Can "cult" members still be saved?

ToGodAlone · 01-08-2012, 08:34 PM

Greetings all!

It's been awhile, I'll admit. Far too long...but alas, life is busy.

I was just wondering your views on this topic. Not really specific to just the LRC, although I expect it to be the main topic of conversation and pretty much any example I use will be from them.

It is a commonly held truth that to be "saved' you must believe in Jesus Christ as your savior. That faith alone guarantees your salvation and it cannot be taken from you. Now...regarding groups such as the LRC who vehemently insist that they believe that this fact, but do something such as "teach a different Jesus" or contain beliefs that may or may not be entirely Biblical (ie one church one city/pray reading, and the like), for one who may have come to know Christ through one of these groups, are they saved by their faith or does the fact that those groups have somewhat (or totally) questionable beliefs make them not really saved in the first place?

I've seen a few arguments on both sides. Those who say no might say something along the lines of "because this group contains doctrine that is not totally Biblical, these people are not really saved" or "because their Jesus is not the same Jesus that the rest of Christianity believes (meaning something like the WL version of modalism, or straight up modalism if you see it that way, is being taught) they are not saved." Those who say yes might say something like "since they do believe in Christ as their savior and have a genuine love for Christ, but that is being twisted by that particular group, that person is still saved."

Thoughts?

ToGodAlone

01-08-2012, 08:34 PM	#1
ToGodAlone Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 95	Can "cult" members still be saved? Greetings all! It's been awhile, I'll admit. Far too long...but alas, life is busy. I was just wondering your views on this topic. Not really specific to just the LRC, although I expect it to be the main topic of conversation and pretty much any example I use will be from them. It is a commonly held truth that to be "saved' you must believe in Jesus Christ as your savior. That faith alone guarantees your salvation and it cannot be taken from you. Now...regarding groups such as the LRC who vehemently insist that they believe that this fact, but do something such as "teach a different Jesus" or contain beliefs that may or may not be entirely Biblical (ie one church one city/pray reading, and the like), for one who may have come to know Christ through one of these groups, are they saved by their faith or does the fact that those groups have somewhat (or totally) questionable beliefs make them not really saved in the first place? I've seen a few arguments on both sides. Those who say no might say something along the lines of "because this group contains doctrine that is not totally Biblical, these people are not really saved" or "because their Jesus is not the same Jesus that the rest of Christianity believes (meaning something like the WL version of modalism, or straight up modalism if you see it that way, is being taught) they are not saved." Those who say yes might say something like "since they do believe in Christ as their savior and have a genuine love for Christ, but that is being twisted by that particular group, that person is still saved." Thoughts? ToGodAlone