What Sinners Prayer (part 4)

 What Sinners Prayer part 4     

There is a belief that I have addressed in the last three blogs. My point is for what could possibly be perhaps the greatest lie that has been believed. If you have not read these, please do. This will familiarize you with the subject matter and this present thought.

I have borrowed from the author David Platt and his subject matter before in a much earlier blog that I did some time ago. I go back to it and repeat this again to show that much in the main line of “Christianity” there be some that they themselves have condemned and deny this as GOD’S plan of salvation. Mr. David Platt as author of this I share, took a lot of heat from some for what he wrote. However, he in what he has written I share and with this I agree. If only others would follow his lead and be bold enough to distance themselves and defeat such a lie and fallacy of the devil. He says this in regard, to the “sinner’s prayer.”

In David Platt’s book he has entitled, “Follow Me…” Page 187,188

I quote from him, “a sinners prayer that is often quoted today is not found in Scripture or even in much of church history we never see anyone in Scripture saying, “bow your head, close your eyes, and repeat after me,” followed by a specific, “sinners prayer…”

David Platt went on to say, “I talk with people all the time who are looking for a box to check off in order to be right with God and safe for eternity. But there is no box.”

Mr. Platt also went on to say and I quote, “I have seen the “sinners prayer” used across the contemporary Christian landscape as people pray the prayer without ever counting the cost of following Christ.”

He went on to say that he “experienced this abuse in his own life…” “I can remember lying in my bed at night as a child and later as a teenager, wondering about whether I was really saved, and then thinking, well I just need to pray that prayer again… And really mean it this time, and then I’ll know I’m saved…”

Is it any wonder that he questioned his salvation? The case in point is that this was not based upon scripture. This was not based upon any example left to us by the word of GOD. There was no event, nor experience that he could point to and say. I did that. This happened to me. I got exactly what they got. I share in the apostles’ experience. None of this could David Platt say salvation is mine because of such and such. All he could point to was, an unbiblical man based idea and plan that was minus what any and all the churches in scripture never did, nor experienced. I let Mr. David Platt and his own words speak for himself on this matter.

David Platt; “Men, women, teenagers, children are often told, “if you prayed that prayer,” you can always know that you are saved for all eternity.”

He goes on and speaks more towards this lie of the enemy permeating our world.

“A prayer someone prayed is not the best or even a biblical basis for assurance of salvation, according to Scripture…”

My sentiments exactly. This is why I write this fourth and perhaps final blog on this error and lie.

We started with where man has wrested this idea from. I go back to it again as well. Seeing that this is the place in the scriptures as to where they quote from but do not righty divide the scriptures.

Rom 10:9 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.

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.    KJV

To look at this word (CONFESS and CONFESSION) When we read this in our English language many see the words as the same meaning as (REPENTANCE or BELIEVING…) However, these words are not interchangeable within our text. So many take John 3:16

John 3:16 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.     KJV

Then we use this word (CONFESS) for the word (BELIEVE) and the result ends up being taken out of context. As I said in a previous blog dealing with this subject. That this text is not a stand alone plan of salvation. Remember this scripture comes after the words of Jesus to Nicodemus that a man must be born again or he cannot see or enter into the kingdom of GOD. And too this scripture is that of John’s gospel which he didn’t record until around 100 A.D. Please note. Paul recorded his own epistles before John recorded his own. Luke recorded his books (Luke and Acts) before John recorded his also. So, the very means of this (Paul’s recording of Romans) being the means of (CONFESS or CONFESSION) being tied to this as “the plan of salvation” is in error. The church was born before John’s recording of his gospel.

The question we must ask is this. What is Paul saying here in our text if he isn’t speaking of REPENTING? Because Paul does say, if you confess with your mouth and believe in thine heart that GOD hath raised the Lord Jesus from the dead thou shalt be saved. Rom. 10:9

CONFESS = homologeō #3670

Thayer Definition: to say the same thing as another, i.e. to agree with, assent.

This has to do with the question of (do you agree, are you, or am I saying the same thing?)

So, this one English word (CONFESS) that the translators used here in our text many today see this as a means for ones salvation. However, from the Greek word, the truer and real meaning of this word here is not to believe but to say the same thing.

Here is another couple of examples.

Luke 12:8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:    KJV

1 Tim 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.    KJV

Both of these instances they each have the same meaning and could be interchanged with one another. All instances here of the one Greek word #3670 homologeō. They each hold the meaning (TO SAY THE SAME THING. AGREE WITH ONE ASSENT.) Note the AGREEMENT OF ONE ANOTHER…

They say the same thing. They agree.

Just ask yourselves.

·        Do I agree with Paul?

·        Do I agree with Peter?

·        Do I agree with the gospel of Jesus Christ?

 

Here O Israel the Lord our GOD is one Lord. Dt 6:4

Do I agree with the word here?

 

Paul said this to the Ephesians.

Eph 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.    KJV

 

To agree with this is to (CONFESS) the same thing. It means that I agree with them and the word they preached.

 

There is another meaning to this word of (CONFESS or CONFESSION…) This meaning is to admit. To publicly acknowledge. To be one that (CONFESSES) to the crime. That is to (publicly acknowledge.) This Greek word is exomologeo # 1843 Yet, another word for our English word (CONFESS).

Exomologeo # 1843: This means to publicly acknowledge or acknowledge openly.

This word is used in James writings.

James 5 :16, "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.  The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

This word (CONFESS) doesn’t mean to speak the same thing, agreement or assent.  

This word that James uses here. What the translators have as (CONFESS) for this Greek word. Many

are trying to redefine this word. And if I may add wrongly as well. They are taking the word (CONFESS) from James and mistaking this same word for the (CONFESS) of Romans 10:9. That if I publicly acknowledge my sins. If I publicly confess. But again, this isn’t the word in Romans 10.
Therefore, all of us know that we cannot take a word and say, well it doesn’t mean that anymore, it
means this. So, one cannot take one Greek word that means something totally different and use it here
as a means of making the word apply to where it cannot be applied. We use it as the same English word; but it’s not the same meaning in its original text. So, we must see that it doesn’t work. Its not supposed to work. When we would like to add ice to our water, we don’t say to the waiter could you please bring me some water for my water? Its could you bring me some ice for my water?We are seeing here the religious world making great effort to make this word appear what it’s not. It’s
the devil with deception appearing as an angel of light to color a lie as truth.

Romans 10:8,9 has nothing to do with (TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE) BUT HAS EVERY
THING TO DO WITH; IS MY LIFE IN LINE WITH THE GOSPEL OF WHAT THE 
APOSTLES HAVE PREACHED?

DOES MY LIFE ALIGN ITSELF WITH THE WORD OF GOD? OR HAVE I RECEIVED A
WORD THAT OVER TIME SATAN AND FALSE PROPHETS, HAS TWISTED AND CAUSED ME TO BE DECEIVED? LET THE WORD PRICK OUR HEART…

2 Thess 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
KJV

2 Cor 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.    KJV

2 Peter 3:15-16 And remember why he is waiting. He is giving us time to get his message of salvation out to others. Our wise and beloved brother Paul has talked about these same things in many of his letters. Some of his comments are not easy to understand, and there are people who are deliberately stupid, and always demand some unusual interpretation-they have twisted his letters around to mean something quite different from what he meant, just as they do the other parts of the Scripture-and the result is disaster for them.     TLB

2 Cor 11:4 You seem so gullible: you believe whatever anyone tells you even if he is preaching about another Jesus than the one we preach, or a different spirit than the Holy Spirit you received, or shows you a different way to be saved. You swallow it all.     TLB