I've got to throw this in, this made me so angry, who's ever heard of the Sword of the
Lord newspaper? And I get the Sword of the Lord, it comes to my house because the Sword
of the Lord, they send it to you. If you're an independent Baptist church, they pretty
much send it to you, so I get a free subscription. Sometimes it has a lot of good stuff in there,
and the people who operate the Sword of the Lord newspaper, they definitely are straight
down the line on the gospel of Jesus Christ. They believe that salvation is by faith alone,
they're not of works, they're for soloning, they're for believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou shalt be saved. So I get this newspaper, and every once in a while I leave for it,
check it out. But anyway, there was this ad in there, and this illustrates my point perfectly.
There's this ad in the Sword of the Lord, I kept seeing this real big ad, a huge ad,
and it was for this Bible college up in North Dakota, and it said that the tuition is free,
and the housing is free. I'm looking at it and I'm like, huh? You know, so these kids
are going to Bible colleges, and it's just total free housing, total free tuition, and
I kept seeing this ad, and it's just saying it's free, it's free, it's free. And then
it started saying like, a hundred bucks a month, everything's covered, a hundred bucks.
I was thinking like, wow, that's crazy, because most of these Bible colleges, and I'm against
all the Bible colleges anyway, but most of these Bible colleges, I mean it's pretty expensive
to go there. I mean, when I went to Bible college, it was five hundred bucks a month
just for the tuition. You know, that wasn't any place to live, or food was a good thing.
This was five hundred bucks just for the tuition alone. So this is like free place to live,
everything. So I was like, who is this guy? I've never even heard of this guy. So I looked
it up on the internet, and you know, it was just some total liberal, watered down, no
soul winning, and then I get this thing in the mail from the guy. You know, this colored
lofty brochure, you know, telling me how it's all free, and it's all paid for, and
it's such a good deal. And then you read it, he's basically attacking soul winning in this,
criticizing soul winning. So I'm like, what is this guy's deal? So he said, you know,
we don't do this kind of soul winning where we just, you know, go out, you know, quickly,
you know, get somebody saved, or whatever. We do this seven week Bible study, to get
somebody saved. You know, whatever happened to now is the day of salvation, you know.
Now is the accepted time, now is the time. But no, it's, you know, we do the seven week
thing, and it says, it's on this website, sevenstepstogod.org. So I'm like, okay, so
I went on the internet, I printed it out, okay, and you know, it's just this huge long
lesson. But I get to lesson seven. This is the one where the people are supposedly getting
saved. Okay, let me tell you something. I have never seen a more lying, deceiving plan
of salvation in my entire life from a Baptist. I mean, I can't even understand how this guy
would even call himself a Baptist, or an independent Baptist, and yet he's advertising him the
sword of the Lord, which believes all the right God. And I promise you, if the sword
of the Lord knew what this guy believed, they'd quit running his big giant stupid ad. And
I wish somebody would call the sword of the Lord, and tell him about this guy, and say,
this guy's not a Baptist, this guy's not saved, he's a liar. But see, he allures through
the finances. Oh, children, you're trying to pick where you want to go to college when
you turn 18? This one's free. It's all free. You know, you get there, and it's all lies.
Let me read it to you, I'll prove it to you. And look, let me tell you something. I, when
I preach behind this pulpit, I name the names. If you read the New Testament of Jesus Christ,
I'm not talking about this new-fangled idea of what preaching is, and ethics, and morality.
I don't care about any of that stuff. I care about what the Bible says. The word ethics
is not in the Bible. The word morality is not in the Bible. You know what's in the Bible?
Right and wrong. That's what's in the Bible. And the Bible teaches us that we should point
out and expose the false prophets and false teachers of our day, especially when they're
pretending to be one of us, and pretending to be a fundamental Baptist, and pretending
to be preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. How do you know the name Hermogenes? You say,
I don't. Well, that's because you don't read the Bible. How do you know the name Hermogenes?
