The problem is, even when we preach the Gospel correctly, then we go to this thing on how to invite men and it's not biblical or historical. We get them to jump through some evangelical hoops and say, "yes" to the appropriate questions and we pope-ishly announce them to be saved.
Paul WasherChrist is not knocking on the door of a sinner's heart, but on the door of a wayward church.
Paul WasherThe Lord continues to empty us in order to teach us to lay aside all self-reliance, that we may cling to Christ alone.
Paul WasherI have great assurance when I study my own conversion, when I discuss it with other men, when I look over the 25 years of my pilgrimmage with Christ; I have great assurance of having come to know Him. But even now, if I were to depart from the faith and walk away and keep going in that direction into heresy and worldiness, it could be the greatest of proofs that I never knew Him, that the whole thing was a work of the flesh.
Paul Washer