I'm an old man and can't remember the last time I heard preaching this good ....I must have said the sinners prayer a thousand times....now I have read the Bible listen to Jesse's sermons and have peace in my life....here in Central Florida it's hard to find a church that preaches the word like Jesse....I live too far from Tampa....I want to continue to grow in the word to be a good witness for Jesus Christ.....thanks for all of the uploads....
I'm old too. TBN, PTL and Billy Graham got us thinking the sinner's' prayer was in the bible. Billy would say "repeat after me/////////// don't leave this place unsaved. Say this prayer and we will have councillors up front to explain and give you literature about what you just did. What? I thought I knew what I just did? Nope, you had to have others tell you what you just did. Hey when your called Reverend, you figure they must know. Billy was also the main one that told us about the ALTER CALL. That's not in the bible either. We believed the Reverend's in the room. Now we got young fat preachers telling us what to believe, and to buy their Jesus merch. Remember the guy who gave cups and Jesus Junk away for an offering? Turn your SCARS into STARS cups! REVEREND Robert Schuller. He would have movie stars come to the Crystal Cathedral.
For over 40 years I struggled with assurance and probably prayed the “sinners prayer” to receive Christ as my personal Savior … just to be sure “I” did it correct. All along “I” was trusting in the prayer that “I” said instead of the blood that Jesus shed for me! Hallelujah… what a Savior I have in Christ Jesus alone!
Thank you pastor Jesse, I remember all to well doing most all of this when I came to believe. And then many years later hearing about the gospel of grace. Faith plus nothing. Death, burial and resurrection. 1st Corinthians 15:1-4. And John 3:16 is more than enough to believe in God's everlasting love for us who believe in the finished work of the cross ✝️ 🙏 ❤️
Thank you, needed this. I really felt I had to go to the front of the church with a pastor. I’d already prayed and confess with my mouth, believe in my heart but I wasn’t sure if it was enough. I thought there was a process we had to follow. Thank goodness God showed me you can be saved anytime, anywhere ❤
That's so wild that you said when you were a kid "Jesus lived in my heart but He packed up and left" That was me too! We weren't even taught that He would leave I just thought on my own that that's how it worked. Come and go come and go. My earliest recollection of believing was early childhood but we were told to ask Him into our hearts etc. Over the years I've struggled on and off with assurance due to dealing with Ocd/Scrupulosity. It's a constant battle in my mind somedays I have that assurance and somedays I don't. I know in Whom I have Believed it's just a hard fight with my mind sometimes.
It took me years, YEARS to get past this. You don't need The Special Prayer, Date Setting ("Well Son, if you cannot remember to the the exact moment you first believed...) Altar weeping, Water baptized or fruit to go to heaven. You believe on Jesus Christ. Trust him. Trust what he did. Believe, believe believe. That's it!
I did not say the sinner’s prayer when I got saved. I had been desiring to be close to God, but I felt like there was something in the way. I was reading the Bible and suddenly it was like a light went on inside my soul, and I finally understood that I was as guilty of sin as if I had nailed Jesus to the cross myself. I started attending a Baptist church that was heavy on the sinner’s prayer. I used it a lot in the beginning because that’s the way I was guided. People would pray with me but nothing changed in their lives. I stopped doing it, because I didn’t want people to have false assurance.
Pastor - Praying for you, your family and your church. That you all be protected by the Hurricane that is coming. That The Lord gives you peace, comfort, and protection. May God bless you all.🙏🙏
Amen brother Jesse and brother Trent! Great video teaching and response ✝️ Sadly, today, There are a lot of soul winners, Evangelists, street preachers, and personal workers which will usually lead a sinner to pray a sinner's prayer. I personally do not use the sinner's prayer, mainly for two reasons. One, I believe it brings confusion to the lost sinner. Because at one point you are telling them all they need to do to be saved is to trust Christ as their Personal Saviour, and then you tell them now pray this prayer or ask Jesus to save them. Well if you are trusting in Him alone for Salvation, why are you now asking Him to do so? Wouldn't that imply doubt and not faith?? Think about it. When a sinner is told to ask God to save them, wouldn't that imply that God may not save them? And so, again, it can bring confusion. And then the second reason I don't use it is because of the danger of changing the object of trust in the sinner's mind. Where the sinner goes from focusing on the Lord Jesus Christ solely to now shifting his focus of trust on a prayer. And I am sure that happens more often than we think it does. Our faith is not to be placed in a prayer that we prayed or in any confession that we may be making. Our object of trust must be The Lord Jesus Christ and His atoning Work alone and that is it. And so, there could be some out there who think they are saved but are not because when they were led through the sinner's prayer, they ended shifting their focus on the prayer and they placed their faith in the prayer itself rather than on Christ and His atoning work alone. Because you cannot be trusting in Christ and a prayer, or Christ and a Confession or trusting in Christ and Repenting of your sins. Your faith can only be in One or the Other. Your Faith must solely rest on Jesus Christ and His finished work for salvation.
I said the sinners prayer and believed In it, however I have since prayed different prayers of salvation and forgiveness and asking God to save me and forgive me, and acknowledge Jesus as the Only way to get saved for what he did on the cross, now that I understand it more fuller.
Romans 10:9-13 seems to be pretty clear to me. (For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”) It's not the specific words someone says that's important maybe. But there seems to be some sort of a willing acknowledgement for entering into the new covenant contract. True, the "sinner's prayer" is a man-made formulaic ritual. But that doesn't necessarily negate the need for a verbal acknowledgement.
Absolutely brother. The only thing I would add to that is that maybe someone can't speak physically. You can call upon him with your heart. The mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Great message here Pastor Jesse! Very well said! Hope you and Trent are doing well! I'm going to try to get over there soon for church service one of these days. GOD bless! - Billy Malone
My pastor says you Must have conviction, God only saves you when he's ready to save you, and the sinners prayer is a "cheap" prayer that doesn't mean anything! He had me confused for several months. But now after much research and listening to other pastors I know that I have fully trusted in the Lord and that I'm saved by grace alone, and that what Jesus did on the cross is the only way.
