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1 | invitation to salvation/accepting Christ | Bible general Archive 1 | jrm | 3997 | ||
Is there anything wrong with a church that does not offer an invitation to salvation at the end or during any part of regular sunday service? i have recently come across this and was wondering if there is anything scriptural regarding sunday service and the invitation to salvation? Thanks. |
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2 | invitation to salvation/accepting Christ | Bible general Archive 1 | reformedreader | 3998 | ||
jrm, The invitation system has never been part of orthodox Christianity and is certainly not a biblical doctrine. It would be difficult (if not impossible) to biblically defend it. However, it would also be difficult for churches to stop since they depend on the invitation system in order to get someone saved, at least in theory. The churches I have asked what would happen if they stopped all respond with "how then will anyone get saved?" When I ask them why they use an invitation system, they all responded with "it's in the Bible". When I asked them to show it from scripture they all respond with "you're arguing against scripture and are attempting to mock the salvation of God". I suppose we all need an excuse for the unbiblical practices we perform every Sunday. That's bad enough. But when it cannot be (or won't be) biblically defended, then that is a much more serious problem. If a church does not have one (and mine doesn't) then there is certainly nothing anyone can legitimately accuse that church of doing that is contrary to scripture since scripture never teaches it. Of course, others will have their own personal views and I will be greatly interested in hearing how they defend their views from scripture. Sam Hughey |
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