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ETERNAL SECURITY of the Believer in Light of the Bible from a Dispensational Standpoint ETERNAL SECURITY Of the Believer In Light of the Bible from a Dispensational Standpoint A Biblical, dispensational approach concerning the doctrine of Eternal Security Exposing the heresies of Calvinism And refuting the non-dispensational position of Hyper-Fundamentalists By Perry Demopoulos Th.M. Preface NOTE: The author of this book believes that the Authorized Version of the King James Bible (1611) is perfect without any proven error. As the days go by, (and if the Lord does not come back soon) the AV (Authorized Version) will play an increasingly, extremely important role. It is rather obvious to the average person the increase of interest in the English language. The fact is the God of absolute truth is the God of history. The historical facts are that twice before God used one language by which to have his word available from which to translate into other languages. That is, He first used the originals and the true copies of the Hebrew manuscripts by which to judge all translation work (using a world power-Israel to spread his word). The surrounding nations would have had to come to that nation to know what God said. The second time during the time of our Lord Jesus Christ and the apostles, the international language was Greek. God used a world power-Greece and a world leader, Alexander (Dan.8:2; 10:20; 11:2) to spread that language. The originals were written in common "koine" Greek, and by them and the true copies of the originals (which by the way nobody has today) were all other manuscripts and translations judged. Note: Much of the material throughout this work is derived from various writings of Dr. Peter S. Ruckman. The commenting and exegesis of each verse that will be discussed will come from various authors; John Gill, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Arthur W. Pink, John MacArthur, etc. The proper exegesis of the texts given below will be followed after the words “Bible Answer.” For this we have derived much from “The Bible Believers Commentaries Series” by Dr. Peter S. Ruckman. SOME FACTS Now before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ the international language is English, (God, having used a world power-England “The Queen of the Seas”). You cannot deny that historical fact. You cannot also deny the fact that God already foresaw this. Therefore to settle all matters of absolute truth God would have had to preserve His word, word perfect. The English language is the seventh major language in the history of man, (No.7 is the number of perfection in the Bible) which was also foreseen by God according to Psalm 12:6, 7. The languages are: 1. Hebrew - Spread by the world power - Israel. 2. Syrian - Spread by the Syrians. 3. Aramaic 4. Greek – Greece was a world power under Alexander. 5. Latin – The dominance of the Roman Catholic Church in the Dark Ages. 6. German – Luther’s Bible was the basis of the Reformation. 7. English - England was named “Queen of the Seas.” The Authorized Version is the crowning work of translations, which God has used by which to judge all other translating work before the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. God, having already foreseen this, would have had to have a version in that language that would be the international standard. It is called the AUTHORIZED VERSION, because; 1. It has AUTHORITY. A king also has authority. Jesus Christ is the “King” (Matt. 27:37; Rev. 19:16). 2. It has power. King James had power during his reign. Jesus Christ has power. 3. The Bible speaks of a king that has authority and power and his words cannot be questioned (Ecc.8:4). 4. The king’s reign is a monarchy. That is the same kind of reign that was during Solomon’s time; as also King James and also will be the kind of government in the Millennium under the reign of Jesus Christ. God is the Author of Numerology 5. In the Authorized Version the ninth book of the New Testament is Galatians. The number nine is the number for fruit bearing in the Bible. In the ninth book of the New Testament is listed the “fruit of the Spirit” (Gal.5:22, 23). 6. Abraham was 99 when he had Isaac. 7. Isaiah 27:9, notice verse NINE, is dealing with the FRUIT of Israel. 8. In the English language King James has nine letters to it. K I N G J A M E S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9. The Hebrew name for James is Jacob, a Biblical name. God chose a man with a Hebrew name to give the authority for the translators to do their work. 10. In the English language the book of Galatians has nine letters to it. 11. 