Kindly,
Evangelist Paul
David Washer is a religious false prophet, a member of the apostate
Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), who teaches
Lordship
Salvation. Here's
a one hour video sermon
where Mr. Washer brainwashes a group of 5,000 youths to believe that they
cannot be saved unless they stop living in sin. Like it or not, salvation is
a free gift which does not require self-righteous works. Don't
Mess with the Gospel.
Evangelist Paul Washer's Garbage Theology (says u can't believe in Jesus until ur bornagain).
Paul Washer makes many good statements, and he is certainly correct about the fake Christianity and apostasy in America. However, he makes the deadly error of confusing Discipleship with Salvation.
Washer is adamantly clear that a person is not saved who doesn't have a drastic turnabout in their lifestyle. Yet, the Bible is filled with believers who sinned horribly; such as, Noah, Lot, Jacob, Judah, Samson, David, Solomon, Jonah, Peter, Ananias and Sapphira and the carnal church at Corinth.
Please read the best explanation I've ever read concerning the Gospel and repentance, by Pastor Harry A. Ironside (1876-1951). Clearly, Ironside taught a Free Grace view of the Gospel. Consider further the following quote by Dr. Ironside...
“The Gospel is not a call to repentance, or to amendment of our ways, to make restitution for past sins, or to promise to do better in the future. These things are proper in their place, but they do not constitute the Gospel; for the Gospel is not good advice to be obeyed, it is good news to be believed. Do not make the mistake then of thinking that the Gospel is a call to duty or a call to reformation, a call to better your condition, to behave yourself in a more perfect way than you have been doing in the past …
Nor is the Gospel a demand that you give up the world, that you give up your sins, that you break off bad habits, and try to cultivate good ones. You may do all these things, and yet never believe the Gospel and consequently never be saved at all.”
SOURCE: Harry A. Ironside, from the sermon: What Is The Gospel?
Also, Dr. John R. Rice, founder of the Sword of the Lord, made the following excellent statement in his Gospel tract, What Must I Do To Be Saved . . .
“The change in your heart, sinner, is God's part and you may be sure He will attend to that. Your part is to simply believe in Him. Whatever else is necessary in your eternal salvation, the Lord attends to when you trust in Him, or believe in Him.”
SOURCE: What Must I DO To Be Saved, by Dr. John R. Rice
That is what the Bible teaches. This is quite
different from what Paul Washer teaches. It's not what you're doing that
gets you to Heaven, it's where you're looking. Look to Jesus! Isaiah
45:22, "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am
God, and there is none else." Kindly said, Paul Washer is
doctrinally messed up.
A Word of Praise About Missionary Paul Washer
On a note of compassion and praise, I believe Paul Washer is one of the most sincere people in the world. There is no doubt that Mr. Washer has a big heart. Paul has undergone two hip-replacement surgeries. He also suffers from cervical herniated disks and bone spurs. Like Paul Washer, I endure constant pain from stenosis, radiculopathy and cervical degenerative disk disease in my own neck. When Paul could barely walk due to his medical disability, he still journeyed through South America as a missionary professing his religious beliefs.
In an 2013 interview with Author Tim Challies, Paul Washer stated:
I was born with a genetic malformation, and yes, I do have a lot of metal in me. My boys call me “robo-preacher.” I have had a total hip replacement in both hips, my left wrist has been broken three times, has been operated on twice, and is held together with a special pin. My left knee has been operated on three times, and I have had herniated disks and bone spurs in my neck. Before my hip surgeries, I suffered almost constant pain. It made it very difficult to concentrate, sleep, and trek up the Andes Mountains. The difficulty with chronic pain like that is not just the actual pain, but the weakness and overall nausea that comes with it.
SOURCE: http://www.challies.com/interviews/an-interview-with-paul-washer-part-2
Although I strongly disagree with Washer's Calvinist views and Lordship Salvation heresy, I admire him as an individual for his passion. Albeit, it is Washer's very strengths as a passionate individual and gifted speaker that makes him all that much more dangerous spiritually as a false prophet.
I just prayed for Paul Washer and his family,
because I care about people. I like Paul's deep emotional appeal to the
listener during his sermons, and I think he's sincere, but he is very wrong
and
confuses discipleship with salvation (a common theological mistake).
Just like Paul, I have protruding disks and bone spurs in my neck. We are
brothers in suffering and pain, although I respectfully don't think Paul is
saved. In Acts 15:1 a group of false teachers required circumcision to be
saved. This is no different than requiring a changed life to be saved.
Romans 12:1 says it is our “REASONABLE SERVICE” to “present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,” to follow Christ. The Bible
doesn't require discipleship in order to receive the free gift of
eternal life.
Biblical Salvation is Without Works
To no surprise, Paul Washer never once mentions salvation as being the “free gift” of God in his sermon. Yet that is exactly what it is called in Romans 5:15. Mr. Washer wrongly defines “repentance” as a ceasing from living in sin BEFORE and AFTER salvation. This effectively makes eternal life a reward and not a gift.
