blhowes
Puritan Board Professor
I have heard, but don't know first hand, that some people are confident of their standing with God because they have "walked an aisle and said the sinner's prayer". Hopefully those that have such confidence are the exception, not the rule. I wouldn't want to stake my eternal destiny on the fact that I've said the sinner's prayer.
<Rev 20:15>
..."BUT I SAID THE SINNER'S PRAYER!"...
</Rev 20:15>
I'm sure each part of the sinner's prayer can be justified in the scriptures by those who use it, but perhaps there are stronger evidences from the scriptures that a person can use as criteria when judging their standing.
2Pe 1:10,11 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Saying the sinner's prayer doesn't mean that a person is saved, nor does it mean that they're not saved. If a person came to you, let's call him Joe E. Z. Believism, told you that he'd already said the sinner's prayer, but wanted more assurance from the scriptures about their salvation (or lack thereof), how would you help him? How would you help him to diligently use the scriptures to make his calling and election sure?
<Rev 20:15>
..."BUT I SAID THE SINNER'S PRAYER!"...
</Rev 20:15>
I'm sure each part of the sinner's prayer can be justified in the scriptures by those who use it, but perhaps there are stronger evidences from the scriptures that a person can use as criteria when judging their standing.
2Pe 1:10,11 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Saying the sinner's prayer doesn't mean that a person is saved, nor does it mean that they're not saved. If a person came to you, let's call him Joe E. Z. Believism, told you that he'd already said the sinner's prayer, but wanted more assurance from the scriptures about their salvation (or lack thereof), how would you help him? How would you help him to diligently use the scriptures to make his calling and election sure?