Why you should not ask Jesus into your heart?
Because it is not biblical.....
1) In order to be redeemed, a man must trust in Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31).
Asking Jesus into your heart leaves out the requirement of a true saving faith.
2) It presents God as a beggar just hoping you will let Him into your busy life.
This presentation of God robs Him of His sovereignty.
3. The cause of Christ is ridiculed.
People who just ask Jesus into their hearts do not obey as they are not made new. Jesus and the cross get mocked when false converts give Him a bad name.
4.It is not in the Bible.
There is not a single verse that even hints we should say a prayer inviting Jesus into our hearts. Some use Rev. 3:20. To tell us that Jesus is standing at the door of our hearts begging to come in.
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock.” There are two reasons that interpretation is wrong.
The context tells us that the door Jesus is knocking on is the door of the NT body, not the human heart. Jesus is not knocking to enter someone’s heart but to have fellowship with His body.
Even if the context didn’t tell us this, we would be forcing a meaning into the text (eisegesis). How do we know it is our heart he is knocking at? Why not our car door? How do we know he isn’t knocking on our foot? To suggest that he is knocking on the door of our heart is superimposing a meaning on the text that simply does not exist.
The Bible does not instruct us to ask Jesus into our heart. This alone should resolve the issue, nevertheless, here are more reasons. It says to repent and believe in obedience. Acts 2
5. Here is the scary one. People who ask Jesus into their hearts are not born again and they will perish on the Day of Judgment.
How tragic that millions of people think they are right with God when they are not. How many people who will cry out, “Lord, Lord” on judgment day will be “Christians” who asked Jesus into their hearts? See Matt 7
6. The person who asks Jesus into his heart will likely end up bitter and backslidden. Because he did not get born again by reciting a formula prayer, he will grow disillusioned with Jesus, the Bible, and fellow believers. His latter end will be worse than the first.
7. Asking Jesus into your heart is a saying that makes no sense.
What does it mean to ask Jesus into your heart? If I say the right incantation will He somehow enter my heart? Is it literal? Does He reside in the upper or lower ventricle? Is this a metaphysical experience? Is it figurative? If it is, what exactly does it mean? We must strive to be biblical in ALL things.
Again.... It presents God as a beggar just hoping you will let Him into your busy life.
This presentation of God robs Him of His sovereignty.
8. In order to be redeemed, a man must repent (Acts 2:38). Asking Jesus into your heart leaves out the requirement of repentance. Leaving ones sin for his glory and as fruit your His.
9. The cause of evangelism is hindered.
While it is certainly easier to get others by telling them to ask Jesus into their hearts, try pleading with someone to make today the day of their salvation and repent. Get ready for a painful response. People who ask Jesus into their hearts give Christ a bad name.
10.
The person who wrongly believes they are redeemed will have a false sense of security. Millions of people who sincerely, but wrongly, asked Jesus into their hearts think they are His but struggle to feel secure. They live in doubt and fear because they do not have the Holy Spirit giving them assurance of salvation.
So, what must one do to be redeemed...believe by faith.. Repent... be born again...obey in holiness and endure in the saving faith till you die. The Bible makes it clear that all men must repent and place their trust in Jesus Christ. Every man does have a void in their life, ,but that void is not contentment, fulfillment and peace. Every man’s void is a heart problem ....sin and a lack of righteousness. Instead of preaching that Jesus fulfills, we must preach that God judges and Jesus satisfies God’s judgment…if a man will repent and place his trust in Him.
If you are reading this and you asked Jesus into your heart, chances are good you had a spiritual emotional moment for a while, but now you struggle to read your Bible, grow and have fellowship and pray. Perhaps you were told you would have contentment, purpose and a better life if you just ask Jesus into your heart. I am sorry, that was a lie. You must come to God His way; not via a man made way like asking Him into your heart.
You MUST have faith, repent.... be born again ....obey unto holiness and endure till you die.
Asking Jesus in your heart is a FALSE gospel per Gal 1 so it is accursed!
Here is the biblical gospel you must have to gain eternal life:
http://www.dontperish.com/the-gospel.html
Let us know how we can help you?
www.dontperish.com
Note: this was sent to me some time back and I don't know who the author was?
