The Danger of Altar Calls - Paul Washer - Legacy Conference 2010

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[chamzoful]

I don't understand why he's upset. I was born again in 1998 I was alone in my room watching a sermon by Charles Stanley and I received Jesus Christ as my savior that night as answer to Stanley's call to receive Jesus. This even radically changed my life and Jesus has never stopped changing, blessing, loving, and correcting me ever since that day. It isn't the altar calls. Besides, not all alter calls play music and what have you as a ploy to emotionaly arouse people to"accept"Jesus

[identity313]

@chamzoful - You were saved by the hearing of the gospel which alone is the power of God unto salvation and therefore was granted the faith to believe (Rom. 1:16; 10:17; Eph. 2:8-9). Altar calls or invitations can give a false assumption that man has power in himself to come to God (i.e. "I believed because I..."). Salvation belongs to God Alone by His choosing (Eph. 1:4-5) and through Christ's work on the cross and power over sin and death and by the Holy Spirit's regenerating power (John 3:3).

[LittleShinikami]

Thank you so much for posting all of these videos. I have been extremely blessed!

God bless you. :)

[identity313]

@LittleShinikami - Praise God! Please spread the word! Grace & Peace

[icarusdescending881]

Identity331: You have yet to grasp what I'm saying. And, no, I'm not going to listen to whole messages, because I don't need to. ALL I have said is that there is no inherent danger in altar calls. ALL I have said is really, really simple if you'll just not feel so threatened. ALL I'm saying is that evangelists started giving altar calls so they could lead a group of people to Christ instead of one person at a time. That's all I'm saying. I just think it's a side issue and not important.

[identity313]

@icarusdescending881 - There were times that the Apostle Paul even called people out BY NAME for being wrong (see I Timothy 1:18-20). Was the Apostle Paul wrong for doing so? Should he have stuck to just preaching the Gospel. This is the Gospel. Standing for the truth of the Gospel. Paul Washer is calling out no one by name but calling out methods in the church that are foreign to Scripture. He as well as all of the body of Christ want to see God get the maximum amount of Glory! Soli Deo Gloria!

[MissedTheMark]

Sometimes I think that Paul Washer needs to get saved.. He'd be a much happier person..

[classiq876]

Alter calls are ok but what he is sayings is that the church stage it so that people could feel bettet about coming up to repent and accept God.

[worksequalsalvation]

@chamzoful

That is a mistake.Stanley is a satanic agent.His wife knew this and divorced him.He swore if she divorced him he would step down.He did not.He i preaching nothing but Paul of Tarsus who was Jesus enemy. I invite you friend to read this fantastic book online and learn the words of Jesus and how he warned Paul would deceive.

jesuswordonly(dot)com

[rydelrenan]

@wwdunc So just exactly was the method Peter used the day of pentecost? He pleaded with them and 3000 were added to the church that day. Don't think he spent 4 hours or six weeks with each one of them. I'm pretty sure there weren't enough "qualified" people there to do that either. This is no different than saying that God couldn't create the universe in 6 days. Why can't he-all by himself- save a sinner instantly?

[wwdunc]

@icarusdescending881 "Lots of great pastors have used altar calls for centuries." Actually, that's not quite the truth. "Altar calls" have only been around only about 200 years or less, beginning with the work of Charles Finney (1792-1875). There are no "altar calls" (or "sinner's prayer") in Scripture.

[squall274]

@chamzoful Agreed and bless God for you! Though a lot of churches that claim to be christians do just what He's talking about and are truly more like cults than churches.

[samuel45]

Thinking far too much into this. 

[Altonahk]

@SSBALES1 He is objecting to shallow "confession of faith". There are many people who believe in what I call "voodoo" christianity: "I spoke the words", "I got wet", "I participated in the magic ritual, so I'm saved". It's about repentance and belief, and then it's about discipleship. So many churches just look for you to sign a card, or speak a prayer. They will often pervert the gospel to make it happen. They don't preach repentance, they preach happiness. They don't disciple, they count #'s.

[SSBALES1]

i wish Paul Washer would shut up and stop assuming all other ways are wrong and he is all right. There are many ways God can save a person. If its music, lights, or a altar call, God can use what ever He can and wants to save a person. Yes its through Gods grace and love we are saved, but who are we to say methods on saving ppl are wrong, and manipulating. My goodness, somthing as small as a rain drop can soften a heart of man, as long as God is in it. I like some of his msg but no this one.

[crazydays4444]

@chamzoful Amen. God drew me for years, and I picked up truths throughout these strage years of weird circumstances that could not be explained. But through these times God supernaturally pulled me out to a dirt field at night, & His Spirit regenerated me, at the same momement my old-self was crucified with Christ, & He began to live in me. It is The Spirit of God who bekons us day after day after day. It is when we have not responded to this and die- that we die spiritually as well.