We need to guard ourselves were not perfect. Let the love we have for Christ give a door you can use to talk to those that might not have asked Christ. Until you have talked to someone you wont know what it will feel like.
ROMANS 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
If we don't take up our cross; this next generation will believe in the Lie's that's told them. From there distorted history books all the way to our TV channels.
The most notable people might not have salvation. Even some going to church are looking and might not have it. Keep in mind a pastor is lead with love and not anger, we are lead to be the same way.
EPHESIANS 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
If you're not saved today you can use this as a guide.
"Dear heavily Father I am sorry your Son took the punishment that I deserve. I ask you Christ that you please forgive me of all my sins. I thank you Lord for your wonderful grace and forgiveness.�
Tell a pastor at a Christian Church that you have asked Christ and go to Sunday school you'll find fellowship to be a great help as you grow as a Christian.
I know that you mean well by your post. However, no one has ever been saved by saying a prayer and "asking Jesus". Search the scriptures and no where will you find anyone saying a prayer to be saved.
Also new converts should stay OUT of "Churches" as the majority are apostate. Neither should they go to Sunday school.
Don't be Angry...be HAPPY !!! :yay:...:bouncy:...:applause:...
Shared ~ I know that you mean well by your post. However, no one has ever been saved by saying a prayer and "asking Jesus". Search the scriptures and no where will you find anyone saying a prayer to be saved.
Psalm 51 (KJV)
51 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
*** Only GOD/Jesus can Save a Sinner�Anyone that has come to know the truth that they are a Sinner (transgression of the law / teaching)�
1 John 3:4 (KJV)
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
�And is in need of a Saviour�Just call upon the LORD Jesus and HE will save you!!!...Its in the Bible and its Written and found in...
Romans 10:12 (KJV)
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Shared ~ Also new converts should stay OUT of "Churches" as the majority are apostate. Neither should they go to Sunday school.
*** Why is it always the folks that Don�t attend any Church for Fellowship or Teaching that make such statements�oh well�to each their own�I�ll stick with the WORD�and my lil Church and Adult Bible Sunday School before the main service...
Hosea 4:6 (KJV)
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Proverbs 23:23 (KJV)
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
God�s continued Blessings to Yall� :peace: X <>< O
Hab_2:4 Behold, the soul of him is puffed up and is not upright; but the just shall live by his faith.
Rom_1:17 for in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; even as it has been written, "But the just shall live by faith." Hab. 2:4
Gal_3:11 And that no one is justified by Law before God is clear because, "The just shall live by faith." Hab. 2:4
Heb_10:38 "But the just shall live by faith;" "and if he draws back," "My soul is not pleased in him." Hab. 2:4; Zeph. 1:6; Mal. 1:10
John 3:14 And even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
Joh 3:15 that everyone believing into Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that everyone believing into Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Joh 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world that He might judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
John 3:18 The one believing into Him is not condemned; but the one not believing has already been condemned, for he has not believed into the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Act 16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the jail were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and all of the bonds were loosened.
Act 16:27 And having been awakened, and seeing that the doors of the prison had been opened, having drawn a sword, the jailer was about to do away with himself, supposing the prisoners to have escaped.
Act 16:28 But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do no harm to yourself! For we are all here.
Act 16:29 And asking for lights, he rushed in. And becoming trembly, he fell before Paul and Silas.
Act 16:30 And leading them outside, he said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?
Act 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.
Act 16:32 And they spoke the Word of the Lord to him, and to all those in his house.
Eph 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
Eph 2:5 even we being dead in deviations, He made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are being saved),
Eph 2:6 and raised us up together and seated us together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,
Eph 2:7 that He might demonstrate in the ages coming on, the exceeding great riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Eph 2:8 For by grace you are saved, through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God;
Eph 2:9 not of works, that not anyone should boast;
Eph 2:10 for we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in them.
Nowhere is these verses of the Word of GOD is there any mention of 'PRAYING' anything in order to being saved.
In the NT there is no "sinners prayer". The most commonly used one is "asking Jesus into your hearts". A person can pray a prayer every day for all their entire life and still not be saved unless there is actual repentance of sins and believing in Jesus.
If most Christians and ''Churches''are not apostate today then we aren't living in the last days.
�But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART "-- that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.�
Romans 10:10
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
10:5-11 The self-condemned sinner need not perplex himself how this righteousness may be found. When we speak of looking upon Christ, and receiving, and feeding upon him, it is not Christ in heaven, nor Christ in the deep, that we mean; but Christ in the promise, Christ offered in the word. Justification by faith in Christ is a plain doctrine. It is brought before the mind and heart of every one, thus leaving him without excuse for unbelief. If a man confessed faith in Jesus, as the Lord and Saviour of lost sinners, and really believed in his heart that God had raised him from the dead, thus showing that he had accepted the atonement, he should be saved by the righteousness of Christ, imputed to him through faith. But no faith is justifying which is not powerful in sanctifying the heart, and regulating all its affections by the love of Christ. We must devote and give up to God our souls and our bodies: our souls in believing with the heart, and our bodies in confessing with the mouth. The believer shall never have cause to repent his confident trust in the Lord Jesus. Of such faith no sinner shall be ashamed before God; and he ought to glory in it before men.
Thank you for the Scripture,most people quote this as some sort of formula to be used in order to be saved.
Let us look into the Scripture you posted and see what GOD Almighty is actually saying.
Rom 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Most people use Romans 10:8-9 to justify their belief in the so called 'sinner' prayer,which cannot be found ANYWHERE in the REAL word of GOD.
We need to start Romans 10 with verse 10-14,to find the truth.
Remember 'A person cannot confuse to what they do not believe' concerning Messiah Yeshua,for 'confess' simply means to agree with GOD Almighty about someone or something which He says about.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Rom 10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Rom 10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
'Church' people use formulas because the so called 'pastors' tell the people that stuff,because the so called 'pastors probably do not know the truth either.
Blessings
John 8:30 As He spoke these things, many believed into Him.
Joh 8:31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in Him, If you continue in My Word, you are truly My disciples.
John 8:32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
"'Church' people use formulas because there so called 'pastors' tell the people that stuff,because the so called 'pastors probably do not know the truth either."
My explanation was correct.
We are saved by grace through faith.
It was NOT a formula. It was Gods word.
It is NOT a sinners prayer!
The sinners prayer goes something like this:
Jesus come into my heart.
Hallelujah I am saved.
^^^^^^There is no evidence of true brokenness and repentance which comes from us seeing our wickedness without Christ.^^^^
For your consideration:
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Luke 13:3
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
Acts 3:19
Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out,
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, �Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit
It seems you may be jaded towards the church and pastors.But not all are found in error. There are still biblically sound preachers preaching the whole word of God working diligently at getting truth out and making fishers of men!!
God is STILL on the throne.
In this last hour; most are in error in one way or another! What do you expect?
We are in the laodecian church age.
Do not assume that I have learned anything from a preacher in error. I DO KNOW the difference.
It is not profitable to make sweeping assumptions and generalizations.
9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
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.
14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
