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	== History ==		== History ==
	~~{{see also\|Lordship salvation controversy}}~~The [[Neonomianism\|Neonomian]] doctrines of [[Richard Baxter]] have often been compared to Lordship salvation, which caused a controversy with the [[Marrow Brethren]] in the 17th century.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Nyenhuis \|first=Jacob E. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8nDhAAAAMAAJ&q=Lordship+salvation+neonomian \|title=A Goodly Heritage: Essays in Honor of the Reverend Dr. Elton J. Bruins at Eighty \|date=2007-06-06 \|publisher=Eerdmans Publishing Company \|isbn=978-0-8028-6002-6 \|language=en \|quote=John MacArthur Jr. ... receiving him as Lord ) and the " antinomian " advocates of free grace ( e.g. , dispensationalists at Dallas Seminary ) clearly echoes the issues argued by the Marrow Men and their " neonomian " opponents .}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Packer \|first=Timothy Beougher And J. I. \|date=16 December 1991 \|title='Go Fetch Baxter' \|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1991/december-16/go-fetch-baxter-this-feisty-puritan-spent-his-life.html \|access-date=2022-11-09 \|website=ChristianityToday.com \|language=en}}</ref>		The [[Neonomianism\|Neonomian]] doctrines of [[Richard Baxter]] have often been compared to Lordship salvation, which caused a controversy with the [[Marrow Brethren]] in the 17th century.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Nyenhuis \|first=Jacob E. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8nDhAAAAMAAJ&q=Lordship+salvation+neonomian \|title=A Goodly Heritage: Essays in Honor of the Reverend Dr. Elton J. Bruins at Eighty \|date=2007-06-06 \|publisher=Eerdmans Publishing Company \|isbn=978-0-8028-6002-6 \|language=en \|quote=John MacArthur Jr. ... receiving him as Lord ) and the " antinomian " advocates of free grace ( e.g. , dispensationalists at Dallas Seminary ) clearly echoes the issues argued by the Marrow Men and their " neonomian " opponents .}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Packer \|first=Timothy Beougher And J. I. \|date=16 December 1991 \|title='Go Fetch Baxter' \|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1991/december-16/go-fetch-baxter-this-feisty-puritan-spent-his-life.html \|access-date=2022-11-09 \|website=ChristianityToday.com \|language=en}}</ref>

	The doctrines of Lordship salvation have been debated within Evangelical Christianity since at least the early 20th century, when [[Lewis Sperry Chafer]] debated [[B. B. Warfield]] the topic. It later developed into the Lordship salvation controversy in the late 1980s and the 1990s, centering around the question on if making Jesus as the "Lord of your life" was necessary for salvation.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Naselli \|first=Andy \|title=Must Jesus Be Lord? \|url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/must-jesus-lord/ \|access-date=2024-04-12 \|website=The Gospel Coalition \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Lordship Controversy \|url=https://www.gty.org/library/articles/A293/ \|access-date=2024-04-12 \|website=Grace to You \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Bing \|first=Charles C. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1z5ycZ9BY4C \|title=Lordship Salvation: A Biblical Evaluation and Response \|date=July 2010 \|publisher=Xulon Press \|isbn=978-1-60957-580-9 \|language=en}}</ref>		The doctrines of Lordship salvation have been debated within Evangelical Christianity since at least the early 20th century, when [[Lewis Sperry Chafer]] debated [[B. B. Warfield]] the topic. It later developed into the Lordship salvation controversy in the late 1980s and the 1990s, centering around the question on if making Jesus as the "Lord of your life" was necessary for salvation.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Naselli \|first=Andy \|title=Must Jesus Be Lord? \|url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/must-jesus-lord/ \|access-date=2024-04-12 \|website=The Gospel Coalition \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Lordship Controversy \|url=https://www.gty.org/library/articles/A293/ \|access-date=2024-04-12 \|website=Grace to You \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Bing \|first=Charles C. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1z5ycZ9BY4C \|title=Lordship Salvation: A Biblical Evaluation and Response \|date=July 2010 \|publisher=Xulon Press \|isbn=978-1-60957-580-9 \|language=en}}</ref>
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	* [[~~John MacArthur (American pastor)\|~~John MacArthur]]		* [[John MacArthur]]
	* [[John Piper]]		* [[John Piper]]
	* [[R. C. Sproul]]		* [[R. C. Sproul]]

