ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Why the Gospel of Fear Is Not the Gospel at All And Why Eternal Salvation Is the Heart of the Christian Faith

Something Has to Be Said

I receive at least one communication every single day—sometimes many more—from a believer who has been spiritually traumatized. They write to me frightened, confused, and often in tears. The message is always some variation of the same heartbreaking question: “Randy, I heard a testimony that said Christians can go to hell. Am I really saved?”

These are not skeptics. These are not people on the fence about Christ. These are born-again, Spirit-filled believers—people who love Jesus, who serve in their churches, who read their Bibles—and they are being terrorized by teachers who have turned the Gospel of grace into a gospel of fear.

I have watched this trend grow for years. I have seen channels devoted to amplifying hell testimonies that cast doubt on the eternal security of believers. I have seen agenda-driven platforms that specifically recruit guests who will reinforce a works-based theology of salvation. I have seen teachers whose stories contradict themselves from one telling to the next, and yet their content continues to spread, frightening sincere Christians and distorting the character of God.

Enough is enough. I cannot remain silent while the sheep are being scattered.

“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.” — Matthew 18:6

This article is written out of pastoral urgency. It is written for every person who has lost sleep over a hell testimony they saw on YouTube. It is written for every believer whose assurance in Christ has been shaken by teachers who are, whether they realize it or not, preaching a different gospel. And it is grounded entirely in the Word of God—because that is the only foundation that will not shift beneath your feet.

This Is Not About Calvinism vs. Arminianism

Before I go any further, I want to address something directly, because I know it will come up. People have called me a Calvinist. I am not a Calvinist.

The doctrine of eternal security is often lumped into the Calvinist theological system, as though you must accept all five points of Calvinism in order to believe that God keeps His children. That is simply not true. The Calvinist-Arminian debate involves a complex set of interrelated doctrines—predestination, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and more—and I am not here to wade into all of those waters.

What I am here to say is this: you do not need to be a Calvinist to believe what Jesus said in John 10:28–29. You do not need to align with any theological system to believe what Paul wrote in Romans 8:38–39. The eternal security of the believer is not a denominational distinctive. It is not the property of one school of theology. It is the plain teaching of Scripture.

On the other side, Arminian theology—the belief that a genuinely saved person can ultimately lose their salvation through persistent unbelief or unrepentant sin—is held sincerely by many believers whom I love and respect. This is a theological disagreement within the family of God, and I do not question the salvation of those who hold the Arminian position.

But here is where I draw a firm line: there is a vast difference between a thoughtful theological position held with humility and the weaponization of fear through unverified hell testimonies designed to terrify believers into doubting their salvation. The first is a legitimate conversation among Christians. The second is spiritual abuse. And it is the second that I am addressing in this article.

So please hear me clearly: this is not a Calvinist manifesto. This is a pastor saying to his flock, “Let me show you what Jesus actually promised you, because some people are trying to take it away from you.”

Why Do So Many Charismatics Believe Salvation Can Be Lost?

This is a question I have wrestled with, and I think it deserves an honest answer. As someone who operates within the charismatic and Spirit-filled community, I have noticed that the teaching of conditional salvation—the idea that a born-again believer can lose their salvation—seems disproportionately prevalent in our circles. Why is that?

I believe several factors are at work.

First, the charismatic tradition rightly emphasizes the experiential dimension of faith. We believe in the present-day activity of the Holy Spirit—in prophecy, healing, tongues, supernatural encounters. This is biblical, and I affirm it wholeheartedly. But the very thing that makes our tradition powerful can also make it vulnerable: when experience is elevated above Scripture, we lose our anchor. If someone has a dramatic vision of hell and claims they saw believers there, the experiential weight of that testimony can override what the Bible clearly teaches. We feel the testimony more than we examine it. And feeling is not the same as discernment.

“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” — 1 John 4:1

Second, there is a strong emphasis on holiness in charismatic circles—and rightly so. But holiness teaching can tip into legalism when it shifts from “God’s grace empowers us to live holy lives” to “your holiness is what keeps you saved.” The first is the Gospel. The second is a religion of works dressed in charismatic language. When holiness becomes the condition for maintaining salvation rather than the fruit of a transformed life, we have quietly drifted from grace back to law.

