However, if a person is wrong on the doctrine of salvation, specifically, the prerequisites for salvation, he misses the very heart of the gospel. One would expect Satan to attack in the area of soteriology. The informed and discerning believer soon realizes that there is a battle raging among evangelicals and fundamentalists over the matter of the conditions for salvation. On the other hand, there are respected pastors and theologians who teach that unless an individual submits also to the Lordship of Christ at the moment of salvation, he is not really saved. Zane Hodges clearly distinguishes between salvation and discipleship.
Eternal life is free.
Discipleship is immeasurably hard. Unless you bow to Christ s sceptre, you will not receive the benefits of Christ's sacrifice. James Montgomery Boice calls the concept of salvation through faith alone A defective theology. You give up all that you are and receive all that He is . . . Even in our Regular Baptist circles Lordship salvation has become an issue.