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'''Lordship salvation''' is a doctrine taught by many [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical theologians]], being associated with popular figures such as [[John MacArthur (American pastor)|John MacArthur]], [[John Piper (theologian)|John Piper]] and [[R. C. Sproul]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Lordship Salvation |url=https://www.ligonier.org/guides/lordship-salvation |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Ligonier Ministries |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Piper |first=John |date=1990-02-01 |title=Letter to a Friend Concerning the So-Called "Lordship Salvation" |url=https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/letter-to-a-friend-concerning-the-so-called-lordship-salvation |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Desiring God |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=An Introduction to Lordship Salvation |url=https://www.gty.org/library/articles/A114/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Grace to You |language=en}}</ref> Lordship salvation teaches that although we are saved by [[Sola fide|faith alone]], saving faith must be accompanied by submission to the Lordship of Christ, which leads to an obedient life as fruit. This doctrine is in stark contrast with [[Free grace theology|Free Grace theology]], which sees faith as distinct from a personal decision to turn from one's sins and submit to Jesus.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=MacArthur |first=John F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcLwhTDBICgC&q=hard+to+believe+JohnMacarthur |title=Hard to Believe: The High Cost and Infinite Value of Following Jesus |date=2006-01-08 |publisher=Thomas Nelson |isbn=978-1-4185-1360-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=MacArthur |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ukxTLJQgCo0C |title=The Gospel According to Jesus: What is Authentic Faith? |date=2008 |publisher=Zondervan |isbn=978-0-310-29136-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=John MacArthur's Lordship Salvation |url=https://theaquilareport.com/john-macarthurs-lordship-salvation/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=theaquilareport.com}}</ref>

== History ==
{{see also|Lordship salvation controversy}}The [[Neonomianism|Neonomian]] doctrines of [[Richard Baxter]] have often been compared to Lordship salvation, which caused a controversy with the [[Marrow Brethren]] in the 17th century.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nyenhuis |first=Jacob E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8nDhAAAAMAAJ&q=Lordship+salvation+neonomian |title=A Goodly Heritage: Essays in Honor of the Reverend Dr. Elton J. Bruins at Eighty |date=2007-06-06 |publisher=Eerdmans Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-8028-6002-6 |language=en |quote=John MacArthur Jr. ... receiving him as Lord ) and the " antinomian " advocates of free grace ( e.g. , dispensationalists at Dallas Seminary ) clearly echoes the issues argued by the Marrow Men and their " neonomian " opponents .}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Packer |first=Timothy Beougher And J. I. |date=16 December 1991 |title='Go Fetch Baxter' |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1991/december-16/go-fetch-baxter-this-feisty-puritan-spent-his-life.html |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=ChristianityToday.com |language=en}}</ref>

The doctrines of Lordship salvation have been debated within Evangelical Christianity since at least the early 20th century, when [[Lewis Sperry Chafer]] debated [[B. B. Warfield]] the topic. It later developed into the Lordship salvation controversy in the late 1980s and the 1990s, centering around the question on if making Jesus as the "Lord of your life" was necessary for salvation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Naselli |first=Andy |title=Must Jesus Be Lord? |url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/must-jesus-lord/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=The Gospel Coalition |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lordship Controversy |url=https://www.gty.org/library/articles/A293/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Grace to You |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bing |first=Charles C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1z5ycZ9BY4C |title=Lordship Salvation: A Biblical Evaluation and Response |date=July 2010 |publisher=Xulon Press |isbn=978-1-60957-580-9 |language=en}}</ref>

Modern advocates of Lordship salvation include individuals such as:

* [[John MacArthur (American pastor)|John MacArthur]]
* [[John Piper]]
* [[R. C. Sproul]]
* [[John Stott]]
* [[B. B. Warfield|B.B. Warfield]]
* [[Arthur Pink|Arthur W. Pink]]
* [[John Gerstner]]
* [[Matthew Slick]]

== Teachings ==
John MacArthur describes Lordship salvation as the view that a decision to turn from sin and submit to Jesus must be conjoined with saving faith, leading to a lifetime of fruit, although a person can temporarily fall from obedience.<ref name=":0"/> This view denies a distinction between discipleship and salvation, seeing the gospel as a call to discipleship and submission.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cost of Discipleship |url=https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/90-23/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Grace to You |language=en}}</ref> Thus, it teaches that salvation should be viewed as costly, not only because of the cost Jesus paid for the salvation of the elect, but also for the cost which the individual will have to pay for it.<ref>{{Cite book |last=MacArthur |first=John F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcLwhTDBICgC&q=cost |title=Hard to Believe: The High Cost and Infinite Value of Following Jesus |date=2006-01-08 |publisher=Thomas Nelson |isbn=978-1-4185-1360-3 |language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|page=93}} Additionally teaching that [[Assurance (theology)|assurance of salvation]] necessitates self-examination.<ref>{{Cite book |last=MacArthur |first=John F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcLwhTDBICgC&q=Assurance |title=Hard to Believe: The High Cost and Infinite Value of Following Jesus |date=2006-01-08 |publisher=Thomas Nelson |isbn=978-1-4185-1360-3 |language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|page=96–97}}

