The Truth About The Salvation Prayer : Alfred's Bible Club Podcast

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hello everybody I'm Alfred and you're listening to Alfred's Bible Club podcast I like us to open our Bibles to the Book of Romans 10:9-10 I read that if thou shal confess with thy mouths the Lord Jesus and Shall Believe in thy heart that God have raised him from the dead thou sht be saved for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation praise the Lord you see this is where the Salvation prayer comes from the concept of the Salvation prayer comes from this par of scripture and it tells us how to get saved how someone gets saved and every other thing in the scripture as it relates to the New Testament Falls in line with this you get saved by believing in the Lord Jesus is that easy and then the confession with your mouth this passage brings into the realization the confession and this is where the Salvation prayer Comes The Salvation prayer is a declaration that you believe is you coming to God telling God that you believe he came he died he rose again you know he died for your sins on the cross you believe in the whole dead burial and resurrection and you believe that in that process you know your sins were washed away and you've come to God you want to give your life to him you confess with your mouth you declare that you've given your life to him now it doesn't have to be something that is public and it doesn't have to be private either what is important is that you believe and you confess it whether you do it in the privacy of your own home or you do it in front of a congregation so it's not like it must be in in front of a congregation like it's a wedding like it's a church wedding no it's not like if if you say the Salvation prayer on your own it is not valid that it can only be done during an Al call at the church at the Christian no the principle is that if you believe that if thou shall confess to th mouth Lord Jesus and Shall Believe in thy heart that Lord Jesus rais from dead thou shall be saved that is it some people want to question the validity and the power of the Salvation prayer but the word of God holds presence if God says this is the way to do something that is the way to do it the word of God has said this is how to get saved you know there the confessing with your mouth it the words must come out of your mouth you can't just pray the prayer in your heart no the words must come out of your mouth there's a principle the Bible says life and death is in the power of the tongue there's a principle in speaking there's a principle in talking there's a principle in confession you know Jesus said that a man's mouth wasn't given to him just to eat you know there's power in words there's a lot of significance to words in the realm of the spirit and in Christianity you have to say what God says you have to confess the word you know every man is going to give account for all the word that he speaks it's also written in the scriptures that that if any man offend nothing what they is a perfect man why didn't say If any man offend nothing in his action that is where one would think that the focus would be but he said if any offend nothing word the same is a perfect man there's a lot of credence given to so you have to speak it and you have to believe it in your heart so you can't just say the Salvation prayer and not believe it in your heart and think it it means something you know there are two things involved your heart and your mouth your heart you have to believe you're you're saying the Salvation prayer you're coming to God you know it has to be personal it has to be in your heart and also you have to confess it to your mouth it's extremely important and I like to add this very important also is that when you come to God you don't leave there are some people that like it reminds me of you know many years ago you know when I was much younger in the FI you know in my you know this was years years and years ago I will come out for the alar call every Sunday you know because in between Sundays I've committed one sin or the other either you know lied or something so because of that sin or you know and you know coming from a Catholic background where you have confession every Saturday you go for confession every Saturday so on Sunday you can qualify to take Holy Communion like if you know um you won't commit any sin in your eye because a lot of it is you're looking at it from the perspective of works you know like if you commit anything between that Saturday you do the confession and Sunday morning you need to take the commun you know and that is an interesting together you know and that is that click mentality and that same mentality and that consciousness of sin is also in a lot of other denominations you know so when I when I left the Catholic Church you know and you know in a quote unquote Pentecostal Church the coming to say the Salvation prayer every Sunday until somebody noticed and he was like because he noticed and he was happy that I came you know so he was like ah he's now born again but he saw me again this was an elder in the church he saw me again I was like ah didn't you give your life to Christ last Sunday why you giving your life to Christ again this Sunday you know and that is the thing sometimes because of one or the other something you know we want to feel closer to God we think we have to say the Salvation prayer again and even sometimes I notic that when people lead people in you know when when they give an Al call in church even those that are sitting down in the Pew who are born again who helped they feel that there's nothing wrong that is just okay for them to also recite the Salvation prayer no when you recite the Salvation prayer is something you do once the only thing that could necessitate you saying the Sal prayer again is if you backslide backslide in the sense not sin backslide in sense of you turn away from God and you know there's a prayer for the returning backslider but you can also say the same salvation prayer but you have to deny God you know you doubt you walk away from God before you can say that you are coming again it's like people who who renew their marriage vows renewing your marriage vows is disrespectful to marriage in itself and it shows that you don't know the importance of wordss and and ceremonies rituals or oats because when you marri that first time you said to dead Parts you said For Better or For Worse that first marriage that you had was we are going to be together forever so what is the renewing of your vows if you give your word you don't need to renew your word your original words stands for you to renew your word means that you are not a man of your word what made you think that the first word you give has died if you want to go on a holiday trip a second holy mooon kind of thing like you know you want to get away you want to spend time together do that but not that you will renew your marriage vows it's stupid you cannot renew your marriage vows when did you get divorced when did you separate you cannot we have been married for 10 years 20 years or 30 years let us go and do a second you know renewal of marriage vows you what happened is the first marriage vow in val you think it has won out you think it has expired and it needs to be renewed you give your word that the two of you be together you know so what is so this second renewal that you doing this renewal of marriage V going to do the next 50 years if you if you if you guys make it that long you know I if you live that long then you do a a thir renewal is is does does the marriage have expired date so for better for worse has exping it to De part has expiring it you know you should understand things and not be someone who does crazy things in the same way when you give your life to Christ you have come into the house of God you are now a Christian that is it now if you sin it is written that you know we have Grace there's abundance of grace to the father you with the father you can go and take Grace you know you ask God for forgiveness for your sin and you move on you know you car on with your Christian work you don't repeat the Salvation prayer over and over again once you've given your life to Christ you've given your life to Christ and then there are those who confuse the experience of giving life to Christ with the experience of receiving the anointing there are two different things there's receiving Christ into your heart you know you saying yes to God and you being imparted with the anointing Sometimes some people it may happen to them the same day and they receive the Holy Ghost and they speak in Tong but understand that these things are different even though they could happen in the same period of time for you in your own case the there a who difference between saying yes to God and then having an impartation of the anointing and you know reing the Holy Spirit and then speaking the tong and all of that when you the gifts of the Spirit and all of that even if all of them happen to you during the same in the same day within the same minute there are different things that are happening it is not one and the same so don't confuse the other see now that you have experienced the anointing um you you disvalue or you think that the coming to God the Salvation prayer is not important that the salvation prayer you know you saying believing in your heart and confessing the lordship of J is not important the Bible makes it clear that that is important you know as well as the water baptism the water baptism is a physical commitment you know it is you it is not like if if you don't get water baptized you not go to heaven but the water baptism is something that is expected of you it is it is the tradition that Jesus established just like holy communion do this in memory of me it's not like if you you never take Holy Communion in your in your life you will go to hell you will not be qualified but Jesus has established it and said do this in memory of me so we should do it you know just like if you never fast it doesn't mean that because you've never fed in your life you won go to heaven as it is part of the Christian work it is something that you know you should have done or you should do or should make out time to ESP if you know you're in a part of a Ministry that instructs that you are going to be fasting Jes period or you yourself the spirit leads you to do it you have to do it you know it's important for you to do it you know so you have to understand you know this spiritual things you know and keep in mind each of these things have different purposes as it is it is written as as we saw in the Book of Romans you have to believe in your heart and confess with your mouth for it to be saved that is important so if you doing the other things and you've not done this one there's a problem now is it possible for you to be in Christ without saying the Salvation prayer it is a matter of your understanding and your definition of the Salvation prayer because you can believe in your heart that Jesus is Lord and confess his lordship and say that without being aware that you have technically just part partaking of the Salvation prayer it doesn't have to be in a church building or anything like that you know you can in your own cause of things you know you believe in your heart and you confess Jesus is Lord and you know that is in that is something that you you've said you know it is in your consistent confession because you cannot say the Salvation prayer and then later say that you think think like in passing or in joking that you you worship money or you you know playfully saying it because in the of the spirit there's no such as jokes jokes do not apply words are very important you know and understand what I say carefully you know when when you think about um the story of Jacob and Esau and the BET rights Esau was joking when he said that Jacob could have his BET right he was not serious he was joking that is why he was angry when Jacob he could have said oh we have this is a deal that he could have told his parent this is a deal have made um when his father told him to go and bring him ven to eat so that later he will bless him he could have told his father wait wait I already made the deal with my younger brother that he's the one going to take the B you know it means nothing to me you know he didn't say that because that time he was talking to Jacob he was joking that joke C him his bed right life is spiritual you know you don't joke with certain things you know he he he did not take it serious he did not put that I am actually really giving away my bet like what is is my bet if I'm dead you can have my bir right for porish you know and he got the porish but that was a deal that was being struck even though he was joking the deal was there was still that exchange he collected the porridge on those STS so spiritually he gave away his bir rights so that is the thing that you have to realize about you know the real of the spirit you know don't go around joking around I think that this is a joke that is a joke you pay the price for it so in the case of Salvation prayer you know understand what the Salvation prayer is it is not to be under mind and you have to let people know you know when you have that mindset of you say the Salvation prayer over and over and over again then you are not saved at all because you never believed in the original salvation prayer you prayed you never believe that you came into Christ and you stay establish don't believe it the same way if you Rene your marriage vows you don't believe in the meaning of mar you do not believe in the original marriage that when you made that vow that it's meant to de do your part so so have this understanding and not the difference between you know the Salvation prayer the anointing you know and the gifts of the Spirit these are different things even if in your own case you may receive them in the same day for many people it's not the same day they receive all these Tre you know so that is that to check out VIP for thank you and God bless you