Introduction: One of the great errors that the church has had to battle throughout history is the viewing of salvation as something that is not NECESSARILY experiential. According to this error, salvation occurs wherever you find a willingness to profess faith in Jesus. "Pray this prayer." "Say these words." "Welcome to the family of God!" "Don't ever allow someone, or some set of circumstances, to cause you to doubt." "You asked Jesus to save you, and that settles it." What also characterizes this error is a gutted gospel message. A gospel that is not the gospel. Professions of faith are called for, but in response to a message that doesn't match the fulness of the biblical gospel. Sometimes, no mention of sin. If sin IS mentioned, it is often minimized and dealt with superficially. There is a superficial presentation of God, of Christ, of what salvation really is, and what it means for someone to believe. YOU HAVE TRUNCATED MESSAGE ELICITING A TRUNCATED RESPONSE Those who fall prey to this error emphasize salvation from the standpoint of its legal results. Salvation is a legal matter. Salvation is factual, it is objectively true, but it is not necessarily something that changes a life in this age. "It SHOULD. It CAN. But we cannot say that it always WILL." So that, it is possible, according to this view, to have been saved from the fires of hell, and brought into a heavenly citizenship, and there be no real difference in your life right now. The results from this error has been devastating.
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Richard Caldwell Jr. is the Pastor-Teacher at Founders Baptist Church. Richard and his wife Jacque have been married for 24 years and have four children, Richard III, Amber, Christopher and Reagan. Richard has served at Founders Baptist (previously named Spring Memorial) since...