@honeyy90210 he is weird, in a good way and not a "doushe" as you call him. Watch his other vids if you dont like them move on, but dont make dumb comments, makes you seem dumb in the end.
5-I say this because of the way I was before i was saved. I would have been embarrassed if people knew the things i thought. Also, my actions followed my thinking as well. I was an arrogant, selfish, sexually impure, hateful person. Now this might not be the case for everyone but i can only base my answer on my own experience and those close to me.
@gvman3670 Well actually no, i thought i was very happy. I was dragged to church by my mother and i didnt think anything of it at first. Then, when i actually bothered to listen it was like an epiphany. I realized all those things i thought were making me happy actually lead me more to despair. After beginning a relationship with God i can truly say i began to be happy and truly enlightened.
The guy is a farce, likely totally deceived, but a farce nevertheless. If he's giving sermons and doesn't even know what sin is, he is really leading people down the wrong path. The Bible defines It's own terms. 1 John 3:4 "sin is the transgression of the law", i.e. breaking any one of the Ten Commandments. Ironically, the idea that "Jesus did it all for you so you don't have to obey God" is a satanic lie; it is rebellion under the guise of liberty... i.e. lawlessness.
@Thistlesifter220 I agree that that is the Bible's definition of sin. What Washer is referring to is the definition of the Greek word used for sin. I'm pretty sure that he's aware of 1 John 3:4. As for the Greek definition and his take on it, I believe it coincides with the most important command, love God with ALL your heart soul mind and strength.
I would rate this video a 4. While I do agree with most of what he says, some of it may be exaggerated. At least it puts the fear of God in people.
@700bees We're only allowed 500 characters so a full expository explanation isn't easy to do on Youtube's video comment section. But it doesn't matter if you say it in Greek or English it means the same thing: not keeping God's Ten Commandments equates to sin, that's what sin is.
As to the minister; if he knows what sin is and yet he is teaching something else, he is a minister of Satan, and not God (2 Cor 11:13-15). At least according to the Bible.
@Thistlesifter220 I would disagree. Not keeping God's law equates to sin. You can't pick and choose which ones you want to keep. Otherwise you could be a homosexual necromancer who eats chicken blood and still not be a sinner.
You seem to not be familiar with the whole "missing the mark" thing. I hear many preachers use that language. They make it clear, as Washer does, that the mark IS God's standard- His law. Therefore to "miss the mark" means to break God's law, using imagery.
@700bees Who is pickin' n choosin'? I am familiar with the whole missing the mark thing, but how can you not miss the mark when breaking the commandments? As to the statutes and judgments, if you look at them closely enough you'll see that they are detailed sub categories of the 10. So let me rephrase it... not keeping any laws except those pertaining to rituals, washings, and sacrifices are considered sin. That better?
@Thistlesifter220 I'm not exactly sure what you're asking here. I think perhaps you actually agree with Paul Washer. "Jesus did it all for you so you don't have to obey God" is exactly the kind of false gospel that Washer preaches against. His most famous, or infamous I suppose, sermon is "Shocking Youth Message". It runs longer than this one but I'd like to see what you think after watching that.
@700bees I watched a few minutes of it... I think he understands that one just saying he or she is a Christian doesn't make it so. But I still don't believe he understands what the biblical definition of sin is. Also, he doesn't understand some basic fundamental Scriptural doctrines... he may be well meaning, but he isn't called of God. Just being honest....
@Thistlesifter220 To say that some one isn't called of God is a pretty hefty claim. I'd first say judge not lest ye be judged. If you know how much of this man's life has gone into the gospel, prayer, and the study and preaching of the word you would think twice of speaking against him. Have you ever been to the depths of the jungles of Peru to reach the lost? Have you ever started an entire organization that funds missionaries around the world? Probably not.
@700bees Wasn't trying to make you mad, just being honest... God isn't trying to save the whole world now - He doesn't need any do-gooders to help Him out - honest! The man doesn't really understand the Bible, which tells me he isn't called of God... and remember, Christ also said, 'judge righteous judgment' & 'by their fruits you will know them'. You can't make a determination as to what their fruits are without making a judgment, right?
@Thistlesifter220 Its funny how opposite this discussion is to the one with gore53.
Those things I mentioned ARE his fruits. That's what I was doing, judging his fruit. Its not anger I'm feeling, its indignation.
1 Thes 5:12-13. Paul Washer has labored much and I have received spiritual guidance from him. I don't agree with everything he says, but I'm certain that he knows exactly what sin is. You haven't made it clear why you think he doesn't know. He used the image of a bullseye, so what?
@700bees I wasn't necessarily referring to his fruits, just making the point that you can't determine what the fruits are, good or bad, without making a judgment, because you latched onto that old favorite of those trying to defend a position, 'judge not lest you be judged'. As to his fruits... again, God doesn't need any do-gooders helping Him out... He is God. Did Jesus go to Africa to start a missionary? Noper, no record of it anyway.... The man just doesn't understand the Bible, is all.
@Thistlesifter220 "The man just doesn't understand the Bible, is all."
Misuse does not negate proper use. If you want to completely discredit some one and call them a minister of Satan you better have an adequate reason to do it, which you don't. All I'm saying is that you better watch out because you reap what you sow. You're sowing discord and false allegations against a man of God. God doesn't need do-gooders, its just that he is worthy of all praise and adoration. God uses men (period)
@700bees If he is teaching error, i.e. Satan's message, then how can he not be? If you have a 5 gal bucket of pure, clean water from the best spring on earth, and you put 1 drop of poison in it, you gonna drink it? If you've a table full of the best organic foods available, and there is 1 drop of cyanide in it somewhere, you gonna take a bite? Truth mixed with error is more deceptive than blatant error by itself; Truth mixed with error is only error, and how Satan packages his product. Honest.
@Thistlesifter220 "Did Jesus go to Africa to start a missionary?" No he went to Jerusalem and created 12 missionaries, then he made hundreds more throughout time. How did you find out about the Gospel? Just had a dream about Jesus one night? Did he appear to you on the road to Damascus like that one missionary? The fact is God MAKES men, and he commands them to go out. In our weakness is strength is made perfect.
@700bees And again, if he DOESN'T know what sin is and he has been presumptuous enough to throw on a teacher's cap... he is still a minister of Satan.
3...I know you are also very interested in the Christian apologist Matt Slick; who, by the way, is also a Calvanist I have to say that what Paul Washer is saying is not representative of what the bible expresses, nor what the majority of true born again Christians believe. I will say, though, that I do believe Paul is a Christian, if a bit off on his subscription to TULIP. We all have, in fact, sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. And we do need the savior, Jesus Christ. God bless
@poryis Also please look at other great theologians and Christian apologists such as William Lane Craig, Ravi Zacharias, Michael Ramsden, or JP Moreland. These are far more representative of sound biblical doctrine.
1/5 And I am most definitely a Christian, if the definition of such is that they believe in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. That's all a Christian is, really, and that's enough to make them born again for that belief is given, by grace, from God. You don't just wake up one day and say I think I'll become a Christian.
Nor does one, as Washer says: Repent, be Good, and proceed to beg Jesus to forgive you. Salvation originates from God, not man.
@700bees For starters, your comment above regarding Washer: "...he puts the fear of God in people," whereas the Bible tells us: "We are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were pleading through us: on Christ’s behalf be reconciled to God
Washer and other heretical Works Salvation/Lordship Salvation teachers mislead on key points of Salvation: 2Cor.5:17-18 Rom10:15
Sinners are reconciled to God the moment they believe Christ paid for their sins, not by scaring them into changing behavior.
@gore53 If you think there is no fear involved in the conversion process I challenge you to question how much you know about salvation. Jesus and Peter on the tempestuous sea is a perfect analogy for every conversion to Christ. There is first fear, then hope, brokenness, and THEN Christ's salvation. One prayer at one point in your life does not equal true belief.
Consider that
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. Christ is made the wisdom of God unto us.
@700bees "I challenge you to question how much you know about salvation"
I know as a child (and oddly, as Jesus said, only children) receive 1Cor.15:1-4
Since you're tacking on extras: Repent----- and gee, Mr. Spiritual Einstein, how does a lost person do that? Lost people don't know they're lost----hence the meaning of lost.
Or fruits of repentance, a Kingdom of God on earth covenant attachment.
Or emotion (tears, wailing) over sin, can't atone it.
@gore53 Have you neglected to realize that choosing to believe in Jesus is a work? Works are not HOW we get salvation they are evidence we've received salvation. How do you know you've believed hard enough for Jesus to save you? You don't. True faith is not self-aware, it is only aware of the finished work of Jesus Christ. And we are saved unto good works. They originate not with our will but God's. If they are absent, God has not transformed us. Simple.
@700bees Since nearly every (Sorry, that should read ALL) denominations have bastardized (don't get bent out of shape -- 'bastard' is a Biblical word meaning they're illegitimate). So no, I choose not to attend.
Why sit and listen to a Bible blending pastor who opts for destroying Liberty in Christ by adding Jewish law requirements to the Gospel clearly stated in 1 Cor. 15:1-4? (also see Col. 2-20, Rom 8:1, 2 Cor. 7 applied to the FALSE teaching of a tithing law, etc.)
@gore53 Okay, I've got some fill in the blanks here. Please read the whole verse and context to your liking. [using ESV mostly] And it's all Paul!
Therefore remember that __ __ _ you Gentiles in the flesh... _ _ _ separated from Christ, alienated from the __ of Israel... (Ephesians 2:12) (KJV is even better!)
@gore53 There is no difference in God's eyes between a Gentile believer and a Jewish believer. In fact by believing in Jesus Christ you have become apart of the commonwealth of Israel. Revelation 21:12 - anyone who enters is going to enter through one of those gates.