I agree. I wrote a gospel tract and showed it to a very wise pastor friend of mine in his late 80's. He told me, "Son, people have short attention spans. They're not gonna read all this. Make it shorter." So I did. I briefly tell that we are all sinners and there's an eternal punishment for sin. Then, I give "the good news" of Jesus Christ-- His virgin birth, sinless life, and death, burial and resurrection. All who believe in Him receive the forgiveness of sins and the gift of eternal life. I don't believe in a "sinner's prayer" because it's not biblical. However, I don't see anything wrong with a person confessing...." I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I believe that He died on the cross for my sins and that God raised Him from the dead. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." I don't think God is going to be upset with someone confessing that. As long as their faith is in Christ alone. ✌🙂
Brother i got one for you, id like to hear your thoughts on this, over a year ago i came under conviction that i was lost and fought it hard and eight months later the Lord Jesus came unto me at 6:30 in the morning and feeling the conviction power of the holy spirit while im driving and felt such peace and love and just said "Lord jesus save me" believing he could and did i was overflowed with joy and peace and i finally smiled again after 8 months, i personally believe like you say that God made salvation easy so that a child could understand it and its been said for a man to even call upon the Lord Jesus for salvation he already believes in his heart, but i dont hear a lot of folks talk about the Lord drawing them for salvation, why do you think that is?
Love this video YAH bless you paster jessie and trent in Jesus name i tell this to people all the time so what if that person cannot speak can they not get saved? Spoiler aleart yes they can get saved i have given the gospel to a mute person and and praise THE LORD Jesus christ the true and living God He saved no sinner prayer Needed another thing Praying is not believing and believing is not praying same thing with confesion. Confession is not Believing believing is not confession HaleluYAH praise THE LORD Jesus christ for the simplicity of the gospel and what He did on the cross for us HaleluYAH
It is the same as in James 2:19 the devils also believe, and tremble. They tremble because they are not trusting for salvation, but because they know and believe he is who he says he is, and they are headed for hell. Mathew says hell was made for Satan and his angles, not men, but there will be many men that will go to hell for unbelief in the name of the only begotten Son of God. We are saved by grace through faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross, Jesus is the Savior of the world not prayer. Another good video Jesse.
@@Danderwhitepaw It says thou believest that there is one God, thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. I believe there is only one God and do well, the devils tremble because they believe there is only one God, and they know their fate, but have no faith in what God has done for us, because he did not die on the cross for Satan and his angels, he only died for man. If you don't know there is only one God, you should, because there is only one God. The one god the Muslims believe in is not the God of the bible, Muslims don't believe in the same God, because they believe Jesus was a prophet, not God. 1John 5:20 says Jesus Christ is the true God, and eternal life, the Muslims do not believe Jesus is God come in the flesh.
I think we focus too much on how we bring the Gospel to the world. The way I see it is that many people got saved repeating the "sinners prayer ". Many people have been saved through many different experiences. Now don't get me wrong, I believe that what saves you is believing the gospel and putting your trust in Jesus Christ. But what brings you to that point of belief? Not what the preacher says. Not if they say, let Jesus in your heart, ask Jesus in your heart, ask Jesus for forgiveness, give your life to Jesus, surrender your life to Jesus or believe on Jesus. What brings them to the point of belief is none other than the Holy Spirit. As long as the Holy Spirit is at work. We won't always know if the person really believed, but the Holy Spirit knows. God gets the glory for all.
Very well said. Praise the Lord for His spirit that speaks through men. It is God that draws us to the truth. Faith comes from him. From his presence. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God
Saved is what we "are"when we know that we are forgiven of our sin through Jesus Christ. We are not "saved"; we are "forgiven" and because of believed forgiveness; we are "saved". We aren't just "saved" we are "saved" because we believe. We are indeed forgiven...all are forgiven. We are "saved"; once we realize that we are forgiven. "Saved" is not to everyone but "forgiveness" is. For all time..all are forgiven.
What is salvation? Salvation is the free gift of eternal life that is made possible only through Jesus Christ. John 3:16-17 KJV states, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." The apostle Paul tells us in Romans 6:23 KJV, "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Salvation is not limited to any denomination, race, gender, or age, but it is available for everyone. "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Romans 10:13 KJV). Turn from relying on Self to trusting in Jesus Christ as your Savior.
Good teaching on this. How could we even pray without having believed first? Salvation comes from the moment we believe the gospel before a word can even be said. God knows when we believe, He doesn't need to be told. I disagree with this understanding of "they went out from us". Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 1 John 2:18-19 John isn't speaking of people who have professed belief in Christ but have not actually believed. These are some of the "many antichrists" who were among them. They were (in my opinion) Gnostics who taught Jesus could not have been the Son of God if He had a physical body. Their doctrine taught all flesh was evil. It's a half truth. The god of this world loves to counterfeit God's word! John reveals the counterfeit by teaching the truth concerning whosoever is "born of God" in 1 John 3. It's our spirit that is born of God and "cannot sin", not the flesh (John 3:6). So it was these false teachers who had "went out from among us", not people who said they believed but didn't actually believe.
At my church. We are pumping out false converts every single Sunday. It’s always the same MO. Whip up the emotion. Do an altar call. Repeat THE PRAYER. Walla , the pastor pronounces you saved. It’s very difficult to reach somebody with the gospel that thinks they’re saved and they’re really lost. In my opinion, the prayer is going to populate hell more than heaven.
You do not want to be a part of that.!!! Find a true KJV Bible believing church or have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. You don't have to go to church. I don't, I study my Bible and use RUclips as a help aid. Jesse Martinez is a true Bible believing minister.
No. You do not have to believe in any rapture or tribulation information in order to be saved. The call to be saved is to believe solely in the finished work of Christ. - Trent
@@gregorylatta8159 "But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, *the word of faith, which we preach;"* -- Romans 10:8 KJV The word of faith which the apostle Paul preaches is this. Then he goes on to explain what exactly it is in 9-13.
But that’s not in the context of salvation (from hell). Otherwise every salvation verse in the Book of John (for example) would include calling but it just says to believe.
@@FlyDog79 Paul was written after the gospel. He came after Christ died, was buried, and resurrected. He was specifically sent to the Gentiles. That was his message, which was different from the gospels.
Is there a difference between head faith and heart faith? I have heard Pastors say they missed heaven by 18 inches because people didn't believe on Jesus with their heart.
Amen! Great video 👍 Pastor John Clark of Grace Community Fellowship just did a series on the sinner's prayer. For anyone still struggling with this issue, I highly recommend checking it out. m.ruclips.net/p/PLNxjKU1vNEmoPImAvQGyQeXSYiDtVG2hu
What's there to struggle with ? 1 Cor 15:1-4 is how we are saved. Eph 2:8-9, Gal 2:16, Rom 3:24-28, Rom 4:5-8, Rom 5:1, Titus 3:3-7 are the conditions. Eph 1:13, Eph 4:30 is the result. No struggle :)
@@robusc4940 No disagreement from me. However, many people have struggled with this issue from listening to bad teaching on the subject for years. That's what I was referring to.
