No — under grace, salvation is not limited to a few people; it is offered to everyone who believes in the Gospel of Christ.
Les Feldick makes clear that today 'the vilest sinner can call out for salvation, and it's his if he believes' (Clip 1). The limitation Scripture places on salvation is not in the number of people but in the means: there is no salvation outside of faith in the Gospel of Christ (Clip 3). Before the cross the offer was confined to Israel under the Law, but under grace God spreads the invitation to the whole world through human witnesses (Clips 1, 7).
Acts 4:12 — Because salvation is solely through Christ, its exclusivity is in the means, not in a limited number of people.
Romans 10:13 — The 'whosoever' promise shows the invitation is open to anyone who calls on the Lord.
Scripture is explicit about the only way of salvation: 'Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved' (Acts 4:12). At the same time, the invitation is broad: 'For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved' (Romans 10:13). The Old Testament prophet Joel uses the same language—'whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered' (Joel 2:32). In Matthew 24, Jesus speaks of endurance and survival in the Tribulation: 'But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved' (Matthew 24:13), and He explains that 'except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened' (Matthew 24:22). Romans 10:14 shows the chain from sending to preaching to hearing to believing: 'How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? ... how shall they hear without a preacher?'
Les's answer to whether salvation is limited to a few is a clear no when it comes to the present dispensation of grace. He says, 'The vilest sinner can call out for salvation, and it's his if he believes' (Clip 1). However, he is equally careful to show the dispensational difference: before Christ's death, in Joel's day, 'the offer of salvation [had not] been turned over to the whole world. It's still confined to Israel under the Law' (Clip 1). The exclusive side of salvation is the means, not the number. Les warns that there is no such thing as being saved outside of faith in the Gospel of Christ—'it's a narrow concept, but it's a narrow book' (Clip 3). Because the Great Tribulation will require flesh-and-blood believers to populate the kingdom, the days will be shortened 'for the elect's sake' so some believers survive (Clip 6). And God has chosen to deliver the message through human witnesses, so believers themselves are part of how the invitation reaches more people (Clip 7). In all of this, Les consistently presents the invitation as wide open to anyone who will believe.
Les draws a sharp dispensational line. Under the Law, before Christ died, 'the offer of salvation [had not] been turned over to the whole world. It's still confined to Israel under the Law.' The same words—'call out to Jehovah God'—appear in Joel, but they operate 'under two totally different circumstances.' Today, under grace, the offer is no longer confined: 'the vilest sinner can call out for salvation, and it's his if he believes.' Paul's 'whosoever' in Romans 10:13 and Peter's words in Acts 4:12 confirm that salvation now rests on faith in Christ alone, without ethnic restriction.
Les is blunt: people cannot be saved outside of faith in the Gospel of Christ. He calls the opposing idea 'dangerous.' He acknowledges the concept is narrow—'it's a narrow concept, but it's a narrow book.' The limitation is not that God saves only a few; it is that there is only one way to be saved, and that way is through Christ as proclaimed in the Gospel.
Les explains that the 'saved' language in Matthew 24 is not the gospel of grace; it is the gospel of the kingdom, since Christ had not yet died when He spoke it (Clip 5). 'He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved' means they will survive the Tribulation. The Lord must shorten those days 'for the elect's sake' so that there will be flesh-and-blood believers to enter the kingdom (Clip 6). The warning of coming horrors is itself an invitation: 'we can escape it by simply partaking of God's salvation' (Clip 2).
Les addresses those who think salvation can be lost or must be earned by 'working like the dickens to hang on.' He says the verses from Romans 8 'fly in the face of that kind of thinking.' The question 'Who shall separate us?'—even when tribulation comes—is answered with the promises that God is sovereign and the believer's salvation is secure.
Les observes that God 'ordained from the beginning of the human race that He will use human beings to promote His salvation.' Very rarely does anyone find salvation without the benefit of another human being. God could have used angels, but He did not—believers themselves carry the message that leads others to call upon the Lord.
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like. The I Am. I Am the root and the origin and the offspring of David. And repeat the verb if I may. And I Am the bright and morning star. Now I usually, if I have more time, I usually like to point out that there are seven distinct I Am's in the Old Testament with regard to God and the nation of Israel.
Same Words, Two Different Circumstances
Les shows that today the vilest sinner who calls on the Lord and believes is saved, while the same Old Testament call in Joel was confined to Israel under the Law—so the offer is not limited to a few but does change with dispensation.
Escape by Partaking of God's Salvation
Les points to coming horrors on earth and asks why anyone would spurn so great a salvation—presenting God's salvation as an open escape for all who take it.
A Narrow Book, A Narrow Concept
Les insists no one can be saved outside of faith in the Gospel of Christ; the narrowness is in the one way of salvation, not in a small number of chosen people.
Assurance in the Face of Doubt
Les says Romans 8's 'Who shall separate us?' verses contradict the teaching that believers must work to keep or can lose their salvation.
Kingdom Gospel vs. Grace Gospel
Les clarifies that Matthew 24's 'saved' means survival through the Tribulation under the gospel of the kingdom—not the same as the gospel of grace that Paul later preached.
Survivors for the Kingdom
Les explains that the Tribulation days are shortened for the elect's sake so there will be flesh-and-blood believers to repopulate the Kingdom.
Human Beings Carry the Message
Les teaches that God uses people to promote His salvation, and hardly anyone is saved without another human witness—so the invitation spreads through believers, not angels.
Acts 4:12: Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Les points to this verse when he warns that there is no salvation outside faith in the Gospel of Christ.
Romans 10:13: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
This 'whosoever' promise matches Les's point that the vilest sinner who believes can be saved.
Joel 2:32: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Les contrasts this pre-cross promise with the present dispensation of grace—same wording, different circumstances.
Matthew 24:13: But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Les shows this Kingdom-economy promise means believers will survive the Tribulation.
Matthew 24:22: And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
For the elect's sake the days will be shortened so flesh-and-blood believers remain to enter the kingdom.
Romans 10:14: How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
God uses human witnesses so people can call on Him in faith.
Romans 8:35: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Les says these verses fly in the face of the idea that salvation can be lost.
No. Les Feldick teaches that today, under grace, the vilest sinner can call out for salvation and it is his if he believes. The only limitation Scripture places is on the means—there is no salvation outside faith in the Gospel of Christ (Clip 3).
Not the same way. Les explains that before Christ died, the offer of salvation had not been turned over to the whole world; it remained confined to Israel under the Law. The same wording appears in Joel, but under totally different circumstances (Clip 1).
Yes. Les says Romans 8's 'Who shall separate us?' passages fly in the face of those who think you must work to keep your salvation or can lose it. God is sovereign and nothing can separate the believer from His love (Clip 4).
Les teaches that God ordains human beings to promote His salvation. Very few people find salvation without the benefit of another human witness, because God left the message in the hands of fellow humans (Clip 7).
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