Beware Of Mario Brisson's “The Vigilant Christian” Channel

By David J. Stewart | November 2014

Mark 13:22, “For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.”

Mario Brisson is a 26-year-old false prophet with a popular YouTube channel titled, “The Vigilant Christian.” I think he is sincere, as Cornelius in Acts chapter 10, who was religious but lost. Unfortunately Mr. Brisson ruins his hard work by espousing a false plan of salvation, in particular, by promoting Evangelist Paul Washer's Lordship Salvation garbage! If a man is wrong on repentance and salvation, then he is going to be wrong on everything. It's like buttoning a dress shirt, that is, if you get the first button wrong, then all the buttons are going to be wrong. There is no subject as important as salvation, and Mario Brisson and Paul Washer get it VERY WRONG!!!

Brisson's video is titled, “Shocking Youth Message - Paul Washer - The Gate is Narrow & Few Find it!.” In this presentation he shows a short clip from one of Paul Washer's sermons, “Shocking Youth Message.” It's shocking alright, and a false plan of salvation. Mr. Washer's preaching may sound noble, serious and Christ-honoring, but there is poison in his message. I'll focus more on Washer's false teachings in a moment. Brisson also mentions Pastor David Wilkerson, another teacher of Lordship Salvation.

The bottom line is that Brisson reiterates Paul Washer's false plan of salvation, which deceitfully says salvation is by faith alone in Christ, but to be validated it MUST result in a life of holiness and godliness. This is 100% a backdoor approach to Lordship Salvation, requiring human effort to be saved, which is a false plan of salvation. These self-deceived false prophets vehemently claim that salvation is without works, while at the same time saying that you've never been saved if there are no righteous works in your life. Brisson states in his video...

“We need to recognize that the way to God is very narrow. The Bible actually says that there are few that find it. And many will say on that day, 'Lord, Lord,' but He's going to look at them and say, 'I Never Knew You!' We need to make sure that we are striving for holiness and godliness. This is a fruit of being justified by faith alone in Jesus Christ.” SOURCE: Mario Brisson, 'The Vigilant Christian,' Shocking Youth Message - Paul Washer - The Gate is Narrow & Few Find it!

Do you see how subtle and satanic the preceding quote is? I've heard umpteen preachers pervert the true meaning of Matthew 7:21-23, saying that Jesus doesn't know those professed believers who still live in willful sin. That's not what the Lord taught. The Bible simply means that you cannot get to Heaven by works. These religious false prophets boldly said in Matthew 7:22... We have, “IN THY NAME DONE MANY WONDERFUL WORKS.” This is why they were not saved. They failed to do the Father's will which is plainly stated in John 6:40, “ And this is the will of him that sent me , that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” If you believe on the name of Jesus, Who died on the cross for your sins and rose, you are saved. It's that simple to be saved, so simple in fact, that most men pass right over it in favor of a false plan of salvation that requires some degree of human effort. My friend, completely rest in Jesus Christ to be saved (Hebrews 4:10-11).

Mario Brisson makes the foolish mistake of getting his theology from today's false prophets. The Word of God simply teaches that Jesus is the Christ Who died on the cross in our place, to pay for our sins. He was buried and bodily rose up from the dead three days later. This is the Gospel according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-4. If you realize that you are a guilty sinner in the eyes of a holy God, and you believe that Jesus died on the cross for your sins and rose, you are saved (1st Thessalonians 4:14). Please read, Repent And Believe.

There is nothing wrong with calling today's youth to follow Jesus, pursuing holiness and righteousness, instead of shallow “Cultural Christianity” as Paul Washer calls it; however, it becomes wickedness when you corrupt the simplicity of salvation. There is no argument that our churches are filled with false conversions these days, but it is not because people refuse to forsake sin; but rather, because preachers are corrupting the Gospel and don't preach the truth anymore. People have been errantly taught to “Ask Jesus into your heart” or “Make a commitment to Christ” or “Surrender your life to Christ” to be saved, but these are not the Gospel. Please read the excellent sermon, “What Is The Gospel?” by Dr. Harry Ironside.

Ironically, it is the very teaching of Lordship Salvation that is hindering people from coming to Christ to be saved. It provides men with a false hope, so they stop looking for answers, and then they go to Hell. They will plead to Jesus Christ on Judgment Day, “Lord, Lord...” (there's your Lordship Salvation)... yada, yada, yada! Then Jesus will say the horrifying words to them, “Depart from me ye cursed, for I never knew you!” Please read the awesome book, “I NEVER KNEW YOU” (.pdf) by Michael P. Bowen. Eternal life is a free gift. A gift is taken, not merited. I'm tired of false prophets telling us that eternal life is completely free, but it is hard to obtain and you must forsake the world, cease from sinful bad habits, follow Jesus and surrender all to Christ to actually receive it. The truth is that all these Lordship Salvation preachers are deceived and being deceived by the Devil. They've got works on the brain and cannot break free of it's influence on their theology.

I recently visited an Independent Fundamental Baptist church where John MacArthur is praised as the world praises Elvis Presley. The pastor said in his invitation that it's not enough to admit that you are a sinner, but he said, you must also forsake a sinful lifestyle to be saved. I doubt if that pastor is saved. How can he be? I mean, if he thinks that holy living is necessary to be saved, then he is trusting in his own personal behavior. That Baptist pastor is deceived, having the mindset that salvation is by faith alone, while in reality he has added human effort to partial faith in Christ. This is the forked-tongue, double-talk, that all the satanic religious cults use (like Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh Day Adventists), because the easiest place to hide a lie is between two truths, and Satan fully knows it!

The problem is that Mario Brisson and Paul Washer corrupt the simplicity of the Gospel, by adding the human effort of a changed life to be saved. This is NOT the Gospel. According to these false prophets, you are not really saved if there is no accompanying thirst for holiness and righteousness. They subtly begin their false plan of salvation as the Jehovah's Witnesses and other pseudo-Christian cults do, by saying that eternal life is a free gift that cannot be earned (so far so good), but THEN they corrupt the plan of salvation by adding the lie that you're not really saved unless you live a holy and godly life. They're confusing discipleship with sonship. They're mixing the crucified life with the saved life. For an excellent MP3 sermon on the subject, please listen to “Steps To Sanctification (Or The Root Of All Heresy)” by Dr. Jack Hyles.

Also, something that I don't like is that “The Vigilant Christian” has a PayPal account linked to his YouTube ministry so people can send him money. What a joke! That is a major warning flag. Mario claims the money is for materials... for a YouTube channel? It is sad that money seems to be the common denominator in today's apostate so-called “ministries.” It will be a cold day in Hell before I ever ask, receive or let anyone give me money for serving God. My reward is in Heaven. I want people to know where my heart is at. I do what I do for the Lord, to help others in Christ. I don't criticize pastors and legitimate Christian organizations for selling materials, but I have a problem with a YouTube Channel asking for money.



Beware of Paul Washer's False Plan of Salvation

Paul Washer is a false prophet, a total heretic!!! In this fool-headed video washer condemns the Romans Road (that is, showing a person how to be saved from Scriptures in the book of Romans). Washer calls it “a manipulative practice,” just like Ray Comfort does. Washer denounces conservative soul-winning Baptist evangelists as being “stupid” (and that's the exact word he uses in the following quote)...

“We talk about the Germans of the 20th centuries that brought on their higher criticism. It is not near as dangerous as conservative Baptists with their gospel reductionism. How dare we, all these stupid evangelists walking around telling men after they've made some little prayer that they need to write their name in the back of their Bible, and put the date and if the Devil ever comes to them, they need to show him that. That is Roman superstition, it is not the gospel of Jesus Christ. You see we've turned the gospel into a flu-shot.” SOURCE: Paul Washer Sermonette

Soulwinning Baptist evangelists... stupid? The simplicity that is in Christ... a flu-shot? No, it's Paul Washer who is the fool, spewing his anger against Baptists for preaching the truth. Paul Washer is a dangerous religious teacher, who has corrupted the Gospel of Jesus Christ (2nd Corinthians 11:3-4). The truth is that Ray Comfort, Paul Washer, John MacArthur, Pat Robertson, David Wilkerson, Kirk Cameron and countless other false prophets like them (who teach the damnable heresy of Lordship Salvation) are getting angry that independent fundamentalist Baptists are exposing them!!! Paul Washer is of the Devil. Lordship Salvation is ANOTHER gospel. Galatians 1:6, “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel.”