Because it is not biblical.....
1) In order to be redeemed, a man must trust in Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31).
Asking Jesus into your heart leaves out the requirement of a true saving faith.
2) It presents God as a beggar just hoping you will let Him into your busy life.
This presentation of God robs Him of His sovereignty.
3. The cause of Christ is ridiculed.
People who just ask Jesus into their hearts do not obey as they are not made new. Jesus and the cross get mocked when false converts give Him a bad name.
4.It is not in the Bible.
There is not a single verse that even hints we should say a prayer inviting Jesus into our hearts. Some use Rev. 3:20. To tell us that Jesus is standing at the door of our hearts begging to come in.
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock.” There are two reasons that interpretation is wrong.
The context tells us that the door Jesus is knocking on is the door of the NT body, not the human heart. Jesus is not knocking to enter someone’s heart but to have fellowship with His body.
Even if the context didn’t tell us this, we would be forcing a meaning into the text (eisegesis). How do we know it is our heart he is knocking at? Why not our car door? How do we know he isn’t knocking on our foot? To suggest that he is knocking on the door of our heart is superimposing a meaning on the text that simply does not exist.
The Bible does not instruct us to ask Jesus into our heart. This alone should resolve the issue, nevertheless, here are more reasons. It says to repent and believe in obedience. Acts 2
5. Here is the scary one. People who ask Jesus into their hearts are not born again and they will perish on the Day of Judgment.
How tragic that millions of people think they are right with God when they are not. How many people who will cry out, “Lord, Lord” on judgment day will be “Christians” who asked Jesus into their hearts? See Matt 7
6. The person who asks Jesus into his heart will likely end up bitter and backslidden. Because he did not get born again by reciting a formula prayer, he will grow disillusioned with Jesus, the Bible, and fellow believers. His latter end will be worse than the first.
7. Asking Jesus into your heart is a saying that makes no sense.
What does it mean to ask Jesus into your heart? If I say the right incantation will He somehow enter my heart? Is it literal? Does He reside in the upper or lower ventricle? Is this a metaphysical experience? Is it figurative? If it is, what exactly does it mean? We must strive to be biblical in ALL things.
Again.... It presents God as a beggar just hoping you will let Him into your busy life.
This presentation of God robs Him of His sovereignty.
8. In order to be redeemed, a man must repent (Acts 2:38). Asking Jesus into your heart leaves out the requirement of repentance. Leaving ones sin for his glory and as fruit your His.
9. The cause of evangelism is hindered.
While it is certainly easier to get others by telling them to ask Jesus into their hearts, try pleading with someone to make today the day of their salvation and repent. Get ready for a painful response. People who ask Jesus into their hearts give Christ a bad name.
10.
The person who wrongly believes they are redeemed will have a false sense of security. Millions of people who sincerely, but wrongly, asked Jesus into their hearts think they are His but struggle to feel secure. They live in doubt and fear because they do not have the Holy Spirit giving them assurance of salvation.
So, what must one do to be redeemed...believe by faith.. Repent... be born again...obey in holiness and endure in the saving faith till you die. The Bible makes it clear that all men must repent and place their trust in Jesus Christ. Every man does have a void in their life, ,but that void is not contentment, fulfillment and peace. Every man’s void is a heart problem ....sin and a lack of righteousness. Instead of preaching that Jesus fulfills, we must preach that God judges and Jesus satisfies God’s judgment…if a man will repent and place his trust in Him.
If you are reading this and you asked Jesus into your heart, chances are good you had a spiritual emotional moment for a while, but now you struggle to read your Bible, grow and have fellowship and pray. Perhaps you were told you would have contentment, purpose and a better life if you just ask Jesus into your heart. I am sorry, that was a lie. You must come to God His way; not via a man made way like asking Him into your heart.
You MUST have faith, repent.... be born again ....obey unto holiness and endure till you die.
Asking Jesus in your heart is a FALSE gospel per Gal 1 so it is accursed!
Here is the biblical gospel you must have to gain eternal life:
http://www.dontperish.com/the-gospel.html
Let us know how we can help you?
www.dontperish.com
Note: this was sent to me some time back and I don't know who the author was?