Comments on: 10 REASONS TO NOT ASK JESUS INTO YOUR HEART! By Todd Friel

By: Rachael

Rachael — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:38:15 +0000

I love hearing Todd Friel deliver this message!!! This is the best and we need to hear it. Let us get rid of Christian “lingo” and stick to what the bible says. Then people can understand what God requires of us and hear the gospel of Truth!

As you’ve said before, why not ask Jesus into your foot??

And while we’re on the topic.. What about some alter calls. If pastors feel that we need to make a public profession, they why does everyone need to bow our heads and close our eyes? Doesn’t that defeat the public profession. I’d rather like to think that the scripture simply means that once you’ve repented and put your faith in Jesus, you will share your faith with others throughout the rest of your Christian walk. Not just the night of your conversion.

By: Pastor G

Pastor G — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:44:12 +0000

Sir, how dare you post this on the internet !!!!!!!!!!!!!

ONE THAT TERRIBLE DAY, YOU WILL STAND ALONE BEFORE A hOLY AND RIGHTEOUS gOD AND GIVE A PERSONAL ACCOUNT FOR THIS BLASPHEMY.

I rebuke you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Bt the power and authority of that name

By: Ron Bruno

Ron Bruno — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:48:31 +0000

A brief overview and critique of Todd’s Ten reasons not to except Jesus into your heart!
1. Not in the Bible? The actual prayer isn’t. The principle is implied! In the heart is where we know, understand and believe. Since Jesus is the source of all knowledge, truth, life and the way, the invitation is appropriate. We are asking for His truth to abide in us.
2. Todd says,”where is he, does he reside in the upper or lower ventricle?”. How ignorant! He needs to do a word study.
Paul said to the Phillipians, that he had them in his heart! Was that the main artery?
The Lord said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground. Gen. 8:21
I guess Todd might ask, which ventricle is the Lord speaking from?
3. Repentance is required but not ignored when we ask the Lord in our hearts. Some how he thinks there no process of sanctification that the Holy Spirit enacts.
4. Trust and faith are not left out either. Having the knowledge and truth of Jesus in our hearts is a prerequisite of trust and faith.
5. Many new and immature Christians have insecurity and struggle. They are slow to grow because they don’t feed themselves properly and therefore weak.
6.True converts experience backsliding across the board and all the way to the top preachers . . . need I name names?
7. It’s impossible to rob God of His sovereignty! He doesn’t force himself on us which is why we need to be drawn to the willingness to receive Him.
8. The cause of Christ was ridiculed, distorted, denied and persecuted since He walked on earth and continues until His return. The initial welcome has little to do with continued growth leading to maturity. Some people may be false converts either way! They could agree with God’s Law, admit that they are a big sinners, but continue in sin or blackslide later on regardless of the method by which they came to Him — like a Priest who molested boys. Unless you don’t think Catholics are Christians, that’s another topic.
9. As if Todd follows all these hypocrites and blacksliders about from start to finish . . . sounds like he’s assuming a lot!
10. Not saved? How could he know who is or will be saved or how God is working in a person’s life and how God will chastise that person? He doesn’t. When God starts a work, he’ll finish it. If the person doesn’t get saved, they were His sheep to begin with – they’ve been written in the Book of Life long ago. I think Todd is deceiving himself and others!
He doesn’t see the big picture.

By: Justin Clemins

Justin Clemins — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:44:26 +0000

Repentence and Faith is the Gospel and there is no there. Christianity today in America is a circus, and I do not know where it is headed, but I certainly see MANY clowns leading. These clowns are leading many of these so called “carnal” Christians straight to hell with their easy believism Gospel. We have strayed from Biblical and Historical Christianity. This ask Jesus into your heart is never found in the Bible or Baptist History. It is a deceiver. God regenerates your heart, taking out your old heart/nature and giving you a new heart that seeks Him, loves Him and obeys Him. You dont need to ask Him into your heart because HE WILL NOT COME, you have a wicked fallen heart, so dont even try it. God regenerates that wicked heart, giving you a heart after Him, you respond in repentence and faith because you now love the God you once hated. So much silly evangelism today. Makes me sick.

By: Pastor Doug

Pastor Doug — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:17:59 +0000

Mike,

I’m curious where in 1st Corinthians that it says that they were “all saved” and secondly that ALL of them were “living in complete sin.” ?

I’m not saying your wrong (haven’t had a chance to puruse all of 1st Corinthians yet… I do know there were sin issues, but that is a far cry from saying they were all living in complete [read: habitual] sin…

According to what I have read on the Corinthians, most of the sin issues had to do with immaturity [read: very young Christians] and still struggling with their conversion from Pagan practices…

Please back up with Scripture… thank you

By the way, the word “backslide” is only used once in the whole Bible.

Also, let’s not forget 1st John that says if you continue to ‘practice’ sin, that you are a child of the devil (chapter 3)?

Let’s interpret Scripture with Scripture (Psalm 119: 160)…

I gotta say, I side with Pastor Steve on this one. If we are to know a tree by it’s fruit, then how do you judge someone who says they are a Christian, but their life does not bear fruit? (1st John 2:6)

I know this will be a continuing dialogue… just thought I’d add my two cents…

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:01:53 +0000

Todd,

I’m curious on your thoughts on the church in Corinth? They were all saved but were living in complete sin. This is no excuse to live carnally but how can you say you cannot backslide when these people were living carnally but were saved?

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:48:27 +0000

I agree with the “idea” being put forth… but I am having a hard time with the application. Are we saying that because it is possible something can be misunderstood it should never be said?
I agree that “asking Jesus in your heart” is not a complete expalnation of salvation… but what is? It must be part of a growing understanding. A “working out of my salvation.”
Who ever completely understands salvation when they first experience it?
Other than God… Who ever knows if someone else is saved?
I am thankful that God judges the heart of a man. