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Originally Posted by Maximilian
I'm not a fan of the Sinner's Prayer myself. Seems rather dangerous to give assurance to those who don't believe, or it places salvation on the prayer they repeat than Jesus. In reality, if it’s in His will to do so, God quickens an individual (regeneration) and gives them the ability to repent and believe (saving faith) totally independent of that person’s ability to “get the words right” (or for that matter, to say any words out loud or privately at all).
It seems wrong to put direct pressure on the will. The will should always be approached primarily through the mind, the intellect, and then through the affections. The action of the will should be determined by those influences. In the end it may produce a condition in which what has determined the response of the man who ‘comes forward’ is not so much the truth itself as, perhaps, the personality of the evangelist, or some vague general fear, or some other kind of influence....
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The church I mentioned is the only Baptist church I have ever visited so I don't have much experience with Baptist but I had always heard that all you have to do is repeat the sinners prayer and shake a pastor's hand. No such thing has ever taken place in this church. There is no repeating after me kinda stuff. I like that this church focuses on repentance. When altar is called, it's about getting your life right with God, repenting of your sins, and making changes in your life. I like this because I think sometimes we focus so much on speaking in tongues that other things go lacking.
I don't know. I just like a lot things God has shown me in the last five years. I have tried to get out of my little box thinking.