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I'll be honest, I'm not sure how to take his message. On one hand, I am with him all the way as he bashes the lukewarm. There are many unbelievers who convince themselves they are believers based on some half-hearted prayer for salvation many years prior. And there are many believers who will be harshly judged at the throne. They think it's okay to straddle two worlds -- a foot in eternity, and a foot squarely rooted in the world. They think being a Christian starts and ends with church on Sunday, while the rest of their life is exempt. Jesus does call you to forsake the world and forsake your old ways and obey Him to the point of calvary. All true.

On the other hand, Washer condemns folks who haven't done the 180, and puts them squarely with unbelievers. He doesn't acknowledge that there is such a thing as a bad Christian. In his world, either you're sold out, or you're unsaved. He actually wants to complicate the gospel message. It's almost like he's saying belief is not enough -- that you have to do all these things and forsake the world in all these ways and be 100% religious (likely in particular ways that he would define as proper), or else you were never really saved. He ignores the fact that believers can fall away as the Bible says they do. He ignores the fact that it is impossible for us to be perfect, and that many will straddle the world -- not because they don't love Christ, but because they are weak.

Is the message that simple belief is too easy a way to garner eternity? Yeah, Mr. Washer. That is in fact the gospel message.