J. Vernon McGee Defends Grace: A 1973 Rebuke of Lordship Salvation

"Now, actually, there is beginning to come into the thinking of a great many folks, that out yonder somewhere there is Someone. And they've got a modern song, 'Put your hand in the hand of the man of Galilee.' Well, that's getting pretty close to it, by the way. But even that I think is missing it, because you've got to come to Him as a sinner. And you have to accept Him first as your Savior. And today I hear a great deal about 'let's make our commitment.' What is your commitment, by the way? If you think that it's a matter of just coming to Him and making Him - as I hear it - 'make Him your Lord and Master,' He said there are gonna be many who are gonna say, 'Lord, Lord,' in that day. You don't make Him Lord and Master first; you make Him Savior. He died for you. And if you don't begin with Him there, at the cross, you're not gonna begin with Him anywhere."[1]

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[1] J. Vernon McGee, Thru The Bible radio broadcast, "Job 1:1-5 | Thru The Bible" (time stamp: 14:17-15:14 minutes). The air date of the original radio broadcast was sometime around mid-February, 1973. Note: The above statement is transcribed directly from the 1973 radio broadcast. The printed statement that appears in McGee's Thru The Bible commentary is edited and reads slightly differently.