Jerry Shugart
Well-known member
On the Berean Bible Website we read the following about MAD author J.C. O'Hair:
O'Hair wrote the following about John 5:24:
First, we can see that O'Hair applied what the Lord Jesus said in the gospel of John to us.
Secondly, he certainly believed that the words found at the verses which he quoted were not teaching that "works" were required for salvation.
How is it possible that those in the Psuedo-MAD community can look at the following words of the Lord Jesus spoken to the Jews who lived under the law and declare that those Jews could not be saved unless they believed and did works?:
No matter how many times those in the Psuedo-MAD community are shown this verse they continue to insist that the Jews who lived under the law could not be saved unless they believed and did works.
Anyone with an open mind can see that there are major problems within the Psuedo-MAD camp that are similar to problems found in cults.
"Pastor O’Hair was, without a doubt, the one person who, more than any other, was used of God to establish among believers what Paul, by inspiration calls, “the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery.” He knew that he had the Scriptural solution to the current theological confusion and preached the Word with great power. His oral ministry (including radio) and his many books had a profound effect on thousands here and abroad. As a gospel preacher and soul winner he was without a peer just because he understood so clearly the truth of the unadulterated 'gospel of the grace of God.' The Church, all over the world, owes him much."
O'Hair wrote the following about John 5:24:
"The statement of our Lord Jesus Christ, recorded in John 5:24, should certainly give assurance to any one whose trust is in the Word of God...The believer has eternal life. The believer shall not come into judgment. The believer has passed out of death into life. Most certainly God wants believers to have a positive "know so" salvation, the real assurance of salvation. Hear God's own Word:
"The Greek word, translated 'know', is 'iedo', and the other definition in the Greek dictionary is 'perceive' and 'to be sure'. Can you not see then that God wants you to know, 'to be sure', that you have eternal life; because you believe unto the salvation of your soul. You did not obtain your salvation by earning it or by laboring for it. Neither do you retain it because you are paying for it with your good works " (O'Hair, THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE; "Bible Study For Bereans"; March 1936).
'These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may KNOW that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the Son of God.' I John 5: 13
"The Greek word, translated 'know', is 'iedo', and the other definition in the Greek dictionary is 'perceive' and 'to be sure'. Can you not see then that God wants you to know, 'to be sure', that you have eternal life; because you believe unto the salvation of your soul. You did not obtain your salvation by earning it or by laboring for it. Neither do you retain it because you are paying for it with your good works " (O'Hair, THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE; "Bible Study For Bereans"; March 1936).
First, we can see that O'Hair applied what the Lord Jesus said in the gospel of John to us.
Secondly, he certainly believed that the words found at the verses which he quoted were not teaching that "works" were required for salvation.
How is it possible that those in the Psuedo-MAD community can look at the following words of the Lord Jesus spoken to the Jews who lived under the law and declare that those Jews could not be saved unless they believed and did works?:
"Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life" (Jn.5:24).
No matter how many times those in the Psuedo-MAD community are shown this verse they continue to insist that the Jews who lived under the law could not be saved unless they believed and did works.
Anyone with an open mind can see that there are major problems within the Psuedo-MAD camp that are similar to problems found in cults.