Third, hell testimonies have become a cottage industry on social media. Channels that feature dramatic, fear-driven accounts of hell generate enormous viewership—because fear is a powerful engagement tool. And because charismatic audiences are already open to supernatural experiences, they are particularly receptive to these testimonies. The algorithm rewards fear. Fear generates clicks. Clicks generate revenue. And somewhere in that cycle, the Gospel of grace gets lost.

Fourth—and I say this with love—many charismatic believers have not been grounded deeply enough in systematic theology. We are strong in worship. We are strong in prayer. We are strong in the gifts of the Spirit. But many of our churches do not teach verse-by-verse through the epistles. Many believers in our circles cannot articulate the difference between justification and sanctification, between the imputed righteousness of Christ and our own progressive obedience. And when that theological foundation is missing, fear-based teachings rush in to fill the vacuum.

None of this means that charismatics are less sincere or less saved. It means that we have a vulnerability that needs to be addressed with love and with Scripture. And that is what I am trying to do here.

What Jesus Actually Promised

Let us set aside every human argument—mine included—and listen to what Jesus Himself said about those who belong to Him:

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.” — John 10:27–29

I want you to read that slowly, and I want you to notice what Jesus did not say. He did not say “temporary life.” He said eternal life. He did not say “they shall probably not perish.” He said “they shall never perish.”And He did not leave the keeping to us. We are held in His hand and in the Father’s hand—a double grip of divine omnipotence. Who has the authority to pry open the hand of God?

“All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.” — John 6:37–40

The will of the Father is that Jesus would lose nothing. Not “lose nothing unless they sin too much.” Not “lose nothing unless someone has a dramatic vision that says otherwise.” Nothing. The question is simple: Can the Father’s will be thwarted? If you believe in the sovereignty of God at all, the answer is no.

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.” — John 5:24

The believer has everlasting life—present tense. And has passed from death into life—past tense. The verdict has already been rendered. The transaction is complete. Any teaching that says a believer can be un-saved is calling Jesus a liar.

Sealed, Guaranteed, Finished

“In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.” — Ephesians 1:13–14

A seal and a guarantee. In the ancient world, a seal indicated ownership and protection. It could not be broken by anyone other than the one who placed it. God has sealed you with His Holy Spirit. The Greek word arrhabon means a down payment, a pledge that the full inheritance will be delivered. God Himself has staked His Spirit on the certainty of your salvation. That is not a provisional arrangement. That is an unbreakable covenant.

“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” — Romans 8:38–39

Paul lists every conceivable category of opposition—and declares that none of them can separate us from God’s love in Christ. “Any other created thing” includes you. You are a created being. Even your own failures cannot sever what Christ has joined, because salvation was never based on your performance. It was based on His.

“Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.” — Philippians 1:6

God does not begin a work of salvation and then abandon it because of human weakness. He will complete it. That is a promise from the God who cannot lie. (Titus 1:2)

What About Those Who Fall Away?

I know the passages. Hebrews 6. Hebrews 10. Matthew 24:13. These are real scriptures that speak of falling away, enduring to the end, and the dangers of willful sin. I do not dismiss them. They are the inspired Word of God.

But they must be read in the context of the whole counsel of Scripture—not isolated, weaponized, and used to terrorize believers. The Apostle John gives us the clearest explanation of those who depart from the faith:

“They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that it might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.”— 1 John 2:19

Those who permanently abandon the faith were never truly born again. There is a profound difference between someone who professed faith and someone who possessed it. Jesus Himself taught this in the Parable of the Sower—the seed on rocky ground sprang up quickly but had no root, and when tribulation came, it withered. (Matthew 13:20–21) That person had an emotional response, not a genuine rebirth.

The warnings in Scripture serve as the means by which God preserves His people. They prompt self-examination, repentance, and perseverance. But they are evidence of a process God is working in the believer—not conditions that can undo what God has done.

But What About Christians Who Sin?

