~
Recite “The Sinner’s Prayer” To Be Saved ~
Many concepts are in the Bible—even though the exact wording is
not. For example consider the statement:
“You need to recite ‘The Sinner’s Prayer’ in order to be saved.”
The concept of a sinner needing to
acknowledge and confess their sin is certainly Biblical—but there is no one
magical “sinner’s prayer.” What is
required is a sincerity in asking for forgiveness based upon the work of Jesus
Christ on the Cross.
Scripture ~
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the
Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes
in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world
to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but
he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in
the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:14-18).
“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love
with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive
together with Christ (by grace you have
been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the
heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the
exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by
grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the
gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in
them” (Ephesians 2:4-10).
Salvation Summary ~ It’s
as simple as A-B-C (Admit—Believe—Confess).
Admit:
Admit to God that you are a sinner.
“As it is written: ‘There is none righteous, no, not one; there is none who
understands; there is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; they have together
become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one” (Romans 3:10-12).
“For all
have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).
Believe: Trust that Jesus is God’s Son and that God sent Jesus to save you from
your sin.
“Salvation is found in no else for there is other name under heaven given to
men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
“But God demonstrates His own love for us in
this: while we were yet sinners, Christ
died for us” (Romans 5:8).
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His
one and only Son, that whosoever believes
in Him should not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
“For Christ died for sins once in for all, the
righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made
alive by the Spirit” (1Peter 3:18).
“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way the truth and the
life. No one comes to the Father except
through Me’” (John 14:6).
Confess: Ask Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior. Give your life to His
control.
“If we
confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us
from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).
“If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is
Lord,’ and believe in your heart that
God raised him from the dead, you will be
saved. For it is with your heart
that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess
and are saved” (Romans 10:9-10).
Summary: First, Admit
that you are a sinner. Second Believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of
God and that He died for your sin.
Third, Confess Him to be your
Savior.
“If you confess
with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe
in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with
the heart one believes unto
righteousness, and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation. For the
Scripture says, "Whoever believes on
Him will not be put to shame."
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord
over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
For ‘whoever calls on the name of
the Lord will be saved’” (Romans 10:9-13).
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW
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