With that in mind remember what Peter write about Paul. 2 Peter 3:16-18
@700bees Philipians 3:20 suggests otherwise: "For our country is in heaven; from where a Savior for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ." Furthermore, Ephesians 2:6 clearly states it's Heaven for Gentile: "God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus." God's Kingdom on Earth was never for Gentiles. After rapture & tribulation Christ returns, not as Savior but Messiah God promise to establish K of G on Earhtl
@gore53 Did you read my other post? By otherwise you are saying Paul contradicts himself. Our citizenship is in heaven, the Jerusalem above (Galatians 4:26). A separation between the effect or process of salvation for Jews and Gentiles is indefensible. You have no Scriptural grounds to make that claim, Paul's or otherwise.
@700bees A separation between the effect or process of salvation for Jews and Gentiles is indefensible."
Grace by faith in Christ alone is currently the method by which both Jew and Gentile are saved by God. It's the Pauline doctrine. However if you, Washer, or anyone were to add or dilute the gospel of 1 Cor 15: 1-4...
I pay no heed... and I believe Galatians 1:8 supports this.
"You have no Scriptural grounds to make that claim, Paul's or otherwise.
@gore53 "Grace by faith in Christ alone is currently the method by which both Jew and Gentile are saved by God" So if James is true for a Jew then why isn't it true for a Gentile? Promises and commands from God can be claimed by anyone who desires to see more of God in their life, for every command from God is also a promise that he will provide the grace needed for us obey it. God's saving grace and God's sanctifying grace are not separate- "for which" Philippians 3:12, Ephesians 2:10 Graceb2u
Are you saved? And if so, how was it that you were saved?
If it was by anything other than faith -- supplied by God according to His Grace and Mercy and based upon Christ's Righteousness alone... you're not saved.
@gore53 I am saved. As you said, by faith. I became aware of my sin through the law. I could never earn righteousness before God. So he broke me according to his mercy and I received forgiveness because I put my faith in Christ's blood alone. I repented from my sin as a response to that mercy and continue to walk according to the strength given me by God's grace. I have been passed over by the angel of death because Christ' blood is on the doorpost of my heart and I have been led out of slavery.
"He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins."
Awesome, eh? He's awesome... our mighty God and Savior. Praise Jesus now and evermore!
That's an interesting theory. Did Peter, James or John ever teach the 'mystery' or being caught up in the air to meet the Lord? or any number of revelations received by Paul from the Risen Lord? No, and Romans 11:13 clearly states why, in no uncertain terms, Paul is unique in that he's the 'only' Apostle we have. Magnify office is to make it clear, yes?
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I MAGNIFY mine office
@gore53 The definite article "the" is absent in reference to "apostolos" in the Greek. Paul was qualified to be the chief apostle to the gentiles because he was the 'most Jewish' and the most educated of all the apostles AND he had Roman citizenship. Do you see how many times people tried to accuse Paul of various things concerning the gentiles? Paul could defend himself because of his history "Pharisee of Pharisees". Jesus' sending of the apostles to the nations trumps Paul speaking as a fool.
@gore53 You can't throw James out of the canon without making yourself the heretic. Sorry. It's REPENT and believe. You don't just believe IN Jesus, you believe INTO Jesus.
@700bees Not only can I throw it out, but I can rip it out and burn it. James wrote to the 12 tribes of Israel of which I belong to none. Learn to rightly divide, instead of grabbing admonitions from the other gospels of the New Testament and applying them to Gentiles. Thanks for your input, but I'll follow the Apostle Paul as he followed Christ. If God has a problem with that, I'll be waiting for some light other than the one He gave, the Apostle to the GENTILES, not under law but under grace!
It seems like he's threatening people with judgement or hell. Not saying he's a malevolent man, but he's a bit lost in theological relevance. HALF of what he's saying is relevant to basic Christian doctrine.
I can somewhat get behind the doctrine that humans default to being more animalistic and selfish than virtuous or pure and that it screws us over spiritually. That said I think most thoughtful atheists on youtube are part of the solution, not the problem. You open my mind, TB :)
(disclaimer: I'm not really a christian so much as a new-ager)
I think this man is a complete idiot. He sounds like the uneducated assholes I had to endure listening to growing up in the missionary baptist churches. The Bible is a fucking book, plain and simple. It is NOT the word of God. It was written by MAN. If God himself had written it, it would be His word. People need to grow up and start taking responsibility for their own lives and actions and stop leaning on a fucking book. It amazes me the number of retards that believe this shit.
5 I say this from my experience that i have gone though becoming a Christian about a year ago. I used to shoplift, vandalize, and had a lot of sexual impurity in my life. All that time I actually called myself a Christian and yet did not see any of those things as bad. If you knew me before i came to Christ you would not recognize me today. Today I stand as a new person walking with Jesus. If you want proof of a God look at the people who are living radically for him. Much Love. matt
5 I say this from my experience that i have gone though becoming a Christian about a year ago. I used to shoplift, vandalize, and had a lot of sexual impurity in my life. All that time I actually called myself a Christian and yet did not see any of those things as bad. If you knew me before i came to Christ you would not recognize me today. Today I stand as a new person walking with Jesus. If you want proof of a God look at the people who are living radically for him. Much Love. matt
I have to admit that I couldn't make it more than a couple minutes before I began to feel physically ill. I was raised in a Southern Baptist Church, and I can clearly remember a time when I would have completely agreed with this man. I remember how awful it used to make me feel.
It has been so liberating to overcome this sort of brainwashing, to allow myself to read more than one book, to experience the world as it really is. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane!
@eggplnt hahaha Thanks, I was feeling the same way... and I'm a Christian. I will not however subject myself or loved ones to preachers of this ilk (nasty and condemning). Just doesn't line up with my personal experience of Jesus Christ.
this is in line w/true biblical teaching. id have to say i agree w/it based on that, but ive been watcihng quite a few or ur and other videos recently questioning christiainty and its interesting watching the video from another perspective, if u can imagine what the athiest is thinking while watching it a good bit of itdoes sound pretty retarded. not saying that makes it untrue, just sayin igot more research to do b4 i come to another conclusion.
-I wonder if anyone saw PART 3 where he said a few words about Atheism? Probably not since part2 has over 4,800 views and part 3 has 170. I also wonder why this so called Atheist has to take a poll on a Preacher like Paul Washer, who speaks the truth in scripture, ...!..I know why you wanted a poll, and you may lie about it but it is plain and obvious my friend. -Your Pride is so heavy to carry around. Why lift it further? -So few true Christians in this world, amazing you found this Preaching.
@chriscoolguy15 If every Christian who called another Christian "not a true Christian" were to disappear, there would be no Christians. And what is a "so called atheist"?
4- I don't agree that every thought is a sin. Once you are saved Jesus will enable us to think many good holy thoughts. Even if you are not saved, you don't always think bluntly sinful thoughts- at least not intentionally... what the problem with the unsaved is that in the end their thoughts revolve around themselves where they love someone because say that person loves them... it becomes 'egotistical good thinking' because it is self righteous good in themself, which turns into the sin of pride
@bluefroggie89 i dnt think so. im not a christian. not by far, but i genuinely like doing things for people, not for selfish reasons, but just for the sake of helping.
@guineapiggyman Check your facts little one. It is happening a lot more than you can imagine. Heterosexual men are basically responsible for over 90% of child molestation.
5- the man told the truth as harsh is it. All you have to do is read the Bible. If you disagree with the Bible you can disagree with him. We are sinners. Thats why we arent supposed to judge. We are all equally guilty of sin. Alot of people dont realize what sin is. Its true that we would be ashamed in the presence of God. Thats why it doesnt matter how good or bad you are. You have to seek his mercy through his son Jesus Christ. the only way. thats not easy to accept, but its truth.
Ok.....I came back to this video....and watched it again after having not seen or thought about it for several years.....and since my thought proccess has since changed.....I thought I would give this a 'new' rating......for the poll....
3.5
Now I'm not saying i'm any less a christian.......and I am not saying this preacher being blunt is a bad thing...... I still whole heartedly think we should try to be as christlike as humanly possible......but I think the preacher missed an important....
@AlBasti102 Aspect of the message, in that even though we sin and fall short, God is a merciful God, and a forgiving God.....and yes if we don't repent, we go to hell....but this preacher forgot to mention the good part, that God gives us a way out.....that it doesn't end with us sinning.......our lives can get better......everything isn't fire and brimstone......and not only that.....yes we are sinners and we sin....but not every thought and action is a sin.....the only sin....
@AlBasti102 gah remove the last three words of that post......anyways, my point yes we sin, yes we are sinners, but its not a sin to go to the grocery store....and its not a sin to think about kissing a girl/boy.....what makes it a sin is when you let whatever 'bad' thought you had make a 'nest' in your brain, and you start agreeing with it.....like the kid who hates all the kids in school because they pick on him and his fantasy is going there and shooting them to death.....
@AlBasti102 as opposed to the kid who is also teased in school and a passing thought about shooting them goes through his head but he stops it and says/thinks : no thats wrong....I'm not going to do that and would never want to.....
instead of letting it rule his mind, he stops it
what one thinks in ones heart will eventually be lived out....and or spoken...
anyways....I appologize for this insanely long post....*facepalm* anyways.....the preacher only talks about one aspect of that subject..
i give him a 4. I believe he has adequately stated a basic truth in which the reality is far more meaningful than words expressed. The reason we fall short is because as people we are not God. Our created nature will never allow us to come anywhere close to the smallest speck of his greatness. I believe Paul is using the most descriptive language possible in order to communicate a reality which is realized through reflection. in terms of everything we do is a sin,what we do is always inadequate
im only talking about part 2 ( it think that was your intent). its all pretty kosher until about 5 minutes in where it gets really misinterpreted and altogether "off" 2 minutes to 5 minutes id give a 4, 5 minutes on id give a 1.5 at best
3-HI! I am 14 years old and I LOVE JESUS! I dont like some of his "ideas" or "teachings". He is a modern christian wheras I enjoy the preachings of the good ole' preachers who are filled with the Holy Spirit and preach with the annointing of GOD :) i enjoy your videos man thanx for giving me stuff to think about..
