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The past 20 years has seen an ongoing debate within the evangelical community on the issue of lordship salvation. There have been a number of works published addressing the subject but there is still much confusion within the evangelical Church concerning this issue.

There is much contradictory opinion as to what is necessary for an individual to come into the experience of salvation. On the one hand there are those who believe that lordship is absolutely essential while others deem such teaching a works salvation. No one involved in the controversy denies the essential truth of the deity of Christ, that he is Lord and God. In this sense it is impossible to ‘make Christ Lord’ since he is Lord. The controversy is not over the essential nature of Christ, but whether submission to him, as Lord of one’s life, is a necessary aspect of saving faith. There are those who claim that lordship is a betrayal of the Reformation in that it undermines the vital reformation principle of ‘faith alone’. And there are those who state that rather than a betrayal, the teaching of lordship is, in fact, an affirmation of both the biblical gospel and the historic Protestant faith. There is even confusion among those who consider themselves ‘reformed’ in theology. While we all agree that justification is by faith alone, we do not all agree on the meaning of saving faith. How do we resolve these differences?
The answer to that question is in the reading of this month's Article of the Month! evilgrin

William Webster is a well known author and apologist and several of whose articles appear on The Highway. This is a very informative and helpful article on this matter of "Lordship Salvation" which I believe Mr. Webster has the correct understanding.

You can read this month's article here: Lordship Salvation: Biblical or Heretical?.

Or, for later reading, it can be found in the Article of the Month page from the main page.

In His service and grace,


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