Beware Of The “Have A Relationship With Jesus” Heresy

John 3:1-3, “There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

From nearly every church pulpit today, and on nearly every radio station, and in nearly every religious book written and throughout social media—you will hear the unbiblical rubbish taught, that to get to Heaven you must “have a RELATIONSHIP with Jesus.” It reminds me of a broken record that just keeps repeating over and over again. The big problem is that nowhere does the inspired Holy Bible require us to start a relationship with Christ to be saved.

In fact, Judas Iscariot did have a personal “relationship” with Jesus, but he still went to Hell in his sins to burn forever. How tragic and sad! The simple truth is that you don't get to Heaven by starting or maintaining a personal “relationship” with Christ. What the Bible DOES teach is that: YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN!

John 3:3, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

You can have a personal relationship with Jesus and still go straight to Hell when you die. What you had better do is GET BORN AGAIN! What saith the Scripture? John 1:12-13, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” You receive the supernatural miracle of the new birth by placing your childlike faith (trust, reliance) in Jesus Christ alone.

Any needy sinner who by faith (taking God at His Word as recorded in the Scripture) receives Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for their sins, believing that Jesus was buried, but then physically resurrected from the dead three days later is instantly, irrevocably and eternally saved (1st Corinthians 15:1-4; Romans 1:16). 1st Thessalonians 4:14, “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.”

It is very wrong, unbiblical and misleading to merely tell a lost sinner that they need to have a “relationship” with Jesus to have their sins forgiven. The Bible says that you must TRUST upon the name of Jesus to be saved! Since we have never actually met the person named Jesus, all we can do is to trust (rely) upon His precious name. God understands this, which is why John 1:12b says, “to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name...” It is perfectly okay to place your faith in Jesus' name, believing that He died in your place on the cross to pay your massive debt of sin. Thank God for the cross of Calvary that Jesus died upon for my sins!!!

Please don't ever mislead anybody by telling them to begin a “relationship” with the Savior. Although it is true that every Christian believer has a relationship with Jesus as God's adopted child (Romans 8:15), you don't acquire that relationship by starting the relationship. You acquire it by being BORN AGAIN, which is through faith alone in Jesus Christ. Galatians 3:26, “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”

When the unsaved Philippian jailor asked Paul and Silas how to be saved in Acts 16:30, they did not tell the man to have a “relationship” with Jesus. No, they said in Acts 16:31b, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” The word relationship doesn't even appear once in the entire inspired Holy Bible! Satan has effectively obscured God's simple plan of salvation, by filling the churches with all sorts of unbiblical embellishments, religious jargon and the commandments of men (Mark 7:9).

In so do, well-meaning but wicked religious people have perverted the Gospel of free grace, blinding the lost to the light of the truth. 2nd Corinthians 4:3-4, “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” It is a very dangerous thing and a serious offense against God, to tamper with the plain Gospel as proclaimed clearly in the Word of God...

1st Corinthians 15:1-4, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;: And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”

There you have it, 'THE GOSPEL':

1. Jesus DIED on a cross for our sins
2. He was BURIED.
3. Three days later Jesus RESURRECTED from the dead.

So where in the world do today's corrupt pastors get the WRONG ideas that to get to Heaven you must: turn from your sins, forsake the world, live a lifestyle of repentance, live a changed life to prove that your faith is genuine, surrender all to Christ as “Lord,” become a Christ follower, get water baptized, keep sacraments, observe the Sabbath Day, do good works, et cetera? They are all dirty infidel liars!

Salvation Is Receiving, Not Achieving

John 10:28, “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”

The following words of wisdom are from Pastor A. Ray Stanford (1916-2012)...

The truth of the matter is that salvation is not a "give" proposition at all; it is a "take" proposition. We don't give our hearts, lives, wills, or anything else to God in order to get Him to save us. This would be a form of bribery, a way of meriting or deserving to be saved-but God says salvation is "NOT OF OURSELVES"-and especially, it is not offering anything to God.

Salvation is receiving! We simply receive His Son. John 1:12 says, "But as many as RECEIVED Him, to them gave He power (the right) to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name." God does the giving. We do the receiving.

SOURCE: “Handbook of Personal Evangelism,” by Dr. Ray Stanford, page 45

Amen and amen.

