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An incomplete gospel message is another gospel
Invite Him into your heart, Make Him Lord of your Life! If you have been at Highlands for any period of time, you have heard those statements at the end of the service. These statements are not the COMPLETE Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Below is the complete Gospel Message, and these are the steps to be saved (Born again) and to know 100% when you die that you will go to Heaven.
1. You must admit you are a sinner. Romans 3:10 As it is written there are none righteous, no not one. Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
2. You must understand that God expects a payment for our sin, and that payment is Death and Hell. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Revelations 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimestone: which is the second death.
3. Jesus Paid your sin debt. Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
God wants to give you a gift : Romans 3:23 B - but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. The million dollar question is how do I get Jesus so I can have eternal life with Him in Heaven?
4. Call on the name of the Lord and He will save you. Romans 10:9-13 That if though shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call on him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
So to call on the name of the Lord, is to call out in prayer. You can say a prayer like this: Dear Lord, I know that I'm a sinner and because of my sin I deserve to go to hell. But I believe that You died on the cross to pay my sin debt and was buried and rose again the third day. I repent of my sin please forgive me and come into my heart and save me. I'm trusting You as my Saviour right now. I'm trusting You and only You to take me to heaven when I die. Help me to live my life for you. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus' name, Amen.
If you followed these steps and are truly trusting Jesus alone for your Salvation, then you are saved and going to Heaven when you die. You are in the family of God and He promised He will never cast you out or forsake you.
Why I made this Website
Why I created this website
I started attending Church of the Highlands in the month of February 2011 at the 8am service at the Grants Mill Road location. A friend / coworker invited me, so I took him up on his offer. I was glad at the time I did, because it was amazing. I attended my first small group which was a bible study group taught by a former Pastor in the Fall Semester of 2011. I joined the dream team in 2012 as a small group co-leader continuing with the same group. I was baptized by Hamp Green at the Grants Mill location in 2011 and I went through L.I.F.E. (now called Freedom) in 2014 and after the conference I received the gift of tongues.
I was ready to move into the purpose that God had created me, so I started asking God to reveal His purpose in my life. God called me to serve in the correctional ministry. So I joined the correctional ministry team for Sunday Service in 2014 and later became a Small Group Leader at the prison. I was plugged into everything that Highlands had to offer, like the marriage conferences, dream team parties, Catalyst, Vision Night and I did my part to promote my church.
Yet in all the 10 years of attendance at Church of the Highlands, I never once shared the gospel with anyone because I could not clearly explain it. I figured if I just invited the person to church that the Pastor preaching that day would cover it. I was under the belief I was saved because of the life changes that occurred in my life. Most people didn't even recognize me from the transformation that occurred, I lost friends and almost lost my marriage. I would have forsaken all to serve the church. I was under a spell. Thankfully, I witnessed something at the correctional facility in 2018 that raised my concern and this started my year long search for Clarity and Truth. Each week at the correctional facility I witnessed inmates raising their hands and checking a box on the connection card hoping for Salvation when the invite was given. Yet each week the same people kept raising their hands, meaning that they didn't understand what happened the week before. Since I was not taught the true gospel, I could not explain it to them to correct the problem and give them reassurance of Salvation.
God is faithful and He continued to provide information bit by bit until the answers came clear. Had I received it all at once; I might had rejected it. So I am thankful it was a process. His Timing is perfect! Salvation is easy, but Man makes it difficult (i.e. Lordship Salvation). My hope is that this site will open your eyes and your mind to the truth and expose the subtle false teachings taught at Church of the Highlands in Alabama. I made this website because I love my brothers and sisters at Highlands, so I can't be silent. Hell is a real place, and I don't wish for anyone to go there.
The scales fell from my eyes and I could see clearly the Truth God wanted me to see.
Power of the gospel
Romans 1:16
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
Below is a screenshot from Highlands. Romans 10:9 NIV
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do you See the Difference?
- That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shall be saved. Romans 10:9 KJV
- NIV states you must declare Jesus is Lord vs. confessing the Lord Jesus. This is a massive error ( or mistranslation) that has led to the creation of the false theology of Lordship Salvation.
The good news of the Gospel
Jesus Alone
God loves you but He hates your sin, it separates you from Him because He is Righteous and perfect. To be with Him " To go to Heaven" you must be perfect and righteous. So God came down from Heaven and became a man and lived a perfect sinless life. His name is Jesus and he took upon himself the sins of the entire world and was obedient to God and died on a cross. He became a curse to set us free from the curse of the Law which is Death for our sins. He died on the cross and rose from the dead on the 3rd day and he is seated in Heaven at the right hand of the Father. Jesus paid your sin debt so you are blameless, all you have to do is believe He did it for you and trust on Jesus for the payment and you will be saved.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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here is an acceptable invitation for the free gift of "eternal life".
Will you accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your own personal savior?
Accepting, receiving, or believing all mean the same thing. It is simply acknowledging that the Lord Jesus died for me and paid the penalty for my sin (Romans 5:8)
Because He loves me, He died for me. Placing my personal trust in His death for me is God's only requirement for salvation (Romans 3:24)
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sin and repentance are not preached
In the 10 years of attending, I never once heard a message on sin and repentance, which is the heart of the gospel. They preached Lordship Salvation instead of Jesus Alone and being saved by grace and not by works.
the true gospel is not preached
If the gospel message presented does not explain that the wrath of God abides on us for our sin, then it is not the true Gospel message. How do you know what you are being saved from unless it is made clear. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Bible tells us to flee from anyone that preaches another gospel. Galatians 1:6-12
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.