I agreed with pretty much all of it. Except where he said about how everything we've ever done, good or bad, BEFORE we become a born again christian, is a sin. As if implying that after becoming a born again, you're perfect/sinless.
I have heard a few Paul Washer vid's some time ago.. He was decent, but I agree with many or you, he is splitting hairs on a subject that is just NOT very important. To me, this subject is like the "tongues- baptism in the Spirit" debate. It just isn't very relevant when you consider the subject matter of all of the Epistles. There is just so much we need to learn, that many of the debates I hear are more of a distraction than anything. Stick to the "meat and potatoes" of Scripture...Peace..
Half true? His choice of words could be a lot better, but of course - he a "sinner". His theology is partly correct. but of course, -he's a "sinner".
Having studied LAW and having a firm grasp on mathematics & theology, -I use refined terminology to better explain what he so bluntly tries to express -because I really like DETAILS & knowing the precise WHYS behind such assertions. I also feel that it's a Christian's responsibility to have some DEPTH regarding what they speak!
A distinction needs to be made between being born into a world that has fallen under the curse of sin and the conscious decisions we make (from a very young age mind you) to do the wrong thing, to sin.
...If more preachers would discuss holiness after salvation, more lives would be changed and more souls would be saved. If preachers would talk about the new heart and new mind with new desires that we are granted after being born again, people would understand that we, too, can "Be perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect" (Matt 5:48) as we are commanded. People need to be built up to this realization, not torn down to think they are not capable.... as it seems Paul Washer does in this sermon.
@downtoawhisper You are so right, well put!!!! This is a crying shame in christianity.. Yes, righteousness is "imparted" however it is a process to become as the Bible says "Perfect". Perfect is NOT achieved by our effort, but I believe by how well we "cooperate" with the Spirit's intervention on a daily basis. It is an ongoing process. Very good observations...
...the law. In our infancy, we are not even able to comprehend the law. We don't become aware of the law until we're toddlers. Therefore, rather than being born sinners, we become sinners.
I also feel that, at some point, he needed to stop harping on how evil we are when we are apart from God. He is correct in many things that he said, however, he needed to eventually discuss the glory of holiness. He didn't offer any hope or discuss what it means to be born again and live how God intended....
I give Paul Washer a 3. The reason I don't fully agree with him is because I have a huge problem with the false doctrine of sinful nature. People who teach this or believe it must not realize that essentially, if we're born sinners, our free will is taken away....and furthermore, if we're born sinners, then if an infant dies, it goes to hell. It seems that Calvanists do not think their idea through fully. The truth is that sin is transgression of the law, and it takes free will to transgress....
@downtoawhisper I also agree on this point .. Calvin was a MAN as well. I read some history on him and he was not a very good example from what I recall. He formed a utopian community, based on his own hypotheses. It is a "doctrine of man" not of God. David and Bathshebas son was a prime example of the destiny of a dead infant, 2Samuel 12:23, "I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me". David knew his son was innocent of sin, therefore with the Lord.. J.C. passed over that one..eh!
I completely agree with Paul Washer's preaching on that topic. I mean we're all sinners, and without Christ we are irremediably drawn to fulfill our selfish lusts and desires. I do consider myself a born-again Christian, and I can definitely see a striking contrast between how my life was before I gave my life to Christ and how it is now. What Washer preached is in deed biblically accurate, however, the message here is that mankind is lost without Christ.
God called Job "perfect in all his ways." This man is good at overstating what sin is and forgetting what true forgiveness is. This man does NOT represent God.
@saintheretic007 yeah, its an interesting point how God speaks well of some men in the Old Testament. not that they were...... comparable in righteousness to God.. but that they had faith, and walked well.
The bible is all about interpretations and that's one of the biggest flaws of Christianity. As flawed humans, we are trying to interpret something divine within the best of our imperfect reasoning. Therefore, there will ALWAYS be mixed messages when imperfect preachers are preaching God's word because no one can truly understand God and his reasoning. But I digress... I would give this message a 4/5 for biblical accuracy and correlation to my views.
However, I feel that many people giving this man's sermon a rating is missing the main point. His point is that everyone are sinners no matter how kind and how benevolent they are in their everyday lives. The fact is, our sin is so great that it completely outweighs our kindness and that it defines who we are as a character. We are like a paper covered in black with a few white dots and if this paper was ever given away to another stranger, we'd be ashamed of it.
@splicedenergy To stop people from sining, to clean and forgive people, and therefore making them saints instead of sinners. God's will is that everyone repents from sin, so that the world may be like Heaven
and he is not a calvinist- lol. guys he is not trying to tell you that god hates you. he is highlighting not only that we fall short of the glory of god, but that we fall WAY short, and that we need him, that we cannot save ourselves, that good works alone will not save our souls. that is all in the bible.
some of Washer's words are being slightly misinterpreted. Someone mentioned that helping an old woman change her tire is not a sin. I absolutely agree, based on the popular usage of the word sin. Washer isn't referring to sins like lying or stealing. he is talking about Sin. Sin is part of the Fall. our sins (lower case) are symptoms of a greater disease- Sin, meaning to fall short. it is the idea that even our best deeds are like filthy rags to the Lord. all he asks is that we accept Him.
Paul Washer is just another Calvinist espousing the false doctrines of "original sin", "sinful nature" and "total depravity/inability". Such doctrines are not Biblical and not historical. God Bless...
Paul Washer is one cracked out individual! A lot of what that man was saying is the kind of thing that pushes people away from God.
To me God is a being of love not hatred. Humans are not perfect beings and God knows that thus he gave his only son so that we can have forgiveness. I refused to believe God thinks of all human beings as being wicked and worthless because if that were true Adam and Eve would have been destroyed thus none of us would be here today.
Rating: 5 I've been listening to Paul washer for a while now, and, compared to Scripture, what he says is biblically accurate. There was an atheist below who even said that he was speaking accurately according to the Bible.
I agreed until about the 5 minute mark when he started pulling out heavier points. My argument for him would be Romans 2: 14-15:
"... the work of the law is written on their hearts ..." Its a nice little verse that that can easily and annoyingly to be pulled out to explain why non-Christians are capable of good.(I say annoyingly because it explains things after the fact). Anyways,I'd say to Paul that its pretty apparent that the heart is capable of good, and not everything is sin
Romans 7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
Only God is good, I agree with Washer and Paul the Apostle. There is no good in me. God even charges His angels with error Job 4:18.
5.0 Hi Theo. What Paul Washer is saying may be difficult for an unregenerate person to understand. A person can not become a Christian without first realizing and acknowledging the fact that he has "missed the mark". I am a converted agnostic but before I became a Christian I knew that if there was a God I certainly did not live up to His standards. In fact, the moral law that He has placed within every man we know we do not live up to. If we are honest with ourselves our conscience agrees.
@FatalAnimal So why can't sin exist in the first place? And why can't God be good in the first place? If you presume that God is not perfectly good, the concept of sin is irrelevant. But one of your key points that God is not good is that he won't let you into heaven because of somehow already- irrelevant sin. So which comes first: the ungood god or the irrelevant sin? If this is your only proof, then you've created a little paradox you can live in to do all the immoral things you want (I suppo
5-I agree with almost all of it because I know what it is like to feel like the lowest of sinners and have also delt with the occult and porn addiction. I would hate for all of my thoughts to be known. I am glad I worship a God who sent His only Son to die on my behalf. That without that sacrifice and my acceptance of Jesus I would burn in hell.
Honestly, I don't like him or the things he's said. I don't think everything I did before I was born again sin. This guy, has no idea what he's talking about. Another thing, he's too forward and harsh. Christianity is about the choice of believing or not believing. These opinions should not be forced upon people
The ONLY point I disagree with is that each and every single though of a nonbeliever is sin. I -do- believe that they don't think any GOOD thoughts (because what they consider good is filthy rags before God because they aren't done to the glory of God but rather based on their own morality). A nonbeliever does NO good deed and does PLENTY bad. Born again Christian also do bad but they are CONVICTED of it and they also are enabled to do good ONLY because of the Holy Spirit in them.
@HDell1994 Although I don't believe that EACH AND EVERY SINGLE action, thought, and deed of a non-believer is sinful, I DO believe that their lifestyles are in enmity to God. The word says that "the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so (Romans 8:7)." And ofcourse if one is not a born again Christian, their mind is set on the flesh because it can not be set on the spirit and all that is left is the flesh.
Rating 1 I say this because he is what I would call a preacher and not a teacher of the word. Yes we are all sinful minded but Jesus can save us from this in the mind and spirit through our faith and his forgiveness. Preachers that read a verse and spend the rest of the time giving their interpretation is part of what drove me away from "religion". I have a great interest in the subject but got fed up with preachers that would tell me smoking is bad then join me for a smoke after service
@oldrideguy - We are not all sinful minded. You cannot use a blanket statement like that. I am part of "all". I am not sinful minded simple because there is no such thing as sin.
@FatalAnimal Well actually, if you were to take what God considered as sin, you are sinful minded and I don't mean to offend you by saying this but whether you agree with God's word or not, if you were to take a look at it, you would see that you don't live up to his standards and that you infact -are- "sinful" minded.
@HDell1994 No you don't get it do you? I may have thoughts that you personally label as "sinful" but I have zero sinful thoughts because there is no such thing as sin. There is absolutely no way I could ever be as immoral as Gods supposed "word". Any God that convicts a person of "thought crime" and sends them to burn in hell for all eternity for finite crimes is immoral plain and simple. I refuse to lower myself to that level.
