I remembered during last sermon, Pastor Chen emphasized that if you are a Christian and still sins, you don't have to pray for Jesus to re-enter into your life.
Whether he was trying to keep a high number of members in the church or that he truly believe in honest repentance, I do not know.
But one thing is certain, we can never be sure of who is saved, but we can be sure that there will be many who will not be saved. For many are called, but a few are chosen (Matthew 22:14).
The only one we should be worried about is ourselves, our individual personal relationship with God. As for others, it is best that we are sure of our own salvation first before we HOPE for others' as well.
One might say, "well, See what a good Christian I am, I brought this person to Christ, I preached to that guy and he believed, I spent so many hardship and hours on this poor guy I didn't even know so well and he eventually believed, therefore I am sure that I will go to heaven too!"
Well, the good news is, the people you preached to may have been saved, the bad news is, you yourself may be sent to hell. For that line of statement is unbiblical and don't think that God will have to be forced to save you just because you preached for God. Want prove? Matthew 7:21-22. Jesus Himself said so. Even some of those who preach (which is similar to the term "prophesied" in some English translations) will be sent to hell.
So the Evangelical Baptists have a big problem. They are afraid to face this truth, because anything that threaten their congregation number would make them "loose face". Therefore, they rather fool themselves into believing that this is how God's love should work.
In some way, I would say, they are "used" by God, but they are not in the grace of God unfortunately. When God "uses" someone to display His glory, it doesn't mean that God is unrighteous. On the contrary, God was giving these condemned souls their right to their own freedom...eternal death, while others are saved.
The Baptists and modern Christian movements love to preach "Justified by Faith", by "Faith alone" one is saved, etc. So how can a Christian NOT BE Saved? Simple, by misunderstanding the true meaning of Faith.
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