Religion Or Christ?

Matthew 15:7-9, “Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”

I heard a wonderful sermon today by Pastor Jack Hyles titled: “RELIGION OR CHRIST?”

𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿!” —𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗛𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀, “𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁?”

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗲; 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴!” —𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗛𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀, “𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁?”

Religion Or Christ?

It doesn't matter how good or bad you are, you must go through THE DOOR to get into Heaven, and Jesus is the DOOR (John 10:9). Everyone is freely welcome! Jesus is the only WAY (John 14:6).

A Dire Warning About Franklin Graham

2nd Corinthians 11:13-15, “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.”

This is an often overlooked and disturbing passage of Scripture. The Apostle Paul well understood the danger of false prophets, who appear to look just like God's true prophets. Jesus said, “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them” (Matthew 7:20). There is much debate and confusion today over the meaning of “fruits” in this passage. Most Bible students say that fruits refers to our works, but they couldn't be more wrong. Proof that they are wrong is found in Matthew 7:21-23. These accursed false prophets were standing in judgment before the Lord Jesus Christ in eternity. They boasted of having done “many wonderful works.” They had plenty of good works; not just a few, but many of them. Yet, Jesus called them “ye that work iniquity.” That proves that fruit cannot mean works in Matthew 7:20. The fruit is one's doctrine (1st John 4:1).

The reason why Jesus called them workers of iniquity is found in Isaiah 64:6, “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” Your best works are rotten filth to God, because no matter how much good you may do, the bad works are still there. You cannot undo your sins with good works. The payment for sin is death, not good works (Romans 6:23). That is why Jesus had to die on the cross in our place.

Having said that, one of the most dangerous preachers today is Franklin Graham. He still continues his father's legacy at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). Tragically, like his corrupt father, Franklin Graham preaches a perverted plan of salvation which requires human effort (works) to get to heaven. Read for yourself. The following is a quote from an article written by Billy Graham (which is the same heresy that his son teaches) titled, “Peace With God.” Billy Graham has been deceased since 2018, but this webpage is still active...

We suggest a prayer like this one: 

"Dear God, I know I am a sinner. I want to turn from my sins, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe that Jesus Christ is Your Son. I believe He died for my sins and that You raised Him to life. I want Him to come into my heart and to take control of my life. I want to trust Jesus as my Savior and follow Him as my Lord from this day forward. In Jesus' Name, amen."

Did you pray to receive Jesus Christ and begin a relationship with him? [emphasis added]

What you have just read may seem reasonable, but there are SIX damnable heresies in the alleged 'Sinner's Prayer.' Let us review them:

1. “I want to turn from my sins” - Nowhere in the inspired King James Bible (which is the ONLY English Bible that hasn't been corrupted) will you find any teaching that you must turn from your sins to be saved. Ungodly religious men sincerely added these words to the Holy Bible, perverting it. The Bible sternly warns in Proverbs 30:5-6 about adding words to God's Words, making yourself a liar. Jesus came into the world to die on a cross to pay our debt of sin as guilty sinners (Romans 3:19-20, 5:6-9); He does not require that you first reform of your wicked ways to qualify to receive God's free gift of eternal life (Ephesians 2:8-9). Billy and Franklin Graham are dirty liars!
2. “I want Him to come into my heart” - The heart is a muscle about twice the size of your fist which pumps blood. How do you invite Jesus into a muscle? This ridiculous terminology has been confusing children for decades. Nowhere does the Bible teach such nonsense!
3. “and take control of my life” - You cannot show me this perverted teaching in an inspired King James Bible! The Gospel of John was penned for the specific purpose of showing us the way to obtain eternal life (John 20:31). Nowhere does the Apostle John mention giving Jesus “control” of your life to get to Heaven. They are confusing discipleship with sonship. They are mixing service with salvation. They are confusing sanctification with justification. The Apostle Paul warned others in 2nd Corinthians 11:13-15 that Satan's minions transform (meaning in the Greek language: imitators) themselves into ministers of righteousness. They are deceivers! Satan's preachers look just like godly preachers, but they are actors. You might find it interesting dear reader, that Billy Graham was honored by Hollywood with a star on their Walk of Fame. You see, Billy Graham was a religious actor—he transformed himself to pretend to be a minister of righteousness!
4. “and follow Him as my Lord from this day forward” - There is nothing in the Word of God about becoming a follower of Jesus as one's Lord to get to Heaven, let alone continuing doing it for the rest of your life to be saved. This is works, not God's grace (Romans 4:4). If you recall, the workers of iniquity in Matthew 7:21-23 were loyal followers of Jesus. They even called Him, “Lord, Lord.” Yet, Christ denied knowing them as His sheep. If you trust in following Jesus to get to Heaven, you won't be going.
5. “Did you pray” - Not one verse in the Holy Bible requires someone to pray to be saved. Many people within the New IFB (Independent Fundamental Baptist) movement have been caught up into this unbiblical heresy, requiring sinner's to pray and ask Jesus to save them, or else they are told they cannot be saved without saying a prayer. Anyone who teaches that you must pray to be saved is a LIAR! Jesus taught us simply to BELIEVE (John 6:28-29).
6. “and begin a relationship with Him” - And lastly, nowhere does the Holy Bible require that a lost sinner begin a relationship with Jesus to get to Heaven. Why use such confusing terms when the Bible does not? Although it is true that every born again believer is related to Christ as a child of God, the terminology implies that you must fellowship with Jesus to be saved. And again, why should we confuse people by telling them to do something that is nowhere taught in the inspired Word of God. Where does the Bible command us to begin a relationship with Jesus to get to Heaven? It does not.

Dear reader, we have examined the suggested Sinner's Prayer of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, and it is way off the mark when compared to the inspired Holy Scriptures. These people are lying false prophets, who have adopted another gospel.

If your church partakes of Franklin Graham's 'Operation Christmas Child,' then you have blood on your hands because of the counterfeit plan of salvation that they propagate. Along with all of their gift boxes they include a toxic booklet titled: 'THE GREATEST GIFT,' in which poor children in third world countries are fed Graham's poisonous Lordship Salvation trash. It breaks my heart to see tens of thousands of foolish Baptists today wickedly bidding Godspeed to hellbound false prophets who espouse a different Gospel than the one presented in the inspired King James Bible in 1st Corinthians 15:1-4. Have you been deceived?

Don't Confuse Sanctification With Justification By Foolishly Mixing Them

Jesus plainly taught that we are saved by faith in Him. John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.” Nowhere in the inspired Holy Bible can you show me where Jesus ever said to give Him control of your life, start a relationship with Him, turn from your sinful bad habits, or pray a prayer to have eternal life. No, the dear Savior simply said to BELIEVE ON HIM. Even a small child can do that. Even a retarded person can do that. Even a college professor with a PhD can do that! BELIEVE ON JESUS and be saved. John 6:40, “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Here is my favorite quote of all, from Pilgrim's Progress author John Bunyan:

“If you do not put a difference between justification wrought by the man Christ without and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ within, you are not able to divide the Word aright; but contrariwise, you corrupt the Word of God, and cast stumbling blocks before the people.” —John Bunyan (1628-1688)

John Bunyan fully understood the danger of confusing and mixing service with salvation, which is LORDSHIP SALVATION. Lordship is a matter of service, which has nothing to do with the free gift of eternal life. To be saved simply BELIEVE that Jesus did it all for you through Calvary's cross. Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do.

Beware Of Pensacola Christian College And Bob Jones University

There is a very dangerous teaching that is circulating in both the Bob Jones University (BJU) and Pensacola Christian College (PCC) religious camps (cults) today, which says: “Justification, sanctification and glorification are a package deal which cannot be separated.” I have heard their pastors preach it! For example: Pastor Josh Thompson teaches a class at PCC. He is a local pastor at the Fairfield Drive Baptist Church in Pensacola, just five minutes away from my home. I have attended their church, which feels a lot more like a classroom than a New Testament church. Their church is essentially a recruiting ground for PCC. If I had my way, PCC would be out of business! PCC horribly mistreats people (as they did me multiple times in 2021 and 2022), and have wickedly perverted the Gospel. Woe unto PCC!

In a disturbing conversation with Pastor Josh Thompson in 2022, he told me that, quote: “Justification, sanctification and glorification are a package deal which cannot be separated.” Neo-evangelical pastors are like parrots, repeating this damnable teaching again and again. When I attended PCC's Campus Church in 2021, I heard them teach this same damnable lie—confusing service with salvation, mixing sanctification with justification and thus perverting the Gospel of free grace. And remember, Pastor Thompson teaches at PCC.

Dear reader, if you've been following what I have shown you, then you can clearly see that what John Bunyan taught and what Josh Thompson teaches are diametrically opposed to each other. These two philosophies are worlds apart from one another! PCC and BJU foolishly teach that if your behavior hasn't changed (sanctification), then you're not justified. They have wickedly corrupted God's simple plan of salvation, by linking your changed behavior (reformation) with God's free gift of eternal life (which is obtained by faith alone, Galatians 3:26).

Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty!

Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.

Turning away from sinful ways would be a work. Faith puts all of the merit where it belongs, on the object of our faith, Jesus and His work.

If to “repent” means to forsake our sinful ways TO BE SAVED, but Jesus already paid for our sins by dying on the cross, then what are we repenting from?

The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU.

We must stay true to the simplicity of the Gospel!! Repentance regarding salvation is a change of mind from unbelief to belief!!! We must earnestly contend for the faith (Jude 1:3).

By Supporting Operation Christmas Child (OCC), You Are Sinfully Bidding Franklin Graham Godspeed

What saith the Scripture? 2nd John 1:11, “For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” We are living in apostate times. In 2nd Timothy 3:1-7, the Bible foretells of “perilous times” when people would become very selfish and have “a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” That power is the Gospel according to Romans 1:16. PCC and BJU appear to be godly, but they are very wrong on the Gospel. Look at the garbage that BJU teaches how to get to Heaven. These are dangerous hellbound ministers of unrighteousness, whom the Bible says will be judged according to THEIR WORKS!!! Since their faith is in turning from sins, surrendering control of their life to Christ, and praying a prayer (WORKS) instead of solely trusting Christ, they can only be judged according to their works. The $64,000 question dear friend is: Are you relying upon your works to get to Heaven?

I know a professed Christian lady who has an older brother and sister-in-law who are caught up into the cult of Church of Christ. This lady told me that she thinks her brother and sister-in-law are saved, even though they are relying upon water baptism and forsaking a lifestyle of sinning to get to Heaven. They are NOT saved, and I question the lady's salvation as well. My mindset as a born again believer is that JESUS PAID IT ALL, period, end of story. But someone who sincerely thinks that they must be water baptized to be saved, has a completely different mindset concerning Christ and salvation.

Folks, there is ONLY one acceptable mindset to be saved, which the Bible defines in 1st Corinthians 15:1-4, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:” There you have it, Jesus' death on the cross, burial and bodily resurrection after three days. Trust in the Gospel and you are saved!

Now how does what we just read from God's inspired Word, compare to Billy and Franklin Graham's distorted and embellished plan of damnation? They are ballparks apart. It is time for pastors and laymen alike to get right with God, by ridding their churches of these imposters.

Don't Get The Tickets Mixed Up!

Matthew 7:21-23, “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”

“𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗠𝗜𝗫𝗘𝗗 𝗨𝗣” (Pastor Jack Hyles, 1997). In this helpful sermon, Dr. Hyles presents the Gospel as simply as he knows how. This is awesome! ...

Don't Get The Tickets Mixed Up!

Years ago Brother Hyles visited a museum. He was issued TWO tickets. The first one was to get into the museum, and the second ticket was for refreshments to enjoy the museum. Dr. Hyles explains that false religions confuse these two tickets, making people think that the second ticket is necessary to get into Heaven. This is what the damnable heresy of Lordship Salvation is, mixing service with salvation. ...

1. Ticket number 1 is God's Righteousness.
2. Ticket number 2 is my righteousness.

Trusting in what you can do is trying is get into Heaven with ticket #2. In Matthew 7:21-23 the people were trying to get into Heaven with ticket #2 (by their own self righteousness). I encourage you to listen to this practical life changing sermon.

Dead Churches That Don't Go Soulwinning, Don't Grow

Matthew 28:19-20, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”

I have lived in the city of Pensacola since 2021. In that time I have attended several different local Baptist churches. Sadly, three of the biggest churches are nearly always full—not because they are great churches, not because they go soulwinning, not because they have great pastors, not because they are Spirit-filled; but rather, it's only because those shameful new-evangelicals churches are worldly, attracting worldly churchgoers, and their message is vague and shallow, non-offensive even to hellbound Roman Catholics. Tragically, most of the people who attend those churches aren't even saved, they are foolishly trusting in some form of Lordship Salvation.

Then I've attended some smaller Baptist churches, which will remain small because of the pastors' wrong attitudes toward soulwinning. I heard one pastor a couple years ago say something terrible from his pulpit. He taught the congregation that it is not the church's job to go soulwinning, it is only the job of individual Christians. That pastor is a fool in this matter! What is a church? It is an assembly of called-out believers (Greek: Ecclesia). You better believe that soulwinning is a church's job, because if a pastor doesn't teach and lead the way to go soulwinning publicly, then nobody will do it!

