But they have not all obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed
our report? So then faith cometh by what? Hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
You see, we didn't get saved by illustrations, we didn't get saved by
someone's lifestyle evangelism. By the way, I don't believe in that. Amen?
Anybody who says, well people are saved by lifestyle evangelism, it's just
a lazy Christian. They don't want to go out there and preach the gospel, get
their hands dirty, learn the Word of God, and preach as it needs to be
preached. I've heard pastors say, oh you know when they said, believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved in thy house, they say, that's lifestyle
evangelism. Where is that in the Bible? Look, and I'm not saying don't have a
good testimony, okay? We ought to conduct ourselves in such a way
that we're representatives of Christ, we're ambassadors for Christ. The Bible
says that let your light so shine before man that they may see your good
works and glorify your Father which is in heaven. But people don't get saved
by your lifestyle, they get saved by the Word of God. And anybody who
believes that you get saved by a lifestyle evangelism is just plain
slothful and lazy. They don't want to go sowing, they don't believe in
confrontational sowing, they don't want to go to the people and preach
the gospel to them. They have more confidence in themselves to save
someone than in the Word of God. And by the way, that's pride. Okay?
You think you and your lifestyle and how good you look and all these
things and how eloquent you can wax and the person you are can get
someone saved? You're full of junk. No, it's the Word of God that saves.