Why Religious People Still Go To Hell | Pastor Justin Cooper

Main message: Salvation is a spiritual new birth—being "born again"—that only God’s Spirit can produce; it is not earned by works, religious status, or external behavior but received by faith in Jesus Christ.

Key points:

• John 3 teaches salvation is like a birth (you cannot work for it) and like the wind (the Spirit moves as He wills, beyond human control).
• Being born of the Spirit, not of the flesh, is the only way to see the kingdom of God and have assurance of heaven.
• Religious pedigree, good deeds, church attendance, or outward reform do not save—regeneration is God’s work (preventing human boasting).
• The Holy Spirit’s work is invisible, unpredictable, continual, impactful (it changes a person’s life), and irreplaceable.
• Invitation and urgency: if you’ve never been born again, you must trust Christ and be regenerated by the Spirit.

Scriptures mentioned: John 3:3, John 3:6, John 3:8, John 1:11-13, Romans 3 (as quoted), Ezekiel 37, Titus 3:5, John 14:6