@@DougandMax Yes, I too used to struggle with what was required to be saved then I stumbled across the unique role of Paul. Acts 9:10-15, Acts 13:1-3, Acts 15:6-12, Acts 26:12-18, Eph 3:1-9, Gal 2:7-9, 2 Pet 3:15-16, Rom 11:13, Rom 15:16, 1 Tim 1:16.
Christ has already done his job as The savior 2000 years ago. Now, do you believe that He did it yes or No? If you ask Him to save you means he would come and would die again as HE DID (PAST TENSE) 2000 years ago? HE IS RISEN AND WILL COME BACK AT THE RAPTURE TO TAKE HIS BRIDE TO HEAVEN AS HE PROMISED IN JOHN 14.
@@BibleLine And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. Matthew 21 : 22 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. John 4 : 10
What happens if we preach that Jesus died, was buried and rose again, but do not mention the blood? (Assuming this person didn’t know about the crucifixion before) Can one still be saved without hearing about the blood
Yes. They don’t have to know he was beaten, scourged, nailed with 3 nails, carried the cross, and etc… The main thing is that his DBR paid for our sin debt. Without his blood being shed, there is no remission. It doesn’t state that we MUST know he dropped blood in order for the blood he dropped to actually be efficacious. It’s factually accurate, but it’s simple to understand he DID die for our sin. This parsing really only comes up in theological speak. The common person would realize he lost blood by hanging and dying on a cross. If someone needs further explanation in gospel witnessing, then we can go there. - Trent
The thief on the cross got saved before the gospel began being preached. Salvation is a person who has the keys to life and death/ heaven and hell. To be saved we put trust in the person. After believing in Christ we are already saved and should purpose to grow in the faith by constant fellowship, prayer and bible reading at a personal level.
@@gregorylatta8159 I saw something was missing within me when I saw God through the eyes of my mother, when my mother said where do you want to be in heaven or hell? It was beautiful what I saw it was spiritual in nature as in not visible with the eyes but I saw the immediate consequence with how my mother looked at me. I dont know how I knew it was God that I saw at that moment. So when I saw what was missing within myself I only thought one thing: I want that I need that I am a miserable person without it so thats what lead to my prayer as mentioned before. But nothing happened at that moment when I had uttered the profound wish where I ultimately would want to be after this life. I waited a little while expecting something to happen still but nothing not even any reaction of any kind. So then I did nothing paid no attention to it anymore and kept on going to live my life the way I had and then 3 months later in an undivise moment of time i was all of a sudden born from above Inaudible with the ears words sprung from within me: I am a child of God and an unbelievable weight seemed to have lifted from me with that testimony and also an unseen light had filled my presence and an overwhelming sense of peace and joy had filled my entire being. I came to realise the following: believing that the bible is the word of God, God exists Jesus is the son of God and the devil exists. Which is very strange since I had been to church all my life and youth for christ but none of it had stuck. So this belief somehow was poured into me as well with or as a result of the being born again, or activated and become a heart matter rather than solely a mind matter with which I had done nothing and that had not even sunk in rationally.
I've only been a Christian for 50 years, so I may not know what I'm talking about, but I have NEVER heard anyone say that, "If you don't say the sinner's prayer you are not saved." I have shared the gospel at various times and always encourage those responding to confess Jesus as THEIR Savior and Lord, but the specific words are unimportant. BELIEVING IN YOUR HEART and CONFESSING WITH YOUR MOUTH is important. I went to church with friends many times before I asked Jesus to be MY Savior and the LORD of MY life. Once I made that commitment you couldn't shut me up! This seems a little legalistic to me. But I guess you are the only one on this planet who understands everything there is to know about God. Everyone else is mistaken??
Your last two sentences are not even worth responding to, considering we never stated such. Making Jesus “the Lord of your life” is not how you are saved. You must believe Jesus Christ died for your sin, was buried and rose again. When you believe, you receive eternal life in that moment. That’s it. Serving God should come afterwards, but your service toward God changes nothing about your salvation. - Trent
@@BibleLine I know what is necessary to be saved, and that is what I would include in any prayer for someone being saved. I'm not talking about making Jesus "the Lord of my life." That has more to do with SACTIFICATION than SALVATION. "But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." (Romans 10:8-10 KJV) I even used your version so you can understand it. We don't work to EARN salvation; good works are a RESULT of us BEING saved. Confessing Jesus Christ as Lord is not a "work" that saves us, it is a work that says we have already been saved! "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." (Ephesians 2:8-10 KJV)
Luke 18:13-14 [13]And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. [14]I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. The sinner prayer initiates the believers first baby steps in fellowship with God unto maturity through prayer. Would someone pray to a God he doesn't believe in?? The movement against the sinners prayer was initiated by the Calvinists who place the trust in their works unto salvation. The heretics try to redefine everything including free grace by renaming it into what is called easy believism...etc. The altar calls and the sinners prayer is a public declaration of faith and serves the purpose just as water baptism, not that we are saved by doing them.
Do you think overeating to the point of being overweight is good for Christianity and family life in the church? I'm not saying a fat preacher is not saved. What is your opinion of a shepherd leading a flock as an example of self control before them?
Is this an under the table attack? Being a certain weight is not a sin. These are the sins: 1) Gluttony. Skinny people can be gluttonous, I would say. 2) Defiling the temple of your body. This can be done with food AND with harsh diets. 3) Fasting or eating certain ways for the praise of men. That’s my take. Nonetheless, we all know being obese and overweight is not good for one’s health and capabilities. - Trent
@@BibleLine No, it is not an under the table attack. I don't even know what that is. What I want to know is, if a preacher/teacher/ Shepheard/ shows his congregation and the internet that choosing to be unhealthy is the example to and for the members(as I am) should we follow your example? Just a yes or no will do fine.
Oh I see. We’ve had some very unkind comments in the past on this, sorry. If the pastor is setting a poor example, then he should be challenged. If he really doesn’t care about his health, then no, the congregants should not follow that. I wouldn’t say to leave the church, especially if he is clear, but I would definitely challenge him. This is if he is flippant about it. Maybe a response out of love would motivate him to watch his health better too. - Trent
@@stevencook4002 Was Paul and Jesus fat? If so, I'm underweight. Are we to be an imitator of Jesus and Paul? (Follow their example?) Ok, let me ask you this. Who was known to be a fat preacher in the bible? If you being fat, causes someone to stumble, who changes? The one looking at you as a fat preacher, or do the sheep get to eating much much more until we are fat too? Wait a minute.............steven......COOK? Oh I get it.
