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Excerpt #4 from Paul Washer Sermon - This Is the Most Evil Christian Denomination

Minister Paul:
“How many sit in pews week after week with dry eyes, cold hearts and unbothered consciences. Yet they believe they are saved because they walked an aisle, prayed a prayer or got dipped in water. They’ve never wept over sin, never been crushed under the weight of their rebellion, never cried out like the tax collector, ‘God have mercy on me, a sinner.’ Yet they think they are born again.”

Minister Dee:
Being born of the Spirit is not something we can manipulate. It is a power that is controlled by the will of God. It is invisible, and you cannot see it coming, but you can see the results of it in a person's life.
Mankind is created in God's image with a body, soul and spirit. Our earthly body is the tabernacle (2nd Corinthians 5:1-4) of the soul and spirit. The heart, which feels, the mind, which thinks, and the will, which decides, make up our soul. The spirit is that part of man that was meant to fellowship with God. A man with a dead spirit is dead to the things of God. He cannot understand God or His words because he does not understand them spiritually. Being born again does not happen at the verbal conversion or by exhibiting works to convince others of your transformation. It is a change in the way you think, the way you live and your priorities in life.

The Need for Repentance
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I will never fully understand why some mega-churches do not teach repentance. How many times do we hear someone express remorseful words out of their mouths, but there is no change in behavior? You cannot achieve biblical repentance without confessing the sin. If we want salvation, we must repent.
1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
So, if we need the Lord to cleanse us for salvation, we must repent of our sins. If repentance were all about leading a sinless life, no one would receive salvation. No one is sinless but Jesus. Salvation is a gift from God that works cannot achieve. So, if expressing remorse is required for repentance, I suggest “works” are necessary for salvation. While repentance is not a work that earns salvation, it results in a change of heart that produces spiritual fruit (Matthew 3:8).
We all desire to live an eternal life. Churches that don’t teach about sin do not teach repentance because repentance is all about sin, the very subject they are not willing to discuss. If your church does not discuss repentance, I suggest you find another church before it is too late. There are major steps to achieving salvation that are a part of God’s requirements for eternal life. Not required is going to church, but you still need to study the Bible.

Steps toward salvation:
1. Hear the word of God
2. Believe the word of God
3. Faith
4. Repentance
5. Salvation
Scriptures:
Rom 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

There is more: we need to study, not just read one scripture.
about salvation as many people do. 'You will be saved' also include:

Rom 10:10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
Romans 10:17 so then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Mat 3:8 “Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance;
Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

While salvation is ultimately a gift from God, the Bible presents repentance as a crucial step in acknowledging one’s need for that gift and turning towards God.

Minister Dee