Featured Paul Washer

Galatians 4:5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. 6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.

 

This comes from Charles Finney and his new measures...not from scripture;

W. R. Downing....

 

Aw Charles Finny, now that is a man I consider a heretic and he has done untold harm to people with his man center philosophies.

 

Yes...that is where all these false ideas come from. Some add to it, some speak about what sinners do, some deny repentance is necessary for salvation as if unrepentant sinners can now" come" to Christ.

Finney himself called many of his followers false converts as he realized his errors and said he would preach holiness of life if he could do it all over again.

 

Many don't like to call him a heretic, but he was.
As in the quotation above:

That is heretical.

 

Paul Washer correctly opposes these "new measures";

 

Paul Washer can preach to me 15 days a week with 1.5 hour sermons and I'd want MORE! One God-called and blessed preacher, in my opinion.

 

I don't know what it is about that guy, but he doesn't come across as the "I got the joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart" type.

 

:laugh::thumbsup: Good one TH!

 

He was very sincere as most are...but misguided.
There are reasons the confessions of faith were written ...to protect from such errors.:thumbsup:
Thankfully God is sovereign and most likely used even this to draw sinners to Himself.

 

I haven't read any of them yet. I want to though. His preach is the creme' de la creme'.

 

Would you not agree though bthat at times he does sem to almost stand in judgement if one is really saved, due to them not having Jesus "Lord" as he sees it?

And that he would seem to be mixing being justified and then to become more like Jesus ?

 

What I love about his preaching, is that he puts so much emphasis on being truly born again, and false conversion. How true converts will naturally produce good fruit in their lives. That is so important and something God has put on my heart as a burden for a long time. There's so many false converts compared to the number of truly saved Christians. And even Jesus himself said not everyone who calls him Lord, is going to heaven! So I love that Paul stresses this point so much in his sermons. He's totally right about all of that saying a prayer thing. Even the great Leonard Ravenhill once said, "I doubt if 5% of professing Christians are truly born again.".

 

Update: I am reading 'The Gospel Call and True Conversion' right now. He is oh so spot on.

 

true, but is not the truth of the Gospel though that we are saved by grace alone, thru faith alone in Jesus though?

 

the bible teaches to us though that a sinner receives jesus as their Messiah thru faith alone, correct?