INSTANT REGRET: Joel Osteen Lets Paul Washer Preach at Lakewood

I Like to start with something funny and I heard about these two men

Archie and Jack they had debated their whole life as to whether Jesus was white or whether he was black

Archie was certain. He was white. Jack was just as certain He was black as fate would have it.

They died on the same day rushed to the pearly gates said st Peter, please tell us we've been arguing our whole life is

Jesus white or is he black? About that time Jesus stepped up and said Buenos Dias It's a tremendous privilege for me

To be here this afternoon with you before we begin with Any further speaking

I would also like to go the Lord in prayer and I would ask you to pray

There's so much going on here this afternoon so much that you don't understand

But I'll tell you where I'm coming from I'll preach as a dying man

To dying men and women and youth and I'll preach as though I will never preach again and I will tell you things that you will misunderstand and I will tell you things that make you so angry with me

I Believe there's enough pushing people down already

So when people leave one of our services or read one of my books I want them to leave saying you know what I can be better.

I can rise higher You The only thing that's holding some people back is who they're spending time with Life is too short to spend it with negative can't do it

Jealous critical small -minded people you need some Eagles in your life

People that soar people that are doing great things People that have a great attitude and faith alone in Jesus Christ is preceded and followed by repentance a

Turning away from sin a hatred for the things that God hates and a love for the things that God loves a

Growing in holiness and a desire not to be like Britney Spears not to be like the world and not to be like the great

Majority of American Christians, but to be like Jesus Christ. I don't know why you're clapping.

I'm talking about you What Would you pray with me just say

Lord Jesus I repent of my sins Come into my heart.

I Make you my Lord and Savior If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again

The Problem is not liberal politicians It's evangelical preachers if they're ever challenged regarding their conversion because of a lack of fruit or overwhelming worldliness

They defend their hope of salvation by once again Affirming the sincerity of their prayer and the confirmation of their religious leaders

If any counseling is done a person is usually admonished to turn from his or her backsliding and to begin serving the

Lord again However, the validity of their conversion is never examined or ever challenged So many people for example children evangelism

I would not let my child attend 98 % of the Sunday school classes and vacation Bible schools in this country

And I'll tell you why a bunch of children are brought in and they're told wonderful stories about Jesus And then how many of you children love

Jesus? I mean except for the kid in the back with the leather jacket and the signs on his back that have been imprinted by a cult

You know satanic cult every other every kid in that class gonna stand up go. I love

Jesus Well, how many of you want to go to heaven? Oh, I do How many of you want to pray this prayer

I will and then they're marched off to baptism and a lot of time the baptismal is dressed up like some kind of a happy party time with graffiti so that they really enjoy it and then when they're old enough to rebel against their parents they do and they live in gross immorality and Sin, and then when they're about 25 or 30 after college

They decide they need to straighten things out because morality is really a better way to go So they rededicate their life and they continue attending church once a week having just enough morality

To dim their conscience and send them straight to hell Do you feel like you're cheating people by not telling them about the hell part