Matthew Stuckey here,
and I wanted to give you another soul winning tip.
And what I want to talk to you about
is how to explain eternal security
as we're going soul winning.
How to explain eternal security
as we're going soul winning.
Now, I will make specific videos
talking about how to explain murder
and how to explain suicide.
Things that are really a big stumbling block
for people to believe in eternal security
because they're really big sins
or looked at as being very big sins.
But I want to just kind of give you
six quick points here about
how to explain eternal security.
Things you can mention during the gospel presentation
and separately I'll have specific videos
of how to explain suicide,
how to explain murder for people to understand it.
So number one, you know,
one thing that will help you explain
eternal security to people
is just making it very clear
when you show them Revelation 21 eight
early in your gospel presentation
that one sin condemns someone to hell.
The Bible says all liars shall have their part.
All liars.
Well, one murder equals murderer.
One lie equals liar.
And later on in the chapter it says
whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Be very specific.
And so here's the thing.
One lie condemns a person to hell
and means they need a savior.
Well, here's the thing.
If you could lose your salvation
it would only take one lie.
Sometimes I even ask people
during the gospel presentation
if they're struggling with eternal security.
Well, let's say you could lose your salvation.
How many lies would it take to make you lose it?
And so, you know what,
if early on you're making it very clear
that just one sin condemns someone to hell
it's gonna be easier for them to understand
that eternal security must be, you know, forever
because otherwise we would all end up losing it
and going to hell.
Number two, another thing you can emphasize
is that when a person gets saved
that salvation is a spiritual salvation.
It's not a physical salvation.
We are still physically gonna die one day.
But once you get saved
you are spiritually saved forever
and it is your soul that goes to heaven or hell
when you die.
So here's the thing.
People, if they understand that once they get saved
they are spiritually saved
even if they physically commit a sin in the future,
you know what, it's not their spiritual side.
It is just their body that made that choice
to commit that sin.
Another thing you can emphasize, point number three,
is that when a person gets saved
make it very clear that their sins,
past, present, and future,
big and small, are all already forgiven.
Because after all, Jesus already died for our future sins
and he died for the big sins.
So make them realize that it's not just
that they have salvation up to the age they are now
but even into the future
because the full payment has already been made
so they are 100% perfect, 100% forgiven
the moment they get saved, even from future sins.
Number four, another thing you can emphasize is,
you know, the Bible says,
He that believeth on the sun hath everlasting life.
Make it very clear to them that the moment you believe
you receive eternal life, you receive everlasting life.
You do not have to wait until the end of your life
to receive everlasting life,
you receive it the moment you believe.
Because many people think, okay, it's eternal life,
okay, it's everlasting life, but I'm gonna die one day.
So that's referring to basically, you know,
at the moment of death I'll have everlasting life.
And so they don't understand it then.
And so make it very clear that the moment you believe,
now you have everlasting life spiritually
and so no matter what, even though you physically die,
you will not go to the second death
but you will have eternal life in heaven.
Number five, when you're explaining the born again example,
and look, I'll have a specific video
talking about how to explain being born again
and born into a family.
But here's the thing,
how many times were you physically born into this world?
One time.
So how many times do you need to be spiritually born
into God's family?
One time.
A father will always be the father.
A mother will always be the mother.
Now sometimes they get mad at their kids
and sometimes they punish their kids
but they are still the parents of that child.
It's the same thing with God.
When you receive eternal life, he is your father.
And look, a loving parent does not take their child
and throw them in a burning oven
and lock the door and turn up the heat.
It's the same thing with eternal life.
It's the same thing with being born into God's family.
Once you're born into God's family,
he is never gonna send you to hell forever.
Now he'll punish you, he'll discipline you,
but he will not send you to hell.
And that leads to the last point, number six,
which I just alluded to,
which is a very, very important one,
is that when you're explaining eternal security,
make it clear that in this life,
you will get punished if you do bad.
Because look, it sounds a bit crazy if you tell people,
hey, you can have eternal life today
and then go out and do whatever you want,
whether you become a drug dealer,
whether you become a drunk,
whether you commit adultery and leave your spouse
and you know what, you'll still go to heaven.
Well, that is true.
You will still go to heaven.
However, you know what, it makes it very hard
for people to comprehend and believe this
unless you explain that in this life, there is a judgment.
So when we're explaining eternal security,
make it very clear that salvation can never be lost.
But one thing that will help people understand that
is if they understand you're not saying
it's okay to commit sin
and people will get away with their sin,
you're just saying that the punishment will not be in hell,
you'll be punished here on earth.
And just as we talked about the father-son example,
when my son acts up just slightly bad,
he has a small punishment.
When he acts really bad, he has a big punishment.
Same thing with God.
So the six points that you could express
to help explain eternal security
is that one sin is enough to condemn you to hell
and if you could lose your salvation,
one sin would be all it would take.
Number two, you are spiritually perfect.
It's not your body that goes to heaven or hell when you die,
it's your soul.
And you're spiritually perfect when you get saved
even though you will still commit sins and do wrong.
Number three, your sins are forgiven,
past, present, and future
because Jesus already died for your future sins.
He's not gonna go back on the cross and die for you again.
Number four, the Bible says half, present tense,
has everlasting life.
So you do not have to wait to the end of your life
to get eternal life or everlasting life
or salvation or this gift.
You get it the moment you believe.
Number five, you're only born into a family one time
and your parents will always be your parents.
But number six, just as a loving parent
will punish their children,
God will punish you if you act up.
But spiritually, you are still perfect
because it is everlasting life, it is eternal life.
So those are six different things you can kind of emphasize
during your gospel presentation.
Not all at once, but just kind of sprinkled in
to help them start to fully understand this.
Even early on, they're starting to grasp this
of ways to explain eternal security.
Anyways, thank you and God bless.