@FatalAnimal Well you are just proving my point, if you were to take a look at what GOD (Not me personally) considers sin, then you would see yourself that you are sinful minded.
@HDell1994 - tell me where god is right now and i will go ask him. Where is god? No question this needs to be sorted out. In my opinion burning someone in hell for eternity for "thinking" would be a major sin in my book. Your God actually promotes the idea. FOR the LAST time there is NO such thing as sin.
@FatalAnimal God is in Heaven but unless you are connected to God through Jesus Christ, you will not be able to communicate with him. And yes thinking certain things is sinful but understand that ALL sin must be penalized with death in hell, not just thoughts. For example, if one was to think in their minds, "I [f-word]ing hate God!" That man sinned in his heart aginst God. Same thing goes for lustful thoughts and pornography. God desires to be loved with all our heart, MIND, soul, and strength.
Let me start with the -.5. I don't think that every thought of a non-Christian person is of sin due to the fact that most pointed out. Non-Christians can do loving things at times because love can be contagious, but the very DNA (figuratively) of human-beings is SIN that is the Christian perspective and that sin can not be worthy of heaven. But what you miss here is the GOOD NEWS. Thats not mentioned in that clip. THE FREE!!! GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
@SVBerk65 This is the second of your videos that I have watched. What you miss is the fact that salvation and heaven is NOT dependent on what you do/don't do!!!! It is through the death and sacrifice of JESUS CHRIST that we are saved. ONLY that. Nothing more. I am a dirty filthy sinner, we all are; rapists, nonrapists, gays, nongays, white, black, murders, humanitarians, rich, poor, you and me. We are all on the same level, and that is beneath the standard of GOD.
8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast.
I am no better than you. In my Protestant viewpoint the Pope is no better than you, but Jesus Christ loved the world so much to die for it. Christianity is about the love of Christ, not the condemnation of the world. As a Christian, I am sorry that you may have been judged or turned off by Christian actions, but Jesus loves you.
2.5 - I believe that Paul Washer distorts much of his argument by saying that sin is found in everything that we do. While I do believe that we are sinful by nature, his statement that we sin with EVERYTHING that we do simply does not hold base with me. I understand sin to be the disobedience of God's Word, and there is no provision in there that deems EVERY movement or action you make sin. (from what I know to be true, at least).
Theres 1 specific type of religious person that really makes me hate everything that represents a "GOD". You know the type too... that douchebag that constantly gets offended by petty day-to-day petty things that others do, such as: swearing in public, using gods name in vein, NOT going to church. And whenever they catch you doing something that they deem as a "sin", they'll call you on it and bring their unwanted religious mumbo-jumbo talk upon you... PURE HATRED
The funniest thing about most humans? They can have faith in anything and everything...except for the fact that their lives are ends in themselves and have value.
Washer is a Calvinist. I agree that Christians should emphasize the extend and gravity of human corruption and alienation from God, but the whole deal about "evil is all non-Christians can ever do" is Calvinism - Reformed Protestant theology straight from the sixteenth century. Most evangelicals do not agree with this (or, for instance, the idea that God wants only to save an arbitrarily chosen few), but the few who do are found in conservative Presbyterian and some Baptist churches.
A silly poll by which you solicit silly comments from silly people (atheists, agnostics and ignorant "Christians" alike) is really pointless. Your motives are not honorable because you are not seeking serious input. The people commenting here, both Christian and not, who claim Paul Washer is not Biblical really have no idea what they are talking about.
1/5 I am a Christian but I am not a Calvinist. Paul Washer is not teaching Christianity in this video. He is teaching Calvinism which is terribly wrong and false. I have to give his video a 1/5 because I believe that his definition of "sin" is completely off-base.
It is completely biblical what the preacher is saying. This is the theological view of total depravity, namely that every action or deed a man does is sin. Such a depraved nature can only be redeemed by the grace of God. For by grace you have been saved through faith, this is not of yourselves!!! This is the point, that we are so sinful that we are completely unable to have faith without God's grace. I recommend John Piper's sermons for more about this.
This is an older video so I don't know if you're still checking it.
2/5
He sometimes says he's talking about scripture and then doesn't. I struggle with that. And the "all your works are sin until you're born again" this bugs me because throughout the Bible, non-believers did very wonderful things for the believers, and God rewarded them. *shakes head* He needs to take his own advice from the beginning of the video.
TheoreticalBullshit, Paul Washer is heart felt & real. I think some atheists might misinterpret some of what he says & who knows Paul Washer might misinterpret the Bible.
What do you think you can gain in truth from a poll by some humans?
Man is a sinner because he is conditioned to sin by sinners. That is Biblical along with following the science of human conditioning.
I don't think all people have a conscience from their conditioning so it's unlikely they'll care about their condemnation.
I only got a couple minutes into washer's vid. and the fear in his voice really started to get on my nerves. He sounds like he's stuck in some kind of a nightmare. I hope he finds his way out of his nightmare and to the beautiful truth -- with the help of God.
Jesus Christ is a universal teacher with a message of salvation for us all (regardless of the religious dogma costumes we wear).
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RosesEternal 5 days ago
Omg, okay u like u in the bold and the beautiful but in this video u are seriously wierd and kind of a doushe!
honeyy90210 1 month ago
@honeyy90210 he is weird, in a good way and not a "doushe" as you call him. Watch his other vids if you dont like them move on, but dont make dumb comments, makes you seem dumb in the end.
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Yea, the guy removed the video. That fucking sucks. I really wanted to see what it was about...
Zentz29 2 months ago
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Faith is confidence or trust in a person or thing, or a belief that is not a fact.! google faith lol
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KevinMBdeOwosso 2 months ago
I give him a zero he sucks would walk out & would hope he gets thrown out of that church 4 telling garbage.
matthew8623 4 months ago
Hello guys, I just ran across this, If it aligns with gods word its good.
jaimeFreestyle 5 months ago
Geez, I couldn't last more than 3 minutes... what a douche.
StrikaAmaru 6 months ago
@StrikaAmaru hey dumb ass its less the two minutes long
Super98chevy 3 months ago
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StrikaAmaru 3 months ago
@Super98chevy I was referring to the linked video. My fault, I should have been clearer.
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P.S. There is no such thing as a "born again" Christian, with the exception of Christ Himself.
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Thistlesifter220 6 months ago
5-I say this because of the way I was before i was saved. I would have been embarrassed if people knew the things i thought. Also, my actions followed my thinking as well. I was an arrogant, selfish, sexually impure, hateful person. Now this might not be the case for everyone but i can only base my answer on my own experience and those close to me.
mrstevenjake22 6 months ago
@mrstevenjake22 Could it be the YOU just weren't happy with your life anymore? And that YOU made it change to something you like better?
gvman3670 6 months ago
@gvman3670 Well actually no, i thought i was very happy. I was dragged to church by my mother and i didnt think anything of it at first. Then, when i actually bothered to listen it was like an epiphany. I realized all those things i thought were making me happy actually lead me more to despair. After beginning a relationship with God i can truly say i began to be happy and truly enlightened.
mrstevenjake22 6 months ago
Very much enjoy your videos... peace
Thistlesifter220 7 months ago
The guy is a farce, likely totally deceived, but a farce nevertheless. If he's giving sermons and doesn't even know what sin is, he is really leading people down the wrong path. The Bible defines It's own terms. 1 John 3:4 "sin is the transgression of the law", i.e. breaking any one of the Ten Commandments. Ironically, the idea that "Jesus did it all for you so you don't have to obey God" is a satanic lie; it is rebellion under the guise of liberty... i.e. lawlessness.
Thistlesifter220 7 months ago
@Thistlesifter220 I agree that that is the Bible's definition of sin. What Washer is referring to is the definition of the Greek word used for sin. I'm pretty sure that he's aware of 1 John 3:4. As for the Greek definition and his take on it, I believe it coincides with the most important command, love God with ALL your heart soul mind and strength.
I would rate this video a 4. While I do agree with most of what he says, some of it may be exaggerated. At least it puts the fear of God in people.
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees We're only allowed 500 characters so a full expository explanation isn't easy to do on Youtube's video comment section. But it doesn't matter if you say it in Greek or English it means the same thing: not keeping God's Ten Commandments equates to sin, that's what sin is.
As to the minister; if he knows what sin is and yet he is teaching something else, he is a minister of Satan, and not God (2 Cor 11:13-15). At least according to the Bible.
Thistlesifter220 6 months ago
@Thistlesifter220 I would disagree. Not keeping God's law equates to sin. You can't pick and choose which ones you want to keep. Otherwise you could be a homosexual necromancer who eats chicken blood and still not be a sinner.
You seem to not be familiar with the whole "missing the mark" thing. I hear many preachers use that language. They make it clear, as Washer does, that the mark IS God's standard- His law. Therefore to "miss the mark" means to break God's law, using imagery.
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees Who is pickin' n choosin'? I am familiar with the whole missing the mark thing, but how can you not miss the mark when breaking the commandments? As to the statutes and judgments, if you look at them closely enough you'll see that they are detailed sub categories of the 10. So let me rephrase it... not keeping any laws except those pertaining to rituals, washings, and sacrifices are considered sin. That better?
Thistlesifter220 6 months ago
@Thistlesifter220 I'm not exactly sure what you're asking here. I think perhaps you actually agree with Paul Washer. "Jesus did it all for you so you don't have to obey God" is exactly the kind of false gospel that Washer preaches against. His most famous, or infamous I suppose, sermon is "Shocking Youth Message". It runs longer than this one but I'd like to see what you think after watching that.
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees I watched a few minutes of it... I think he understands that one just saying he or she is a Christian doesn't make it so. But I still don't believe he understands what the biblical definition of sin is. Also, he doesn't understand some basic fundamental Scriptural doctrines... he may be well meaning, but he isn't called of God. Just being honest....
