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"The gospel has been reduced to a rote religious formula that is punched out
like a quick mechanical process if the hearer simply nods in mental affirmation
without any heart conviction he is ready to be saved."
One of the main
reasons there are so many false conversions in the organized church is that the
true Gospel of Jesus Christ has been changed by the organized Church and
preachers to make it more acceptable and popular with sinners and the world. The
gospel has been so oversimplified it has been reduced to an easy believism that
requires no true repentance but rather mental acceptance in a mechanical
religious formula that ends in a rote sinner's prayer that's recited by someone
else. God help us. So different from the conversions of great
saints. The gospel has been reduced to a rote religious formula that is
punched out like a quick mechanical process if the hearer simply nods in mental
affirmation without any heart conviction he is ready to be saved. He
simply repeats the sinner's prayer, and presto magic - without any feeling
or spiritual experience, or deep conviction a person is declared saved.
How silly and how shallow. Mental acceptance of biblical truth and a rote
prayer does not a Christian make. There is no salvation in getting people
to mentally accept some gospel truths. Even the demons believe the Gospel
truths but they aren’t saved. God does not answer rote recited sinner's
prayers without a deep conviction of sin and a broken heart of repentance.
I believe the four spiritual laws of the gospel have done more harm than good.
Why? Because they have over simplified the gospel way too much. Plus, the
way it is presented is far too shallow and rote with a terrible misunderstanding of
the process of salvation and the state of mind and heart a person must be in to
let God save him. A simple rote prayer, no matter how theologically correct,
will never save anyone. ONLY Jesus Christ can save a soul, no religious
formula or prayer.
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