Advocates of Lordship salvation oppose the doctrine of Free Grace theology, criticizing them for viewing repentance as a mere synonym for faith and for denying personal commitment as a part of saving faith.<ref name=":0"/> Lordship salvation advocates such as [[John Gerstner]] view Free Grace theology as "[[Antinomianism|Antinomian]]", arguing that it does not square with the biblical doctrines of grace.<ref name=":4"/>

Some advocates of the doctrine such as [[John Piper (theologian)|John Piper]] additionally teach, that the fruit in the life of a Christian will be the determining factor for "final salvation". Teaching that although initial justification is by faith alone, good works generated by the Holy Spirit will be the basis of final salvation at the judgement of a Christian after death,<ref>{{Citation |title=Will We Be Finally ‘Saved’ by Faith Alone? |url=https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/will-we-be-finally-saved-by-faith-alone |access-date=2024-07-01 |language=en}}</ref> saying that Christians are saved by faith and the fruit they have generated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Piper |first=John |date=2017-09-25 |title=Does God Really Save Us by Faith Alone? |url=https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/does-god-really-save-us-by-faith-alone |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Desiring God |language=en}}</ref>

== Criticism ==
Lordship salvation has gained opposition from some [[Reformed Christianity|Reformed theologians]] such as [[R. Scott Clark]],<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2023-01-09 |title=Lordship Salvation, The Federal Vision, And The Covenant Theology That The Reformation Rejected - The Heidelblog |url=https://heidelblog.net/2023/01/might-you-be-following-gabriel-biel-and-not-know-it/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=heidelblog.net/ |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2022-06-02 |title=My Pilgrimage From "Lordship" to Law/Gospel (part 1) - The Heidelblog |url=https://heidelblog.net/2022/06/my-pilgrimage-from-lordship-to-law-gospel/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=heidelblog.net/ |language=en-US}}</ref> Free Grace theologians such as [[Charles Caldwell Ryrie|Charles Ryrie]] and [[Zane C. Hodges|Zane Hodges]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ryrie |first=Charles C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pGPXx25y4fEC&q=Charles+C.+Ryrie's+So+Great+Salvation |title=So Great Salvation: What It Means to Believe in Jesus Christ |date=1997-07-01 |publisher=Moody Publishers |isbn=978-1-57567-636-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hodges |first=Zane Clark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SrWpPQAACAAJ |title=Absolutely Free!: A Biblical Reply to Lordship Salvation |date=1989 |publisher=Zondervan |isbn=978-0-310-51960-7 |language=en}}</ref> along with from those who belong to the so-called "[[Hyper-Grace theology|Hyper-Grace]]" movement such as [[Andrew Farley (author)|Andrew Farley]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Farley |first=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9aq7EAAAQBAJ&dq=Andrew+Farley+Lordship+salvation&pg=PA96 |title=101 Bible Questions: And the Surprising Answers You May Not Hear in Church |date=2023-10-17 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-68451-476-2 |language=en}}</ref>

Critics of Lordship salvation generally argue that it makes assurance impossible,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilkin |first=Bob |date=2023-07-17 |title=What Convinces People That Lordship Salvation Is True? – Grace Evangelical Society |url=https://faithalone.org/blog/what-convinces-people-that-lordship-salvation-is-true/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> often arguing that it is inconsistent with salvation by faith alone.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilkin |first=Bob |date=2006-09-01 |title=Lordship Salvation for Dummies – Grace Evangelical Society |url=https://faithalone.org/grace-in-focus-articles/lordship-salvation-for-dummies/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> Other critics, such as Ryrie and Hodges, further argue that Lordship salvation is a false gospel, which cannot save, and that the position repeats the [[Epistle to the Galatians#Major issues|Galatian error]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Controversy Over Lordship Salvation |url=https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/resources/the-controversy-over-lordship-salvation/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=C.S. Lewis Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>

Reformed critics of Lordship salvation such as R. Scott Clark, who is a Reformed seminary professor at Westminster Seminary California, have argued that the doctrine of Lordship salvation does not accurately reflect the Reformation understanding of justification, claiming that it repeats aspects of the medieval understanding of justification which the Reformers rejected.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /> Although Scott Clark rejects Lordship salvation, he also rejected the Free Grace views held by Hodges, arguing that it is an antinomian reaction to the moralism that has developed in the church.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-28 |title=You Might Be An Antinomian (Or Maybe Not) - The Heidelblog |url=https://heidelblog.net/2014/02/you-might-be-an-antinomian-or-maybe-not/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=heidelblog.net/ |language=en-US}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Marrow Controversy]]
* [[Neonomianism]]
* [[Antinomian Controversy|Antinomian controversy]]

== References ==

[[Category:Grace in Christianity]]
[[Category:Christian terminology]]
[[Category:Christian theological movements]]
[[Category:Evangelical theology]]
[[Category:Salvation in Protestantism]]

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