A friend of mine sent me a link to one of David Jeremiah’s conspiracy theory lectures.  While I was checking out his site, I clicked on the link that said “How to become a Christian.”  This is what it says (with my comments in parens):

How to Become a Christian

God Loves You!

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

(Okay, so far so good…)

God has a wonderful plan for your life!

I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10b

(I’m with ya!)

Walking Down the “Romans Road” to Salvation . . . .

• Because of our sin, we are separated from God.
  For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.  Romans 3:23
• (Okay, this is true.)
  
• The Penalty for our sin is death.
  For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23
  
• (Also true)
• The penalty for our sin was paid by Jesus Christ!
  But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we  were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
  
• (Hey, this is true too!  Maybe he has it right….)
• If we repent of our sin, then confess and trust Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we will be saved from our sins!
  For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.  Romans 10:13
  …if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe  in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will  be saved.  For with the heart one believes unto righteousness,   and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:9,10
• (Wait a second…..”If we repent of our sin?”  Hmm, seem to be missing that part in the verses he quotes.  The verses he quotes talk about salvation by faith in Jesus Christ.  Why does he had his own requirement that we “repent of our sins?”)

Maybe he should come up with his own version of the bible (the David Jeremiah Standard Version, or the DJSV.)  He could fix verses like this:

John 3 ¹⁴Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, ¹⁵that everyone who believes in him AND REPENTS OF HIS SINS may have eternal life.  ¹⁶“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him AND GIVES UP ALL HIS SINS (OR IS AT LEAST WILLING TO BECAUSE NO ONE IS ABLE TO STOP SINNING ENTIRELY) shall not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. ¹⁸Whoever believes in him AND LIVES A REALLY GOOD LIFE is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

Yep, the DJSV would be a great version for anyone who doesn’t mind when the plan of salvation is changed to add works.