The dispute opposes two soteriological visions: "whether it is necessary to accept Christ as Lord in order to have Him as one's Savior. The question then becomes, If someone accepts Christ as Savior without also explicitly accepting Him as Lord, is such a person truly saved?". That is, whether accepting Jesus Christ as saviour necessarily implies one must make a concrete commitment in life toward the Christ such as following a certain behaviour or moral system. The first opinion, that of the lordship salvation supporters, is, as Arthur W. Pink summarises: "No one can receive Christ as His Savior while he rejects Him as Lord. Therefore, those who have not bowed to Christ’s scepter and enthroned Him in their hearts and lives, and yet imagine that they are trusting Him as Savior, are deceived". The second opinion is that of those opposing lordship salvation: that one can accept Jesus Christ as saviour, but does not need to accept the Christ's lordship.[2]
^Gentry, KL (2004), "Lordship Controversy: Faith Alone/Faith and Submission", in Olson, Roger E (ed.), The Westminster handbook to evangelical theology, Westminster: John Knox Press, pp. 317–19, ISBN978-0-664-22464-6.
^ abNash, H. Ronald (1993). "The Controversy Over Lordship Salvation". Great divides: understanding the controversies that come between Christians. NavPress. ISBN0-89109-696-5. OCLC27035129.