The person who answers the call for salvation can be the same way. They go to the altar. The preacher asks, "Do you know you are a sinner? Do you repent? Do you believe in Jesus?" The person says their I do's, and gets baptized. According to church law, this person is officially saved. Check the register. The name and date is right there. Does this person really know Christ? Not yet. Has their life really changed? Have they really given themselves to Christ? Or do they continue as if nothing significant has happened? You can ask them if they are saved. They will say sure. I got saved on such and such a date, check the church register if you don't believe me. They may go to church all the time; but inwardly nothing has changed. They say they know Christ. They do know who Christ is. They have not become intimate with him by giving him control over their lives. They do not obey him. They do not really know him. They live like the devil. Is this person saved? No! They can't truly say that Jesus is their "personal saviour" until they get personal with him! Just as a man and a woman become one at marriage, we must have that close relationship with Christ. As we live in Christ and Christ in us, we become more and more like him---to the point that we even think like he does and know what he wants us to do. Just like married folks. The longer I live with my husband, the more I know him. I know what he is thinking before he says it. I don't have psychic abilities, I just know him. We should get to know Christ in the same way! (Although we will never totally know the mind of Christ in our present fleshly bodies.)

There are many warnings in scripture of false prophets and false gospels. Most often the truth is mixed with a few doctrines of men to distort the truth. They are sly like foxes, they know it is easier to deceive with just enough truth mixed in with their lies. Different gospels are being preached today by the anti-Christ wives (churches). The same two deceptive gospels that were taught in Christ day are taught today: liberalism and legalism.

One wife is liberal. She makes the walk to the altar, then returns to her former life. She says, "Anything goes, I am free from all law to do as I choose. He doesn't really expect me to do all those silly old worn out laws. Does he really expect me to cook , clean, or whatever? I do not obey my husband because I don't know him or care what he asks me to do. I don't need to walk with him in his ways or follow him. The preacher who performed the ceremony told me all I need to know about getting in the grace of my husband. I don't even need to listen or talk to him. It doesn't matter what he wants or how he thinks. I can live at my place and he at his. There is no need to be intimate. I am his wife no matter how I live." She thinks she is OK. However, she has not given her heart to her husband. She is claiming her husband's good graces without humble submission or repentance.

The other wife is a legalist. She obeys her husband to the letter. She thinks his rules are hard and burdensome and that he is mean to ask her to obey them. She does all that he tells her because she is afraid he will punish her. Sometimes she sneaks to disobey hoping he won't find out. She appears to be a good wife on the outside. She does all the right things at the right time. However, her husband does not have her heart either. She is trying to work her way into her husband's good graces without heartfelt submission or repentance.

Both women truly meant their vows when they walked to the altar. They were excited and joyful. They knew he was a good man and could provide for them. They wanted what their husband had to offer. The problem is they did not get to know their husband nor come under true humble submission. They are wicked wives. These are the ones who have fallen away. They believed they were married; but were put away because of disobedience. Ancient Israel and the American churches are examples of these wives.

The true wife had a simple wedding, no fancy altar, flowers, tradition, etc. She came to her husband humbly like Ruth to Boaz. She slept at his feet to see if he would accept her as his wife. She knew she was not worthy of his grace. She gave her whole heart to him. Once married, he promised to take care of her forever. She worked hard to be a good wife. She walked with him every where he led. She listened to him with open ears, hanging on his every word,like Mary at his feet. She became more and more like him each day. She even began to think like him. She obeyed his every request; not because she was afraid; but because she loved him so very much. She wanted to honor him and please him to show how grateful she was that he chose to marry her. They became intimately one as he came to live in her and she in him. This is the faithful wife. Their love will last for eternity. This is the relationship of the truly saved person with the Lord. This is the gospel of the true church.