Thistlesifter220 6 months ago
@Thistlesifter220 To say that some one isn't called of God is a pretty hefty claim. I'd first say judge not lest ye be judged. If you know how much of this man's life has gone into the gospel, prayer, and the study and preaching of the word you would think twice of speaking against him. Have you ever been to the depths of the jungles of Peru to reach the lost? Have you ever started an entire organization that funds missionaries around the world? Probably not.
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees Wasn't trying to make you mad, just being honest... God isn't trying to save the whole world now - He doesn't need any do-gooders to help Him out - honest! The man doesn't really understand the Bible, which tells me he isn't called of God... and remember, Christ also said, 'judge righteous judgment' & 'by their fruits you will know them'. You can't make a determination as to what their fruits are without making a judgment, right?
Just being honest.....
Thistlesifter220 6 months ago
@Thistlesifter220 Its funny how opposite this discussion is to the one with gore53.
Those things I mentioned ARE his fruits. That's what I was doing, judging his fruit. Its not anger I'm feeling, its indignation.
1 Thes 5:12-13. Paul Washer has labored much and I have received spiritual guidance from him. I don't agree with everything he says, but I'm certain that he knows exactly what sin is. You haven't made it clear why you think he doesn't know. He used the image of a bullseye, so what?
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees I wasn't necessarily referring to his fruits, just making the point that you can't determine what the fruits are, good or bad, without making a judgment, because you latched onto that old favorite of those trying to defend a position, 'judge not lest you be judged'. As to his fruits... again, God doesn't need any do-gooders helping Him out... He is God. Did Jesus go to Africa to start a missionary? Noper, no record of it anyway.... The man just doesn't understand the Bible, is all.
Thistlesifter220 6 months ago
@Thistlesifter220 "The man just doesn't understand the Bible, is all."
Misuse does not negate proper use. If you want to completely discredit some one and call them a minister of Satan you better have an adequate reason to do it, which you don't. All I'm saying is that you better watch out because you reap what you sow. You're sowing discord and false allegations against a man of God. God doesn't need do-gooders, its just that he is worthy of all praise and adoration. God uses men (period)
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees If he is teaching error, i.e. Satan's message, then how can he not be? If you have a 5 gal bucket of pure, clean water from the best spring on earth, and you put 1 drop of poison in it, you gonna drink it? If you've a table full of the best organic foods available, and there is 1 drop of cyanide in it somewhere, you gonna take a bite? Truth mixed with error is more deceptive than blatant error by itself; Truth mixed with error is only error, and how Satan packages his product. Honest.
Thistlesifter220 6 months ago
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@Thistlesifter220 "Did Jesus go to Africa to start a missionary?" No he went to Jerusalem and created 12 missionaries, then he made hundreds more throughout time. How did you find out about the Gospel? Just had a dream about Jesus one night? Did he appear to you on the road to Damascus like that one missionary? The fact is God MAKES men, and he commands them to go out. In our weakness is strength is made perfect.
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees And again, if he DOESN'T know what sin is and he has been presumptuous enough to throw on a teacher's cap... he is still a minister of Satan.
Thistlesifter220 6 months ago
3...I know you are also very interested in the Christian apologist Matt Slick; who, by the way, is also a Calvanist I have to say that what Paul Washer is saying is not representative of what the bible expresses, nor what the majority of true born again Christians believe. I will say, though, that I do believe Paul is a Christian, if a bit off on his subscription to TULIP. We all have, in fact, sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. And we do need the savior, Jesus Christ. God bless
poryis 7 months ago
@poryis Also please look at other great theologians and Christian apologists such as William Lane Craig, Ravi Zacharias, Michael Ramsden, or JP Moreland. These are far more representative of sound biblical doctrine.
poryis 7 months ago
1/5 And I am most definitely a Christian, if the definition of such is that they believe in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. That's all a Christian is, really, and that's enough to make them born again for that belief is given, by grace, from God. You don't just wake up one day and say I think I'll become a Christian.
Nor does one, as Washer says: Repent, be Good, and proceed to beg Jesus to forgive you. Salvation originates from God, not man.
The man's a borderline heretic.
gore53 7 months ago
@gore53 You know that Washer says that in reference to a false gospel right? What makes him a heretic?
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees For starters, your comment above regarding Washer: "...he puts the fear of God in people," whereas the Bible tells us: "We are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were pleading through us: on Christ’s behalf be reconciled to God
Washer and other heretical Works Salvation/Lordship Salvation teachers mislead on key points of Salvation: 2Cor.5:17-18 Rom10:15
Sinners are reconciled to God the moment they believe Christ paid for their sins, not by scaring them into changing behavior.
gore53 6 months ago
@gore53 If you think there is no fear involved in the conversion process I challenge you to question how much you know about salvation. Jesus and Peter on the tempestuous sea is a perfect analogy for every conversion to Christ. There is first fear, then hope, brokenness, and THEN Christ's salvation. One prayer at one point in your life does not equal true belief.
Consider that
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. Christ is made the wisdom of God unto us.
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees "I challenge you to question how much you know about salvation"
I know as a child (and oddly, as Jesus said, only children) receive 1Cor.15:1-4
Since you're tacking on extras: Repent----- and gee, Mr. Spiritual Einstein, how does a lost person do that? Lost people don't know they're lost----hence the meaning of lost.
Or fruits of repentance, a Kingdom of God on earth covenant attachment.
Or emotion (tears, wailing) over sin, can't atone it.
My salvation is a gift. How 'bout yours?
gore53 6 months ago
@gore53 Have you neglected to realize that choosing to believe in Jesus is a work? Works are not HOW we get salvation they are evidence we've received salvation. How do you know you've believed hard enough for Jesus to save you? You don't. True faith is not self-aware, it is only aware of the finished work of Jesus Christ. And we are saved unto good works. They originate not with our will but God's. If they are absent, God has not transformed us. Simple.
700bees 6 months ago
@gore53 I'd like to know what denomination/ church you attend so I that I can avoid it like the plague.
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees Since nearly every (Sorry, that should read ALL) denominations have bastardized (don't get bent out of shape -- 'bastard' is a Biblical word meaning they're illegitimate). So no, I choose not to attend.
Why sit and listen to a Bible blending pastor who opts for destroying Liberty in Christ by adding Jewish law requirements to the Gospel clearly stated in 1 Cor. 15:1-4? (also see Col. 2-20, Rom 8:1, 2 Cor. 7 applied to the FALSE teaching of a tithing law, etc.)
Hope you're relieved.
gore53 6 months ago
@gore53 Okay, I've got some fill in the blanks here. Please read the whole verse and context to your liking. [using ESV mostly] And it's all Paul!
Therefore remember that __ __ _ you Gentiles in the flesh... _ _ _ separated from Christ, alienated from the __ of Israel... (Ephesians 2:12) (KJV is even better!)
..grafted in __ the others (Romans 11:17)
..create in himself ___ new man.. (Eph 2:15)
..you are all __ new man in Jesus Christ... (Gal 3:28)
700bees 6 months ago
@gore53 There is no difference in God's eyes between a Gentile believer and a Jewish believer. In fact by believing in Jesus Christ you have become apart of the commonwealth of Israel. Revelation 21:12 - anyone who enters is going to enter through one of those gates.
With that in mind remember what Peter write about Paul. 2 Peter 3:16-18
Also remember 2 Timothy 3:16.
Jeremiah 31:31 - New Covenant .. where the Gentiles at?
Matt. 28:19-20 No single apostle to Gentiles.
700bees 6 months ago
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gore53 6 months ago
@700bees Philipians 3:20 suggests otherwise: "For our country is in heaven; from where a Savior for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ." Furthermore, Ephesians 2:6 clearly states it's Heaven for Gentile: "God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus." God's Kingdom on Earth was never for Gentiles. After rapture & tribulation Christ returns, not as Savior but Messiah God promise to establish K of G on Earhtl
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gore53 6 months ago
@gore53 Did you read my other post? By otherwise you are saying Paul contradicts himself. Our citizenship is in heaven, the Jerusalem above (Galatians 4:26). A separation between the effect or process of salvation for Jews and Gentiles is indefensible. You have no Scriptural grounds to make that claim, Paul's or otherwise.
700bees 6 months ago
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gore53 6 months ago
@700bees A separation between the effect or process of salvation for Jews and Gentiles is indefensible."
Grace by faith in Christ alone is currently the method by which both Jew and Gentile are saved by God. It's the Pauline doctrine. However if you, Washer, or anyone were to add or dilute the gospel of 1 Cor 15: 1-4...
I pay no heed... and I believe Galatians 1:8 supports this.
"You have no Scriptural grounds to make that claim, Paul's or otherwise.
Oh really? Well I just did (see above).
gore53 6 months ago
@gore53 "Grace by faith in Christ alone is currently the method by which both Jew and Gentile are saved by God" So if James is true for a Jew then why isn't it true for a Gentile? Promises and commands from God can be claimed by anyone who desires to see more of God in their life, for every command from God is also a promise that he will provide the grace needed for us obey it. God's saving grace and God's sanctifying grace are not separate- "for which" Philippians 3:12, Ephesians 2:10 Graceb2u
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees
Are you saved? And if so, how was it that you were saved?
If it was by anything other than faith -- supplied by God according to His Grace and Mercy and based upon Christ's Righteousness alone... you're not saved.
So... are you? And how?
gore53 6 months ago
@gore53 I am saved. As you said, by faith. I became aware of my sin through the law. I could never earn righteousness before God. So he broke me according to his mercy and I received forgiveness because I put my faith in Christ's blood alone. I repented from my sin as a response to that mercy and continue to walk according to the strength given me by God's grace. I have been passed over by the angel of death because Christ' blood is on the doorpost of my heart and I have been led out of slavery.
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees "I have been led out of slavery."
Cool... Glad to hear it!
"He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins."
