Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

had even been a co-worker with Paul and had preachedthe gospel and helped plant churches (Col. 4:12;Philemon 24).BUT ISN’T IT GOOD THAT PEOPLE ARE BEINGSAVED EVEN IF THERE ARE LOTS OF EMPTYPROFESSIONS?We thank the Lord for every soul that is genuinely saved,even through the means of Quick Prayerism, but wecannot ignore the destructive nature of this practice.Those who aren’t saved have not only prayed a sinnersprayer, they have been told that they are saved and havebeen given assurance of salvation. By this means theybecome almost inoculated to genuine salvation.The churches that have adopted this unscriptural methodof evangelism have produced millions of falseprofessions. There are many churches that can show onlya handful of new creatures in Christ for every hundred oreven thousand converts they claim. There is somethingextremely wrong about that picture. It is a greatconfusion.For years I have observed the sad fruit of this technique:multitudes of false professions, confusion aboutsalvation, indifference to biblical truth, agnosticism,reprobate living, and blasphemy against God. In manycommunities across the land a large percentage of thepopulation has prayed a sinner’s prayer under theministry of churches practicing Quick Prayerism. Vastnumbers of these have never been born again and theyare now almost inoculated against biblical salvation.When challenged about their lifeless spiritual condition,they commonly reply, “I have done that,” meaning they222