The year has come and is almost gone. I have had time for only a few posts this year, but thankfully, work on the new book I’ve been writing with my pastor, Tyler Leigeb, has been completed. We set out about a year and a half ago to address, in written form, the current teaching in some grace circles that Jesus died a spiritual death on the cross in order to atone for sin. Needless to say, this has been a tough task for multiple reasons. The subject matter touches on many more complex passages. There are considerations to be made regarding the fact that there is disagreement on this issue. In thinking about the miraculous virgin birth and the reality of Christ’s coming to earth, I was reminded again that He didn’t just come to be here. He came so that He could lay down the physical life that He had taken up. He did this sacrificially, innocent and without spot. That includes the fact that it was without any spiritual separation from God the Father. Thankfully, God the Father was pleased in the Son. Today, God can be pleased with you if you have been imputed Christ’s righteousness by faith based upon His shed blood, physical death, burial, and glorious resurrection.
Special thanks for this book go out to my wife, Shannon, for her help and support, and Isaac Davis for his work on the cover. Pastor Tyler provided material and set the direction for the heart behind the book. Our goal was for friends in the ministry to look to the Word itself to see if the things we see are there. If they are, then a decision needs to be made concerning this teaching. Either JDS is Biblical, or it isn’t. I pray that people will recognize the importance of the issue.
The book can currently be purchased here in print or in pdf format.
Merry Christmas!
Jim Floyd
For additional reading, please see my previous post concerning Robert Dean’s error.
Also, please take time to listen to my Pastor’s sermons: “The Cup”, “Forsaken”, and “What Satisfied the Father”
More to come.
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. the suggestion. I will check with Tyler to see if that is an option for the ebook.
There are people who agree with us but not a lot that want to warn or teach against it. And if you find some it may only be about the specific charismatic or Word Faith extreme.
As for specific people, some have taught it in the past but no longer hold it, some may have books or materials that teach it even if they don’t, some hold it but always try to dial it back, and some are die hard teachers of it. Regardless, it is my hope that people look through all the scriptures and simply see that it isn’t there and that it posses a theological problem no one needs.
Jim
The past few years, I’ve been hearing grace pastors online/YouTube say JDS, first Hank Lindstrom the audio sermon “My God, My God”, then notably a book I got that Jesse Martinez and Yankee Arnold use in their school by Mark Cambron, “Bible Doctrines”, then this past Easter 2024 I heard Jim Scudder Jr. say it and another pastor up in MN (Lance Edminster I think his name is). It has caused me a lot of pain to think that this could be true, and questioning my beliefs that Jesus only died physically. Kevin Zacher and You and Tyler so far are the only ones sharing on this topic to my knowledge. I pray that the LORD will change these pastor’s minds. I bought your book Jim and Tyler and I’ve started reading it. It would be super helpful if you could insert Chapters in the TOC in blue so we can jump around the pages more easily. God bless! Your sister in Christ, Suzanne
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Thanks Kerin, you should be able to have it sent via one of the intentional mail options or the PDF is a download for your computer. If you are not able to purchase it online or have difficulty let me know.
Thanks for your article and the wonderful work you do at exposing this heresy Jim. John 14:11 comes to mind when Jesus tells his disciples, “Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, …dangerous times we are in, your ministry is a blessing for all his sheep. I would love to buy your book, how do I do this living in Australia?
Jim, I totally agree with Nadine’s comments, you and this site along with the expreacherman site are a beacon shining in the darkness for those like me wanting to seek the truth of the Gospel, and the finished work of our Savior. Thank you brother and I pray that many of those who are lost to LS come to this site to know the truth of the Gospel and the FREE GIFT that Jesus gave us once and for all. Yours in Christ. Kerin
“Good Bible study comes down more to diligence in comparing scriptures with scriptures and resting in the Lord than through intelligence. The way I see it is that if someone is going to say something that significant then they had better have ample verses to back it up. When you don’t then it is a good sign you are probably messing something up with human “logic”.
I have added some links to the article.
Dennis Clough, if that is your opinion then this book is for you. We explain why the Psalm 22 quote is not in context of spiritual forsakeness.
We also explain Isa 53 and many other comparison verses. Simply Chirst could not and did not die spiritually. If you are an objective person then I challenge you to read the book and decide for yourself.
Jim Floyd
God bless you brother , I love you in Christ , the Lord has used you to help me to stand fast ,,,,for all eternity we rejoice in God’s Grace . Sister Nadine
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