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
