Can people who go to church every Sunday still be lost and unsaved?
Church attendance does not equal salvation. Multitudes sit in churches Sunday after Sunday believing they are all right, yet they remain lost until they realize how lost they are. Romans 3:23 says all have sinned and come short of the glory of God; that recognition is where salvation must begin.
Les explains that Romans 3:23 is the crowning verse and the starting point for every person who wants salvation. He shares his pastor's statement that you can never be saved until you realize how lost you are. He illustrates this with Jesus' parable of the 99 sheep: the 99 were not safe in the fold but were lost on the desert without a shepherd, while the one lamb caught in a crevice knew it was lost and in trouble, and that was the one the Lord saved. Likewise, multitudes sitting in churches Sunday after Sunday think they are all right, but they will never be saved until they realize how lost they are.