When did Jesus change his intial salvation plan to the "Sinner's Prayer" method?
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Jesus didn't do that.  People who create and modify religious practice did that.  Jesus has been dead for over 2000 yrs.
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"For if he were not expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for the dead. But if he was looking to the splendid reward that is laid up for those who fall asleep in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. Therefore he made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin" (2 Macc. 12:44-45). \n\n"Make friends quickly with your accuser, while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison; truly, I say to you, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny" (Matt. 5:25-26). \n\n"Each man’s work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire" (1 Cor. 3:13-15). \n\n"For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit; in which he went and preached to the spirits in prison, who formerly did not obey . . ." (1 Peter 3:18-20). \n\n"But nothing unclean shall enter it [heaven] . . ." (Rev. 21:27).\n\n\nNote: If you attempt to use a Protestant Bible to find the Second Maccabees verse, you will come up short, because Protestant reformers (such as Luther) has this book removed (as well as a few others) because of its reference to Purgatory.
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Yes. Jesus became my Savior the day He saved my soul. He changed my life, and gave me something to live for. He put a new song in my heart. I no longer enjoy sin, or want to be any part of it. I want to be a witness for Jesus. I live my life apart from this world, and seek God for the will of my life. I Thank God for all my Blessing, and I Love Him with all my heart!
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Hi, The Bible says "Saved till the day of salvation", which is when its your time to meet God. so you better stay SAVED till then if you expect to go to Heaven and see God. Anyone who is in Gods will when they die will meet Him. ANYONE, anyone who has TRUELY seeked out Forgiveness, and God knew they were truely wanting a heart change will be saved   BUT, you fall out of Gods will and your hell bound (Commit sin on propose.) See God Knows your heart, he know what you really fell and desire, He know the INTENT of your heart. So he knows what in your heart at all times, is there any jelousy hatred evil mean thoughts, He knows! Not just when you have that religous exsperience at some church altar, salvation is a life long commitment to God to obey and trust Him through faith in his word (the Bible) .
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Jesus was teaching a sermon about how to receive from God.\n\nLuke 11: 9-10\n9. And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. \n\n10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
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I think it went much further than Gay.  Much of the old writing were of a vengeful God. One whose name you could not mention.  Jesus freed us from the old testament.  Beside Jesus told us to love your brother, sounds pretty perverted to me.  But also pretty open minded.  His first invite to heaven was a theif wasn't it. If God is good and the Devil is evil both without the other concept in them aren't they equals in some sense. Hell was in the times of the Bible only a burning pit for the evilest of criminals outside the gates of Jerusalem not someplace of eternal damnation
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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!\n\nYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!\n\nWhat a great new idea!  Christ spoke to abandon organization and temples!  He pretended to be the messiah to steer people away from the status quo.  He sacrificed himself to show them they were fooled!!!  And cried out that God had forsaken him!!!!  So they would KNOW!  The apostles simply capitalized on his fame, after the heat died off.  Turned him into an icon of what he tried to destroy...the Bible.
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I was aware that God had a plan for my life as early as 7 years of age. By the time I had reached my teens, I had drifted away from a rather sad and tired church and into sin.\n\nIt was a long slow decline with more troughs than peaks.\n\nTwo marriages, one divorce and a whole load of heart ache later, I have finally come full circle and back where I belong, walking with Jesus.\n\nI am now 47 and born again less than two years. I can look back now and know that God was always with me, as He is with us all. But as I am now wiping away my tears I can testify to knowing the true meaning of regret, for a life untill recently, spent traveling in the wrong direction, away from God.\n\nI now give Him praise knowing that I am back on track and heading home. I am probably on at least revision XY or Z of God's perfect plan for my life. But wherever we are and whatever our condition, He has a plan to get us to where we should be.\n\nDon't let the deceiver, fool you into thinking that you can gamble with your salvation. Don't delay, just come as you are, get right with God and stay that way and be everything that God intends for you and more than you can possibly imagine. It's in your hand, claim it.\n\n2Co 6:1-2\nWe then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. \n(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) \n\nGod Bless you and keep you, in Jesus name
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Here is a standard outline for people who want to have a saving relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Feel free to contact me via this site if you have any questions. I pray that God will welcome you into His family, in Jesus' name, Amen!\n\nRoman Road: The Highway to a Relationship with God\nRoman Road – it’s not just a systematic way to build highways inherited from the Roman Empire in the 1st Century. It’s also God’s plan of salvation set forth in Paul’s letter to the Romans. Also known as the Roman Road, the following is a collection of passages that build a beautiful and systematic approach to the gospel of grace by and through Jesus Christ.\n\nRoman Road: The Gospel of Grace\nFollow Me: \n\nRomans 1:20-21: "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened." We must acknowledge God as the Creator of everything and accept our humble position in God's creation. \n\nRomans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God.” We must all realize that we are sinners and that we need forgiveness. We are not worthy of God’s grace. \n\nRomans 5:8 “But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Through Jesus, God gave us a way to be saved from our sins. God showed us His love by giving us the potential for life through the death of His Son, Jesus Christ. \n\nRomans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” If we remain sinners, we will die. However, if we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, and repent of our sins, we will have eternal life. \n\nRomans 10:9-10 “That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Just confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead and you will be saved! \n\nRomans 10:13 “For whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.” There are no religious formulas or rituals -- Call upon the name of the Lord and you will be saved! \n\nRomans 11:36: "For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen." Determine in your heart to make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life today. \n\nRoman Road: Are You Ready to Accept God’s Gift of Salvation?\nIf you truly believe the message of the Roman Road, and want to accept God’s gift of salvation right now, it's a matter of repenting of your sins and turning the rest of your life over to Jesus Christ. Again, this is not a ritual based on any specific words or prayers, but rather, a willful decision and a sincere step of faith. \n\n“Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.” \n\n"Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." (Acts 2:38)\n\nIf you decided to receive Jesus today, welcome to God's family. Now, as a way to grow closer to Him, the Bible tells us to follow up on
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Jesus did not directly speak on it, that I know of.... Lest someone correct me and I be wrong.....\n\nBut, what you are looking for is found in Romans.....  Chapter 1:21-32\n\n\n24   Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: \n\n 25   Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. \n\n 26   For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: \n\n 27   And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. \n \nPLEASE NOTE:  I do not write this to condemn any but to reference a very valuable writting on the subject......\n\n\nYour sister,\nGinger
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I think that verse reveals a lot of modern evanglicalism to be out of step with Scripture. We have a very friendly, easy gospel preached in America where salvation is all up to us. John 6 teaches its not up to us at all in fact we contribute nothing to our own salvation including the will to believe. We are so totally depraved in our sin that we cannot even worship God unless he makes us worshippers. Very humbling.
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Sorry- you're not through the instruction booklet- If you acknowledge that Jesus indeed died for your sins, then certain requirements are made:  hear the word, believe the word, repent,(that's the loop-hole that gets you) and confess.  Some would add be baptised to this, but from my understanding- optional.  That would eliminate the death bed thing-
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It depends. I spoke to our Parish priest about that, (^_^) and he said that it was INSPIRED in the prophets who wrote it, so in reality it was not really what Jesus exactly says (or said).\n \n(^_^)
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King James.  He wrote the last and most commonly used version.  boy did he change things !!!!\n\n\ntom
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Well, I see it like this: God's will was already established both the good and the bad. But we are floating around with a choice to become either Judas Iscariot or Peter. Both were choosen to be Apostles, both sinned against God, however, only one of them chose to repent with godly sorrow and not just because he got caught like Judas did. People always say, was Judas predestined to go to hell? No, I don't think so, I believe God's will is predestined not the people that will choose themselves what part they want to play. So, predestination for those who don't want to receive Jesus because they think it will just fall on them are wrong. Proof of what I just said can be found in Deut 28, where he set before us both blessings and cursings, see the plan is set, but what part of the plan you'll be in is entirely up to you,thus, your freedom to choose! God bless you girl!
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Jesus wasn't re-writing the 10 Commandments...He was actually re-inforcing them...BUT He was summing them up into 2 commandments, meaning that we should observe them from our heart...The 2 Commandments are to Love God with all our heart, and to Love one another.\nIf everyone in the world actually did this, would we have the mess the world is in now?\n\nYour addition of: "Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.\n\nDoes this mean we can now covet our neighbor's stuff? \n\nHe also changed "keep Holy the Sabbath Day". Doesn't that mean that it is perfectly fine to work on Sundays?"\n \nYour additional question prompts me to include these commandments into the 2 Commandments that Christ summed all the commandments into......\nIf we love our neighbor, we wouldn't covet our neighbor's stuff...so that fits into Jesus's 2nd commandment, to Love our neighbor as ourself.\nWorking on the Sabbath was not done away with; that Commandment falls into the 1st Commandment re-inforced by Christ, and that is to "Love God"...\nHope this clarify's your understanding of how the Commandments are still in effect, but since Christ came,  we observe them with our whole Heart.
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It is hard to overcome old habits, but you must 1st realize Jesus paid the whole sin debt for all mankind over 2,000 yrs ago. That was long before any of us were born. So did He only pay for your sins up to the time you got saved, and now it is up to you to keep track of your sins & be sure you don't leave any out when you pray, or you'll go to Hell? Jesus paid it all, Brother, and God is smart enough to not leave any part of our salvation in our hands, or we'd sure lose it. Paul wrote, "I know in Whom I have believed, and am pursuaded that He(Not me or you)He is able to keep that which I have comitted unto Him against that day." He took it out of our control, because Jesus did it all for us. He was sinless & died in our place, so He could Impute His Righteousness unto us(we have none, ours is as filthy rags)That when God sees us, He sees the Righteousness\nof Jesus in us. We are Made Acceptable in The Beloved Son, and He is our Only Hope of Salvation. Not by works, but by His Grace, so we have nothing to brag about, but what Jesus did for us as our Substitute.  God Bless, Pastor B.