Interview: Jared Simpson (Salvation, Pentecostal, Calvinism, Testimony) 

Amen!!!! Hallelujah!!!! The true gospel of Christ! Whereby the Spirit brings its fruits of Joy, Peace and Love. I used to be Calvinist hardcore until I realized I couldn't reach the standard of Lordship Salvation which comes from Calvinism. The truth truly sets you free! Thank you Jesus!

Man I know I believed the Gospel when I was younger but I got mixed up with John MacArthur, Paul washer, Tim conway and my life was so dang miserable but thank Jesus for Bob Wilkin, Andy Woods, Yankee Arnold and other Free grace preachers who preach nothing but the Simple Gospel ❤

I heard the gospel when I was 7 years old. My mom and the adults took me with them to a tent meeting back in the 60's. When I heard the gospel, I believed it. It made sense to me and so I was very happy to know that there was a life after this one. I was happy to know there was a God. It was scary to find out there was a hell, but If I believed that Jesus Christ died for all my sins on the cross and rose again that I could go to heaven. So, that was great news and so I believed in Jesus for making the way for me to never see hell. I was just a kid. I didn't know anything other than this story I would find out was called the gospel. I thought, that all the adults brought me here to hear this gospel so I could be saved just as they all were. To my amazement, the adults including my mom were shocked that I believed the story that the man told everyone who was there. I said, yes I believe that whole story, don't you mom? She didn't say yes and she didn't say no. She once again asked me, Do you really believe that story? I said, yes I do. When I got to see my dad, I told him the same story that the preacher told and said, "Dad, I believe that, do you? He said, well not really son. I began to cry. Neither my mom or dad believed that story so I knew that they were going to hell. Why did my mom even take me there with some of her friends if they didn't believe the gospel? They both knew about it but didn't believe it. I found out as the months went by, I could not forget or change my mind about believing that gospel at all. We never went to church so I didn't anyone who could explain why I believed and my parents didn't. I did not know any theology at all. I did not even seek to know anything about God or the here after at all. Many many years later when I move away from the farm, I moved into the City and found people who knew all about what Jesus did for anyone who would call upon his name to be saved. I lived now in a place that was called the city of Churches. (Fort Wayne In.) Now I was saddened to see churches fighting as you do and this guest does about how your understand in right and the other Christians were wrong. I was 18 years old at this point. I still believed the same gospel of the grace of God that I did when I was 7. Now I was in churches filled with people who didn't like the churches in every direction of the one I was in. The adult Christians talked arrogantly like you do about others. Finally after years of going to any christian church you could name I found a church that told me what actually happened to me and why I quickly believed without seeking anything. He showed me many scriptures. I would say, YES, that's what happened to me as we read the bible in parts that other churches didn't read or just read over real quick. Now I'm 70 years old and I still believe the gospel once given to me that I heard from a man as a kid. I already know you hate him buy just listening to you both boast.

I'm still trying to figure out what false salvation I am more angry with, Calvinism or pentecostal arminianism.

You cannot read scripture and ever come to the conclusion of Calvinism on your own. Someone else must teach it to you.