Can a genuine believer sin? Of course. David committed adultery and murder. Peter denied Christ three times. But here is the crucial truth: a truly born-again believer cannot remain comfortable in ongoing, unrepentant sin, because the Holy Spirit within them will not allow it:

“No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.” — 1 John 3:9

God disciplines His children—not to destroy them, but to restore them:

“For whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives. If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.” — Hebrews 12:6–8

Notice the logic: if you are not disciplined, you are not a true child of God. Discipline is the mark of sonship. Eternal security is not a license to sin—it is the assurance that God will never let you go, even when He must lovingly discipline you to draw you back.

Answering the Scriptures Used Against Eternal Security

Those who teach that a believer can lose their salvation do not argue from silence. They point to specific passages of Scripture. And those passages deserve honest, careful engagement. I am not going to dismiss them or pretend they don’t exist. What I am going to do is show you what they actually say when read in context, compared with the full counsel of God’s Word.

Hebrews 6:4–6

“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.” — Hebrews 6:4–6

This is perhaps the most frequently cited passage against eternal security. But read it carefully. If this passage teaches that a genuine believer can lose their salvation, then it also teaches that they can never get it back—because the text says it is impossible to renew them again to repentance. Most people who use this passage to frighten believers do not follow it to its logical conclusion, because it would destroy their own altar-call theology. You cannot have it both ways: either you can lose your salvation and never recover it (which contradicts the heart of the Gospel), or this passage is describing something other than a genuinely born-again person losing their salvation.

The context of Hebrews points to the latter. The author is writing to Jewish believers who were being pressured to return to Judaism. The language of “enlightened,” “tasted,” and “partakers” describes people who had been exposed to the truth of the Gospel—who had experienced its power in proximity—but who had never fully embraced Christ by faith. The word “tasted” is significant: tasting is not the same as eating. These are people who came close to the Kingdom but never entered it. And the author himself seems to confirm this when he writes just a few verses later:

“But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner.” — Hebrews 6:9

The writer distinguishes his readers from the people described in verses 4–6. He says he is confident of “better things” concerning them—things that accompany salvation. The implication is clear: what was described in verses 4–6 does not accompany salvation. It describes an experience short of genuine saving faith.

Hebrews 10:26–27

“For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.” — Hebrews 10:26–27

Again, context is everything. The “willful sin” described here is not a believer who struggles with a particular temptation. The Greek word is hekousiōs—it describes a deliberate, calculated, ongoing rejection. In context, the author is addressing Jewish people who had received knowledge of Christ’s sacrifice and were now deliberately turning their backs on it to return to the old sacrificial system. They are rejecting the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus and going back to animal sacrifices—which can never take away sin. (Hebrews 10:4)

This is not about a believer who commits a sin on Tuesday. It is about a person who has been fully informed about the Gospel and then deliberately, permanently, and defiantly rejects Christ as the means of salvation. Notice the phrase: “received the knowledge of the truth.” Knowledge of the truth is not the same as saving faith. Even demons have knowledge of the truth. (James 2:19) This passage describes apostates—people who knew the truth and walked away from it—not believers who stumble in their walk.

2 Peter 2:20–22

“For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: ‘A dog returns to his own vomit,’ and, ‘a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.’” — 2 Peter 2:20–22

Peter’s language here is revealing. He compares these people to a dog and a sow—not to sheep. In Scripture, sheep represent God’s people. Dogs and pigs represent the unredeemed. A dog that returns to its vomit has not changed its nature. A pig that was washed on the outside goes back to the mud because it is still a pig on the inside. Peter is describing people who experienced an outward moral reformation through exposure to the Gospel—they “escaped the pollutions of the world”—but were never inwardly transformed by the new birth. Their nature never changed. They were cleaned up on the outside, but they were still dogs and pigs on the inside. And eventually, their true nature reasserted itself.

This is not a picture of a born-again believer losing salvation. It is a picture of a person who was never truly regenerated, returning to what they always were.

Matthew 24:13

“But he who endures to the end shall be saved.” — Matthew 24:13

This verse is often used to argue that salvation depends on perseverance—and therefore that failing to persevere means losing salvation. But that reverses the cause and effect. The question is not whether genuine believers will persevere. The question is why they persevere. And the biblical answer is: because God preserves them.

“Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.” — Philippians 1:6

Perseverance is the evidence of genuine salvation, not the cause of it. Those who truly belong to Christ willendure to the end—not by their own strength, but by the keeping power of God. Those who do not endure reveal that they were never truly His. (1 John 2:19) Matthew 24:13 is a promise, not a threat.