His foolish mindset reminds me of a popular workplace sign I've often seen...

It’s the story of four people named​: 

Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

Here’s the story, titled “Whose Job Is It, Anyway?”

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody ​wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.

The story may be confusing but the message is clear: no one took responsibility so nothing got accomplished.

I cannot think of a better illustration to describe the lifeless Baptist churches that I attended. Everything rises and falls on leadership. I am not saying that these pastors are bad men. They are very honest and good men, as far as sinful men go. But they are not following the Bible's way of soulwinning. What saith the Scripture?

Matthew 22:1-10, “And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.”

Nothing will grow a church's attendance like doo-to-door public soulwinning. I'm not talking about twice a year, or once a month, but at least once a week. Pastor Steven Anderson built his Faithful Word Baptist Church for the first several years by leading members of his congregation to go out soulwinning 7 DAYS A WEEK! Guess what, it worked! They built a large church of over 500 people.

But you say, “God is not interested in numbers!” If that is you friend, may I sincerely ask kindly: “Are you really that foolish?” You had better believe that God is interested in numbers! Notice in the Apostle Luke's version of this parable that Jesus said the king wanted his house “filled.” Luke 14:23, “And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” God certainly is not interested in empty pews! More people in attendance means that more people will likely get saved. Shame on any pastor who doesn't have a burning desire to build the church's attendance. 

Granted, any pastor worth his salt values spiritual growth, obedience to God and unity of the Body of Christ, above increasing the church's weekly attendance numbers. I am so tired of hearing pastors make excuses for empty pews! I hear it on a regular basis. For example: “Our attendance is down today because some of our people are out of town, and others are sick.” In the summer it's too hot, and in the winter it's too cold. SOULWINNING BUILDS CHURCHES!

It Is The Local Church's Job To Go Soulwinning

Dear reader, it is in fact the church's job to go soulwinning!!! For a pastor to shirk the responsibility to go soulwinning off on individual saints is awful. Listen, if the pastor doesn't teach and organize weekly soulwinning, NOBODY IS GOING TO GO SOULWINNING!!! And that ladies and gentlemen is why the church still hasn't grown after 20 years!!! We've got a bunch of lame churches all across America that are suffering from stunted growth. The fact of the matter is that we are all lazy devils! Soulwinning requires sacrificing your personal time. It's a good idea for a pastor to plan soulwinning activities, to be followed by meeting at a local restaurant or the church for lunch or dinner. There is nothing wrong with going soulwinning and then looking forward to some fellowship afterwards. Say what you will, soulwinning works!

The vast majority of pastors are stubborn men! They refuses to take advice. I heard a local pastor say numerous times from his pulpit: "There's the door" to anyone who complains. That is unwise for a pastor to talk to people that way, if they are trying to help him. You'd be shocked how many pastor become seriously offended if you tell them that they should be warning people about the modern corrupt Bibles? I've seen it happen. I know what I am talking about. I have seen people kicked out and banned from returning to churches, merely for telling the almighty pastor that he ought to be contending for the faith. The pastor was offended!

It grieves me so much, but there's nothing I can do except pray for such stubborn pastors. Pensacola is in desperate need of some soulwinning churches. PCC is spiritual cancer to the local community! They are lifeless. PCC doesn't go soulwinning, doesn't contend for the faith, doesn't expose false prophets, doesn't preach against sin; but they do make lots of money. They've set the bar very low, and tragically they're considered cult headquarters (i.e., spiritual Big Brother) for many local churches.

There's A Woeful Lack of Love And Compassion In Churches Today

Smyrna Baptist Church is 85% empty because of the bad attitude and woeful lack of love of their carnal pastors. They're all just playing church! I had attended there for several months, but their rude senior pastor (Bill Adams) and his wife both shook my hand while looking 45 degrees off at the while. The pastor's daughter goes to PCC, which explains a lot. That's no way to treat people. So, I kindly emailed the pastor to ask if I was wanted at their church. He apologized, and I let the matter go. I went back to church the next Sunday in good will. But then his horrible wife did the same thing to me, looking hard right 45 degrees off at the wall while shaking my hand. She had come up to shake my hand in church. I didn't approach her, she approached me. I was hurt by being dissed by the pastor, and then then his wife. So, I kindly wrote her husband (the senior pastor) again, asking him if I am welcomed in their church. He ignored me. So, I sent the second email to his secretary and him, to make sure that he got it, but he wanted nothing to do with me. I never went back. They are as heathens.