I got saved 40 years ago, 1984, after about 6 weeks of demonic activity in the house. My girlfriend and I went on the ouija board for numbers for the Illinois lottery. Long story but after going to an Assembly of God pastor and him giving me Deut. 18:9-12, talking to the dead (the board was telling us it was her ex boyfriend who was killed in Vietnam) and we would win the lottery. I did not know God or Jesus, pastor never said one word about Jesus, just said what I was doing was an abomination to God. Kept reading the Deut Scripture and was convicted. Took the board and all the rest of pages of dialogue with the demons and burned them in a burn barrel and burned it all for an hour. It all was not burned so I got mad and took a gallon of gas threw it on the fire and accidentally got myself lit on fire. Head to toe on fire. Finally put out the fire and myself and went into the shower all blackened, all clothes tattered and burned. Did not know God or Jesus, no faith, no knowledge, no repentance, and God graciously filled and sealed me in the shower. Shower Power. Did not know what had happened to me. I had never read the Bible, never gone to church, and never had been witnessed to. Never heard of a sinners prayer. God did the whole thing just to show me He doesn't, need anyone and can do anything and everything by Himself. Never even heard the words "born again" but I came out a new creature and a new man. Quit all my drug dealing, drugs, alcohol, gambling, womanizing, etc. To the praise of the glory of His grace.
It made sense to Nicodemus, to Abraham, to the woman at the well, to the Philippian jailer and many more. The interjection of the TULIP doctrine before the scripture is GRAVE error. - Trent
@@pigzcanfly444 Paul knew about regeneration without anything he did. God knocked him off his religious pride and made him a vessel of blessing to believers. I can't wait to meet him and thank God for him
@Over-for-now you can not believe without volition and the ability to. Hange one's belief. You do not get the Holy Spirit without belief on Jesus alone for the sole propitiation for you sins. Paul's letter to Titus clearly says that the Holy Spirit regenerates the believer. To regenerate is sanctified, and afterward, we are justified through said regeneration because of the finished work of Jesus on Calvary.
@@BibleLine Why is it THAT we humans WANT SO bad to impress God with anything we DO ? JUST thank HIM for HIS amazing gifts to us . Why is it so insulting to us to bow to HIS mercy ?
ruclips.net/video/zs0iMPaWV0Q/видео.htmlsi=X-U8Wxcfh5V1mpxf Thought maybe putting this here would possibly get your insights. I’ve emailed before asking for feedback on pastor Michael Grant. The video is his take on Bob Wilkin and easy bekievism vs John MacArthur and Lordship Salvation. He advocates grace alone , denies being a Calvinist but there are red flags in his theology as he states works prove salvation and misrepresents the verse speaking about the demons believe to back his theology which is actually Calvinistic and of LS ideologies. Maybe at some point , time allotted, if this pastor and his views could be addressed by Bibleline. Thank you!! ✝️
He’s basically Calvinist. He believes there will be evidence of a changed life, and his take on repentance is to repent from sin. Very unclear on how to be saved. I watched this and his video called “Cheap Grace.” - Trent
If only believing saves us, then how does saying an improper imperfect prayer prevent our faith from saving us when we call on Jesus by faith????????????!???!!!??!!!!?????!!???!!??!! Your logic is as bad as the Calvinists!
It’s bad if the individual is trusting in faith AND the prayer. Praying after believing in Christ is fine, but often the content of the prayer is so confusing and muddy. The call to be saved is to believe. We reject Calvinism full stop btw. - Trent
I grew up in a Charismatic household and church. The sinners prayer led me to believe in Lordship Salvation. The only goal I have when praying after sharing the gospel is let the new believer understand the purpose of prayer, and how to pray.
@@BibleLine for by grace are ye saved through faith; and THAT not of yourselves: it is the gift of God The next verse speaks of boasting ---- so there's absolutely NOTHING we have to boast before God about !!
@@Over-for-now boasting of what? works or faith? In grammar, THAT is referring to a noun GRACE and not Faith. In that passage of Ephesians 2:8, Paul used 2 nouns GRACE AND FAITH.
Praying is not "works" or adding to the Gospel Would you stop saying the Lord's Prayer Jesus gave us?. There are various types of prayers. such as prayers of thanksgiving, adoration, blessings, praise, intercession, supplication, for daily bread,for the dead, for deliverance from evil, for forgiveness,, for the sick. One of the most powerful prayers is The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy.
I'm an old man and can't remember the last time I heard preaching this good ....I must have said the sinners prayer a thousand times....now I have read the Bible listen to Jesse's sermons and have peace in my life....here in Central Florida it's hard to find a church that preaches the word like Jesse....I live too far from Tampa....I want to continue to grow in the word to be a good witness for Jesus Christ.....thanks for all of the uploads....
I'm old too. TBN, PTL and Billy Graham got us thinking the sinner's' prayer was in the bible. Billy would say "repeat after me/////////// don't leave this place unsaved. Say this prayer and we will have councillors up front to explain and give you literature about what you just did. What? I thought I knew what I just did? Nope, you had to have others tell you what you just did. Hey when your called Reverend, you figure they must know. Billy was also the main one that told us about the ALTER CALL. That's not in the bible either. We believed the Reverend's in the room. Now we got young fat preachers telling us what to believe, and to buy their Jesus merch. Remember the guy who gave cups and Jesus Junk away for an offering? Turn your SCARS into STARS cups! REVEREND Robert Schuller. He would have movie stars come to the Crystal Cathedral.
I realy appreciate your crystal clear teachings. God bless your ministry.
For over 40 years I struggled with assurance and probably prayed the “sinners prayer” to receive Christ as my personal Savior … just to be sure “I” did it correct. All along “I” was trusting in the prayer that “I” said instead of the blood that Jesus shed for me! Hallelujah… what a Savior I have in Christ Jesus alone!