How do you know the name Hymenaeus? How do you know the name Philetus? How do you know
the name Alexander? How do you know the name Diotrephes? Because these are false preachers
that were around during the days of Peter, James, and John, and Paul. They pointed them
out. In their epistles that they wrote to the churches, they said, beware of this guy
Alexander. Beware of Hymenaeus. Beware of Philetus. Beware of Hermogenes. Paul said
this. What did he say? Let me turn there. I'll tell you what he said. He said something
good. Let me get there and tell you what it was. Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians. Philippians
chapter 3, he said this. Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk,
so as you have us for an example. For many walk of whom I have told you often. This is
verse 18. So did he tell them of this sometimes? He said, many walk of whom I have told you
often, and now tell you even weeping that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.
He said, I often told you about the enemies. I often pointed them out. I often named them
by name. So let's name the name. This guy's name is Tony Skeving. Get that? Who's that?
Tony Skeving in Fargo, North Dakota with his master's bible college. Listen to this guy's
plan of salvation. Listen to this. You're not going to believe this. He's talking about,
and the whole thing is about repenting of your sins. That's what number seven is all
about. And people say, why are you so hung up on that issue about repenting of your sins?
You don't lie because of this. Because of lying like this that's going to send people
to hell because it's the wrong plan of salvation. Let me prove it to you. Listen to what he
says here. True conversion to Christ requires a willingness to take a stand for him. Listen
to this. Salvation is simple, but it's not shallow. It will cost you something to follow
Christ. It may be free, but it costs Christ his life. Now wait a minute. Can somebody
help me out? Doesn't something that's free not cost anything? Am I mixed up here? Is
the definition of free that it doesn't cost? So he says, it's going to cost you something.
It may be free, but it costs Christ his life. Yeah, it did cost Christ his life. That's
why it doesn't cost me anything. That's the whole point. Everything costs something, but
guess what? Jesus paid it all. All to him I owed. Sin had left a crimson stain. He washed
it white as snow. And so Jesus Christ paid it all. No, it doesn't cost. Yeah, it'll cost
you something to follow Christ, but does it cost anything to be saved? No. Because Jesus
already paid that price with his blood on the cross. All our righteousnesses are as
filthy rags, Dan. We can't buy our way in. Yeah, it's going to cost you something. It
may be free, but it's going to cost you something. Huh? That doesn't make any sense. And he says,
the next point is this. Every person must carefully consider how much they really want
to be saved. He says, you need to count the cost. Do you mean business with God? While
salvation is free, it's not cheap. What? I'm reading this exactly. Go look it up yourself.
While salvation is free, it's not cheap. It's going to cost you something. I know it's
free, but it's not cheap. Well, I know it's not cheap. It's free. That's why it doesn't
cost me anything. Okay, I'm deciding whether I really want to be saved. Let me count the
cost. Zero. Okay, I'll take it. Right? I mean, if it's going to cost something, then it's
not free. Somebody needs to explain to this guy what the word free means. You better count
the cost whether you're willing to pay zero to be saved. It's nonsense. Listen to this.
This is the next point. Are you willing to make Jesus Christ the Lord and Master of your
life? Salvation all boils down to being willing to make Christ the Lord of your life. Whosoever
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. This verse above gives a promise.
In essence, it's saying, whosoever will make Jesus Lord shall be saved. Oh, is that what
this is? Okay, so if I'm going to call upon Dave here, let me pick up my phone here. Dave,
you're the new Lord of my life. You are my, I'm your slave for the rest of my life now
because I'm calling upon your name. It just says whosoever shall call upon the name, what
is the name of the Lord that he's referring to? Jesus. Calling upon the name of the Lord
to be saved. That means that he's your master and you're going to obey everything he says.
No, that's not what it means. It says you call upon the name of the Lord and he says
are you willing to turn from sin and submit to God by trusting him and giving him total
control of your life? Now look, who in this room can honestly say Jesus Christ has total
control of my life? 100%. I guess none of us are saved. Because according to him, this
is what you have to do to be saved. Give him total control. Well, I don't think anybody
has done that. Then you'd be perfect, wouldn't you? He says this. He says repentance. You
know, you've got to turn from wrong to right. Repentance is what is missing in most people
who want to be born again. When it comes to going to heaven, most want their cake. They
want to have their cake and eat it too. He says. They want to go to heaven but not turn
away from the sin that's taking them to hell. Repentance is the key. Well, hold on a second.
