Repentance Based Salvation ♦ Fundamental (in the sense of holding to the doctrines of the
Bible, the ones to which the persecuted church held for 1900 years - modern fundamentalism is apostate) ♦
KJV (as the best English translation, but not without error - only the original Hebrew/Greek text is the preserved Word of
God) ♦ Independent ♦ The Bible emphasizes repentance (both initially for salvation and then constantly
in the believer's walk) and obedience; as well as abiding, holding fast, mortifying the flesh (old nature), working out
our salvation with fear and trembling all in the power of the Holy Spirit, Who provides assurance of salvation, illuminates
the meaning of the Scriptures, and teaches the believer. It is possible to depart from the living God, die outside of
Christ, and perish.
Qu'est-ce que la repentance?
La repentance
La croix est une chose radicale
A.W. Tozer who died in 1963 writes: "Our
meetings are characterized by cordiality, humor, affability, zeal, and high animal spiritis; but hardly anywhere do we find
gatherings marked by the overshadowing presence of God. We manage to get along on correct doctrine [not true anymore
today], fast tunes, pleasing personalities and religious amusements. How few, how pitifully few are the enraptured
souls who languish for love of Christ... The very memory of better days is slowly
passing from us and a new type of religious person is emerging." (p.31)
If anyone today
cares about finding out the Truth, the only place to find It is from the Bible and the writings of the old saints (usually
dating back at least 100 years). As Tozer writes: "The flush and excitement of the soul in love must
be sought in the New Testament or in the biographies of saints; we look for them in vain among the professed followers
of Christ in our day.” (Tozer, The Price of Neglect, p.26) What passes for christianity in North
America today even in the most fundamental circles is NOTHING like what was considered christianity (even by unbelievers)
for 1900 years. Since 'christians' today have never 'seen the real thing' and are so used to this 'fake'
'religious' christianity, they think everything is normal. But, -OHHH- just read
the Bible, the old saints, the writings of the persecuted church, the martyrs, the missionaries of days gone by and you will
realize that there is SOMETHING ELSE, something BEAUTIFUL, something REAL: Holy Spirit filled believers.
And it is only if you have experienced the new birth and are a "new creature" and "the Spirit itself beareth witness with
[your] spirit, that [you] are [a child] of God" (Romans 8:16) that you are saved. Listen again to Tozer:
"There must come a violent break with that irresponsible, amusement-mad, paganized pseudo-religion which passes today
for the faith of Christ and which is spread all over the world by unspiritual men employing unscriptural methods to
achieve their ends.” (Tozer, The Root of the Righteous, p.110)
Read
John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (a book written in jail, where Bunyan spent 12 years for preaching the Gospel). The book is an allegory presenting
Christian's journey from the 'City of Wrath' to the 'Celestial City' and is very eye opening and quite
a blessing, especially in these days of total apostasy. The persecuted church of old considered it second in importance
to the Bible!
Also,
visit 'Doctrines and Apostasy of Fundamentalism'
Looking for like-minded fellowship; looking for the "seven thousand":
"Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they
seek my life. But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who
have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal." Romans 11:3,4
Listen to the KJV (voice only, undramatised): http://www.audiotreasure.com/KJV/
Psalms 29:4: "The voice of the LORD is
powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty."