IS CONFUSION AN EXCUSE FOR REJECTING GOD'S DOCTRINE?  by steve finnell

If men do not understand God's teaching is it God's fault? Men get confused, God does not.

Excerpt from interview of Billy Graham by Robert Schuller, May 31, 1997.

Schuller:

Tell me, what do you think is the future of Christianity?

Graham:

Well, Christianity and being a true believer--you know, I think there's the Body of Christ. This comes from all the Christian groups around the world, outside the Christian groups. I think everybody that loves Christ, or knows Christ, whether they're conscious of it or not, they're members of the Body of Christ. And I don't think that we're going to see a great sweeping revival, that will turn the whole world to Christ at any time. I think James answered that, the Apostle James in the first council in Jerusalem, when he said that God's purpose for this age is to call out a people for His name. And that's what God is doing today, He's calling people out of the world for His name, whether they come from the Muslim world, or the Buddhist world, or the Christian world or the non-believing world, they are members of the Body of Christ because they've been called by God. They may not even know the name of Jesus but they know in their hearts that they need something that they don't have, and they turn to the only light that they have, and I think that they are saved, and that they're going to be with us in heaven.

 Billy Graham says you do not even have to know the name of Jesus to become part of the body of Christ or to be saved. What does God say? Billy Graham also denies that water baptism is essential to salvation.

What does God say through His written word?

Mark 16:16 He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. (NASB)

Billy Graham denies Mark 16:16. Is God confused or is Billy Graham confused?

Galatians 3:26-27 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. (NASB)

Billy Graham denies Galatians 3:26-27. Graham says, Muslims, Buddhists, and non-believers are members of the body of Christ and are going to be in heaven. Is God confused or is Billy Graham confused?

Acts 2:40,41, 47 ...."Be save from this perverse generation!" 41 So, then, those received his word were baptized; and that day there were added three thousand souls. 47....And the Lord was adding to their day by day those who were being saved. (NASB)

Billy Graham denies Acts 2:40,41,47. He does not believe you have to believe Peter's sermon about the resurrection of Jesus from the dead or that Jesus is Lord in order to be saved and added to the body of Christ. Is God confused of is Billy Graham confused?

Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(NASB) 

 Billy Graham denies that repentance and immersion in water are essential in order to the forgiveness of sins. Is Billy Graham confused or is God confused?

Which part of God's terms for pardon can men reject and still be saved?
1. Faith: John 3:16, John 8:24, Ephesians 2:8 
2. Repentance: Acts 2:38, Acts 3:19
3. Confession: Romans 10:9,
4. Immersion in Water: Mark 16:16, John 3:5, Colossians 2:11-13, Romans 6:3-11, Ephesians 5:25-27, Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16, Titus 3:5, Galatians 3:27.