The Lordship Salvation Heresy aka “Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior”
This is a fallacy of the antecedent, where the answer to “What must I do to be saved?” is appended with some form of “and accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, or some derivative of the sentiment. This question was answered in Acts 16:31: “..Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved…” That’s it. The Bible is plain and meant to be understood by the simplest of minds—no advanced degree required. However, there are people who push this “AND” fallacy and complicate a very simple principle. There’s a dew-moist and moss-laden path consisting of “works” that need to be done at the end of this particular heresy. From fortheloveofhistruth.com: Those who embrace the teaching of Lordship…

