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1 | chould a preacher question peoples chris | 2 Cor 13:5 | jamesandfaye | 222829 | ||
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2 | chould a preacher question peoples chris | 2 Cor 13:5 | lightedsteps | 222836 | ||
Hi jamesandfaye Does your church have an alter call for salvation each Sunday? Then there must be people attending the services who are not saved. A few scriptures you should read, then ask is it the position of a pastor to confront ones salvation? Mat 13:24-30 - Rom 14:4 - Joh 7:24 Grace be unto you lightedsteps |
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3 | chould a preacher question peoples chris | 2 Cor 13:5 | CDBJ | 222852 | ||
Greetings Lightedsteps, At what point does one become saved during an alter call; while in their seat, while walking down the aisle, or when they perform some kind of work when they are confronted by the pastor and jump through his psychological hoop? Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. CDBJ |
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4 | chould a preacher question peoples chris | 2 Cor 13:5 | lightedsteps | 222854 | ||
Greetings CDBJ From the sound of your post, you do not agree with, or see the need for the practice of churches having alter calls. But be that as it may, when it comes to the over all point of your question, I am at a loss, what is the relation of your question and my post? I made no definitive statement pro, or con regarding this well worn tradition. Therefore I am at a loss, as to why you would ask my opinion on the matter? Grace be unto you lightedsteps |
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5 | chould a preacher question peoples chris | 2 Cor 13:5 | CDBJ | 222855 | ||
Greetings, To be sure, the crux of my post is pointed toward the nearly seven thousand people that are known to read or examine this forum during the course of a week. From past experience I have talked with individuals who actually believe they were saved because the took the initiative to go forward in a service of one kind or another; according to Scripture that has never saved anyone to this day! It almost runs hand in hand with asking Jesus to come into your heart. Christ doesn’t come into a sewer as it were. Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? Then there are those that say in order to be saved all one needs to do is confess their sins and ask the Lord to forgive them which, with regards to salvation, is more unbiblical garbage. Lest I forget the ones that push, “Make Jesus the Lord of your life.” We can’t make Jesus Lord of anything, He is what He is and He is the Lord God of everything and we can’t make Him Lord of anything. Why everyone feels the need to deviate from the truth of God’s Word in beyond me, unless it is the work of the adversary? (This is Truth) Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. The big problem resides within the confines of the word believe. In the English language the emphasis in believing leans toward just giving “mental assent to something”, and that won’t save anyone. James 2:19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe--and tremble! The Koine Greek of the New Testament i.e. PISTIS or PISTEUO means to fully trust in, have faith in and rely on and object, and the object for salvation “must be TOTALLY” in the person of God’s Son, Jesus Christ the Lord and the work that He “finished” on the cross. Anything that we “try to do for salvation” in addition to what God has already done for us only nullifies God’ plan salvation for our lives!! Matthew 7:21-23 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' Brother, this was by no means pointed at you; I just saw a great opportunity to expatiate on a point of doctrine that many don’t understand and it could cost them their eternal future! Have a great day, CDBJ |
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