There is a woeful lack of love and compassion in churches today. I get dirty looks sometimes from pastors wives, spoiled brats with bitchy attitudes. They read my ministry articles (like this one) and think that I am likely talking about them, and they get offended (good, if the shoe fits, wear it!). Giving people dirty looks is not the Christian way for godly ladies. Sadly, many pastors are henpecked. I was in one church and the pastor's wife yelled at him, giving him an order to do something. He couldn't move fast enough to obey her! That is ridiculous. Folks, the last I checked the Bible teaches that it's supposed to be the other way around. Feminism has ruined marriages, families and churches all across the United States!

If your church is 90% empty all the time, I don't even have to ask if your pastor leads the congregation every week to go door-to-door soulwinning in the local community. I already know that the church doesn't go soulwinning!

And also, if your pastor is boring in the pulpit, people will come once or twice, but then not return. You can browbeat people by telling them that that should come to church with a spiritual mindset, but in reality most people won't. There is no reason why pastors cannot be exciting in the pulpit. My favorite preacher, Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001), used to like throwing his microphone on the platform once in a while, just to keep people's attention. If you think that is bad, Billy Sunday (1862-1935) liked to throw chairs...lol. No kidding! Do you know why rock stars are so famous? It is because they are exciting to watch and listen to. Your average pastor is akin to watching a mortician do an autopsy. Let him that hath ears to hear, hear.

And for goodness sake, I am so sick and tired of seeing pastors use other people's religious garbage instead of studying for themselves. Years ago in 2014, when I attended the disgraceful Harvest Baptist Church on Guam (a den of Bob Jones University vipers who preach the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation), I attended an 8-week seminar which replaced their Wednesday evening Bible study called: "Resolving Every Day Conflict." It was boring as all get out! I went home in frustration to see what dung their pastors had stepped into, searching the internet for the video conflict series that they were showing at church.

Sure enough, I found the 8-part videos series on sale for $19.95. That is so pathetic and irresponsible of Harvest's pastors!!! Is that what Marty Herron (their senior clown) got paid a 6-digit salary for? What ever happened to being a pastor, a bishop, an undershepherd? I was suffering in agonizing neck pain, spending my time and money to make myself go to church, even though I felt like just staying home. I later realized that I could have just stayed home and bought the 8-part series online for $19.95, and saved a lot of money in gas for my car. Kindly said, SHAME on Harvest's incompetent pastors! The congregation deserves better than that. It's the same as serving a guest who visits your house Ravioli out of a can.

I recently heard a local Baptist pastor say that he is teaching Ken Ham's Answers-In-Genesis Bible study series to his congregation. Why? Good night man, what were you thinking? It's just more Ravioli out of a can! A church congregation deserves much better than that dear friend. I want to learn what a pastor has learned from walking with God, from his own diligent Bible study. I can purchase Answers-In-Genesis crap online, so why should I go to church to hear that same garbage? If I wouldn't pay Ken Ham for his trash, why would I want to spend my time, energy and fuel to hear that junk at a church? By the way, Ken Ham (Scam) now has a disgusting net worth of $54,000,000 and quickly rising! Ken Ham is a religious con man, a shady charlatan; he is no man of God. I plead with you ladies and gentlemen, RUN from Answers-In-Genesis and Ken Ham!!!

But I'll give you a heads up. If you do buy the toxic vomit from Answers-In-Genesis, like the man with a hammer in his hand who sees everything as a nail sticking up, Ken Ham's theology always centers around his heretical Young Earth Creation nonsense. If you take the Bible at face value, you can only conclude that the earth itself is very old (Psalms 102:25).

It is sad and tragic that the vast majority of America's Baptist churches are nearly empty. If you visit those churches, you'll find mostly elderly folks (salt and pepper heads...lol). There are hardly, if any, youth. Those churches will be closed by the next generation, because the older Christians failed to go soulwinning, to reach the younger generation to Jesus with the light of the Gospel of free grace. Those church have mostly retired, broken and sick folks, offering leftovers to God. I thank God that I have served Him in my youth, while I still can. Blessed is the church that has a lot of noisy children running around, because they are the future.

