tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541885384287465768.post4219545851336493064..comments2023-11-03T00:00:28.814+08:00Comments on Serian Man: You Must Be Born AgainYeo KeeHuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400460709784945237noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541885384287465768.post-1789525183405908192013-07-18T01:45:19.700+08:002013-07-18T01:45:19.700+08:00Isn’t it odd that if Baptists and evangelicals are...Isn’t it odd that if Baptists and evangelicals are correct that their “born again experience” is the true and ONLY means of salvation, the term “born again” is only mentioned three times in the King James Bible? If “making a decision for Christ” is the only means of salvation, why doesn’t God mention it more often in his Word? Why only THREE times? Isn’t that REALLY, REALLY odd?<br /><br />Why is it that the Apostle Paul, the author of much of the New Testament, NEVER uses this term? Why is this term never used in the Book of Acts to describe the many mentioned Christian conversions? Why is this term only used by Jesus in a late night conversation with Nicodemus, and by Peter once in just one letter to Christians in Asia Minor?<br /><br />If you attend a Baptist/evangelical worship service what will you hear? You will hear this: “You must be born again: you must make a decision for Christ. You must ask Jesus into your heart. You must pray to God and ask him to forgive you of your sins, come into your heart, and be your Lord and Savior (the Sinner’s Prayer). You must be an older child or adult who has the mental capacity to make a decision to believe, to make a decision to repent, and to make a decision to ask Jesus into your heart.”<br /><br />It is very strange, however, that other than “you must be born again” none of this terminology is anywhere to be found in the Bible! Why do Baptists and evangelicals use this non-biblical terminology when discussing salvation?<br /><br />Maybe "accepting Christ into your heart" is NOT what being born again really means. Maybe…making a “decision” for Christ is NOT how God saves sinners!<br /><br />Gary<br />Luther, Baptists, and Evangelicals<br />Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519721717265344702noreply@blogger.com