“Hello Pastor Jesse,

I have a question concerning ”The Sinners

Prayer.” I know a lot of churches use this,

including mine, when they’re soulwinning or

giving and altar call. My question is, is it

necessary for an unbeliever to make a verbal

confession or call upon the name of the Lord

to be saved? If it is, wouldn’t that be adding works to the

gospel? If it isn’t necessary, then my next

question is: when you’re preaching the Gospel,

whether during soulwinning or after a sermon,

how do you follow up with getting the

individual to trust in Christ? I’ve been taught that after going through the

Salvation Plan or Roman’s Road, you’d always

take them to Romans 10:9-10, 13 and have

them say the ”Sinner’s Prayer.” It’s confusing

to me because I’ve heard pastors say stuff like

'The prayer doesn’t save you, but it’s the faith

in your heart that saves you.' Then they say, ‘If you really believe, then you

will pray the prayer. If you don’t pray the

prayer, then you really don’t believe. If you

don’t have an individual pray, how do you

know if they’ve believed enough?’ Proponents

of ‘The Sinner’s Prayer’ use passages such as

Romans 10:9-10, 13, John 4:10, Rev. 3:20,

Luke 18:13-14, and etc... They use these as proof texts to defend ‘The

Sinner’s Prayer.’ I know, for me personally,

this has brought me much confusion and lack

of assurance. There were times I prayed that

prayer multiple times just to make sure that I

really was saved. When I go soulwinning,

there are times I’m afraid of using the prayer

because I think to myself, what if I’m adding to the Gospel or I’m afraid of not using it

because what if I needed to lead them in the

prayer for them to be saved? This is how

confusing and concerning this is. I know this

email was REALLY long, but I deeply

appreciate you taking the time to read. I

thank God for your ministry because it really

has helped with my assurance of salvation. Don’t stop! Keep preaching the Gospel plain

and simple. Thank you, and God bless you!”

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