SOULWINNING BUILDS CHURCHES!!!

God Desires For Every Christian To Win Souls To Christ

Daniel 12:3, “And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”

My Baptist pastor said something in a sermon a couple weeks ago that has stuck with me and encouraged me. He said that even if you win just one person to the Lord in your entire lifetime, it will have been worth it all. I really love what he said. By God's amazing grace, I've had the privilege of leading many lost sinners to the dear Savior. Amen and amen.

At the end of every year, I update the statistics for my Jesus-is-Savior.com website ministry. In 2024, by God's grace my website received 1,207,256 visitors. Of those visitors, there were 27,038 people in 2024 who spent an hour or more searching through the Jesus-is-Savior.com website. THANK YOU to all my blog and website visitors! In 2024, my web visitors drew 2,070,000,000,000 bytes (2.07 Terabytes) of bandwidth. There were a total of 19,354,984 webpage hits (pages viewed). To God be the glory, great things He hath done (and is doing).

Sadly, Google has been caught red-handed censoring Christian and conservative webpages, while leaving liberal webpages alone. In 2017, my Jesus-is-Savior.com ministry received 10,879,326 total visitors. Google has been horribly censoring my ministry's webpages. Google has removed all of my 400 abortion memes, banners and images. Very few of the images were graphic, showing aborted baby parts. Over 95% of the images were simply anti-abortion banners and signs, which Google has censored without providing any explanation. It is wickedness and an attack upon our First Amendment freedom of speech Bill of Rights.

Sadly, the U.S. government has been hijacked by criminals. Our own elected leaders are warning us. We're in trouble folks! Satan has taken over our federal government, social media and it's only going to get much worse. Next, you can expect to see a nationwide ban on the sale, purchase and trade of guns. This happened in Canada in October of 2022. Tyranny is coming to the United States! By censoring Christian and conservative websites, Google is effectively shaping public opinion. This is all necessary to destroy the Old World Order, to make way for the diabolical New World Order. I digress. Having said that, gratefully, God is still using my website and blog ministries to lead lost sinners to Jesus Christ with 'THE GOSPEL.'

The Bible tells us in Daniel 12:3b, “and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.” I humbly think this Scripture refers to the grateful people in Heaven whom we have led to the dear Savior. They will adore, love and cherish us for sharing the light of the truth of the Gospel with them, without which they would be burning in the fires of Hell without hope, without rest day or night, forever and ever (Revelation 14:11, 20:11-15, 21:8). Soul winners will be the heroes, the celebrities, in Heaven (not some high school dropout who is 6' 6" tall and can win a basketball ballgame). We've got all the wrong heroes in America! Talent seeks attention; wisdom pays attention.

Dear reader, my pastor is absolute right! If all you do in life for God is to lead just one lost sinner to Jesus Christ, it will be worth it all. Your suffering, your sacrifice, your life, your patience—all that has happened to you, good and bad alike—will not have been in vain if you take one person with you into eternity. Although it is true that we cannot take anything temporal with us into eternity, we CAN send it ahead. Jesus exhorts every saint in Matthew 6:20b-21 to “lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

Please don't miss verse 21, which teaches that where your treasure is, there your heart will follow. Many people get this backwards, thinking that where your heart is, your treasure will follow. But the inspired Holy Bible says your heart will follow your investment. People sometimes tell me that they have a problem with caring; they don't care but want to. Here is the answer in Matthew 6:21, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” If you want to care more, then invest in someone. Pray for them. Do something kind, loving or generous for them.

There is a 95 year old Christian lady in our church. She asked me if I knew where she could get some unprocessed walnuts and almonds. I told her that I would gladly buy them for her. I went to the local store the next day and I bought her one pound each of raw unprocessed walnuts, almonds, pecans and pine nuts. I also gave her $95 for her 95th birthday. She was born in 1929. I am honoring her as an elderly person, which I believe is proper and right for the younger generations to do. We treat our elderly like garbage in America. I speak this to our shame as a society. Every time an elderly person dies, a library of information is gone.

By caring it helps me to care more. My treasure is people, and my heart increasingly cares about them the more that I invest in them. I have invested well over 50,000 hours into my website ministry since 2002. I did it all for Jesus, to help others, and I am laying up treasures in Heaven, the greatest of which is my converts whom God used my Bible preaching to turn from darkness to light. I don't spend time relishing in the work I have already accomplished, I am solely focused on the work ahead for Christ. Philippians 3:13-14, “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”