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"The great truth
that most evangelicals do not realize is that most of the so called
conversions that are
happening in the
present evangelical churches are false conversions. "
One of the
major problems that have caused the organized church to become so corrupt is
that many of the people claiming to have gotten saved never have truly been born
again. I call these false conversions. These can be found in the
both evangelical and non-evangelical churches. The non-evangelical
churches do not use terms such as “saved”, “converted”, “born-again” or "received
Christ" or "committed my life to Christ" as the evangelicals do. They are
usually high churches that believe that babies and people are saved when they
are baptized in water. Their faith is confirmed in confirmation classes
where they study church doctrine. Types of Churches that believe that
water baptism saves people are the Roman Catholic, some Lutheran churches, Greek
Orthodox, some Methodists, and even some Southern Christian churches. Of
course those who understand the scriptures realize that baptism in water alone,
does not save anyone.
The Bible teaches us in John 3 and Mark 1 and Acts 2 that a person must hear the
Good News about Jesus Chris, feel convicted of their sin, then chose to repent
of sin and call upon the Lord Jesus in faith to save them and give them the new
birth. Baptism is the physical act a new believer does to confirm and seal
the salvation he has experienced. Most evangelicals realize that
high-church members have never been born again because they are not taught the
need.
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