Thank you pastor Jesse, I remember all to well doing most all of this when I came to believe. And then many years later hearing about the gospel of grace. Faith plus nothing. Death, burial and resurrection. 1st Corinthians 15:1-4. And John 3:16 is more than enough to believe in God's everlasting love for us who believe in the finished work of the cross ✝️ 🙏 ❤️
Thank you, needed this. I really felt I had to go to the front of the church with a pastor. I’d already prayed and confess with my mouth, believe in my heart but I wasn’t sure if it was enough. I thought there was a process we had to follow. Thank goodness God showed me you can be saved anytime, anywhere ❤
It's not a matter of doing anything. Forgiveness is for all When we are saved...it's because we believe.
That's so wild that you said when you were a kid "Jesus lived in my heart but He packed up and left" That was me too! We weren't even taught that He would leave I just thought on my own that that's how it worked. Come and go come and go. My earliest recollection of believing was early childhood but we were told to ask Him into our hearts etc. Over the years I've struggled on and off with assurance due to dealing with Ocd/Scrupulosity. It's a constant battle in my mind somedays I have that assurance and somedays I don't. I know in Whom I have Believed it's just a hard fight with my mind sometimes.
It took me years, YEARS to get past this. You don't need The Special Prayer, Date Setting ("Well Son, if you cannot remember to the the exact moment you first believed...) Altar weeping, Water baptized or fruit to go to heaven.
You believe on Jesus Christ. Trust him. Trust what he did. Believe, believe believe. That's it!
This is so needed. Praise God.
I did not say the sinner’s prayer when I got saved. I had been desiring to be close to God, but I felt like there was something in the way. I was reading the Bible and suddenly it was like a light went on inside my soul, and I finally understood that I was as guilty of sin as if I had nailed Jesus to the cross myself. I started attending a Baptist church that was heavy on the sinner’s prayer. I used it a lot in the beginning because that’s the way I was guided. People would pray with me but nothing changed in their lives. I stopped doing it, because I didn’t want people to have false assurance.
Me neither
Pastor - Praying for you, your family and your church. That you all be protected by the Hurricane that is coming. That The Lord gives you peace, comfort, and protection. May God bless you all.🙏🙏
Amen brother Jesse and brother Trent! Great video teaching and response ✝️
Sadly, today, There are a lot of soul winners, Evangelists, street preachers, and personal workers which will usually lead a sinner to pray a sinner's prayer. I personally do not use the sinner's prayer, mainly for two reasons. One, I believe it brings confusion to the lost sinner. Because at one point you are telling them all they need to do to be saved is to trust Christ as their Personal Saviour, and then you tell them now pray this prayer or ask Jesus to save them. Well if you are trusting in Him alone for Salvation, why are you now asking Him to do so? Wouldn't that imply doubt and not faith?? Think about it. When a sinner is told to ask God to save them, wouldn't that imply that God may not save them? And so, again, it can bring confusion. And then the second reason I don't use it is because of the danger of changing the object of trust in the sinner's mind. Where the sinner goes from focusing on the Lord Jesus Christ solely to now shifting his focus of trust on a prayer. And I am sure that happens more often than we think it does. Our faith is not to be placed in a prayer that we prayed or in any confession that we may be making. Our object of trust must be The Lord Jesus Christ and His atoning Work alone and that is it.
And so, there could be some out there who think they are saved but are not because when they were led through the sinner's prayer, they ended shifting their focus on the prayer and they placed their faith in the prayer itself rather than on Christ and His atoning work alone. Because you cannot be trusting in Christ and a prayer, or Christ and a Confession or trusting in Christ and Repenting of your sins. Your faith can only be in One or the Other. Your Faith must solely rest on Jesus Christ and His finished work for salvation.
I said the sinners prayer and believed In it, however I have since prayed different prayers of salvation and forgiveness and asking God to save me and forgive me, and acknowledge Jesus as the Only way to get saved for what he did on the cross, now that I understand it more fuller.
I say the Lords prayer matthew 6:9-13, not because i need it for salvation, but because that is a prayer that he gave us
That’s totally good.
- Trent
I only heard of the sinners prayer after I got saved. But I had assurance of salvation because of what I read in 1 John 5:13
Romans 10:9-13 seems to be pretty clear to me. (For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”) It's not the specific words someone says that's important maybe. But there seems to be some sort of a willing acknowledgement for entering into the new covenant contract. True, the "sinner's prayer" is a man-made formulaic ritual. But that doesn't necessarily negate the need for a verbal acknowledgement.
Absolutely brother. The only thing I would add to that is that maybe someone can't speak physically. You can call upon him with your heart. The mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Great message here Pastor Jesse! Very well said! Hope you and Trent are doing well! I'm going to try to get over there soon for church service one of these days. GOD bless! - Billy Malone
My pastor says you Must have conviction, God only saves you when he's ready to save you, and the sinners prayer is a "cheap" prayer that doesn't mean anything! He had me confused for several months. But now after much research and listening to other pastors I know that I have fully trusted in the Lord and that I'm saved by grace alone, and that what Jesus did on the cross is the only way.
That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing.
- Trent
I said the prayer, but I did not confuse trusting Christ with “the prayer.”
This
Exactly
I agree. I wrote a gospel tract and showed it to a very wise pastor friend of mine in his late 80's. He told me, "Son, people have short attention spans. They're not gonna read all this. Make it shorter." So I did. I briefly tell that we are all sinners and there's an eternal punishment for sin. Then, I give "the good news" of Jesus Christ-- His virgin birth, sinless life, and death, burial and resurrection. All who believe in Him receive the forgiveness of sins and the gift of eternal life. I don't believe in a "sinner's prayer" because it's not biblical. However, I don't see anything wrong with a person confessing...." I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I believe that He died on the cross for my sins and that God raised Him from the dead. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." I don't think God is going to be upset with someone confessing that. As long as their faith is in Christ alone. ✌🙂
So simple.
AMEN x2.
Brother i got one for you, id like to hear your thoughts on this, over a year ago i came under conviction that i was lost and fought it hard and eight months later the Lord Jesus came unto me at 6:30 in the morning and feeling the conviction power of the holy spirit while im driving and felt such peace and love and just said "Lord jesus save me" believing he could and did i was overflowed with joy and peace and i finally smiled again after 8 months, i personally believe like you say that God made salvation easy so that a child could understand it and its been said for a man to even call upon the Lord Jesus for salvation he already believes in his heart, but i dont hear a lot of folks talk about the Lord drawing them for salvation, why do you think that is?
Not everyone is called for salvation, God even set aside the wicked for the time of the end
@@DH50-HWT the word of God says it's God's will that none should perish and all come unto repentance.