Beware Of Wolf Pastor Charles Spurgeon

Galatians 1:6-9, “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”

I don't like quoting Pastor Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) anymore either, since I learned the depth of his corruption. From reading his book, "All Of Grace," Spurgeon seemed to understand that salvation was by God's grace alone without works, but at the same time he foolishly taught that if someone is truly saved there will be works, which is the error of Lordship Salvation. I sincerely think Spurgeon was confused in his theology.

From reading his sermons, I noticed that Spurgeon was being subject to ecclesiastical pressure from other preachers, which I humbly think he succumbed to and became perverse in his teachings. A preacher's greatest external enemy is other preachers! Preachers tend to give considerable weight to the opinions of other preachers, which can be dangerous if we fail to SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES as our only source of divine truth (John 5:39; Acts 17:10-11).

On pages 66 and 67 of his book, "All Of Grace," Spurgeon foolishly writes:

“That mercy which could forgive the sin and yet let the sinner live in it would be scant and superficial mercy.” —Charles Spurgeon, 'All Of Grace,' p. 66

“But if we could be forgiven, and then could be permitted to love sin, to riot in iniquity, and to wallow in lust, what would be the use of such a forgiveness?” —Charles Spurgeon, 'All Of Grace,' p. 67

“But, so long as God lives, there can be no promise of mercy to those who continue in their evil ways, and refuse to acknowledge their wrongdoing. Surely no rebel can expect the King to pardon his treason while he remains in open revolt. No one can be so foolish as to imagine that the Judge of all the earth will put away our sins if we refuse to put them away ourselves.” —Charles Spurgeon, 'All Of Grace,' p. 66

Spurgeon totally ignores the fact that eternal life is the FREE GIFT of God. To truly remain a gift, there can be no required exchange or trade of sorts to obtain it.

These are heretical ridiculous statements by Pastor Spurgeon, because we all continue living in sin after getting born again. The concept that a king will not pardon a man who remains in open revolt is a very bad analogy for salvation, because eternal life is a “free gift” from God (Romans 5:15-18). Eternal life is free to every human being who wants it, simply because Jesus paid for our sins with His precious literal liquid blood (1st Peter 1:18-19). All that God requires to receive His free gift of eternal life, is for you to simply BELIEVE that Jesus did it all for you through Calvary's cross. Simply by childlike faith (reliance), receive Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins—believing that He died on the cross, was buried, but then physically resurrected three days later. This is “the Gospel” (the GOOD NEWS) according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-6.

Like so many false prophets today, such as Pensacola Christian College and Bob Jones University who preach the same garbage, Charles Spurgeon misunderstood the biblical true meaning of repentance. True Bible repentance means a change of mind, not a change of behavior, attitude or priorities. Bible repentance is a change of mind about the only sin which can hinder a man from entering into Heaven, “unbelief.” You must change your mind from unbelief to BELIEVE the Gospel (the GOOD NEWS of Jesus Christ crucified, buried and risen the third day) to be born again. Nothing more is required nor permitted to be saved.

Pastor John MacArthur is a modern-day Charles Spurgeon, a FALSE PROPHET, poisoning the minds of millions of religious lost sinners with his toxic Lordship Salvation message that cannot produce the new birth. ETERNAL LIFE IS THE FREE GIFT OF GOD!!! You don't have to forsake a lifestyle of sinning to obtain it. The truth is that NO ONE has ever stopped living a life of sin. We will all continue sinning until the day we leave this cursed fleshly body (Romans 7:14-25). Thankfully, God's saving grace always abounds greater than our sins, so that we always have assurance of salvation, which is eternal life (Romans 5:20; 6:20). Eternal Life and Eternal Security are not two separate Bible teachings, they are one and the same doctrine.

I cannot warn you enough dear reader to avoid Charles Spurgeon. He died at only age 57, which is my present age. Since Spurgeon was a gifted writer and orator, his eloquent style of expressing his views gave him incredible power of influence, even until this very day in 2025, which is unfortunate considering his heretical Calvinist views.

I am so thankful for free grace preachers; namely, Curtis Hutson, Harry Ironside, Jack Hyles, Max Younce, Ralph Yankee Arnold, Hank Lindstrom, Ray Stanford and others...

“The wickedness of a life has not one thing in this world to do with where you go when you die; not one thing!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Religion Or Christ?”

“Religion and Christ are in opposition to each other!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Religion Or Christ?”

