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Originally Posted by Luke
But how do you explain his position that a man who is struggling with sin is unsaved?
I would go and find the quote, except it would probably cause me great anguish to read it again at this time.
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I will look and see if I have the pamphlet and see what it says and if he says that in the pamphlet then he is in error there. But...let me repeat myself, I have read his Romans 1-8 commentary and listened to his Bible studies on Matthew, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, and Hebrews and he never says anything resembling that. He teaches salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and that when you believe the gospel message you are sealed unto the day of redemption. I've listened to his series on Galatians recently and he goes through great pains to verse by verse expound those passages teaching we can't be saved or stay saved by our works. Once we believe the gospel, Jesus saves us and keeps us saved.
I kind of understand where you're coming from since you have struggled with porn in the past. Again when Pearl makes those harsh statements he's thinking about hardened criminals he sees in his prison ministry. As I've said before there are a lot of guys I've learned from (Pearl, Ruckman...etc) but I've never come across anyone that I agreed with everything they say. You're bothered by a statement in that one pamphlet and you shouldn't be. I believe God puts these men in our path to help guide us into the truths of His Word, but they (we) are just men. Ultimately we must all search the scriptures for ourselves. Brother,
your security is in Christ and not any man, not even good men!