Listen to Paul Washer's preaching and see how often he mentions the Imputed Righteousness of Jesus Christ. Romans 4:6, “Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works.” I'm tired of false prophets deceitfully claiming to believe in salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, but then they say you're not really saved unless you cease from sinful bad habits and do good works to validate your faith. That's like deceitful credit card companies telling you there're rebate “gifts” waiting for you, but to get them you must open or upgrade your account. That's not a gift, because you have to DO SOMETHING to merit it. James 2:18-21 speaks of justification in the eyes of men, not God. Abraham was justified in God's eyes by faith in Genesis 15:6, without works. It is heresy to add discipleship to salvation. Please read, THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF THE LORDSHIP SALVATION GOSPEL WITH THE GOSPEL OF GRACE.
Paul Washer's speaks double-talk . . .
What you need to know is that salvation is by faith, and faith alone in Jesus Christ. And faith alone in Jesus Christ is preceded and followed by repentance — a turning away from sin, a hatred for the things that God hates and a love for the things that God loves, a growing in holiness and a desire — not to be like Britney Spears, not to be the like world, and not to be like the great majority of American Christians; but to be like Jesus Christ. [emphasis added]
That is a false Gospel. In one statement Paul Washer says that we are saved by faith alone; but then in the next statement he subtly requires giving up one's sinful lifestyle to be saved. This is not faith alone. The Bible is clear that salvation is without works. Romans 4:5,6, "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works."
According to Paul
Washer's thinking the church congregation at Corinth wasn't
saved, because they lived in horrible sin. Yet, Paul calls them “babes in
Christ” in 1st Corinthians 3:1. In
Romans 12:1, Paul begged the believers at Rome to surrender their
lives to God, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service." They were saved, but
they hadn't presented their bodies to God “a living sacrifice” yet. Look at
the carnal church at Corinth! They were
suing each other (1st Corinthians 6:6), eating meats offered to idols (1st
Corinthians 8:12), allowing fornication within the church (1st Corinthians
5:1), showing up drunk at the Lord's Supper (1st Corinthians 11:21), et
cetera. The carnal church at Corinth is
proof that Lordship Salvation is a lie. I am not trying to justify
believers who live in sin. I am simply saying that our salvation is not
dependent upon giving up our sins.
What is Biblical Repentance?
Pastor Harry A. Ironside (1876-1951) correctly understood repentance . . .
"Repentance is the very opposite of meritorious experience. It is the confession that one is utterly without merit, and if he is ever saved at all it can only be through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ, 'who gave himself a ransom for all.' Here is firm footing for the soul who realizes that all self-effort is but sinking sand. Christ alone is the Rock of our salvation." (Harry A. Ironside; Except Ye Repent, pg. 36)
Clearly, Ironside taught a Free Grace view of the Gospel. H.A. Ironside correctly recognized repentance as the confession that "one is utterly without merit" and that if one is "ever saved at all it can only be through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ." Salvation is without works of self-righteousness. Romans 4:5 plainly teaches that a man's faith is COUNTED for righteousness, i.e., the righteousness of Jesus Christ is imputed to one's heavenly record by faith.
"Repentance is the recognition of my sinnership — the owning before God that I am as vile as He has declared me to be in His holy Word."
SOURCE: Except Ye Repent, by Dr. Harry Ironside, chapter 3
Repentance and faith are inseparable. The Gospel of John mentions the word "believe" 85-times; but the word "repent" is never mentioned even once. In genuine salvation, one who believes on Jesus Christ has repented; and one who repents has believed on the Lord Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins.
According to Paul Washer, saving faith must be preceded by a turning from one's sinful lifestyle. You can't show me even one Scripture that mentions "repenting from sin" to be saved. Here's an online Strong's Concordance.. Type in any phrase you want, but you won't find anything in God's Word about repenting from sin to be saved. Please read, What is Biblical Repentance? Salvation is receiving, not giving! Eternal life is a free gift from God, paid for by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. Man has no part in God's freely given gift of salvation except to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31).
You can study the Bible over and over and you'll only find that salvation is the free gift of God. Heretics like Paul Washer attempt to connect holy living with salvation, which is the heresy of Lordship Salvation (i.e., works salvation). This is the same damnable heresy that Ray Comfort teaches. Say what you will, Romans 4:5 is abundantly clear that a person's faith is COUNTED for righteousness, because we have no righteousness of our own to offer God. All we have to offer God is our own self-righteousness, which is filth to God (Isaiah 64:6; Romans 10:3,4).
I think Paul Washer is sincere, but
nevertheless sincerely wrong. Washer, like other misguided ministers today,
confuse the FRUIT of genuine repentance with the ROOT of repentance. To
require FRUIT for salvation is to put the cart before the horse and corrupt
the simplicity of the Gospel.
Paul Washer Corrupts the Meaning of Matthew 7:14
