Watch this clip...
I don't know much about David Platt, so don't take this as big endorsement of what he believes/teaches. But he nailed this one!
Back in my early years, I had a friend who doubted/questioned my faith in Jesus because I had not bowed down and said the "sinner's prayer" (you know...the one found nowhere in God's Word). Having grown up in the church my entire life, going to Christian schools, being brought up by Christian parents, not knowing AT ALL what life was apart from my Lord and Savior Jesus...NONE of this weighed in enough for my friend because I never said verbatim the sinner's prayer. Sad and so wrong!
Now if I had a friend with whom I was discipling and who came to faith in Jesus, I would invite him to say a prayer. But...it would be a prayer of thanks for the faith 100% given to him by the Holy Spirit. The faith did not come from his own doing or decision. It was all given by God.
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV)
May we NEVER discount God's saving work or fool ourselves that we have anything to do with earning our salvation! This is why Jesus needed to come! BOOM! (dropping the mic...walking away)
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