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1 I NEVER knew YOUThe HorrorOfThe Great White Throne JudgementAndHow You Can Avoid ItMichael Patrick BowenCopyright 2009 by Michael Patrick BowenI NEVER knew YouThe Horror Of The Great White Throne Judgement And How You Can Avoid Itby Michael Patrick BowenPrinted in the United States of AmericaISBN 978-1-60791-810-3 All rights reserved solely by the author. The author guarantees all contents are original and do not infringe upon the legal rights of any other person or work. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the permission of the author. The views expressed in this book are not necessarily those of the otherwise indicated, Bible quotations are taken from The King James Version of the Bible. Copyright 1909 by Barbour book is dedicated to my parentsfor their love, supportand NEVER knew Youvi Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but hethat doeth the will of my Father which is inheaven.

2 Many will say to me in that day, Lord,Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? andin thy name have cast out devils? and in thyname done many wonderful works? And thenwill I profess unto them, I NEVER knew you:depart from me, ye that work iniquity. (Matthew 7:21-23)I NEVER knew Youvii And I saw a great white throne, and him that saton it, from whose face the earth and the heavenfled away; and there was found no place for I saw the dead, small and great, stand beforeGod; and the books were opened: and anotherbook was opened, which is the book of life: andthe dead were judged out of those things whichwere written in the books, according to theirworks. And the sea gave up the dead which werein it; and death and hell delivered up the deadwhich were in them: and they were judged everyman according to their works. And death and hellwere cast into the lake of fire.

3 This is the seconddeath. And whosoever was not found written inthe book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:11-15)ixCONTENTS>Introduction: The Agony Of Not Being Sure ..xiChapter 1: The Greats Have It Wrong ..13 Chapter 2: The Plan Of Salvation According To Joel Osteen ..19 Chapter 3: The Plan Of Salvation According To Charles Stanley ..35 Chapter 4: The Plan Of Salvation According To Pat Robertson ..47 Chapter 5: The Plan Of Salvation According To Rick Warren ..53 Chapter 6: The Plan Of Salvation According To John Hagee ..61 Chapter 7: Intermission ..69 Chapter 8: The Plan Of Salvation According To Beth Moore ..79 Chapter 9: The Plan Of Salvation According To James Dobson ..87I NEVER knew YouxChapter 10: The Plan Of Salvation According To Jimmy Swaggart.

4 97 Chapter 11: The Plan Of Salvation According To Ray Comfort And Kirk Cameron ..111 Chapter 12: The Plan Of Salvation According To Franklin Graham ..121 Chapter 13: The Plan Of Salvation According To Billy Graham ..133 Chapter 14: Conclusion ..149xiIntroductionThe Agony Of Not Being Sure>The misery of believing in a false gospel is really a misery like no other; in fact, it is pure agony. Our media is filled with sharp, well-meaning individuals who, without realizing, teach biblically flawed plans of salvation that are not even found in the bible. The ubiquity with which these accursed messages are currently flooding this world is unlike any other time in our history for one crucial reason: our enemy s time grows short and he desires to keep as many people as possible from understanding the simplicity of Christ s free gift of salvation.

5 These flawed plans purport that sinners can reach heaven through their own merits, or by combinations of faith in Christ plus their own works and deeds. The purpose of this story is two-fold: firstly, it is to help you to know beyond any doubt whatsoever the truth of what Christ says about the gift of salvation; secondly, it is to help arm you with the knowledge necessary for you to be able to detect what is perhaps the greatest weapon against mankind in the arsenal of our adversary: to con people into living the Christian lifestyle without ever being born again. With the aforementioned precepts firmly in mind, let us look at one man s man who was led by his college professors to believe there was no God at all reached out to Him one day in complete despera-tion. This man began praying to God in hopes that He would help him.

6 He both listened to and watched today s most popular Christian evangelists, trusting every word they spoke. Realizing his need to be I NEVER knew Youxiiborn again, he followed the directives of these well-known pastors. The poor man asked jesus into his heart, tried his best to turn from his sins, and he then crowned Christ as the Lord of his life. The man literally changed the beginning, everything was perfect; in fact, it was all much more than he expected it to be. This man was getting prayers answered and he was getting returns on his tithes. This man began buying bibles for his friends, telling them about Christ, attending church, tithing, and even sending money to the pastors who had instructed him, but despite the visible changes in this man, he was not truly born again. Since the devil also has the power to do mira-cles, this man s faith had unknowingly been intercepted by an all-too-common counterfeit version of the afterward, he began doubting his salvation.

7 He asked Christ to come into his heart again. The next three years witnessed this miserable man asking Christ into his heart literally thousands of times yet still he NEVER had biblical assurance of his exactly happened to this man? God reached out to him with the true gospel in its superlative simplicity. He was saved eter-nally the instant that he trusted on Christ alone to save him. I know this because I am, in fact, that same man to whom I have been refer-ring. Christ s promise of eternal life is to everyone who believes His gospel message. He saves you forever the very instant you trust in is the gospel: God says that we are sinners and that no amount of good works or behavioral changes on our part could ever make us holy enough to enter heaven. God sent His Son to pay for all of our sins.

8 jesus paid for our crimes by dying on the cross for us all. His dead body was buried in a grave. On the third day, jesus arose from the instant you believe this, He knows it and He saves you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on Me hath ever-lasting life (John 6:47). The free gift is based solely upon your trust in what jesus did for you and has nothing at all to do with what you do for Him. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:8-9).13 Chapter 1 The Greats Have It Wrong>First of all, thank you very, very much for expressing interest in this book! Some of you are going to learn many things about the bible that you may not have known, while for others, this book will serve as a much needed refresher of pertinent facts that may have been forgotten over the course of time.

9 In any case, I welcome you with a sense of joyful anticipation about the wonderful truths from the bible that are about to unfold for you with every turn of a page. Whatever you do, please do not judge a chapter by its name; each chapter contains more than the title conveys. Please do not skip chapters, either, for they interweave amongst one another and, to a degree, compliment each other in a way that is advantageous toward your learning. I will repeat many of the same verses from chapter to chapter in an effort to solidify deep within your mind many of the things that Christ says in the bible. My style of instruction involves some minor redundancy because in order for true learning to take place, whether the learning environment is visual, auditory or kines-thetic, the reinforcement is in the repetition of the objective study matter.

10 In essence, the more you are exposed to Christ s truths, the more apt you are to remember them. The primary purpose of this book is four-fold: 1) to educate you about salvation, , going to heaven, using the King James Version (KJV) of the bible, 2) to show you examples of what the bible says are false plans of salvation, 3) to compare and to contrast the salvation statements of several of I NEVER knew You14today s top pastors and bible teachers with the salvation statements that are found in the bible, and 4) to allow you to make up your own mind as to whom you will choose to believe when it comes to where you will spend eternity. With these goals firmly in mind, let us now shift gears into some relevant initial material for you to digest, much like an appetizer before the main , who am I and how did all of this come about?