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Luke 6:43-46

Posted on March 17, 2023May 2, 2023 by Alan Holden
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Can Jesus Be Your Savior If He Is Not Your Lord?

Introduction

This theological question is important. It strikes at the heart of how we proclaim the Gospel:

  1. do we present Jesus to unbelievers as Lord, or as Savior only?
  2. what are the essential truths of the Gospel message?
  3. how can a person know his or her faith is real?
  4. what are the demands of the Gospel, or are there any?
  5. what kind of transformation is accomplished in the new birth?
  6. how do we explain sin in the Christian’s life?
  7. how far in sinning can a Christian go?
  8. what relationship is there between faith and obedience?
  9. can a person be saved, and yet not put into practice Jesus’s teachings?

This is particularly important since most television evangelism preaches an easy gospel–a message of “simple-faith gospel that requires no repentance, no surrender, no commitment, no changed life.” This “no-lordship” theology teaches people to “accept Jesus as Savior” now, but “make Him Lord” later, if you want. Just be sure you have your eternal “fire insurance.”

No-Lordship Theology

A. Believing facts about Jesus without a personal commitment to His Lordship is not salvation.

B. Sanctification

  1. Repentance is not essential to salvation. Repentance is only changing your mind about Christ. No turning from sin is required.
  2. Spiritual fruit is not guaranteed in the Christian life. Some Christians spend their lives in a barren wasteland of defeat, confusion, and every kind of evil.

C. Submission to Lordship is not a condition for salvation.

Lordship Theology

A. Salvation is by faith, accompanied by repentance, Acts 3:19; 26:20

B. Salvation produces a changed life, 2 Corinthians 5:17-18

C. Obedience and changed behavior are important tests of faith, 1 John 2:3-4.

D. Returning to a life of sin means one is not saved, 1 John 3:9-10 and 1 Corinthians 1:8

E. Sanctification is a necessary outgrowth of justification, John 15:16.

If Jesus Is Not Lord, He Is Not Your Savior

Faith that remains idle is no better than the faith the demons display, James 2:19. Faith works are a consequence of faith, not a component of faith.

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