A big lie in evangelical circles is that you can be saved by saying a prayer. But it is not what we do that saves us, it’s what God does for us. This is comforting; if our salvation depended upon our work, then we would be lost indeed. Our obedience to God is evidence of our salvation, not the cause of it.
I’ve only recently come across Paul Washer, but I like what I see of him in this video. It’s well worth 59 minutes of your time to watch. Paul isn’t afraid to preach the whole gospel. He is willing to talk about hell, as well as heaven. He understands that the message of the cross doesn’t make sense unless our desperate sinful condition is first explained.
The Church would be in much better health if more of us were willing to preach the true, uncompromised gospel.
