An objective look into "the sinners prayer"

[Alithis]

I agree again but I raise the issue of what do you use to lead someone to Christ, I am talking unchurched, not familiar with the bible, seems to me that the sinners prayer is useful at least I have found it so

And thats the question behind the thread topic.
And the answer lays in the question..what did the apostles use to lead people to christ..

Did they use the sinners prayer as formatted today?no theyy didnt.
Does that make the sinners prayer all bad.. ?ONly if it is presented byitself ,exclusive of the actual instructions in the good news.
The apostles preached..without exception..
Christ Jesus come in the flesh
Slain for us on the cross
Lay in theground 3 days and nights
Resurrected in victory.
And then preached the ONLY acceptable response we can ever have.

Believe
Repentance
Baptism
Recieving of the Holy spirit.

They never ever deviated from that message.
Paul pretty much states why...
Saying...i am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes.
So we see they knew something.they knew that the message itself is a spiritual message which has a spiritual effect on the hearts of mankind.it brings mankind to a crossroads..it enforces upon them a choice of eternal proportion.
The Lord Jesus taught them this message,then commanded they preach it.
For very good,precise,reason and purpose.

 

[Alithis]

You need to stop twisting what people say on this site.

Dont be rediculous.i didnt twist anything.
I asked you for clarification..!
...are you saying...? Its a question ...

 

[Rens]

The Lord's prayer saved Ian McCormack.
God told him: That prayer in the ambulance saved your life.

 

[Alithis]

The Lord's prayer saved Ian McCormack.
God told him: That prayer in the ambulance saved your life.

Yup..it set him on the path of life... Then .as we all do,he has to walk it

If you hunt his website you will find a link to some of the things that happened after he returned.. Scary stuff lol. He also was a. Dope smoker... Once he was reborn he stopped ,totally, everything in his life changed.. He did not goback and carry on in the life of sin he used to live,he forsook it. As it is written ..
/"The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. By this the children of God and the children of the devil can be distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.…"/(berean version )
Yup.. Thats what it says.. As unpopular as it is round here lol.nit says it nonetheless.

 

[Rens]

Yup..it set him on the path of life... Then .as we all do,he has to walk it

If you hunt his website you will find a link to some of the things that happened after he returned.. Scary stuff lol. He also was a. Dope smoker... Once he was reborn he stopped ,totally, everything in his life changed.. He did not goback and carry on in the life of sin he used to live,he forsook it. As it is written ..
/"The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. By this the children of God and the children of the devil can be distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.…"/(berean version )
Yup.. Thats what it says.. As unpopular as it is round here lol.nit says it nonetheless.

Yes. When I was in the mental hospital I had a few guys who said the sinner's prayer, but one was on pot, one on heroin and 40 beer a day. I didn't say they had to repent. Fell for sin myself, ran off with a guy there. I have to find that guy again who was on heroin. I took them to a revival meeting, but he said the Holy Spirit is a goner. I was a bad example.