Charles Spurgeon was corrupt and bad news! I understand that his sermons provide amazing intriguing quotes to share on social media, but in so doing you are causing people to think that you bid Spurgeon Godspeed. I am guilty in the past of doing it myself, but I made a decision a few years ago not to share quotes by hellbound false prophets anymore. I won't share any quotes from Charles Spurgeon ever again, since he was WRONG on God's simple plan of salvation, which is without works.

Turning from one's sins is a work. Jonah 3:10 says that God saw their “works” in Nineveh, that they turned from their evil way. Jonah 3:10, “And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.” Romans 3:20 warns that NO ONE has ever been saved by works! Romans 4:4 teaches that if people in the Old Testament had been saved by their works, then salvation would have been by debt instead of by God's grace. Salvation has always been by God's unmerited grace! Sadly, Charles Spurgeon was a fool who is likely burning in Hell today, unless he repented of his false repentance. Religion is a highway to Hell.

I found this meme on Facebook today, shared by professed Christians, and I felt compelled to warn others about Mr. Spurgeon. This is a truthful great quote, but it was made by a man who is very wrong on God's simple plan of salvation. If a man is wrong on repentance and the Gospel, we cannot trust anything that he teaches. Jesus warned everyone in Matthew 7:15, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”

Beware Of The Cult At Pensacola Christian College

Matthew 7:15, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”

PCC is a horrible religious cult! I am a divorced man. My former wife abandoned and divorced me in 2006. I have never remarried. I have lived alone all that time since. I moved to Pensacola in 2021 and attended PCC's Campus Church for several months. I shared my broken life with the pastors of PCC's Campus Church. To my horror, their pastors treated me like garbage as a divorced person. Their pastors ignored my emails. Their senior pastor actually scolded me for mentioning that I hoped to find a wife. I was 54 years old at the time and a grandfather. What kind of church pastor belittles a divorced person, and scolds someone who has been divorced and alone for 15 years for hoping to remarry? At PCC the cult system always comes first, but individual people do not matter.

Long story short, after I criticized their pastors on social media, I received a hateful letter on August 2, 2022, from their senior pastor Jeff Redlin, banning me from attending Campus Church ever again. I even apologized for offending them, because I had made a few friends in the church during the time that I attended. I also wrote to PCC (Campus Church and PCC have separate leadership, but they are all accomplices) and pleaded with them for a second chance and their forgiveness, but they all cold-heartedly refused and left me for dead. They showed ZERO empathy for my suffering since 2004 with painful Cervical Degenerative Disk Disease in my neck, my broken divorced life, and at the time I was surviving out of a suitcase in a cheap motel. PCC's leaders make 6-digit salaries. They are mega hypocrites with huge egos at PCC!

PCC is a cesspool of religious hatred, ungodly bigotry, petty prejudices and misplaced egos. If I had my way all of their shameful leaders (including their incompetent pastors) would be fired. I have read hundreds of complaints online from angry parents and disgusted former students who were abused, mistreated and shown ZERO mercy by PCC's pathetic leadership. I have been a victim firsthand of PCC's bigotry and woeful lack of compassion for hurting people. PCC is full of religious educators, not caring church builders, so they have no compassion. People just want to be loved, which doesn't exist in the PCC camp.

I cannot warn others enough to avoid this trap! I have heard countless upset graduates who said they wasted 4 years of their life at PCC. I am not being insincere just to criticize, I am being very realistic. At PCC students are taught by example to focus on superficial appearances without having any sincere concern for hurting people with broken lives. PCC is a cult of high brow snobs. If you are divorced and hoping to get remarried even 20 years later, PCC will reject you! I explained to Pastor Redlin that my wife divorced me against my will back in 2006, but it didn't matter to PCC leaders, they counted me as a heathen. In sharp contrast, the Bible teaches in 1st Corinthians 7:1 that a man should be married to prevent fornication. PCC totally ignores this Scripture! These people are so out of touch with reality at PCC that they are no earthly good.

Like wicked Hollywood, Pensacola Christian College falls all over themselves with self-praise and self-glorification, honoring themselves with false honor.

And finally, PCC is wrong on the Gospel. Their official doctrinal position is that you must first be willing to forsake your sinful bad habits to get to Heaven (PCC errantly understands this to mean repentance, but it is reformation not repentance), which is another gospel (2nd Corinthians 11:3-4; 1st Corinthians 15:1-4). PCC are WRONG on God's simple plan of salvation, which also makes them a theological cult as well.