Love this video YAH bless you paster jessie and trent in Jesus name i tell this to people all the time so what if that person cannot speak can they not get saved? Spoiler aleart yes they can get saved i have given the gospel to a mute person and and praise THE LORD Jesus christ the true and living God He saved no sinner prayer Needed another thing Praying is not believing and believing is not praying same thing with confesion. Confession is not Believing believing is not confession HaleluYAH praise THE LORD Jesus christ for the simplicity of the gospel and what He did on the cross for us HaleluYAH
I prayed the prayer and I meant it but I know it wasn’t “the” prayer it was my belief the prayer is a tool that’s it
Let's start with:
Do you believe in God? Do you believe He loves you? Do you love Him?
It is the same as in James 2:19 the devils also believe, and tremble. They tremble because they are not trusting for salvation, but because they know and believe he is who he says he is, and they are headed for hell. Mathew says hell was made for Satan and his angles, not men, but there will be many men that will go to hell for unbelief in the name of the only begotten Son of God. We are saved by grace through faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross, Jesus is the Savior of the world not prayer. Another good video Jesse.
The demons believe there is one God, read that verse again, "one God" who else believes that, Muslims do
@@Danderwhitepaw It says thou believest that there is one God, thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. I believe there is only one God and do well, the devils tremble because they believe there is only one God, and they know their fate, but have no faith in what God has done for us, because he did not die on the cross for Satan and his angels, he only died for man. If you don't know there is only one God, you should, because there is only one God. The one god the Muslims believe in is not the God of the bible, Muslims don't believe in the same God, because they believe Jesus was a prophet, not God. 1John 5:20 says Jesus Christ is the true God, and eternal life, the Muslims do not believe Jesus is God come in the flesh.
I think we focus too much on how we bring the Gospel to the world. The way I see it is that many people got saved repeating the "sinners prayer ". Many people have been saved through many different experiences. Now don't get me wrong, I believe that what saves you is believing the gospel and putting your trust in Jesus Christ. But what brings you to that point of belief? Not what the preacher says. Not if they say, let Jesus in your heart, ask Jesus in your heart, ask Jesus for forgiveness, give your life to Jesus, surrender your life to Jesus or believe on Jesus. What brings them to the point of belief is none other than the Holy Spirit. As long as the Holy Spirit is at work. We won't always know if the person really believed, but the Holy Spirit knows. God gets the glory for all.
Very well said. Praise the Lord for His spirit that speaks through men. It is God that draws us to the truth. Faith comes from him. From his presence. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God
Saved is what we "are"when we know that we are forgiven of our sin through Jesus Christ.
We are not "saved"; we are "forgiven" and because of believed forgiveness; we are "saved". We aren't just "saved" we are "saved" because we believe. We are indeed forgiven...all are forgiven. We are "saved"; once we realize that we are forgiven. "Saved" is not to everyone but "forgiveness" is. For all time..all are forgiven.
What is salvation?
Salvation is the free gift of eternal life that is made possible only through Jesus Christ. John 3:16-17 KJV states, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." The apostle Paul tells us in Romans 6:23 KJV, "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Salvation is not limited to any denomination, race, gender, or age, but it is available for everyone. "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Romans 10:13 KJV).
Turn from relying on Self to trusting in Jesus Christ as your Savior.
Good teaching on this. How could we even pray without having believed first? Salvation comes from the moment we believe the gospel before a word can even be said. God knows when we believe, He doesn't need to be told.
I disagree with this understanding of "they went out from us".
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 1 John 2:18-19
John isn't speaking of people who have professed belief in Christ but have not actually believed. These are some of the "many antichrists" who were among them. They were (in my opinion) Gnostics who taught Jesus could not have been the Son of God if He had a physical body. Their doctrine taught all flesh was evil. It's a half truth. The god of this world loves to counterfeit God's word! John reveals the counterfeit by teaching the truth concerning whosoever is "born of God" in 1 John 3. It's our spirit that is born of God and "cannot sin", not the flesh (John 3:6). So it was these false teachers who had "went out from among us", not people who said they believed but didn't actually believe.
I didn't say nothing when i was saved.
At my church. We are pumping out false converts every single Sunday. It’s always the same MO. Whip up the emotion. Do an altar call. Repeat THE PRAYER. Walla , the pastor pronounces you saved. It’s very difficult to reach somebody with the gospel that thinks they’re saved and they’re really lost. In my opinion, the prayer is going to populate hell more than heaven.
You do not want to be a part of that.!!! Find a true KJV Bible believing church or have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. You don't have to go to church. I don't, I study my Bible and use RUclips as a help aid. Jesse Martinez is a true Bible believing minister.
Would you consider people who believe in a rapture after the tribulation to be unsaved?
No. You do not have to believe in any rapture or tribulation information in order to be saved. The call to be saved is to believe solely in the finished work of Christ.
- Trent
can we remember the fact Jesus Christ did the work
We should not fear, "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Please explain the context of that verse.
@@gregorylatta8159 "But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, *the word of faith, which we preach;"* -- Romans 10:8 KJV
The word of faith which the apostle Paul preaches is this. Then he goes on to explain what exactly it is in 9-13.
But that’s not in the context of salvation (from hell). Otherwise every salvation verse in the Book of John (for example) would include calling but it just says to believe.
@@FlyDog79 Paul was written after the gospel. He came after Christ died, was buried, and resurrected. He was specifically sent to the Gentiles. That was his message, which was different from the gospels.
Is there a difference between head faith and heart faith? I have heard Pastors say they missed heaven by 18 inches because people didn't believe on Jesus with their heart.
Heart is referring to your mind not the heart that pumps blood
Faith happens in your mind.
- Trent
Believing in your heart is the same as believing in your head. People who draw a distinction are false teachers.
Amen! Great video 👍
Pastor John Clark of Grace Community Fellowship just did a series on the sinner's prayer. For anyone still struggling with this issue, I highly recommend checking it out.
m.ruclips.net/p/PLNxjKU1vNEmoPImAvQGyQeXSYiDtVG2hu
What's there to struggle with ?
1 Cor 15:1-4 is how we are saved.
Eph 2:8-9, Gal 2:16, Rom 3:24-28, Rom 4:5-8, Rom 5:1, Titus 3:3-7 are the conditions.
Eph 1:13, Eph 4:30 is the result.
No struggle :)
@@robusc4940 No disagreement from me. However, many people have struggled with this issue from listening to bad teaching on the subject for years. That's what I was referring to.