Galatians 5:4

“You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.” — Galatians 5:4

This is one of the most misunderstood verses in the entire Bible. Paul is not warning believers about losing their salvation. He is rebuking the Galatians for attempting to add the Mosaic Law—particularly circumcision—to the Gospel of grace. To “fall from grace” does not mean to fall from salvation. It means to fall from the principle of grace as the basis for right standing with God and to return to the principle of law-keeping. Paul is saying: if you think circumcision and law-observance are what make you right with God, you have abandoned the very grace that saves you. You are trying to be justified by works instead of by faith.

Ironically, this verse is actually against the works-based theology of those who use it. Paul is warning against the very thing they are teaching—that human effort is required to secure or maintain salvation. Falling from grace is not about losing salvation. It is about abandoning the principle of grace for the principle of works—the exact error that conditional-salvation teachers make.

Revelation 3:5

“He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.” — Revelation 3:5

This verse is read by some as an implied threat: if you don’t overcome, your name will be blotted out. But that is not what the text says. Jesus is making a promise of assurance, not a threat of removal. In the ancient world, citizens could be blotted from city registers for crimes or disloyalty. Jesus is saying to the faithful believers in Sardis: you will never be removed. This is a word of comfort, not a warning of condemnation.

Furthermore, the phrase “he who overcomes” is defined for us by the Apostle John himself:

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” — 1 John 5:4–5

The “overcomer” is not a spiritual elite who achieved a higher level of holiness. The overcomer is every person who has been born of God. Every genuine believer overcomes. And every genuine believer’s name remains in the Book of Life. This is a promise, not a condition.

Ezekiel 18:24

“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.” — Ezekiel 18:24

This passage is from the Old Testament and is addressed to Israel under the Mosaic Covenant, not to the New Testament Church under the New Covenant. Under the Old Covenant, blessings and curses were directly tied to obedience—physical life and death, prosperity and exile, were contingent on Israel’s faithfulness to the Law. Ezekiel is addressing temporal consequences under that covenant, not the question of eternal salvation as it is understood after the cross.

The New Covenant, ratified by the blood of Jesus, operates on fundamentally different terms:

“For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” — Hebrews 8:12

Under the New Covenant, God promises to remember our sins no more. The very thing Ezekiel 18 warns about under the Old Covenant—God remembering and accounting for sin—has been addressed once and for all by the sacrifice of Christ. To apply Ezekiel 18 to New Covenant believers is to ignore the entire redemptive arc of Scripture and the superiority of the covenant we now live under. (Hebrews 8:6)

1 Corinthians 9:27

“But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.” — 1 Corinthians 9:27

The word “disqualified” here is the Greek adokimos, which does not mean “damned” or “lost.” It means disqualified from receiving a reward—like an athlete who breaks the rules and loses the prize, not one who is thrown out of the stadium. Paul is talking about rewards for faithful service, not about salvation. This is consistent with his teaching elsewhere that believers will stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ to receive rewards based on their faithfulness—but that even those whose works are burned up will themselves be saved:

“If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.”— 1 Corinthians 3:15

The person is saved—even when their works are burned. Salvation is secure. Rewards are not. Paul is motivating himself toward faithful service, not expressing doubt about his eternal destiny.

James 5:19–20

“Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and cover a multitude of sins.” — James 5:19–20

James uses the word “death,” which some take as eternal damnation. But Scripture consistently uses “death” in multiple senses—physical death, spiritual death, and relational separation. In context, James is likely referring to the physical consequences of persistent sin, consistent with the Old Testament principle that God sometimes disciplines His children through premature physical death. Paul references this same principle in 1 Corinthians 11:30, where some Corinthian believers had become sick or even died because of their abuse of the Lord’s Supper—but Paul does not suggest they lost their salvation.

Restoring a wandering believer is an act of love that rescues them from the destructive—and potentially fatal—consequences of their sin. It is not a rescue from eternal damnation, because eternal life is secured by Christ, not by our consistency.

