Charles Stanley on Matthew 25:30

Charles Stanley on Once Saved Always Saved

Charles Stanley, a pastor often taught of this doctrine of  "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED". He often quoted that a Christian who backslides will not be forfeited of heaven itself, only the rewards of it. Let us examine carefully what he always says in his sermon. He has an interpretation regarding the parable of the Talents, that the Christians who do not work out their salvation will still be saved and he has a wrong interpretation regarding the "outer darkness" in Matthew 25:30:

“Where is this place represented by the ‘outer darkness’ in Jesus’ parables? To be in the ‘outer darkness’ is to be in the kingdom of God but outside the circle of men and women whose faithfulness on this earth earned them a special rank or position of authority. The ‘outer darkness’ represents not so much an actual place as it does a sphere of influence and privilege.”

But note: The punishment given by the master to the servant is an outer darkness. Let us reread again the passage of Matthew 25:30 in the light of the original context: 

Matthew 25:26-30

^"But his master answered him, 'You wicked and lazy and idle servant! Did you indeed know that I reap where I have not sowed and gather [grain] where I have not winnowed? Then you should have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received what was my own with interest.
So take the talent away from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents.
 For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will be furnished richly so that he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.
 And throw the good-for-nothing servant into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth'"


See? The outer darkness is not Heaven, it sounds like Hell! Why? Because it is Hell. Let us read another passage from the same book of Matthew wherein Jesus said something like this:

"But those who belong to the Kingdom will be driven out into the OUTER DARKNESS, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Matthew 8:12)

There is no "OUTER DARKNESS" in Heaven. Why? Let us read from the book of Revelation 21:23,

"The City will have no need of the sun or the moon to shine on them BECAUSE THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHINES ON THEM AND THE LAMB IS ITS LAMP"

See? Outer Darkness cannot be Heaven because The Lord's Glory and the Lamb's lamp is with them. So, the possibility is Hell itself because "OUTER DARKNESS" means separation from God's presence. I don't know if Mr. Stanley really studied and understood Matthew 25:14-30. This verse DOES NOT support Eternal Security, but rather, Conditional Security which the Catholic Church is teaching for over 2000 years prior to the Reformation.

 
  That's the effect if you have accepted Christ as your Savior and still living in sin unless you repent. 

2 Peter 2:20-22, "If people have escaped the corruptions of this world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then again caught up by them, such people are in worst shape in the end than they were at the beginning. It would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and then turn away from the sacred command given to them. What they are doing only shows that the proverbs are true, 'A dog goes back to what it has vomited' and ' A pig washed already is back to roll in the mud'" 

 

This is the image of Charles Stanley, an Eternal Security teacher

 

The Nature of the Holy Spirit as taught by Scripture vs. the nature of the Spirit as taught by Monica Dennington

Monica Dennington on the Holy Spirit

                           The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the Father and the Son. As a Spirit, it
                           has no gender, but the Lord Jesus Himself who came down from Heaven
                           have seen Him, that is why Christ addressed the Spirit as "He"

I will refute Monica Dennington one by one on her doctrines:

1. She said that the Holy Spirit is a female.

She often used John 3:6 to justify that doctrine, "That which is born of flesh is flesh and that which is born of Spirit is Spirit". This verse DOES NOT SUPPORT the Holy Spirit being a female, on the contrary, it talks about being born again of water and the Spirit basing it on the original context and how we are given a new heart and a new Spirit as the Lord Himself promised in Ezekiel 36:27, "I will put my Spirit in you and will see to it that you follow My Laws and keep My commands that I have given you". Ms. Dennington does not read John 3:6 in the light of the original context and we can see here that she is having a gross misuse of God's Word. Repent Monica Dennington, repent!

Jesus never mentioned the Holy Spirit as a "She" but a "He" basing it on John 16:13, "When HE comes, the Spirit of Truth, HE will guide you to all Truth. HE will not speak of His own but HE will speak of what HE hears and will tell you of things to come" See? Jesus in this verse addressed the Holy Spirit as "HE" 5 TIMES, so its not a female as Dennington preached it. Yes, we know that God is a Spirit basing it on John 4:24 and He has no gender, but the Lord Jesus Himself, who came down from heaven as God in the flesh saw the Father and the Spirit so He addressed them as "He" as He Himself said in John 6:46, "This does not mean that anyone has seen the Father, He who is from God is the Only One who has seen the Father". We know very well that Jesus came from God as He also said in John 8:42, "If God really were your Father, you would love Me, because I CAME FROM GOD and now I am here. I did not come on My own authority, but He sent Me" See? He did come from God and as God the Son, He saw the Father and the Holy Spirit, so we can conclude that Jesus is indeed telling the truth when He addressed both the Father and the Spirit as "HE".

MS. MONICA DENNINGTON, YOUR HERETICAL TEACHING THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS A FEMALE HAS BEEN EXPOSED BY SCRIPTURE ITSELF! REMEMBER, "THE WORD OF GOD IS ALIVE AND ACTIVE, MORE SHARPER THAN ANY DOUBLE EDGED SWORD, IT CUTS THROUGH TO WHERE SOUL AND SPIRIT MEET, TO WHERE JOINTS AND MARROW COME TOGETHER. IT JUDGES THE THOUGHTS AND DESIRES OF THE HEART" (HEBREWS 4:12) AND THE WORD OF GOD ITSELF REFUTES YOUR TEACHING. BUT ITS NOT YET TOO LATE! REPENT!!! SURRENDER TO JESUS CHRIST, ASK HIM TO FORGIVE YOU AND HE WILL! REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID, "AND YET I AM THE GOD WHO FORGIVES YOUR SINS AND I DO THIS BECAUSE OF WHO I AM. I WILL NOT HOLD YOUR SINS AGAINST YOU" (ISAIAH 43:25).

SHALOM AND MAY JESUS CHRIST ENLIGHTEN YOU TO KNOW THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH IN SCRIPTURE! SOLA CHRISTUS GLORIAM!!!

Here's the definition of "Ruwach" based on the Hebrew lexicon:

Spirit of God- the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son

* as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
*as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
*imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
*as endowing men with various gifts
*as energy of life
*as manifest in the Shekinah glory
* never referred to as a depersonalised force

Where is the "female" here in this definition of "Ruwach" in the Hebrew lexicon Ms. Dennington? Can you see here "Ruwach" defined as a "female" as you teach it?

                                       This is an image of Monica Dennington.who teaches the 
                                       heresy of the Holy Spirit being a female, not a male

                                      The worst part of the scenario is she is building a church not
                                           established by the Lord Jesus Christ in 33 A.D.