Awesome, eh? He's awesome... our mighty God and Savior. Praise Jesus now and evermore!
gore53 6 months ago
@gore53 Amen!
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees "No single apostle to Gentiles."
That's an interesting theory. Did Peter, James or John ever teach the 'mystery' or being caught up in the air to meet the Lord? or any number of revelations received by Paul from the Risen Lord? No, and Romans 11:13 clearly states why, in no uncertain terms, Paul is unique in that he's the 'only' Apostle we have. Magnify office is to make it clear, yes?
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I MAGNIFY mine office
gore53 6 months ago
@gore53 The definite article "the" is absent in reference to "apostolos" in the Greek. Paul was qualified to be the chief apostle to the gentiles because he was the 'most Jewish' and the most educated of all the apostles AND he had Roman citizenship. Do you see how many times people tried to accuse Paul of various things concerning the gentiles? Paul could defend himself because of his history "Pharisee of Pharisees". Jesus' sending of the apostles to the nations trumps Paul speaking as a fool.
700bees 6 months ago
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gore53 6 months ago
@gore53 You can't throw James out of the canon without making yourself the heretic. Sorry. It's REPENT and believe. You don't just believe IN Jesus, you believe INTO Jesus.
Read Romans 11:20-22
700bees 6 months ago
@700bees Not only can I throw it out, but I can rip it out and burn it. James wrote to the 12 tribes of Israel of which I belong to none. Learn to rightly divide, instead of grabbing admonitions from the other gospels of the New Testament and applying them to Gentiles. Thanks for your input, but I'll follow the Apostle Paul as he followed Christ. If God has a problem with that, I'll be waiting for some light other than the one He gave, the Apostle to the GENTILES, not under law but under grace!
gore53 6 months ago
According to the shocking message Judas Iscariot was Paul Washer's ideal of what a Christian should be.
Judas followed Christ.
Judas was trusted.
Jesus and disciples put Judas in charge of the money and never thought twice about it.
Judas was, in their eyes, bearing 'fruits of repentance' in accordance with covenant Kingdom? Law.
One problem, then as now only God knows the heart!
If the disciples were duped what makes Washer think he can discern who is a 'true' believer. Absurd!
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gore53 7 months ago
2/5
Bumblefoot69 7 months ago
3..........He's being a bit extra biblical
It seems like he's threatening people with judgement or hell. Not saying he's a malevolent man, but he's a bit lost in theological relevance. HALF of what he's saying is relevant to basic Christian doctrine.
AceofDlamonds 8 months ago
2.
I can somewhat get behind the doctrine that humans default to being more animalistic and selfish than virtuous or pure and that it screws us over spiritually. That said I think most thoughtful atheists on youtube are part of the solution, not the problem. You open my mind, TB :)
(disclaimer: I'm not really a christian so much as a new-ager)
TheMidnighttea 8 months ago
2 Now that I consider myself a liberal Christian
4 or 5 For what I would have throught when I was evangelical
coolbanana165 8 months ago
ya know... i think this video was what led me to start listening to Paul Washer. He's far and away the best living preacher i've ever heard.
DarknessEats 9 months ago
I think this man is a complete idiot. He sounds like the uneducated assholes I had to endure listening to growing up in the missionary baptist churches. The Bible is a fucking book, plain and simple. It is NOT the word of God. It was written by MAN. If God himself had written it, it would be His word. People need to grow up and start taking responsibility for their own lives and actions and stop leaning on a fucking book. It amazes me the number of retards that believe this shit.
Knoxbob45 9 months ago
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5 I say this from my experience that i have gone though becoming a Christian about a year ago. I used to shoplift, vandalize, and had a lot of sexual impurity in my life. All that time I actually called myself a Christian and yet did not see any of those things as bad. If you knew me before i came to Christ you would not recognize me today. Today I stand as a new person walking with Jesus. If you want proof of a God look at the people who are living radically for him. Much Love. matt
mttbrown 9 months ago
5 I say this from my experience that i have gone though becoming a Christian about a year ago. I used to shoplift, vandalize, and had a lot of sexual impurity in my life. All that time I actually called myself a Christian and yet did not see any of those things as bad. If you knew me before i came to Christ you would not recognize me today. Today I stand as a new person walking with Jesus. If you want proof of a God look at the people who are living radically for him. Much Love. matt
mttbrown 9 months ago
is '0' an option?
I have to admit that I couldn't make it more than a couple minutes before I began to feel physically ill. I was raised in a Southern Baptist Church, and I can clearly remember a time when I would have completely agreed with this man. I remember how awful it used to make me feel.
It has been so liberating to overcome this sort of brainwashing, to allow myself to read more than one book, to experience the world as it really is. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane!
eggplnt 9 months ago
@eggplnt hahaha Thanks, I was feeling the same way... and I'm a Christian. I will not however subject myself or loved ones to preachers of this ilk (nasty and condemning). Just doesn't line up with my personal experience of Jesus Christ.
gore53 7 months ago
this is in line w/true biblical teaching. id have to say i agree w/it based on that, but ive been watcihng quite a few or ur and other videos recently questioning christiainty and its interesting watching the video from another perspective, if u can imagine what the athiest is thinking while watching it a good bit of itdoes sound pretty retarded. not saying that makes it untrue, just sayin igot more research to do b4 i come to another conclusion.
dobsonthe3rd 9 months ago
-I wonder if anyone saw PART 3 where he said a few words about Atheism? Probably not since part2 has over 4,800 views and part 3 has 170. I also wonder why this so called Atheist has to take a poll on a Preacher like Paul Washer, who speaks the truth in scripture, ...!..I know why you wanted a poll, and you may lie about it but it is plain and obvious my friend. -Your Pride is so heavy to carry around. Why lift it further? -So few true Christians in this world, amazing you found this Preaching.
chriscoolguy15 9 months ago
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@chriscoolguy15 If every Christian who called another Christian "not a true Christian" were to disappear, there would be no Christians. And what is a "so called atheist"?
damianhoward 9 months ago
3- I don't believe that every thought is a sin but acting upon that thought would be the sin.
JohnThedragonslayer2 9 months ago
4- I don't agree that every thought is a sin. Once you are saved Jesus will enable us to think many good holy thoughts. Even if you are not saved, you don't always think bluntly sinful thoughts- at least not intentionally... what the problem with the unsaved is that in the end their thoughts revolve around themselves where they love someone because say that person loves them... it becomes 'egotistical good thinking' because it is self righteous good in themself, which turns into the sin of pride
bluefroggie89 10 months ago
@bluefroggie89 i dnt think so. im not a christian. not by far, but i genuinely like doing things for people, not for selfish reasons, but just for the sake of helping.
guineapiggyman 9 months ago
@bluefroggie89 sure. then why do priests molest kids? its cuz they have no marriage outlet or spouse
guineapiggyman 9 months ago
@guineapiggyman You think that married men don't molest little boys or even their own sons?? Wake up and smell the coffee.
cboncklis 9 months ago
@cboncklis it does happen. but not NEARLY in the same quantity.
guineapiggyman 9 months ago
@guineapiggyman Check your facts little one. It is happening a lot more than you can imagine. Heterosexual men are basically responsible for over 90% of child molestation.
cboncklis 9 months ago
@cboncklis youre condescending tone and horribly off statistics are all the proof i need. thanks!
guineapiggyman 9 months ago
@guineapiggyman Shut up and go read. I bet you take your statistics from a religious site. You sound stupid enough for it.
cboncklis 9 months ago
@cboncklis yeah, considering im an atheist, youre right. i just LOVE religious statistics
guineapiggyman 9 months ago
5- the man told the truth as harsh is it. All you have to do is read the Bible. If you disagree with the Bible you can disagree with him. We are sinners. Thats why we arent supposed to judge. We are all equally guilty of sin. Alot of people dont realize what sin is. Its true that we would be ashamed in the presence of God. Thats why it doesnt matter how good or bad you are. You have to seek his mercy through his son Jesus Christ. the only way. thats not easy to accept, but its truth.
TheHumanbeingHuman 10 months ago
I wonder if Paul's middle name is "Brain." And no, that is not a misspelling.
eyeammi 11 months ago
Ok.....I came back to this video....and watched it again after having not seen or thought about it for several years.....and since my thought proccess has since changed.....I thought I would give this a 'new' rating......for the poll....
3.5
Now I'm not saying i'm any less a christian.......and I am not saying this preacher being blunt is a bad thing...... I still whole heartedly think we should try to be as christlike as humanly possible......but I think the preacher missed an important....
AlBasti102 1 year ago
@AlBasti102 Aspect of the message, in that even though we sin and fall short, God is a merciful God, and a forgiving God.....and yes if we don't repent, we go to hell....but this preacher forgot to mention the good part, that God gives us a way out.....that it doesn't end with us sinning.......our lives can get better......everything isn't fire and brimstone......and not only that.....yes we are sinners and we sin....but not every thought and action is a sin.....the only sin....
AlBasti102 1 year ago
@AlBasti102 gah remove the last three words of that post......anyways, my point yes we sin, yes we are sinners, but its not a sin to go to the grocery store....and its not a sin to think about kissing a girl/boy.....what makes it a sin is when you let whatever 'bad' thought you had make a 'nest' in your brain, and you start agreeing with it.....like the kid who hates all the kids in school because they pick on him and his fantasy is going there and shooting them to death.....
AlBasti102 1 year ago
@AlBasti102 as opposed to the kid who is also teased in school and a passing thought about shooting them goes through his head but he stops it and says/thinks : no thats wrong....I'm not going to do that and would never want to.....
instead of letting it rule his mind, he stops it
what one thinks in ones heart will eventually be lived out....and or spoken...
anyways....I appologize for this insanely long post....*facepalm* anyways.....the preacher only talks about one aspect of that subject..