The Pattern Across Every Passage

When you examine each of these passages carefully, a consistent pattern emerges. In every case, one of the following is true: the passage describes people who were never genuinely born again (Hebrews 6, Hebrews 10, 2 Peter 2); the passage describes temporal consequences or rewards, not eternal destiny (Ezekiel 18, 1 Corinthians 9, James 5); the passage describes evidence of genuine faith, not conditions for maintaining salvation (Matthew 24:13); or the passage has been misread to say the opposite of what it actually teaches (Galatians 5:4, Revelation 3:5).

Not one of these passages, when read in context, teaches that a genuinely born-again believer can lose their salvation. Not one. And they cannot override the explicit, unambiguous, repeated promises of Jesus Christ Himself—who said plainly: “They shall never perish.” (John 10:28)

The Religion of Works: No Different Than Any Other Religion

I want to say something that may challenge some readers, but it needs to be said.

A gospel that requires human works to maintain salvation is not the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is, in fact, indistinguishable from every other religion on earth.

Islam teaches that your good deeds must outweigh your bad deeds on the day of judgment. Hinduism teaches karma—your actions determine your destiny. Buddhism teaches that enlightenment comes through right conduct and self-discipline. Mormonism teaches that exaltation requires temple ordinances and obedience. Every religion in human history, apart from biblical Christianity, has been built on the same foundation: your effort determines your eternal destiny.

And then comes the Gospel—the only message in the history of the world that says: You cannot earn it. It is a gift. And God Himself keeps you.

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” — Ephesians 2:8–9

“And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.” — Romans 11:6

“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.” — Titus 3:5

Grace and works are mutually exclusive as the basis for salvation. The moment you add works to grace, grace ceases to be grace. Paul could not have been clearer.

When teachers tell you that you must maintain your salvation through your obedience, they have turned the finished work of Christ into an employment contract where your eternal destiny depends on your daily performance. That is not Good News. That is the worst news imaginable—because none of us can perform well enough. If salvation depends on our works, every last one of us is lost.

“I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.” — Galatians 2:21

If our works could keep us saved, the cross was unnecessary. If our obedience is what determines our eternal destiny, then Jesus suffered and died for nothing. That is the logical conclusion of works-based salvation theology. And Paul reserved his strongest language in all of Scripture for those who corrupted this message:

“But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.” — Galatians 1:8–9

He said it twice. He used the word anathema. A works-based gospel is not an alternative Christian viewpoint. It is a false gospel. It strips Christianity of the very thing that makes it unique among all world religions—and replaces it with the same earn-your-way system that every other faith on earth has taught since the beginning of time.

The Danger of Building Theology on Hell Experiences

As someone who has personally interviewed over 1,000 near-death experiencers and validated hundreds of testimonies through family interviews, background checks, and rigorous verification, I want to speak directly about a disturbing trend that is causing enormous damage in the body of Christ: the use of hell experiences to construct theology that contradicts Scripture.

I have said it before and I will say it again: not every NDE testimony is reliable. Some are fabricated. Some are embellished, with details changing over time. Some are deeply influenced by the person’s pre-existing theology. Some are demonically inspired. And increasingly, AI-generated fake testimonies are flooding the internet—entirely fabricated accounts designed for clicks and revenue, not truth.

But beyond the question of reliability, there is a deeper issue. Some teachers have built their entire theological framework on what they claim to have experienced in hell. Think about what that means. They are constructing their understanding of God, salvation, and eternity not from the Word of God, but from what they experienced in a place of darkness, torment, and deception—a place ruled by the father of lies. (John 8:44)

Hell is not a seminary. Hell is not a place of divine revelation. And when someone claims they saw a vision in hell that contradicts the promises of Jesus in John 10:28–29 or Romans 8:38–39, we are faced with a simple question: Will we believe the testimony of a man, or the testimony of the Son of God?

“God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” — Numbers 23:19

The Holy Spirit who inspired Romans 8:38–39 is not going to show someone a vision that contradicts those very words. God does not contradict Himself. When a testimony fails the test of Scripture, it must be rejected—no matter how dramatic the story, no matter how many views it receives, no matter how emotionally compelling the telling.

