Everybody wants to go to heaven. They just don't want God to be there when they get there. Paul Washer More Quotes by Paul Washer More Quotes From Paul Washer The work of God in salvation is a supernatural work, but in the United States of America and among Baptists it's been reduced down to a few evangelical hoops that if we can get someone to jump through, we declare them popishly to be savedit has been the pulpit that's sending more people to Hell than any liberal organization on the face of the earthnot a liberal Methodist, not a liberal Episcopalian, but a Baptist who claims to know God's word and yet does not understand the gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul Washer organizationamericajesus You go up to the devil and ask if he knows he's a sinner and he'll say, "Well, yes I am! And a mighty fine one at that!" Paul Washer finedevilsalvation You cannot learn doctrine well until you follow the doctrine you learn! Paul Washer doctrinewells The truth is this: I am a Southern Baptist, and the great majority of Southern Baptists are lost. Paul Washer baptistsmajoritysouthern Men and women who are used of GOD, if I had only a few words to describe them, they are the passionate-weak, they are the violently-desperate. Paul Washer few-wordspassionatemen You have Jesus and Jesus has you or you are barren and wasted and lost! Paul Washer barrenlostjesus Again, the moment a person calls on the Lord he is saved. But the evidence is not that one time in their life they were sincere when they prayed a prayer. The evidence of their salvation is ... is there genuine repentance? Is there faith? And do both those evangelical graces continue on in their life and grow? Paul Washer momentsgraceprayer Prior to the reign of the godly King Josiah, the law of God had been lost in the temple for many years. Has the same thing occurred among us? Has the evangel been lost among evangelicals? Paul Washer godlykingsyears The work is hindered. The glory of God is tarnished and it is because the people of God no longer know how to discern the things of God. Paul Washer know-howglorypeople What is holiness? The end product of what holiness is it's to love God in the same way He loves Himself; it's to esteem God as much as He esteems Himself, and to separate yourself unto that love, and to keep yourself in that love. Paul Washer holinessgod-loveway When someone comes along later and tries to preach the Gospel to them because they're living in the world, they won't listen. Paul Washer salvationtryingworld There is no such thing as biblical dating. If you're dating, I don't care who you're dating, you're out of God's will. If you're a young man and you're dating, you're out of God's will. Period. You can come talk to me about it later, you can be mad if you want. But that's just the truth. There's no such thing as recreational dating. There is biblical courtship, there is no recreational dating. Paul Washer madbiblicalmen The problem is, even when we preach the Gospel correctly, then we go to this thing on how to invite men and it's not biblical or historical. We get them to jump through some evangelical hoops and say, "yes" to the appropriate questions and we pope-ishly announce them to be saved. Paul Washer biblicalhistoricalmen I believe alot of churches in America are not churches. Paul Washer churchbelieveamerica All the decisions you makehow many of those decisions are based on you doing simply what's right in your own eyes, and how many times specifically have you gone to Scripture looking for the answer, with regard to anything? Paul Washer eyedecisiongone This country is no more saved than; well ... it's as lost as they say in Alabama, "... as lost as a ball in tall grass." Paul Washer alabamaballscountry A man is saved only by faith ... only by faith. Paul Washer savedsalvationmen When we realize what we were before Christ and what we deserved in that state, it further magnifies the enormity of the gospel for us. Paul Washer realizingstateschrist Everywhere......everyone you meet....is a potential brother or sister in CHRIST. Paul Washer sisters-in-christbrotherchrist The person that I most admire is Jesus Christ. He is the only perfect Person. There is simply no comparison. The difference between Him and all other men is not merely quantitative, but qualitative. He is in a category all to Himself. Paul Washer differencesmenjesus
