Dr. D.G. Barnhouse

Here's the Ultimate extent to which these false teachers will go to support the devil's doctrine!

Dr D. G. Barnhouse, (1895-1960) a prominent Keswick speaker, says: "God has offered pardon in advance for any sins which might be committed by the believer. I have no doubt that Ananias and Sapphira, as well as the Old Testament characters of whom we have spoken, were saved people. When death came to them from the hand of God, I believe they went directly to Heaven. "Christ's righteousness is imputed to all believers, even though they may be performing outright sins. God does not reckon their sin to them but regards them as righteous instead, because Christ's righteousness is reckoned to their account." Again, "Judas fell from his high office, but not from grace. Being elect, 'his own place' (Acts 1:2) was Heaven, and to Heaven he went."

This shows to what amazing lengths men will wrest the Scriptures in order to try to prove a false and damnable doctrine. "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall" (1 Cor. 10:12). "I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain" (Gal. 4:11). These words of Paul were useless, and there was no need for this warning, if believers cannot fall and finally be lost.  The sad crux of this whole controversy is that those who hold to the Calvinistic view limit the atonement, and do not believe with Paul, Wesley, Fletcher, and a host of others in the total destruction of and deliverance from inbred sin. Too bad that carnal preachers and professors today join hands with the first "Liar" when he said, "You can disobey God, and yet 'not surely die.' "  Mr. Smith well said, "No man is eternally secure until he is secure in eternity."

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