AlBasti102 1 year ago
i give him a 4. I believe he has adequately stated a basic truth in which the reality is far more meaningful than words expressed. The reason we fall short is because as people we are not God. Our created nature will never allow us to come anywhere close to the smallest speck of his greatness. I believe Paul is using the most descriptive language possible in order to communicate a reality which is realized through reflection. in terms of everything we do is a sin,what we do is always inadequate
ors712 1 year ago
im only talking about part 2 ( it think that was your intent). its all pretty kosher until about 5 minutes in where it gets really misinterpreted and altogether "off" 2 minutes to 5 minutes id give a 4, 5 minutes on id give a 1.5 at best
dfwilliamsii 1 year ago
3-HI! I am 14 years old and I LOVE JESUS! I dont like some of his "ideas" or "teachings". He is a modern christian wheras I enjoy the preachings of the good ole' preachers who are filled with the Holy Spirit and preach with the annointing of GOD :) i enjoy your videos man thanx for giving me stuff to think about..
coRnThEdOg1 1 year ago
Rating - 4
I agreed with pretty much all of it. Except where he said about how everything we've ever done, good or bad, BEFORE we become a born again christian, is a sin. As if implying that after becoming a born again, you're perfect/sinless.
AmyLiw265 1 year ago
I have heard a few Paul Washer vid's some time ago.. He was decent, but I agree with many or you, he is splitting hairs on a subject that is just NOT very important. To me, this subject is like the "tongues- baptism in the Spirit" debate. It just isn't very relevant when you consider the subject matter of all of the Epistles. There is just so much we need to learn, that many of the debates I hear are more of a distraction than anything. Stick to the "meat and potatoes" of Scripture...Peace..
jerrycb 1 year ago
Rating 1 out of 2.
Half true? His choice of words could be a lot better, but of course - he a "sinner". His theology is partly correct. but of course, -he's a "sinner".
Having studied LAW and having a firm grasp on mathematics & theology, -I use refined terminology to better explain what he so bluntly tries to express -because I really like DETAILS & knowing the precise WHYS behind such assertions. I also feel that it's a Christian's responsibility to have some DEPTH regarding what they speak!
g0ysorg 1 year ago
A distinction needs to be made between being born into a world that has fallen under the curse of sin and the conscious decisions we make (from a very young age mind you) to do the wrong thing, to sin.
JDKMAR 1 year ago
...If more preachers would discuss holiness after salvation, more lives would be changed and more souls would be saved. If preachers would talk about the new heart and new mind with new desires that we are granted after being born again, people would understand that we, too, can "Be perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect" (Matt 5:48) as we are commanded. People need to be built up to this realization, not torn down to think they are not capable.... as it seems Paul Washer does in this sermon.
downtoawhisper 1 year ago
@downtoawhisper You are so right, well put!!!! This is a crying shame in christianity.. Yes, righteousness is "imparted" however it is a process to become as the Bible says "Perfect". Perfect is NOT achieved by our effort, but I believe by how well we "cooperate" with the Spirit's intervention on a daily basis. It is an ongoing process. Very good observations...
jerrycb 1 year ago
...the law. In our infancy, we are not even able to comprehend the law. We don't become aware of the law until we're toddlers. Therefore, rather than being born sinners, we become sinners.
I also feel that, at some point, he needed to stop harping on how evil we are when we are apart from God. He is correct in many things that he said, however, he needed to eventually discuss the glory of holiness. He didn't offer any hope or discuss what it means to be born again and live how God intended....
downtoawhisper 1 year ago
I give Paul Washer a 3. The reason I don't fully agree with him is because I have a huge problem with the false doctrine of sinful nature. People who teach this or believe it must not realize that essentially, if we're born sinners, our free will is taken away....and furthermore, if we're born sinners, then if an infant dies, it goes to hell. It seems that Calvanists do not think their idea through fully. The truth is that sin is transgression of the law, and it takes free will to transgress....
downtoawhisper 1 year ago
@downtoawhisper I also agree on this point .. Calvin was a MAN as well. I read some history on him and he was not a very good example from what I recall. He formed a utopian community, based on his own hypotheses. It is a "doctrine of man" not of God. David and Bathshebas son was a prime example of the destiny of a dead infant, 2Samuel 12:23, "I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me". David knew his son was innocent of sin, therefore with the Lord.. J.C. passed over that one..eh!
jerrycb 1 year ago
PW is full of it , this is not the gospel good news , watch martin zender videos if PW makes you depressed and puts you off
tonythatjesusloves 1 year ago
I don't see "The Link to the Right"....so, it obviously DOESN'T exist....lol
No, seriously...where is it?
forrykid 1 year ago
My psychiatrist told me to stop involve in activities that would make me depressed. So, I stop going to church. I have high self-esteem now. :)
goodfeather16 1 year ago
I completely agree with Paul Washer's preaching on that topic. I mean we're all sinners, and without Christ we are irremediably drawn to fulfill our selfish lusts and desires. I do consider myself a born-again Christian, and I can definitely see a striking contrast between how my life was before I gave my life to Christ and how it is now. What Washer preached is in deed biblically accurate, however, the message here is that mankind is lost without Christ.
oanochie 1 year ago
Rating: 1.75
God called Job "perfect in all his ways." This man is good at overstating what sin is and forgetting what true forgiveness is. This man does NOT represent God.
saintheretic007 1 year ago
@saintheretic007 yeah, its an interesting point how God speaks well of some men in the Old Testament. not that they were...... comparable in righteousness to God.. but that they had faith, and walked well.
alastairblakepeters 1 year ago
The bible is all about interpretations and that's one of the biggest flaws of Christianity. As flawed humans, we are trying to interpret something divine within the best of our imperfect reasoning. Therefore, there will ALWAYS be mixed messages when imperfect preachers are preaching God's word because no one can truly understand God and his reasoning. But I digress... I would give this message a 4/5 for biblical accuracy and correlation to my views.
limchi7 1 year ago
However, I feel that many people giving this man's sermon a rating is missing the main point. His point is that everyone are sinners no matter how kind and how benevolent they are in their everyday lives. The fact is, our sin is so great that it completely outweighs our kindness and that it defines who we are as a character. We are like a paper covered in black with a few white dots and if this paper was ever given away to another stranger, we'd be ashamed of it.
limchi7 1 year ago
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limchi7 1 year ago
Rating: 5
Because the book of revelations clearly says that all sinners will have their place in the lake of fire.
Domodeath 1 year ago
@Domodeath Then what the hell was JC's purpose?
splicedenergy 1 year ago
@splicedenergy To stop people from sining, to clean and forgive people, and therefore making them saints instead of sinners. God's will is that everyone repents from sin, so that the world may be like Heaven
Domodeath 1 year ago
@Domodeath Yes I get that, what I dont get is how it apparently sounds like it didnt work very well
splicedenergy 1 year ago
@splicedenergy Yeah...well... more people are going to Heaven then they did before Jesus came...
Domodeath 1 year ago
and he is not a calvinist- lol. guys he is not trying to tell you that god hates you. he is highlighting not only that we fall short of the glory of god, but that we fall WAY short, and that we need him, that we cannot save ourselves, that good works alone will not save our souls. that is all in the bible.
bluezebra5 1 year ago
5
some of Washer's words are being slightly misinterpreted. Someone mentioned that helping an old woman change her tire is not a sin. I absolutely agree, based on the popular usage of the word sin. Washer isn't referring to sins like lying or stealing. he is talking about Sin. Sin is part of the Fall. our sins (lower case) are symptoms of a greater disease- Sin, meaning to fall short. it is the idea that even our best deeds are like filthy rags to the Lord. all he asks is that we accept Him.
bluezebra5 1 year ago
1.01
Paul Washer is just another Calvinist espousing the false doctrines of "original sin", "sinful nature" and "total depravity/inability". Such doctrines are not Biblical and not historical. God Bless...
skellys3 1 year ago 3
@skellys3 You're kidding right? These are staples in Judaic views which resulted in the rise of Christianity.
JesseRMeyer 7 months ago
Scott, if you want to know what a real preacher should believe, start watching John Piper on YT, k thx bye
DaveKerwin77 1 year ago
Rating: 1.5
Paul Washer is one cracked out individual! A lot of what that man was saying is the kind of thing that pushes people away from God.
To me God is a being of love not hatred. Humans are not perfect beings and God knows that thus he gave his only son so that we can have forgiveness. I refused to believe God thinks of all human beings as being wicked and worthless because if that were true Adam and Eve would have been destroyed thus none of us would be here today.
italian21100 1 year ago
Rating: 5 I've been listening to Paul washer for a while now, and, compared to Scripture, what he says is biblically accurate. There was an atheist below who even said that he was speaking accurately according to the Bible.
1536inGeneva 1 year ago
RATING: 2
I agreed until about the 5 minute mark when he started pulling out heavier points. My argument for him would be Romans 2: 14-15:
"... the work of the law is written on their hearts ..." Its a nice little verse that that can easily and annoyingly to be pulled out to explain why non-Christians are capable of good.(I say annoyingly because it explains things after the fact). Anyways,I'd say to Paul that its pretty apparent that the heart is capable of good, and not everything is sin
TheTubaMonkey 1 year ago
@TheTubaMonkey Rating: 5
Romans 7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
Only God is good, I agree with Washer and Paul the Apostle. There is no good in me. God even charges His angels with error Job 4:18.
Thank God for Christ's robe of righteousness!
psk6565 1 year ago
LOL i remember when i was younger.
Preacher (preaching): We have all sinned
Me (in head): I haven't done shit!
JeremyLeroy96 1 year ago
5
it's biblically accurate, which is why I'm an atheist.
elmoXtheXpimp 1 year ago
5.0 Hi Theo. What Paul Washer is saying may be difficult for an unregenerate person to understand. A person can not become a Christian without first realizing and acknowledging the fact that he has "missed the mark". I am a converted agnostic but before I became a Christian I knew that if there was a God I certainly did not live up to His standards. In fact, the moral law that He has placed within every man we know we do not live up to. If we are honest with ourselves our conscience agrees.
formeragnostic 1 year ago
@formeragnostic Nice my friend.