1+6+1+1=9 12. Just as there was approximately 400 silent years after Malachi until the First Coming of Christ to prepare the world with the international language of Greek so there is approximately 400 years after the King James Bible was translated, to prepare the world in the international language of English. 13. Revelation 3:7-13 speaks of the Philadelphian Church which historically is the time of the Reformation from about 1500 – 1900 A.D. It was the greatest period in the history of the Church of worldwide missions. Some of the greatest missionaries came from England after translation of the King James Bible. These are internal proofs, external proofs, numerical proofs, historical and prophetical proofs and especially Biblical proofs of God’s work (Job 36:24). The Devil on the other hand, knowing the importance of final authority would do much harm by causing confusion as to what God really said, where He said it, and in the context in which He said it. There is an international conspiracy against absolute truth for the reason that Satan may have his perverted "bible(s)" on the market for the entire world to agree upon. That is where many bibles have their problems in one place or another where they line up with the Alexandrian manuscripts. On the other hand, God's perfect sword (Heb.4:12; Eph. 6:17) that is being used around the world as an absolute standard for other bible interpreting among Bible-believers these last days, is the Authorized Version of King James 1611. This is a matter of FACT to any one of our students that have studied manuscript evidence in our Institute concerning this matter of absolute truth and Bible translations. Secondly we will not have to go to ANY Greek manuscripts to prove our point on these matters of Eternal Security. One of the “escapes” of the modern apostate Christians is to go to the “originals” (which nobody has, for the originals do not exist) when confronted with a text that crosses his predetermined beliefs about the subject at hand. 2 The unfortunate practice today is that students are being produced in almost all of the Christian Universities, Colleges, Seminaries and Institutes that use the Greek language (and more so corrupt Greek manuscripts; such as the “Septuagint” which was produced AFTER the New Testament canon was ALREADY complete and not before) to try to justify their particular heresies. This is common practice today. It is a blasphemous, but successful work of Satan in the Conservative circles of Christianity (including many Baptists here in the United States and abroad along with Interdenominational, Charismatic, and other churches. They spend a lot of money for so-called “new” (Acts 17:21) and “better” translations, based on Nestle-Aland’s Greek, perverted text. It is a worldwide conspiracy (including those of the former Soviet Russia) to lead the body of Christ under the umbrella of the WHORE of the Roman Catholic Church (Rev.17), in matters of Bible translations and manuscript evidence among other things. Here is a short list of some of the organizations that are helping the devil concerning propagating versions that are from corrupt manuscripts: 1.) Home World Bible League South Holland, IL. / Kiev (Ukraine) 2.) Ukrainian Bible Society Ukraine, 252190, Kiev-190 3.) The British and Foreign Bible Society SWINDON, SN5 7DG 4.) World Bible Translation Centre Fort Worth, TX. 76182 U.S.A. 5.) Slavic Gospel Press (SPG) Wheaten, IL. 60189 U.S.A There are many other Christian apostate organizations that are printing texts that are directly from the perverted Nestle’s Greek text whose roots are from Alexandria, Africa. That text is sold in almost all of the modern Christian bookstores and is the same text that students in Seminary use to overthrow Biblical truth. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this book will be four fold. 1. First to expose the heresy taught and believed by many believers in Christ: that a saved man in the Church Age can lose his salvation. 2. Secondly, to explain what true Calvinism really is and not what many have been deceived to believe. 3. Thirdly, to simply magnify God’s truth, (Psa. 138:2) and “bear witness” unto it (Jn.18:37), for by the truth men are sanctified, (John 17:17), that they may worship God “in spirit and in truth,” (Jn.4:24). 4. And fourthly, to show the reader the necessity of proper exegesis of a given text by the God-given method of 2 Timothy 2:15; 1 Corinthians 2:13 and Isaiah 28:9, 10), to show biblical interpretation of the doctrine of Eternal Security from a dispensational standpoint as it should be shown. A “FUNDAMENTAL” PROBLEM Today there are a number of Fundamentalists that have ramped and raved about defending the fundamentals but have at the same time knocked those who claim Biblical interpretation from a dispensational standpoint.
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