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1 | Alter Calls? | Rom 10:9 | CDBJ | 209656 | ||
Dear Meta, My intent of seven years ago wasn’t to use, the word of God “so flippantly”, as you suggest. My emphasis was to point out that we aren’t saved by asking Jesus to come into our hearts, per se. If you can point out that particular verse from scripture I would welcome it most assuredly. If one is saved when they express such an action it isn’t the verbiage that saved them but the fact that they believed in Jesus and what He accomplished for them on the cross. Ephes. 2:8 (A) For by grace are ye saved through faith; There are many parenthetical actions that might accompany faith in Christ but they are in fact just that, and they are useless apart from the total undivided trust in the Saviour. John 20:30-31 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. I’m sorry that what was said upset you, as evidently it did since you responded as you did. When leading someone to Christ I always make it a point that one doesn’t have to jump through and particular psychological hoop that I might suggest but that they must have total faith in who and what Jesus is, the appointed one of God, and what He did for them on the cross. In parting, I noticed that you have neglected to take part in the section on the left side of the home page, “update User Info”, seeing that you have been a believer for 39 years now, I’m sure there are many on the forum that would be interested in seeing how the Lord has been working through your life, if you would be so kind as to share that with us? You can click the author of any posting and get a little of their background if you so desire. Please share something of yourself with us and again I’m very sorry if what I said upset you. To God be the glory, CDBJ |
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2 | Alter Calls? | Rom 10:9 | meta | 209680 | ||
I did not say you used the word of God flippantly. I said you used your words and opinions flippantly. I am new to the forum. I am not new to the scriptures. I have used this as a study help for years but have never ventured into the forum. It was not my intention to reply to an old post . If I had realized that I would have assumed that you had grown since then. I understand that my response was over the top. I was hurt. Do you wonder why? You repeated that we are not saved by asking Jesus into our hearts so again you try to nullify the process of my salvation. Jesus Christ understands our hearts. If we say the wrong words(in your opinion) but want the right thing(to know and love Him forever)He will respond to our hearts. The reason I used Zaccheus is that He said "Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much." And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham. Jesus Christ is salvation. He came to give us eternal life. Not to require it. Would He pay such a painfull price for us then pursue us just to have people argue over what words to use. The scriptures are given to us by God. Jesus is God. God lives in us. He is the living word. When Jesus said to the pharisees Love your enemies and pray for those that despitefuly use you. He was responding to an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. He blew people away because they thought they had it figured out. they could easily have said where is it written in the scriptures. In fact they were adhering to the scriptures. In your first post, that I responded to, you said " where does it say" Does that mean if we do not use a certain method or words that are found in the scriptures we are not saved or our works burn up. The day I said Jesus come into my heart He did and the angels rejoiced. But you insulted that process. I am sorry for my excess. You have said I am sorry that what was said upset you. Why do you say what was said rather than "what I said". Can you not own what you did. I admit my sin. I ask your forgiveness. Selah |
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