@@DougandMax Yes, I too used to struggle with what was required to be saved then I stumbled across the unique role of Paul.
Acts 9:10-15, Acts 13:1-3, Acts 15:6-12, Acts 26:12-18, Eph 3:1-9, Gal 2:7-9, 2 Pet 3:15-16, Rom 11:13, Rom 15:16, 1 Tim 1:16.
To pray means to ask, did you ask Jesus to save you?
You don’t have to “ask.” You have to believe in Christ for the full payment of your sins.
- Trent
Christ has already done his job as The savior 2000 years ago. Now, do you believe that He did it yes or No? If you ask Him to save you means he would come and would die again as HE DID (PAST TENSE) 2000 years ago? HE IS RISEN AND WILL COME BACK AT THE RAPTURE TO TAKE HIS BRIDE TO HEAVEN AS HE PROMISED IN JOHN 14.
@@Donasavedbygrace
Did you call on the name of the Lord Jesus for salvation, yes or no?
@@BibleLine
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew 21 : 22
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
John 4 : 10
you really pulled that face for the thumbnail clickbait - just wow
It’s a true reaction to the idea though. 😕
- Trent
What happens if we preach that Jesus died, was buried and rose again, but do not mention the blood? (Assuming this person didn’t know about the crucifixion before)
Can one still be saved without hearing about the blood
Yes. They don’t have to know he was beaten, scourged, nailed with 3 nails, carried the cross, and etc… The main thing is that his DBR paid for our sin debt. Without his blood being shed, there is no remission. It doesn’t state that we MUST know he dropped blood in order for the blood he dropped to actually be efficacious. It’s factually accurate, but it’s simple to understand he DID die for our sin. This parsing really only comes up in theological speak. The common person would realize he lost blood by hanging and dying on a cross. If someone needs further explanation in gospel witnessing, then we can go there.
- Trent
The thief on the cross got saved before the gospel began being preached. Salvation is a person who has the keys to life and death/ heaven and hell. To be saved we put trust in the person.
After believing in Christ we are already saved and should purpose to grow in the faith by constant fellowship, prayer and bible reading at a personal level.
No, I didnt do the sinners prayer I just told God I wanted to be in heaven and 3 months later God made me reborn.
Care to elaborate?
@@gregorylatta8159 I saw something was missing within me when I saw God through the eyes of my mother, when my mother said where do you want to be in heaven or hell? It was beautiful what I saw it was spiritual in nature as in not visible with the eyes but I saw the immediate consequence with how my mother looked at me. I dont know how I knew it was God that I saw at that moment. So when I saw what was missing within myself I only thought one thing: I want that I need that I am a miserable person without it so thats what lead to my prayer as mentioned before. But nothing happened at that moment when I had uttered the profound wish where I ultimately would want to be after this life. I waited a little while expecting something to happen still but nothing not even any reaction of any kind. So then I did nothing paid no attention to it anymore and kept on going to live my life the way I had and then 3 months later in an undivise moment of time i was all of a sudden born from above Inaudible with the ears words sprung from within me: I am a child of God and an unbelievable weight seemed to have lifted from me with that testimony and also an unseen light had filled my presence and an overwhelming sense of peace and joy had filled my entire being. I came to realise the following: believing that the bible is the word of God, God exists Jesus is the son of God and the devil exists. Which is very strange since I had been to church all my life and youth for christ but none of it had stuck. So this belief somehow was poured into me as well with or as a result of the being born again, or activated and become a heart matter rather than solely a mind matter with which I had done nothing and that had not even sunk in rationally.
I've only been a Christian for 50 years, so I may not know what I'm talking about, but I have NEVER heard anyone say that, "If you don't say the sinner's prayer you are not saved." I have shared the gospel at various times and always encourage those responding to confess Jesus as THEIR Savior and Lord, but the specific words are unimportant. BELIEVING IN YOUR HEART and CONFESSING WITH YOUR MOUTH is important. I went to church with friends many times before I asked Jesus to be MY Savior and the LORD of MY life. Once I made that commitment you couldn't shut me up! This seems a little legalistic to me. But I guess you are the only one on this planet who understands everything there is to know about God. Everyone else is mistaken??
Your last two sentences are not even worth responding to, considering we never stated such.
Making Jesus “the Lord of your life” is not how you are saved. You must believe Jesus Christ died for your sin, was buried and rose again. When you believe, you receive eternal life in that moment. That’s it.
Serving God should come afterwards, but your service toward God changes nothing about your salvation.
- Trent
@@BibleLine I know what is necessary to be saved, and that is what I would include in any prayer for someone being saved. I'm not talking about making Jesus "the Lord of my life." That has more to do with SACTIFICATION than SALVATION. "But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." (Romans 10:8-10 KJV) I even used your version so you can understand it. We don't work to EARN salvation; good works are a RESULT of us BEING saved. Confessing Jesus Christ as Lord is not a "work" that saves us, it is a work that says we have already been saved! "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." (Ephesians 2:8-10 KJV)
@@APatriotsPerspectiveso get lost w.
@@FlyDog79 I'll say what I want. If you're going to have a conversation you will probably have to make complete sentences, if you are able.
Luke 18:13-14
[13]And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
[14]I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
The sinner prayer initiates the believers first baby steps in fellowship with God unto maturity through prayer. Would someone pray to a God he doesn't believe in?? The movement against the sinners prayer was initiated by the Calvinists who place the trust in their works unto salvation. The heretics try to redefine everything including free grace by renaming it into what is called easy believism...etc. The altar calls and the sinners prayer is a public declaration of faith and serves the purpose just as water baptism, not that we are saved by doing them.
If you understand the sinners prayer to not be salvation, but rather a public declaration; that is great. No issue there!
- Trent
Do you think overeating to the point of being overweight is good for Christianity and family life in the church? I'm not saying a fat preacher is not saved. What is your opinion of a shepherd leading a flock as an example of self control before them?
Is this an under the table attack? Being a certain weight is not a sin. These are the sins:
1) Gluttony. Skinny people can be gluttonous, I would say.
2) Defiling the temple of your body. This can be done with food AND with harsh diets.
3) Fasting or eating certain ways for the praise of men.
That’s my take. Nonetheless, we all know being obese and overweight is not good for one’s health and capabilities.
- Trent
@@BibleLine No, it is not an under the table attack. I don't even know what that is. What I want to know is, if a preacher/teacher/ Shepheard/ shows his congregation and the internet that choosing to be unhealthy is the example to and for the members(as I am) should we follow your example? Just a yes or no will do fine.
