All false teaching, erroneous presumption, heresy, false evangelism, fake conversion, and corrupt worship in the “Christian” scene have their roots in first making an idol out of one’s imagined ‘free will’, as if we are the authors of our own salvation — a ludicrous thought. Most people calling themselves “Christians” are at least semi-Pelagian or even outright Pelagian without even realising it. (If you think that last bit is too strong, I ask you this: How many professing ‘Christians’ do you know who actually believe in the Bible’s teaching on original sin — in the fact that Adam’s sin was imputed to all his progeny, Romans 5:12-21? How many professing ‘Christians’ do you know who understand the Bible‘s triple teaching on “imputation” at all — that not only was Adam‘s sin imputed to all but that the sins of those who are saved have been imputed to Christ (which was why He went through the pangs of hell on the cross, Matthew 27:46), and that the righteousness of Christ is imputed to all those who repent and become his genuine disciples (2 Corinthians 5:21)?

In most ‘Christian’ circles, it is now de rigueur to deny the absolute sovereignty of God and His exclusive saving grace in salvation, to dispute Divine election (more about all that below), to refute the eternal security of those who are in Christ (despite Jesus saying that no one can snatch His sheep out of His hand, John 10:28; cf. John 6:39), and even to revel in all that vicious denying, disputing and refuting — boasting about these falsehoods to which so many cling. And it all begins with the idolatry of freewill, by which all one has to do is “accept” Jesus and that is that. Accept Jesus? My friends, if Jesus wants you, HE WILL HAVE YOU! Have you not realised that yet? You don’t “accept” Him, as if someone has offered you some candy or a cigarette which you can refuse. Firstly, the Gospel is a COMMAND (2 Thessalonians 1:8; Acts 17:30). Secondly, if you come to Christ, it is because God chose you “in Christ before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4)! If you respond to the call of the Gospel, it is because “He predestined you for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will” — His will, not yours (Ephesians 1:5)! “Many are called but few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14).

What always amazes me is the absolute vehemence with which so many oppose these Bible beliefs. One guy said to me once when I was a pastor, “I can see that what you are teaching is the truth but I refuse to take it on board”. Really! Narcissism and egocentricity are so deeply ingrained – even in many of those calling themselves “Christians” — that the absolute sovereignty of God is too much for them to take. They fail to see how absolutely liberating it is! The hubristic gusto and sneering insistence with which people (who plainly have an unteachable spirit) oppose these teachings is ultra-shocking. Above is an example of that from a woman who considers herself some kind of prophetess which I saw recently on Fakebook. One wonders how a genuine believer could come to such a conclusion.

So many have said to me, “God would not violate my freewill. He waits for us to make a decision for Him”. The idea of Jesus wringing His hands while you smugly ponder if you will accept Him or not is an utterly ludicrous idea. So I say, my friend, you could never make a decision for Him unless He first made it so that you could. For you were “dead in your trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1; Colossians 2:13). Before Christ brought you into His body, you had no freewill but were under the power of Satan (1 John 5:19). Tell me, how can someone who is spiritually dead make a decision for Christ, unless it is God who puts that into their hearts in the first place? “Because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!” (Ephesians 2:4-5). God did it! Not you, in case you want to start boasting about it (Ephesians 2:8-9), which so many do! Sure, you have to do the work, with the Holy Spirit (Paraclete) as your Helper, when it comes to your ongoing progressive sanctification AFTER you have been saved by God through Christ. But when it comes to salvation itself, you are exclusively “God’s workmanship”, not your own (Ephesians 2:10). He did it! You are the clay and He is the potter (Isaiah 29:16; Romans 9:20-21). Have you not realised that? And if you object strongly here to these plain teachings, the voice of God thunders at you, saying “Who are you, mere human, to talk back to God?” (Romans 9:20). Or “Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’” (Isaiah 45:9). I say it again: Freewill for those who are ‘in Adam’ is a LIE perpetuated by those who are untaught, unstable, and unteachable.

Why do people fight against this so much? It’s a totally liberating teaching and explains so much. I don’t want a God whose will is subservient to mine, for then He would not be God! This is why there is so much mayhem in the visible church. Until one submits to the absolute sovereignty of God, one will always put oneself on the pedestal instead of Him, often in the most subtle of ways. And I see a huge amount of self-made pedestals everywhere in the churches today from which folks need to dismount. For there is only the throne of grace on which sits God dispensing mercy and forgiveness through the Lord Jesus Christ (Hebrews 4:16), according to His will, without whom you can do nothing (John 15:5). Amen!

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