Is it really possible for us to turn from our sins? No. Oh, no, no, no. You don't get
to pass your answers. You just have to be willing to turn. Well, what if I'm just willing
to be willing to turn? Or do I have to be willing to be willing to be willing to turn?
Where does the Bible say willing to turn? Where does the Bible say? Last I checked,
it said that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life. Last I checked,
it said, what must I do to be saved? And they said, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and
thou shalt be saved. Last time I checked, it said whosoever heareth my word and believeth
on him that sent me, has, has, already has everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation
but has passed from dead life. Last I checked, Jesus said, verily, verily, I say unto you
that believeth in me hath everlasting life. Last time I checked, he said, and whosoever
liveth and believeth in me shall never die and believeth thou this. Last time I checked,
he said that thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in thine
heart that God raised him from the dead. Thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth
unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. I thought salvation
was just believe on him and just call upon him. Just confess with your mouth. Just faith.
Not works. Not paying a price. Jesus paid the price. It's free. It's a gift. A gift
of God's eternal life and not of the works. Let's say man should boast. But he says, repentance
is the twin sister of faith. And I guess it's a, it's a Siamese twin, apparently. It
can't be separated. You know what? Repentance is the wicked step-sister of faith, I think.
It's repenting of your sin. But anyway, the evil twin. The one that's not salvation. Okay.
And you say, well, the Bible says you've got to repent. Where does the Bible say repent
of your sins? It's not even, nowhere will you find the phrase repent of your sins or
repent of his sin. Repent of his, it's not there. And so this is garbage. But he says,
in order to be born again, we must be willing to repent or make a 180 degree turn. Okay.
And listen to this. He says, you've got to turn from wrong to right. He says, normally,
he says this, an idol is anything that comes before God. Money, materialism, booze, illicit,
I'll just say things that go on in the bedroom, false church or religion. We must turn from
it in order to get to God. Normally, there's one main thing that stands in our way of getting
saved. Are you willing to repent of it? So basically, what he's saying is if you drink,
if you're not willing to turn from that, you can't be saved. That's what he's saying. If
you're not willing to turn from materialism, you can't be saved. This is a total work salvation.
He's basically saying you've got to sell everything you have to be saved. You've got to get rid
of your materialism. You've got to never touch a drop of alcohol again. And look, I've
never even tasted beer in my life. I'm against drinking. But you know what? People who drink,
there's still going to be heaven if they believe on Jesus Christ. Because that's the whole
point. Your sins are going to be forgiven. Otherwise, you're going to need Jesus if you're
just going to earn your own way in. He says, getting saved means repenting of sin and making
Jesus Christ the Lord of your life. If Jesus isn't Lord of all, he's not Lord at all. I
mean, is this extreme? This guy is saying that he's got to be in control of every area
of your life. You've got to repent of every sin. You've got to count the costs. It's free,
but it's going to cost a lot. It's free, but it costs a lot. You've got to be willing to
pay a really big price because it's free. It means making the Lord, I mean, I'm just
reading all this right now. It means making the Lord priority number one in life. He must
become the king of your life. You submit to him by following his word. It's all about
obedience. Is that what salvation is all about? Obedience. Works. Doing the work. Obeying
him. Turning from your sins. Well, then it's impossible for anybody to be saved. Tony Scepe.
Bastards. Baptist college or whatever. Masters. Baptist college. Sorry, I had a little speech
of habit there. Look, people get upset that you point these people out. I'm going to point
them out. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of the wolfs in sheep's clothing and everybody's
afraid to point it out. You know what? Short of the Lord, thank God for short of the Lord
and thank God that they take a stand on the right plan of salvation. What are they doing
advertising this guy? You know, and I think they probably just don't even know it. Because
if they knew it, I don't think they would do it. Because I'm telling you something,
this guy is alluring through money. He makes it all free. You couldn't pay me to send
my kids to this guy's college. You couldn't pay me Sodom Baptist College. Tony Sodom.
You couldn't pay me to send my children to your damnable heresy college because I don't
care about the money, Tony. I don't care about what you're offering. Free and it's
all free and it'll give you everything. Hey, the devil will give you everything too. But
you know what? I don't want what the devil has to offer. I want the people. I want my
children to live for God and to go soul winning, not to sit around and say soul winning doesn't
work. We need to have a seven-step Jehovah's Witness Bible study. And these Baptists, they
think they came up with some cool new thing. They just took it from the Jehovah's Witnesses.