Oh I see. We’ve had some very unkind comments in the past on this, sorry.
If the pastor is setting a poor example, then he should be challenged. If he really doesn’t care about his health, then no, the congregants should not follow that.
I wouldn’t say to leave the church, especially if he is clear, but I would definitely challenge him. This is if he is flippant about it. Maybe a response out of love would motivate him to watch his health better too.
- Trent
@@orangeandslinkyWe are to follow the apostle Paul as he follows Christ. Nowhere in scripture are we told to follow anyone else’s example.
@@stevencook4002 Was Paul and Jesus fat? If so, I'm underweight. Are we to be an imitator of Jesus and Paul? (Follow their example?) Ok, let me ask you this. Who was known to be a fat preacher in the bible? If you being fat, causes someone to stumble, who changes? The one looking at you as a fat preacher, or do the sheep get to eating much much more until we are fat too? Wait a minute.............steven......COOK? Oh I get it.
I got saved 40 years ago, 1984, after about 6 weeks of demonic activity in the house. My girlfriend and I went on the ouija board for numbers for the Illinois lottery. Long story but after going to an Assembly of God pastor and him giving me Deut. 18:9-12, talking to the dead (the board was telling us it was her ex boyfriend who was killed in Vietnam) and we would win the lottery. I did not know God or Jesus, pastor never said one word about Jesus, just said what I was doing was an abomination to God. Kept reading the Deut Scripture and was convicted. Took the board and all the rest of pages of dialogue with the demons and burned them in a burn barrel and burned it all for an hour. It all was not burned so I got mad and took a gallon of gas threw it on the fire and accidentally got myself lit on fire. Head to toe on fire. Finally put out the fire and myself and went into the shower all blackened, all clothes tattered and burned. Did not know God or Jesus, no faith, no knowledge, no repentance, and God graciously filled and sealed me in the shower. Shower Power. Did not know what had happened to me. I had never read the Bible, never gone to church, and never had been witnessed to. Never heard of a sinners prayer. God did the whole thing just to show me He doesn't, need anyone and can do anything and everything by Himself. Never even heard the words "born again" but I came out a new creature and a new man. Quit all my drug dealing, drugs, alcohol, gambling, womanizing, etc. To the praise of the glory of His grace.
How do you know “he sealed you in the shower?”
- Trent
@@BibleLine Found out later that is what the Holy Spirit of Promise does. Eph.1:13.
Was absolutely changed/transformed in mind, spirit and soul after the shower.
To the sinner the gospel does NOT make sense. We are dead so how can it make sense? God does ALL the work
It made sense to Nicodemus, to Abraham, to the woman at the well, to the Philippian jailer and many more. The interjection of the TULIP doctrine before the scripture is GRAVE error.
- Trent
Regeneration can not precede the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Read the book of Titus.
@@pigzcanfly444 Paul knew about regeneration without anything he did. God knocked him off his religious pride and made him a vessel of blessing to believers. I can't wait to meet him and thank God for him
@Over-for-now you can not believe without volition and the ability to. Hange one's belief. You do not get the Holy Spirit without belief on Jesus alone for the sole propitiation for you sins. Paul's letter to Titus clearly says that the Holy Spirit regenerates the believer. To regenerate is sanctified, and afterward, we are justified through said regeneration because of the finished work of Jesus on Calvary.
@@BibleLine Why is it THAT we humans WANT SO bad to impress God with anything we DO ? JUST thank HIM for HIS amazing gifts to us . Why is it so insulting to us to bow to HIS mercy ?
ruclips.net/video/zs0iMPaWV0Q/видео.htmlsi=X-U8Wxcfh5V1mpxf
Thought maybe putting this here would possibly get your insights.
I’ve emailed before asking for feedback on pastor Michael Grant.
The video is his take on Bob Wilkin and easy bekievism vs John MacArthur and Lordship Salvation.
He advocates grace alone , denies being a Calvinist but there are red flags in his theology as he states works prove salvation and misrepresents the verse speaking about the demons believe to back his theology which is actually Calvinistic and of LS ideologies.
Maybe at some point , time allotted, if this pastor and his views could be addressed by Bibleline.
Thank you!! ✝️
He’s basically Calvinist. He believes there will be evidence of a changed life, and his take on repentance is to repent from sin. Very unclear on how to be saved. I watched this and his video called “Cheap Grace.”
- Trent
@@BibleLine thank you Trent !!
I figured that and wanted validation so I’m not making unfair and false assumptions.
If only believing saves us, then how does saying an improper imperfect prayer prevent our faith from saving us when we call on Jesus by faith????????????!???!!!??!!!!?????!!???!!??!! Your logic is as bad as the Calvinists!
It’s bad if the individual is trusting in faith AND the prayer. Praying after believing in Christ is fine, but often the content of the prayer is so confusing and muddy. The call to be saved is to believe. We reject Calvinism full stop btw.
- Trent
I grew up in a Charismatic household and church. The sinners prayer led me to believe in Lordship Salvation.
The only goal I have when praying after sharing the gospel is let the new believer understand the purpose of prayer, and how to pray.
Formula formula formula. Salvation is God's work. Come to Jesus and HE WILL NOT cast you out----
Salvation is God’s work. Yes. Faith is NOT God’s work. Faith is NOT a work. Romans 4:5, 11:6.
- Trent
John 6:37
Faith is not a gift of God; salvation is. Romans 6:23. The gift in Eph. 2:8 isn’t faith, but it’s the salvation.
- Trent
@@BibleLine for by grace are ye saved through faith; and THAT not of yourselves: it is the gift of God
The next verse speaks of boasting ---- so there's absolutely NOTHING we have to boast before God about !!
@@Over-for-now boasting of what? works or faith?
In grammar, THAT is referring to a noun GRACE and not Faith. In that passage of Ephesians 2:8, Paul used 2 nouns GRACE AND FAITH.
Praying is not "works" or adding to the Gospel Would you stop saying the Lord's Prayer Jesus gave us?. There are various types of prayers.
such as prayers of thanksgiving, adoration, blessings, praise, intercession, supplication, for daily bread,for the dead, for deliverance from evil, for forgiveness,, for the sick.
One of the most powerful prayers is The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy.
Throwing stones from a glass house again 😂
Looks like you are addicted to food
Wow! This comment was so nice and helpful! Smh… seems like you care. 🤨
- Trent
@@BibleLine gluttony 😂