No—only God can see a person's heart, so no one can truly determine another person's salvation.
Les Feldick says he cannot judge whether another person is a believer, and neither can anyone else, because only God can see the heart. Salvation is an act of God that places a person into the Body of Christ, and no denomination, preacher, or priest can do it, so human observation can never settle the question.
Romans 8:1 — This is the verdict on which salvation stands: no condemnation for those God has placed in Christ, which is why human observers cannot settle the matter.
Romans 8:33 — It asks who can bring a charge against God's elect and points to God as the justifier; determining salvation belongs to God alone.
Romans 5:18 — It shows justification is a gift through Christ's one righteous act, not through anything a person or institution can verify.
The Bible builds the question of salvation on a divine verdict, not on human observation. Romans 8:1 says, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." The decisive question is whether a person is "in Christ Jesus" — a relationship Scripture presents as the ground of no condemnation. Romans 8:33 asks, "Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth." This puts the final verdict in God's hands. Romans 5:18 describes how condemnation came through one offense and justification comes through Christ's one righteousness, showing that salvation is a completed work of God rather than an observable human achievement. None of these verses gives anyone else the power to see who is in Christ; they all point to God as the one who justifies and condemns.
Les Feldick is direct about human limitations: no one should ever look at another person and say, "Hey, you're going to hell," because you do not know that; salvation may come to someone at a future date. He says he cannot judge whether another person is a believer, and no one else can either, because only God can see the heart. Les also teaches that only the Lord Himself places a person into the Body of Christ — no denomination, preacher, or priest can do it. That is why he can say, from Scripture and all that bombards us, that many bonafide church members are not members of the Body, without naming any individual. The judgment of who is genuinely saved remains God's prerogative. Les further teaches that genuine salvation is marked by the power of the Holy Spirit and heartfelt faith, not by walking an aisle or repeating a religious formula. For the person who has genuinely believed, God's Word says there is no condemnation, and nothing can change that. But even that assurance is not a license for us to evaluate another person's standing; only God knows who has truly entered into that relationship.
Les says, "Don't ever, ever look at anybody. I don't care how far down the tube they are, you don't look at them and say, 'Hey you're going to hell.' Because you don't know that. Salvation may come to that person yet at some future date." He adds that telling someone they are going to hell is God's prerogative, not ours. This is the strongest application of the answer: a human verdict of damnation is always out of place.
Les makes a clear distinction. He tells believers they can have a day-by-day assurance that they are His because the Book says so; you do not need a feeling or a visible sign. He says if your faith is sufficient to bring you into salvation, you should have enough faith to take God at His word and know you are His. But that personal assurance does not give anyone the ability to look into another person's heart. Assurance is about what a believer trusts; judgment of another's standing belongs to God.
Les says he does not buy the idea that going through a set system of church membership, or repeating things by rote, automatically makes someone a Christian. He also observes that a lot of bonafide church members are not members of the Body of Christ, because only the Lord Himself places people into the Body. Church membership, therefore, is not a reliable outward test of salvation.
Les is a firm believer in eternal security — but only for those who have been genuinely saved. Once God has finished the transaction of salvation, the person is secure; it is an act of God that places them in Christ, and God says there is therefore now no condemnation. He makes the qualification that this applies to genuine salvation, and he cannot see another person's heart well enough to make that determination. The Bible's verdict is for those in Christ, and God alone knows who those are.
Water Baptism vs. Spirit Baptism: What Places You in the Body of Christ?
what technology they had, but I'm again convinced that not only did God move this whole multitude miraculously faster than just a three-mile -an-hour walk, but also He must have opened the Red Sea an amazing amount of distance. He had to have, in order for that large a multitude to go through within such a short period of time. But whatever, how He did it, how much He did it, we know He did it.
God Alone Sees the Heart
Les says we must never look at someone and tell them they are going to hell, because salvation may still come; only God can see the heart.
Assurance Belongs to the Believer
Les says a genuine believer can know they are His because they take God at His word; this is personal assurance, not a license to judge others.
Rote Procedures Are Not Salvation
Les rejects church membership and walking the aisle as proofs of salvation; genuine salvation is a work of the Holy Spirit and heartfelt faith.
Assurance Comes from the Book
Les teaches that salvation gives day-by-day assurance, not because you feel it but because the Bible says so.
Justification Is God's Work
Les shows from Romans that salvation is by nothing man can do; it was accomplished by Christ's work.
Eternal Security for the Genuinely Saved
Les teaches eternal security only for those genuinely saved, and even that verdict belongs to God.
God's Verdict: No Condemnation
Les says God Himself declares no condemnation for those in Christ; no denomination can make that declaration.
Romans 8:1: There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Les quotes this as God's declaration of no condemnation for those who are in Christ; it makes the believer's security depend on being in Christ.
Romans 8:33: Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
This verse echoes God as the justifier, which is why no human can lay a charge against God's elect.
Romans 5:18: Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
Les uses this to show justification comes through Christ's one act of righteousness, not through human deeds or ceremonies.
No. Les says no one can see the heart; only God can. He warns against telling anyone they are going to hell, because salvation may come to that person later.
Yes, if you have genuinely believed the gospel. Les says true saving faith includes taking God at His word, and Scripture says there is no condemnation to those in Christ.
Not necessarily. Les says many bonafide church members are not in the Body of Christ, because only God places people into the Body.
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