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1 | Why isn't the Sinner's Prayer a WORK | James 5:16 | Morant61 | 134574 | ||
Greetings Dalcent! I will take a shot at your question my friend! From the protestant perspective, there are several things mentioned in Scripture that precede salvation - repentance, confession, acceptence, reception, ect.... I see these as being basically synomous terms for a change of attitude. One must accept what God offers in order for one to be saved. Now, is 'accepting' a gift 'a work' that someone causes me to deserve said gift? Allow me to use an analogy. Suppose I decide to buy my wife a great 25th wedding anniversary present. I go to great lengths to pick out the present, purchase it, keep it secret (which is not easy with 4 kids and 2 grandkids around), and wrap it. My wife comes into the room on the fateful day. She 'accepts' my gift. Did she therefore earn it? Did she have anything to do with the purchase of the gift at all? No! In the same way, we must accept God's gift of salvation. But asking God for salvation does not earn salvation, nor does it contribute to salvation in any way. The gift has already been bought and wrapped. Now, baptism is a different story. Baptism is not an attitude, it is an action - something either done to us or done by us. The clearest example in Scripture is circumcision. Like baptism, circumcision was a an initation rite. Yet, in Galatians, Paul quite clearly makes the case that adding circumcision to 'grace' is a perversion of the Gospel. Now, if you would like to discuss this issue, I would be happy to do so my friend! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Why isn't the Sinner's Prayer a WORK | James 5:16 | Dalcent | 134592 | ||
Dear Tim, I appreciate your attempt to answer the question. However, I remain unconvinced that asking for something is not an action. Moreover, getting in a baptismal tank and the ministers giving a trinitarian blessing while you confess Christ hardly constitutes working for your salvation, relying on your own righteousness, not believing in the sufficiency of the atonement, etc. Many Protestants believe in baptismal regeneration. Typically the expressed beliefs about baptism on this site are evangelical: a branch of Protestantism. In my book name calling involves calling people names. Stupid, etc. (which you are obviously not) Accusing someone of translating the bible according to their denominational stance, and the like is not name calling. Best Wishes Dalcent |
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