Sadly, Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart Is Now Suffering In The Fires Of Hell

Galatians 1:6-7, “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.”

It was announced in the news recently that Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart (1935-2025) died on July 1st, 2025. I am fully convinced that Mr. Swaggart went to Hell forever. If Jimmy Swaggart went to Heaven, then God is a horrible confusing author and a liar, and there are two different Gospels. According to Galatians 1:6-7 there is ONLY one Gospel. According to 1st Corinthians 15:1-6, and John chapters 19 and 20, the Gospel is: Christ's death on the cross, His burial and physical resurrection from the dead three days later. Faith in this GOOD NEWS alone saves a man; not his willingness to turn from sin, follow Christ and do better moving forward.

I will now quote the helpful words of Christian author Michael P. Bowen, who refutes Jimmy Swaggart's FALSE plan of salvation...

Swaggart then directs the reader to pray a special prayer. Swaggart’s salvation prayer, like so many other salvation prayers mentioned in this book, requires the one praying to 1) realize “you” are a sinner, 2) believe Jesus died for “you” on the cross, 3) open “your heart” to Jesus as both Lord and savior, 4) let Him take “full control” of your life, and 5) let Him make “you” everything that He wants you to be. Swaggart says that anyone who prays this prayer “in all sincerity” is now God’s child.

Now, if you will visit Swaggart’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section of his Jimmy Swaggart Ministries Website, then scroll all the way to the bottom of the page, you will see where he states that a truly born-again Christian can lose his or her salvation. Swaggart says that if a truly born-again Christian stops believing in Christ, or that if he or she deliberately turns their back upon their salvation, that they can lose their eternal salvation. Swaggart then affirms that salvation is free, but that the “just” shall live by “faith.” Swaggart again claims that salvation is “not of works” but he then claims that salvation is, in fact, “maintained” by a person’s good works and acts of righteousness. The aforementioned (paraphrased) materials you have just read constitute the plan of salvation according to Jimmy Swaggart. 

SOURCE: Michael P. Bowen, "I Never Knew You," p. 99

Michel Bowen continues on pages 108-109...

No, reader, you cannot lose your salvation the way Swaggart says you can. And the bible is also very clear that God is the one who keeps us saved. We do not maintain our born-again status by doing works of righteousness or by living the Christian Lifestyle. Look at what Romans 4:5 says, “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” That “righteousness” is the exact same righteousness that Christ imputes to us at the moment we trust Him. From that moment onward, we are seen positionally by God as “as righteous as Christ” because at the moment of belief Christ swaps our unholiness for His righteousness. 

Swaggart, on the other hand, says we have to “maintain” our salvation by living the Christian Lifestyle, yet, in rebuke of such viewpoints, Jesus says, “And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day” (John 6:39). Jesus said He won’t lose you; yet, Swaggart is telling us that how we live our lives between the time we are born again until the time we die is what determines whether or not we get into heaven. 

Swaggart says that if a truly born-again Christian doesn’t want his or her salvation anymore, that they can turn their backs on God and they will go to hell as a result. But according to Christ’s own words, that is impossible. If you could ever be lost after Jesus Christ said He would give you everlasting life the moment you trust Him as your savior, then Jesus lied to Nicodemus and He lied to all of humankind.

SOURCE: Michael P. Bowen, "I Never Knew You," p. 108-109

I couldn't have said it any better.

Dear reader, if you can lose God's free gift of salvation, then it is only because there is something that YOU must do to maintain it, and that is WORKS, not the free grace of God. Romans 4:4, “Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”

The Prodigal Son Just Came

Luke 15:17-20, “And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.”

The father had no idea why his son was coming home. The father didn't know if his son was sorry or if he had changed. For all the father knew the son wanted to ask for more money.

Yet, the inspired Holy Bible says that the father ran to meet him on the way. I heard this great sermon truth today from Pastor Jack Hyles. The sermon is called, “When He Was A Great Way Off.” I made this helpful sermon excerpt and titled it, “The Prodigal Son Just Came.” Dear reader, God loves you so much and wants to give you eternal life, that even before you get to Him, He'll will save you while you're coming!

“Come as you are” God says, and “I'll clean you up when you get there!” 1st John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” You don't have to commit to forsake your sins to get to Heaven, you JUST COME AS YOU ARE! Whatever changes that God wants to see happen in your life is His department. You don't have to forsake your sins to get saved; Jesus paid for your sins through Calvary' cross with His blood, sprinkling that literal blood upon the heavenly Mercy Seat (Hebrews 9:12, 22-24; 12:24). No matter who you are, oh needy sinner, COME to the Lord and He will give you rest!

“We suppose there are many faulty ideas about repentance, but we will deal here with the more popular ones. Perhaps the most popular false idea is that repentance is turning from sin. We have heard some well-known preachers say, If you want to be saved, repent of your sins, turn from your sins.' If turning from your sins means to stop sinning, then people can only be saved if they stop sinning. And it is unlikely that anyone has ever been saved, since we don't know anyone who has ever stopped sinning.” —Dr. Curtis Hutson (1934-1995), booklet titled: “Repentance,” p. 4; © 1986, Sword of the Lord Foundation

“Several years ago I read a book by a professor at a fundamental university. Under the chapter on salvation, he said, 'Quit your sinning, and God will give you a new heart.' He presented repentance as turning from sin. I wrote this dear brother and expressed my concern, knowing that such teaching frustrates the unbeliever and makes him think that salvation is unattainable since he cannot live a sinless life.” —Dr. Curtis Hutson (1934-1995), booklet titled: “Repentance,” p. 5; © 1986, Sword of the Lord Foundation 

“You don't get better to get saved; you get saved to get better. You can't get better until you do get saved.” —Dr. Curtis Hutson (1934-1995), booklet titled: “Repentance,” p. 5; ©1986, Sword of the Lord Foundation

Woe unto all the wicked pastors today who are preaching a counterfeit plan of salvation of partial faith in Christ plus something else!

You don't have to repent of your sins to be saved. 

You don't have to take Jesus as the supreme “Lord” of your life to be saved.

You don't have to be water baptized to get to Heaven.

You don't have to become a Christ follower to get to Heaven.

You don't have to keep any sacraments to be saved.

You simply need to COME AS YOU ARE AS A SINNER and receive Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that He was buried, and then physically raised up from the dead three days later. This is THE GOSPEL (Good News) by which all who BELIEVE IT are saved. The Gospel is not a lifestyle to be lived, it is simply GOOD NEWS to be BELIEVED! Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

1st Thessalonians 4:14, “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.” BELIEVE IT, oh sinner, and the work is done! John 6:28-29, “Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” Believe! Believe! Believe! John 20:31, “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.” Believe! Believe! Believe!

Just as the Prodigal Son just came to his father, that's all you need to do dear reader to be saved, just come to God by faith in His only begotten Son, Jesus, the Christ. Simply believe that Jesus did it all for you! John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Believe! Believe! Believe!