In the above quote, Mr. Washer attacks the sinner's prayer for salvation...

“...stupid evangelists walking around telling men after they've made some little prayer ...” SOURCE: Paul Washer Sermonette

Paul Washer is a heretic!!! The thief on the cross prayed a little prayer. The publican who went up to the temple to pray simply said a little prayer. It wasn't the prayer that saved them, but their faith in Jesus Christ. God saves the vilest sinner who cries out even with the faintest and smallest of prayers, believing that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God (John 20:31). Ray Comfort attacks soul-winners for practicing what he calls, “quick-Fix” evangelism. They despise the idea of showing a person some Scriptures from the Bible and then leading them in a sinner's prayer to be saved. Paul Washer calls such preachers of the Gospel, “STUPID EVANGELISTS.” Isn't that terrible? Paul Washer should be ashamed of himself. If the Bible teaches anything, it teaches that the Gospel is simple, and it's very easy to be saved. You simply come as a SINNER and you believe upon the GOSPEL. It's that simple!

Granted, some people do pray a prayer and never get saved. Catholics do it all the time, praying vain repetitions (Matthew 6:7). Albeit, I'm not going to corrupt the simplicity that is in Christ by perverting the Gospel into ANOTHER GOSPEL. God's plan to save sinners is for men to acknowledge their sinnership and believe on the Savior, Who died on the cross for our sins, was buried, and rose again three days later (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). That is the Gospel. That's it! Salvation is not a prayer. We are saved by our heart's faith in Jesus as the Christ, the only begotten Son of God (Romans 10:9-10). Thus, it is very appropriate to pray a sinner's prayer if it is to express one's trust in the Lord for salvation. The sinner's prayer comes from Luke 18:13, “And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.” The thief on the cross prayed.

If you listen to Paul Washer's Sermonette , he says it sometimes takes weeks and months to get people saved, alleging it is hard to believe. Washer uses this argument to shun the idea that a person can be saved by praying a quick prayer, aka, the 1-2-3 follow me method. Like it or not, salvation is simple, call it what they will.

Lordship Salvation is Calvinism's teaching of the Perseverance of the Saints. It is a false gospel. John MacArthur is admittedly a 5-point Calvinist. The saddest thing of all is that I know pastors who foolishly refer to John MacArthur as a “great man of God,” when in reality MacArthur is a false prophet who is steeped in satanic Calvinism. Stop and think about the thief on the cross who in a moment's time simply admitted his sinfulness and cried out to the Lord to be saved. It was a simple prayer. Shame on Paul Washer, Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron and John MacArthur who MAKE SALVATION HARD!!!



Paul Washer Criticizes Remembering the Time a Person is Saved

“How dare we, all these stupid evangelists walking around telling men after they've made some little prayer that they need to write their name in the back of their Bible, and put the date and if the Devil ever comes to them, they need to show him that. That is Roman superstition” SOURCE: Paul Washer Sermonette

It appears that Paul Washer doesn't really believe in being born-again in a Biblical sense from the way he talks. Being born-again is an event in one's life, happening in a specific time and a place. What in the world is so wrong about writing that time and place down in your Bible? Paul Washer is bad news. Clearly, Washer believes that salvation is a process, similar to what Seven Day Adventists teach, where a person is never really guaranteed salvation, pending how they choose to live their life.

God has PROMISED to save those who believe; thus, it is certainly appropriate to write down the time and date when one receives Christ and is born-again. Paul Washer is wrong to criticize such a thing. I was saved as a young teenager. I remember the place. I remember the sermon. I remember the conviction of the Holy Spirit for the first time in my life. I remember trusting Jesus in my heart to be saved from my sins, believing that He died for my sins on the cross and rose; but I don't remember the date or even the year. I didn't think to. It would have been nice to know when I was saved. No one personally led me to the Lord, I was saved in a pew under the preaching of the Word of God.

My pastor said that if you don't have the Holy Spirit convicting you of sin, you're not saved. I knew right there and then that I wasn't saved, but I wanted to be, immediately. And so I believed on the Lord that day to save me. I'm pretty sure I was 13, but am not exactly sure. Albeit, I don't worry about that because I know I am saved today. There is an ever real faith in my heart in the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the Son of God that died for my sins upon the cross, and was buried and rose again. Salvation is not dependent upon some past experience or memory, but upon whether we believe or not in our heart now. I know where I was saved, and the circumstances, but I don't know when (and that's ok). Amen! I know I am saved now.

