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Good day Pastor Ryan i am so blessed about the teaching of Grace you teach. Do you have some materials for bible study about onced saved alaways saved ?
THE THEOLOGY OF NEW NATURE MINISTRIES: A FORENSIC EXAMINATION OF THEIR STATEMENT OF FAITH, SALVATION DOCTRINE, AND DENOMINATIONAL BIAS IN LIGHT OF THE SINGLE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE
New Nature Ministries presents itself as a grace‑centered teaching ministry built around the writings and preaching of Ryan and Kylie Rufus. The website openly identifies its core emphasis as the “Gospel of Grace” and the “Ministry of the Holy Spirit,” with repeated language about being saved, set free, and walking in the Spirit. Their materials, book titles, and commentary strongly reflect the modern grace‑movement tradition that emerged from charismatic and neo‑charismatic circles rather than from the textual patterns of the New Testament church. Their theological identity is not formally denominational, but the doctrinal structure is unmistakably shaped by the post‑Reformation grace‑only systems that detach salvation from the covenantal obedience taught by Christ and His apostles.
The ministry’s public statements reveal a consistent framework: salvation is treated as a once‑for‑all spiritual event grounded in an internal transformation of the believer’s spirit, followed by a life of freedom from condemnation and freedom from the sinful nature. This is evident in their book titles such as “The Clear Message of Grace,” “Do Christians Still Have a Sinful Nature?,” “Sanctification by Grace,” and “What To Do After You Get Saved.” The language presupposes that salvation occurs prior to baptism, prior to obedience, and prior to any covenantal response. This is the hallmark of the grace‑only tradition that arose from denominational theology rather than from the apostolic pattern.
The ministry’s emphasis on the “reborn spirit” and “walking in the Spirit covenant” reflects a theological system in which salvation is defined primarily as an internal spiritual regeneration that precedes and overrides the external commands of the gospel. This is not the narrative of Acts, where sinners are told what to do in response to the gospel, nor is it the narrative of the epistles, where obedience is consistently tied to entering and remaining in the covenant. Instead, the ministry’s framework aligns with the charismatic grace‑movement assumption that salvation is an inward spiritual event that occurs the moment one believes, with baptism and obedience treated as later expressions of gratitude rather than conditions of entering the covenant.
The ministry’s own materials reinforce this. Their book “What To Do After You Get Saved” presupposes that salvation occurs before any commanded response. Their emphasis on “the clear message of grace” mirrors the Protestant slogan that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone, even though the New Testament never uses the phrase “faith alone” and explicitly denies it. Their teaching on the sinful nature, which argues that Christians no longer possess one, is also characteristic of the hyper‑grace movement and not of the apostolic writings, which warn believers against the flesh, against falling away, and against returning to sin.
The ministry’s theological bias is therefore not denominational in name but denominational in substance. It reflects the charismatic‑evangelical tradition that emerged from the Reformation and later grace‑movement teachers. It treats salvation as a spiritual status granted at the moment of belief, independent of baptism, repentance, confession, and obedience. It treats the Christian life as the unfolding of an already‑completed salvation rather than the New Testament pattern of entering the covenant through obedience and continuing in the covenant through faithfulness. It treats grace as a system that eliminates covenantal conditions rather than the divine power that enables obedience.
When measured against the single biblical narrative, the contrast is stark. The New Testament presents one unified pattern of salvation: hearing the gospel, believing the message, repenting of sins, confessing Christ, being baptized into Christ for the remission of sins, receiving the Spirit, and continuing in faithful obedience. This pattern is consistent across Acts, the epistles, and the teachings of Jesus. It is never reduced to an internal spiritual event. It is never detached from baptism. It is never presented as a one‑time transaction. It is never framed as a purely spiritual transformation that precedes obedience. It is always covenantal, always conditional, always grounded in the commands of Christ.
New Nature Ministries, by contrast, presents salvation as a spiritual transformation that occurs at the moment of belief, with obedience and baptism placed after salvation rather than before it. This is not the biblical narrative but a denominational reconstruction of it. Their theology is shaped by the grace‑only tradition, not by the apostolic pattern. Their statement of faith is not formally listed on the page retrieved, but their books, language, and doctrinal emphasis reveal the same structure: salvation by grace alone through faith alone, internal regeneration preceding obedience, and a post‑salvation Christian walk defined by freedom from condemnation rather than covenantal faithfulness.
The ministry’s teaching on the Holy Spirit also reflects charismatic assumptions rather than the apostolic pattern. The Spirit is presented as the agent of inward transformation and ongoing empowerment, but not as the gift received in baptism as taught in Acts 2:38. Their emphasis on walking in the Spirit covenant from the reborn spirit presupposes that the Spirit is given at the moment of belief, not at the moment of baptism. This again reflects denominational theology rather than the single biblical narrative.
In summary, New Nature Ministries is a grace‑movement, charismatic‑leaning teaching ministry whose theology is shaped by post‑Reformation denominational assumptions rather than by the unified New Testament pattern. Their salvation doctrine is not the apostolic plan of salvation but a modern reinterpretation that isolates grace from obedience and internalizes salvation as a spiritual event detached from the covenantal commands of Christ. Their statement of faith, though not formally listed, is evident in their writings and teachings: salvation by grace alone through faith alone, internal regeneration preceding obedience, and a Christian life defined by freedom from condemnation rather than covenantal faithfulness. This stands in contrast to the one biblical narrative, which presents salvation as a covenant entered through obedience and lived out through faithfulness.
And at what point do you know you’ve crossed all the T’s and dotted all the I’s and that you are eternally saved? You don’t. Admit it. And you never will, not in this life. So…that’s your idea of The Good News? God help!