THE ARCH HERESY OF FREE WILL

by
Scott Jones

All heresies spring from the arch heresy of free will in the matter of salvation in Jesus Christ. Every degradation offered against the Son of God, and every hindrance that can be imagined which  keeps a sinner from genuine salvation in Jesus Christ, every hindrance that keeps a sinner from the MIRACLE of the NEW BIRTH, all spring from the arch heresy of free will with regard to salvation in Jesus Christ.

Naturally, every son of Adam THINKS he has free will. I thought I had free will right up until the MOMENT I was born again, and I would have severely rebuked anyone who told me I DIDN'T have free will.

But alas, the only free will the fallen man has is the will to sin. EVERY act an unregenerate man commits is SIN, even if he gives to the poor, comforts the afflicted, lives among the helpless and aids them, and so forth; it matters not, for EVERY act that the unregenerate man does in this regard, though the act may be good in and of itself, is nevertheless STILL nothing but SIN, because it stems from corrupt, fallen SELF, and NONE of it is accounted righteous by God. Not one single iota. And the unregenerate man who THINKS he is pleasing God by doing so is an OFFENCE to God, for God will accept no righteousness except that righteousness which was performed BY, and which inhered IN, and which comes THROUGH, his ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, even the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Indeed, every son of Adam THINKS he has free will.

But all of that changes the MOMENT a person is born again. There are no exceptions. None whatsoever. In fact, EVERY ONE that is born of the Spirit, even the Spirit of Christ, knows INFALLIBLY in the very MOMENT he is born again that he never had free will until the very MOMENT that the Holy Ghost fell upon him and indwelt him, and made him a new creature, and he who maintains that fallen man DOES have free will with regard to salvation in Jesus Christ gives an INFALLIBLE proof that he is himself unregenerate, that he is not born again.

Conversely, EVERY genuinely born again Christian can not only remember the MOMENT he was born again, but he can likewise remember being GIVEN A BRAND NEW WILL!

The unregenerate free-willer can't explain this, because he knows nothing of it. He doesn't have any remembrance of the Holy Ghost falling upon him, and indwelling him, and giving him a NEW WILL! Nor does he have an EXPLANATION of WHY the Holy Spirit gives those he truly regenerates a NEW WILL. The free-willer's illogic leads him in absurd circles continuously.

But the born again Christian KNOWS. There are no exceptions. You can no more choose God than in the grace could have chosen to live again. And if you disagree, you have just branded yourself as infallibly unregenerate. It ain't merely improbable; it is UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE!

Of course, that doesn't mean that everyone who agrees is genuinely born again. Au contraire. The opposite is true. There are millions who hold to sound doctrine who THINK they are born again when they are NOT, and they come from all walks of life.

But there is a special group of people on this earth known as GOD'S ELECT, and who, though FEW, indeed, who KNOW that they are genuinely born again, and they have the EXPERIENCE of being born again to PROVE it. Or, as John Bunyan said --

Friend, YOU may have made a commitment to Jesus Christ, but unless you have EVIDENCE -- SUPERNATURAL EVIDENCE -- unless you have SUPERNATURAL EVIDENCE that Jesus Christ has made a commitment to YOU, by FILLING you with his Spirit, indeed, unless you have SUPERNATURAL EVIDENCE that Jesus Christ has made a commitment to YOU by FILLING you with his Spirit, EXACTLY as described in the quotations noted in these two works on the FILLING of the Holy Spirit -- Part I, Part II -- then you will NEVER enter the kingdom of heaven, for if Jesus Christ has not borne witness to you here by FILLING you with his Spirit, neither will he bear witness to you there, when you stand before him at his judgment seat.

Consequently, I challenge every one of you, every one of you reading this right now, to SERIOUSLY EXAMINE YOURSELF, and be BRUTALLY HONEST with YOURSELF, for you can NEVER be FILLED with the Holy Spirit until you are BORN of the Holy Spirit in a MANIFEST SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCE -- MANIFEST -- MANIFEST -- MANIFEST SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCE -- and you will NEVER be BORN of the Holy Spirit unless you are BRUTALLY HONEST about your condition [2 Corinthians 13:5]. Accordingly, I warn you again, if you cannot HONESTLY and LEGITIMATELY claim the EXPERIENCE of being FILLED with the Holy Spirit, EXACTLY as demonstrated in the quotations here -- Part I, Part II -- a FILLING which occurs IMMEDIATELY UPON the MOMENT of REGENERATION, then do something about it NOW, while you still can -- I say, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT NOW, WHILE YOU STILL CAN -- for if you INSIST on DECEIVING YOURSELF, God not only will NOT STOP YOU, but God will actually ENHANCE YOUR ABILITY to FURTHER DECEIVE YOURSELF, and God will do this by imposing JUDICIAL BLINDNESS upon you, for God HATES LIES, and there is NO LIE that God HATES WORSE than the SELF-DECEIVING LIE, for the SELF-DECEIVING LIE is ROOTED IN PRIDE, and that is the very NATURE of wickedness and iniquity [2 Thessalonians 2:11, John 8:44, Matthew 11:25-26].

Have you ever FELT, have you ever EXPERIENCED, the MANIFEST POWER of the Holy Spirit SUPERNATURALLY INDWELLING YOU? If not, then never think of going to heaven, for you are not yet meet for heaven. And yet...

I tell you -- and I call Father, Son, and Holy Spirit to record against that day I stand before the Lord Jesus at his judgment seat -- indeed, I tell you that Jesus Christ can be KNOWN, and KNOWN more INTIMATELY than ANY other person in existence. Jesus Christ is not only the source of all life, he is likewise the sustainer and dispenser of all life, and he is therefore capable of making HIMSELF MANIFEST to his ELECT more certainly than any created being can make himself known to you, exactly as he has promised in [John 14:21-23], and numerous other passages.

If you will not prize your soul above ALL ELSE, you will NEVER be granted a SAVING audience with Jesus Christ. Blind Bartimaeus, as recorded in the gospels, would be saved at all costs. Will you be saved at all costs? If you will not be saved at all costs, you will not be saved by Jesus Christ at all.

Would you be born again? GENUINELY born again?

Then take wise counsel -- pick up a Bible based on the Traditional Text -- in English, the ONLY VALID Bible based on the Traditional Text is the King James Bible -- and then read with SOLEMNITY, beginning in the Gospels preferably, and beg Jesus Christ to reveal himself to you, and give him no rest until he does, for if you read the TRUE written Word of God, you will find the Lord of Glory, even Jesus Christ, moving upon the face of the waters in its pages, just as he moved upon the face of the waters when he walked across the Sea of Galilee, and if you follow the advice just given, and if you persist, Jesus Christ HIMSELF will verily MANIFEST HIMSELF to you (for he HIMSELF promises to do this for those who truly heed this advice), just as he MANIFESTED HIMSELF to his disciples when he moved upon the face of the waters as he walked across the stormy sea some two thousand years ago, and just as he did with ME not too many years ago, and just as he has done with a FEW others from day to day since that time, in this very generation, and just as he will do for YOU if -- IF -- you heed my advice, and if -- IF -- you persist therein, for he who promised is FAITHFUL. John 14:21-23, Matthew 14:25-27
 

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