“To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” — Isaiah 8:20

I also want to be honest about what I have observed in the NDE space. There are platforms that specifically seek out guests who will reinforce a predetermined theological position against eternal security. These are not truth-seeking ministries. They are agenda-driven programs that curate content to support a conclusion they have already reached. And there are individuals whose stories do not hold up under scrutiny—whose accounts shift and contradict from one telling to the next. When a testimony cannot remain consistent, that is not a sign of a genuine encounter with God. It is a serious red flag.

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers, and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.” — 2 Timothy 4:3–4

I encourage every believer: be careful who you watch. There are two or three channels out there right now that specifically curate guests who preach the loss of salvation, typically from a hell experience.These are not balanced platforms seeking truth. They are agenda-driven programs that recruit guests to reinforce a predetermined theological conclusion. Avoid them—or at the very least, approach them with extreme caution and a Bible in your hand.

I also want to say this honestly: there are individuals who have tried to copy what God called us to build at this ministry, not to advance the Kingdom, but to promote a personal agenda. They learned our methods, studied our approach, and then used what they gained to create platforms that look similar on the surface but are built on a completely different theological foundation. Be discerning. Not every channel that features NDE testimonies is committed to the authority of Scripture. Some are committed to an ideology.

Do not go channel-surfing for spiritual truth. Not every person with a camera and a dramatic story is a reliable guide for your soul. Test everything against the Word of God. And when something contradicts the clear promises of Christ, walk away—no matter how popular the channel.

Scripture Is the Authority—Not Experiences

Let me be transparent about something important: no experience—including my own—supersedes the Word of God.

I had a profound near-death experience in 2005 when I was clinically dead for over 30 minutes. I encountered Jesus. I received visions. But if anything I experienced ever contradicted Scripture, I would reject the experience and hold to the Word. That is the standard I hold myself to, and it is the standard I hold every NDE experiencer to when they sit across from me in an interview.

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” — 2 Timothy 3:16–17

Our theology must be built on the rock of God’s Word—not on the shifting sand of human experiences, no matter how vivid or emotionally powerful those experiences may be. This is especially true when the experiences in question come from visions of hell, told by individuals whose accounts cannot remain consistent, amplified by platforms with theological agendas.

To Every Believer Who Has Been Frightened by This Teaching

If you are reading this because someone told you—a born-again, Spirit-filled child of God—that you could lose your salvation and end up in hell, I want to speak to your heart with the compassion of a shepherd who cares about you.

I hear from you. Every day, I hear from you. Emails. Messages. Comments. People who cannot sleep. People paralyzed by anxiety. People who have lost their joy, their peace, their freedom in worship—because someone convinced them that God’s promise of eternal life has an expiration date.

Listen to me: the fruit of that teaching is not holiness. If it were producing holiness, it would also produce love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and self-control. (Galatians 5:22–23) But that is not what I am seeing. What I am seeing is terror. And terror is not a fruit of the Holy Spirit.

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” — 2 Timothy 1:7

“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.” — Romans 8:15–16

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” — 1 John 4:18

Fear involves torment. If you have been tormented by the teaching that you could lose your salvation, that torment did not come from the Holy Spirit. The Spirit whispers “Abba, Father”—not “you might end up in hell.” The Spirit produces assurance, not anxiety. Confidence, not dread.

Here is your anchor. Hold onto it:

“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.” — Romans 8:1

Not “no condemnation unless you sin too much.” Not “no condemnation unless someone had a vision.” No condemnation. Period. That is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the most unique, most beautiful, most liberating message in the history of the world. And no one—no teacher, no channel, no testimony—has the right to take it from you.

The God Who Keeps You

I want to close with this, because I believe it captures everything I have tried to say:

“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.” — Jude 1:24–25

He is able to keep you from stumbling. He is able to present you faultless. Not because of your performance. Not because you earned it. But because He is God, and He finishes what He starts.

The Christian faith is not a religion of works. It is the only faith in the history of the world built on the scandalous, offensive, incomprehensible grace of a God who saves people who don’t deserve it and then keepsthem by His own power. That is what makes Christianity unique. That is what makes the Gospel good news. And that is what no fear-driven, agenda-fueled, contradictory hell testimony can ever take away from those who are truly His.

Rest in that. Trust in that. Build your life on that.

And stop channel-surfing. Open your Bible instead.