So I can understand the blessing of telling a person to write down the date and time that they receive Christ (John 1:12). The Devil certainly does attack many people, filling their minds with doubts and fears. I feared for 7 years after I was saved, fear that I wasn't really saved. Did I have enough faith? Did I miss something? Salvation is a decision on our part, but a supernatural miracle of God on His part. Everyone will ultimately decide to either receive or reject Jesus Christ. I have received Him and He is my precious God and Savior.

In hindsight, I now realize why I was so afraid, that is, I was ignorant concerning the doctrines and teachings of the Word of God. When I really started learning the Bible, salvation all made sense to me. it was studying Old Testament tabernacle and the work of the highpriest, and the blood of the lamb upon the alter, that helped me to understand salvation. Why do you think God gave us that illustration? Romans 15:4, “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” All of the ceremonial laws in the Old Testament were intended to teach, not only the Jews, but us today as well. Romans 15:4 says everything written was done so for our edification. I KNOW (1st John 5:13) I am saved as much as anything in this world, and haven't had any doubts for over 25 years. Praise God! My salvation is safe and secure in the everlasting arms of the Father. Deuteronomy 33:27, “The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.”

Paul Washer's problem is that he confuses discipleship with sonship, and in so doing he negates the PROMISE and GIFT of God. If you offer me a gift, I can just take it (if it's truly a gift). I can write down the date and time. There are no stipulations nor obligations to live a certain way or behave myself. A gift may simply be taken freely.



Paul Washer Calls the Simplicity That is in Christ a 'Flu-shot'

“You see we've turned the gospel into a flu-shot.” SOURCE: Paul Washer Sermonette

Like it or not, salvation happens instantaneously the very moment that a person trusts Jesus Christ to be saved. Christ died, that's history; Christ died for me, that's salvation! It's not what you're doing that gets you to heaven, it's where you're looking. LOOK TO JESUS!



Is Romans 10:13 Stupid Mr. Washer?

It's very interesting that Paul Washer doesn't go after Mormons, Freemasons, Buddhists, Hindus, Jehovah's Witnesses or Catholics; no, he attacks conservative soul-winning Baptists. Paul Washer is calling evangelist Dr. John R. Rice and every fundamentalist Baptist preacher stupid...

"all these stupid evangelists walking around telling men after they've made some little prayer that they need to write their name in the back of their Bible, and put the date and if the Devil ever comes to them, they need to show him that." SOURCE: Paul Washer Sermonette

In sharp contrast to the nonsense of Paul Washer, the Word of God teaches in Romans 10:13, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” God will save anyone who prays a sinner's prayer, trusting upon the Lord Jesus Christ for forgiveness of their sins (John 3:16; Romans 10:13; Acts 10:43). Let me say it again for Mr. Washer and Ray Comfort to hear...

Romans 10:13, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Romans 10:13, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Romans 10:13, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

The Bible teaches that a sinner may be saved by simply calling upon the name of Jesus Christ. If you, as an admitted guilty sinner, believe upon the name of Jesus—the Christ who died, was buried, and raised up for your sins—you will be saved (John 20:31). Romans 10:13, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Titus 1:2, “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.” Eternal life is a PROMISE, which means we can have full confidence that salvation is ours UNCONDITIONALLY IN CHRIST JESUS (Romans 8:1).

However, according to Calvinist teachings (that Lordship Salvation is rooted in) a person is not safe just because Jesus died. Calvinists teach that a person must CONTINUE in obedience and faith or they never had salvation to begin with. So in fact, good works are REQUIRED as evidence of salvation, and a person is said not to be saved who doesn't have WORKS. How in the world can anyone claim this is not works salvation???

John Calvin (1509-1564) was a scumbag heretic, an unsaved reprobate, a brutal tyrant, and a sick-minded freak. Calvin was a member of the occult, demonstrated in the hand-sign given in the painting to the right. Calvin taught Baptismal Regeneration and sacraments, just like the heretic Martin Luther (loser).