ItsSolaFide 1 year ago
(sorry) I suppose you're not offended because you don't believe in morality, right?
Lampala123 1 year ago
@FatalAnimal So why can't sin exist in the first place? And why can't God be good in the first place? If you presume that God is not perfectly good, the concept of sin is irrelevant. But one of your key points that God is not good is that he won't let you into heaven because of somehow already- irrelevant sin. So which comes first: the ungood god or the irrelevant sin? If this is your only proof, then you've created a little paradox you can live in to do all the immoral things you want (I suppo
Lampala123 1 year ago
5-I agree with almost all of it because I know what it is like to feel like the lowest of sinners and have also delt with the occult and porn addiction. I would hate for all of my thoughts to be known. I am glad I worship a God who sent His only Son to die on my behalf. That without that sacrifice and my acceptance of Jesus I would burn in hell.
southerntemplar 1 year ago
Rating: 1.5
Honestly, I don't like him or the things he's said. I don't think everything I did before I was born again sin. This guy, has no idea what he's talking about. Another thing, he's too forward and harsh. Christianity is about the choice of believing or not believing. These opinions should not be forced upon people
JKimproductions910 1 year ago
Rating: 1.0
My opinion... Paul Washer is full of BS...
I Love your videos, you make a lot of sense... I look forward to many videos from you in the future.... Thanks for being here...
PS... I'm a recovering Southern Baptist...
smoose55 1 year ago
Rating: 4.5/5
The ONLY point I disagree with is that each and every single though of a nonbeliever is sin. I -do- believe that they don't think any GOOD thoughts (because what they consider good is filthy rags before God because they aren't done to the glory of God but rather based on their own morality). A nonbeliever does NO good deed and does PLENTY bad. Born again Christian also do bad but they are CONVICTED of it and they also are enabled to do good ONLY because of the Holy Spirit in them.
HDell1994 1 year ago
@HDell1994 Although I don't believe that EACH AND EVERY SINGLE action, thought, and deed of a non-believer is sinful, I DO believe that their lifestyles are in enmity to God. The word says that "the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so (Romans 8:7)." And ofcourse if one is not a born again Christian, their mind is set on the flesh because it can not be set on the spirit and all that is left is the flesh.
HDell1994 1 year ago
Rating 1 I say this because he is what I would call a preacher and not a teacher of the word. Yes we are all sinful minded but Jesus can save us from this in the mind and spirit through our faith and his forgiveness. Preachers that read a verse and spend the rest of the time giving their interpretation is part of what drove me away from "religion". I have a great interest in the subject but got fed up with preachers that would tell me smoking is bad then join me for a smoke after service
oldrideguy 1 year ago
@oldrideguy - We are not all sinful minded. You cannot use a blanket statement like that. I am part of "all". I am not sinful minded simple because there is no such thing as sin.
FatalAnimal 1 year ago
@FatalAnimal Well actually, if you were to take what God considered as sin, you are sinful minded and I don't mean to offend you by saying this but whether you agree with God's word or not, if you were to take a look at it, you would see that you don't live up to his standards and that you infact -are- "sinful" minded.
HDell1994 1 year ago
@HDell1994 No you don't get it do you? I may have thoughts that you personally label as "sinful" but I have zero sinful thoughts because there is no such thing as sin. There is absolutely no way I could ever be as immoral as Gods supposed "word". Any God that convicts a person of "thought crime" and sends them to burn in hell for all eternity for finite crimes is immoral plain and simple. I refuse to lower myself to that level.
FatalAnimal 1 year ago
@FatalAnimal Well you are just proving my point, if you were to take a look at what GOD (Not me personally) considers sin, then you would see yourself that you are sinful minded.
HDell1994 1 year ago
@HDell1994 - tell me where god is right now and i will go ask him. Where is god? No question this needs to be sorted out. In my opinion burning someone in hell for eternity for "thinking" would be a major sin in my book. Your God actually promotes the idea. FOR the LAST time there is NO such thing as sin.
FatalAnimal 1 year ago
@FatalAnimal God is in Heaven but unless you are connected to God through Jesus Christ, you will not be able to communicate with him. And yes thinking certain things is sinful but understand that ALL sin must be penalized with death in hell, not just thoughts. For example, if one was to think in their minds, "I [f-word]ing hate God!" That man sinned in his heart aginst God. Same thing goes for lustful thoughts and pornography. God desires to be loved with all our heart, MIND, soul, and strength.
HDell1994 1 year ago
4.5/5
Let me start with the -.5. I don't think that every thought of a non-Christian person is of sin due to the fact that most pointed out. Non-Christians can do loving things at times because love can be contagious, but the very DNA (figuratively) of human-beings is SIN that is the Christian perspective and that sin can not be worthy of heaven. But what you miss here is the GOOD NEWS. Thats not mentioned in that clip. THE FREE!!! GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
SVBerk65 1 year ago
@SVBerk65 This is the second of your videos that I have watched. What you miss is the fact that salvation and heaven is NOT dependent on what you do/don't do!!!! It is through the death and sacrifice of JESUS CHRIST that we are saved. ONLY that. Nothing more. I am a dirty filthy sinner, we all are; rapists, nonrapists, gays, nongays, white, black, murders, humanitarians, rich, poor, you and me. We are all on the same level, and that is beneath the standard of GOD.
SVBerk65 1 year ago
Ephesians 2:8-9
8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast.
I am no better than you. In my Protestant viewpoint the Pope is no better than you, but Jesus Christ loved the world so much to die for it. Christianity is about the love of Christ, not the condemnation of the world. As a Christian, I am sorry that you may have been judged or turned off by Christian actions, but Jesus loves you.
SVBerk65 1 year ago
2.5 - I believe that Paul Washer distorts much of his argument by saying that sin is found in everything that we do. While I do believe that we are sinful by nature, his statement that we sin with EVERYTHING that we do simply does not hold base with me. I understand sin to be the disobedience of God's Word, and there is no provision in there that deems EVERY movement or action you make sin. (from what I know to be true, at least).
bdizzle1391 1 year ago
religion just makes me sick.
Theres 1 specific type of religious person that really makes me hate everything that represents a "GOD". You know the type too... that douchebag that constantly gets offended by petty day-to-day petty things that others do, such as: swearing in public, using gods name in vein, NOT going to church. And whenever they catch you doing something that they deem as a "sin", they'll call you on it and bring their unwanted religious mumbo-jumbo talk upon you... PURE HATRED
chazden 1 year ago
is 0 out of 5 an option?
Vberg56 1 year ago
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Drandon 1 year ago
The funniest thing about most humans? They can have faith in anything and everything...except for the fact that their lives are ends in themselves and have value.
NatsGhost 1 year ago
3/5
Washer is a Calvinist. I agree that Christians should emphasize the extend and gravity of human corruption and alienation from God, but the whole deal about "evil is all non-Christians can ever do" is Calvinism - Reformed Protestant theology straight from the sixteenth century. Most evangelicals do not agree with this (or, for instance, the idea that God wants only to save an arbitrarily chosen few), but the few who do are found in conservative Presbyterian and some Baptist churches.
ElasticGiraffe 1 year ago
A silly poll by which you solicit silly comments from silly people (atheists, agnostics and ignorant "Christians" alike) is really pointless. Your motives are not honorable because you are not seeking serious input. The people commenting here, both Christian and not, who claim Paul Washer is not Biblical really have no idea what they are talking about.
VoldFam 1 year ago
From an Atheist's point of view, this made me want to vomit.
Paolomondo 1 year ago
1/5 I am a Christian but I am not a Calvinist. Paul Washer is not teaching Christianity in this video. He is teaching Calvinism which is terribly wrong and false. I have to give his video a 1/5 because I believe that his definition of "sin" is completely off-base.
fightingforthefaith 1 year ago
5/5
It is completely biblical what the preacher is saying. This is the theological view of total depravity, namely that every action or deed a man does is sin. Such a depraved nature can only be redeemed by the grace of God. For by grace you have been saved through faith, this is not of yourselves!!! This is the point, that we are so sinful that we are completely unable to have faith without God's grace. I recommend John Piper's sermons for more about this.
rdflemi1 1 year ago
4/5
I'm an atheist, but I (unlike most people) have read half the Bible. He is right.
Sabohaque 2 years ago
This is an older video so I don't know if you're still checking it.
2/5
He sometimes says he's talking about scripture and then doesn't. I struggle with that. And the "all your works are sin until you're born again" this bugs me because throughout the Bible, non-believers did very wonderful things for the believers, and God rewarded them. *shakes head* He needs to take his own advice from the beginning of the video.
queencelestyna 2 years ago
TheoreticalBullshit, Paul Washer is heart felt & real. I think some atheists might misinterpret some of what he says & who knows Paul Washer might misinterpret the Bible.
What do you think you can gain in truth from a poll by some humans?
Man is a sinner because he is conditioned to sin by sinners. That is Biblical along with following the science of human conditioning.
I don't think all people have a conscience from their conditioning so it's unlikely they'll care about their condemnation.
ReligionOfSacrifice 2 years ago
// What do you think you can gain in truth from a poll by some humans? //
Hopefully more than one can get from reading a collection of books written by humans.
Besides, the Cardassians were busy.
rationalmuscle 1 year ago
0
I only got a couple minutes into washer's vid. and the fear in his voice really started to get on my nerves. He sounds like he's stuck in some kind of a nightmare. I hope he finds his way out of his nightmare and to the beautiful truth -- with the help of God.
Jesus Christ is a universal teacher with a message of salvation for us all (regardless of the religious dogma costumes we wear).
eastariel 2 years ago