I have
been among those who complain about the notion of the mouthing of a “sinner’s
prayer” as the means to salvation. I wrote a track a few years ago entitled The primary message of Jesus. It was
based on the fact that Jesus called people to repent and become disciples. I am
not sure we should not quote verses like 2 Timothy 3:12 to people as we present
Christ to them. It reads.
“In fact, everyone who wants to
lead a Godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.”
Rote
repetition is a misuse of the sinner’s prayer even if its wording includes
repentance and discipleship. However prayer is an integral part of discipleship.
We must respond to God in prayer.
But I want to focus here, not on the prayer
that brings salvation, but the prayer that salvation brings, on the prayer that
salvation is. Romans 5:1-2 speaks of access granted us into the presence of God
himself.
Therefore, since we have been
justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we
now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Those who
are drawn by God to Jesus Christ for forgiveness purchased by Him on the cross
have access to God. We can pray! Praise God, we can pray! From the point of our
redemption every prayer we pray is a prayer of salvation. It is prayer
purchased for us at an eternal cost for God’s everlasting glory. When we come
to Christ, we begin a life of prayer.
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