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The meme presents a distorted view of Christianity that is not an adequate representation of what Jesus actually taught.
The meme presents a distorted view of Christianity that is not an adequate representation of what Jesus actually taught.
William Branham taught a type of decisionism where an individual's salvation was based on a decision to follow Christ but this is a false understanding of Jesus' teaching.  Arthur Pink, a theologian from William Branham's era stated the following:
:''"The way of salvation is falsely defined. In most instances the modern 'evangelist' assures his congregation that all any sinner has to do in order to escape hell and make sure of heaven is to 'receive Christ as his personal Savior.' But such teaching is utterly misleading. No one can receive Christ as his Savior while he rejects Him as Lord!"<ref>Alex McFarland and Elmer L. Towns, 10 Questions Every Christian Must Answer (Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2011).</ref>


===What did Jesus teach?===
===What did Jesus teach?===


The view presented in the meme is one that message followers are familiar with There are some segments of Christianity that follow "decisionism", numerical success, and church "bigness" as being representative of what Jesus taught.  <ref>Alex McFarland and Elmer L. Towns, 10 Questions Every Christian Must Answer (Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2011).</ref>
 




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