeds and that the sky can be earned by personal effort . 29