Many Churchgoers are not born-again Christians because of sugar-coated Gospel.
There are 2 parts in the true Gospel :
1. crucified and buried in Christ , died to old self , repent and turn away from old life ( inconvenient part of Gospel)
2. Regeneration by Holy spirit to a born-again life .
However preachers want to increase the success rate of "conversion " , watering down the importance of crucified and buried the old self as the first step to salvation.
Only mention you believe Jesus is the Saviour , then you will be saved and go to Heaven.
But what defines believe !
Not just "know" a historical person came to this world with a mission .
I believe aspirin is a good drug but I fear of the side effects of the drug and dare not to take it. Then the drug can't help you.
There are 2 parts in the true Gospel :
1. crucified and buried in Christ , died to old self , repent and turn away from old life ( inconvenient part of Gospel)
2. Regeneration by Holy spirit to a born-again life .
However preachers want to increase the success rate of "conversion " , watering down the importance of crucified and buried the old self as the first step to salvation.
Only mention you believe Jesus is the Saviour , then you will be saved and go to Heaven.
But what defines believe !
Not just "know" a historical person came to this world with a mission .
I believe aspirin is a good drug but I fear of the side effects of the drug and dare not to take it. Then the drug can't help you.