God Cannot Deny Himself

[KenH]

, but not necessarily in accord with every detail of the gospel.

There is no salvation in a false gospel.

Galatians 1:8-9 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
As we said before, so say I now again,
If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

 

[KenH]

Do you not believe that God looks at the heart and does not just depend upon the words spoken?

Yes, the heart matters. God gives His elect, chosen before the world began, a new heart to which is given the gift of faith in the finished work of Christ Jesus and the gift of repentance of the dead works they had relied on, falsely thinking that such works could save them.

Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.