A seven-week Bible study. You think it's a joke but these people really do think it
takes seven weeks to get somebody saved. And I'm just thinking to myself, what if they
die in the meantime? Think about that for a minute. I remember I was talking to a guy
and he said he went to a church and he said they wanted to try this four-week Bible study
for getting people saved and he was just trying to get along so he said I'm going to try it.
And he went and did it the first week and it's like he just wanted to finish. But he's
like see you next week. He comes back a week later. Doesn't make any sense. Today's the
day of salvation. If you're not saved, get saved today. And when we go out soul winning,
we want people to get saved today. We want to say alright see you in a few weeks. You
can hang with me for two months in this Bible study. Then I'll tell you that you have to
repent of everything to be saved. Then he gives you a list of what you have to repent
of. He said here's some examples of stuff you might repent of. He's got nine things
on the list. Number one, what people will think. He said some people are fearful about
what people think. You got to get over that. Number two, self-importance and pride. Number
three, sexual immorality. The woman at the well in John 4 had to repent of her sexual
immorality to be saved. Do you remember that part? Sorry, I don't remember that part. Listen
it says alcohol. You have to repent of alcohol to be saved. That's number four. Because it
says drunkards shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Well guess what, it also says all
liars shall have their part in the late which birth and fire and birth. We've all lied before.
It says whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. We've all lied, but if we believe on Jesus
Christ, our sins are forgiven. That's the whole point. He says this, you got to repent
of false religion. That's the only one I agree with. Yeah, you can't worship some other religion.
Obviously then you're not believing in Christ. Family. Okay, listen to this. The healed
blind man of John 9 parted from his family when he got saved. So you may have to leave
the family to get saved. Leave your family. If you're not willing to leave your family,
sorry, can't be saved. Is this nonsense or what? Listen to this. Number seven, greed
and materialism. Zacchaeus the tax collector had to turn from his greed and materialism
to be born again. Of course there's no verse, no scripture reference on that. Take his word
for it. Now listen, this is my favorite one. Wrong living. The Philippian jailer was willing
to repent and turn from his rough living. Here's the proof. He said, sure as what must
I do to be saved? Of course the answer was, what must I do to be saved? And they said,
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved if thou turnest from thy rough
living. Where does the Bible say that the Philippian jailer lived a rough life? I guess
just because he was a jailer. I mean, have you ever been to jail before? Those guys are
rough. He had to repent of his foolishness. He went back to being a jailer the next day
after he got saved. Right? He put him back in the jail cell and locked the door. So he
had to repent of his rough living. The jailer's just adding to God's word. That's nowhere
in the story. He had to turn from his rough living. He said, of course what must I do
to be saved? And then the rich young ruler was not willing to repent. He held onto his
self-righteousness. Actually he said that he didn't want to get rid of his money. So
I guess now you have to sell everything you have and give to the poor to be saved. You
got to stop your rough living. You got to stop us. And he says, sadly there are some
not willing to repent. King Agrippa wasn't willing to turn from his sin. That's why he
said, almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Based on what? You know, was anybody here
on Acts 26? Right? Anything like that in the story? No. And so the bottom line is, this
is lying heresy. And so don't be deceived by something just because it says Baptist
on the sign. I mean that, to me, that's worse than a Roman Catholic. I mean that's extreme.
That's pretty extreme. And let me tell you this. This guy is using money as his carrot
in the nose, in front of the nose. Say, hey, the money. Look at the deal. I'll pay for
everything. Go buy, you know. And look, there are people out there that will buy your drugs
for you too. You know what I mean? You got to decide that you're not going to make decisions
based on money. That guy doesn't have anything spiritual to offer. He doesn't say, oh come
for the soul. He doesn't have soul in him. He doesn't say come for the gospel. He's preaching
the false gospel. But it's a really good deal, guys. And so I hope my kids grow up
and go there because it's a killer deal. Save me a fortune. But you know what? My soul and
my children's souls and their lives don't come that deep.