Post by lovelace on Dec 7, 2005 10:05:26 GMT -5
7 Reasons Not to ask Jesus into your heart
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I encourage you to read this article to find out why it's not Biblical to teach "ask Jesus into your heart."
SEVEN REASONS NOT TO ASK JESUS INTO YOUR HEART
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Have you ever heard someone say, "In order to be saved from hell and go to heaven, you need to ask Jesus into your heart"? Does this sound familiar? Have you ever read this on the back of tracts? Have you heard pastors or evangelists teach this?
Though perhaps sincerely spoken and well-intended, is it biblically accurate to ask Jesus into your heart? Are those who have simply trusted Jesus Christ and His finished work alone not yet saved because they have not asked Jesus into their heart? On the other hand, do those who have asked Jesus into their heart truly possess eternal life because they have done this? Or is all this simply a matter of semantics?
#1 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because IT IS NEVER FOUND IN THE BIBLE.
#2 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because IT IS NOT HOW ONE IS SAVED.
#3 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because IT REQUIRES NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOSPEL OF GRACE TO DO IT.
#4 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because IT CONFUSES THE MEANS OF SALVATION WITH THE RESULTS OF SALVATION.
#5 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because IT EITHER RESULTS IN NO ASSURANCE OF SALVATION OR BRINGS A FALSE ASSURANCE TO PEOPLE.
#6 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because REVELATION 3:20 DOES NOT TEACH IT.
#7 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because IT DOES NOT CLARIFY THE CONDITION OF SALVATION, IT CONFUSES IT - ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN.
Genuine love warns men and women of the truth of the Gospel and how by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone they can be saved. So if you find yourself disturbed, be like the Bereans of Acts 17 and "search the Scriptures daily whether those things are so."
Dear readers, do not let your pride ("I’ve taught that cliché in the past") or your emotions ("I’ve prayed this with my kids") or your traditions ("Our church has always said that") get in the way of truth and biblical accuracy on the most important issue that anyone must address. While this misleading cliché is a sacred cow in evangelicalism today, let us return to the authoritative Word of God to embrace what God Himself says about our eternal salvation.
"What must I do to be saved?"…
BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED. (Acts 16:31)
Don't ask, just believe!
John 3:16 - The Greatest Verse In The Bible
For God - The greatest being
so - The greatest degree
loved - The greatest affection
the world, - The greatest object of love
that he gave - The greatest act
his only - The greatest treasure
begotten - The greatest relationship
Son, - The greatest gift
that whosoever - The greatest company
believeth - The greatest trust
in him - The greatest object of faith
should not perish, - The greatest deliverance
but have - The greatest assurance
everlasting - The greatest promise
life. - The greatest blessing
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Jesus said in Matt. 10:32 “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.”
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I encourage you to read this article to find out why it's not Biblical to teach "ask Jesus into your heart."
SEVEN REASONS NOT TO ASK JESUS INTO YOUR HEART
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*snip
Have you ever heard someone say, "In order to be saved from hell and go to heaven, you need to ask Jesus into your heart"? Does this sound familiar? Have you ever read this on the back of tracts? Have you heard pastors or evangelists teach this?
Though perhaps sincerely spoken and well-intended, is it biblically accurate to ask Jesus into your heart? Are those who have simply trusted Jesus Christ and His finished work alone not yet saved because they have not asked Jesus into their heart? On the other hand, do those who have asked Jesus into their heart truly possess eternal life because they have done this? Or is all this simply a matter of semantics?
#1 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because IT IS NEVER FOUND IN THE BIBLE.
#2 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because IT IS NOT HOW ONE IS SAVED.
#3 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because IT REQUIRES NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOSPEL OF GRACE TO DO IT.
#4 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because IT CONFUSES THE MEANS OF SALVATION WITH THE RESULTS OF SALVATION.
#5 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because IT EITHER RESULTS IN NO ASSURANCE OF SALVATION OR BRINGS A FALSE ASSURANCE TO PEOPLE.
#6 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because REVELATION 3:20 DOES NOT TEACH IT.
#7 Don’t ask Jesus into your heart because IT DOES NOT CLARIFY THE CONDITION OF SALVATION, IT CONFUSES IT - ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN.
Genuine love warns men and women of the truth of the Gospel and how by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone they can be saved. So if you find yourself disturbed, be like the Bereans of Acts 17 and "search the Scriptures daily whether those things are so."
Dear readers, do not let your pride ("I’ve taught that cliché in the past") or your emotions ("I’ve prayed this with my kids") or your traditions ("Our church has always said that") get in the way of truth and biblical accuracy on the most important issue that anyone must address. While this misleading cliché is a sacred cow in evangelicalism today, let us return to the authoritative Word of God to embrace what God Himself says about our eternal salvation.
"What must I do to be saved?"…
BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED. (Acts 16:31)
Don't ask, just believe!
John 3:16 - The Greatest Verse In The Bible
For God - The greatest being
so - The greatest degree
loved - The greatest affection
the world, - The greatest object of love
that he gave - The greatest act
his only - The greatest treasure
begotten - The greatest relationship
Son, - The greatest gift
that whosoever - The greatest company
believeth - The greatest trust
in him - The greatest object of faith
should not perish, - The greatest deliverance
but have - The greatest assurance
everlasting - The greatest promise
life. - The greatest blessing
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Jesus said in Matt. 10:32 “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.”
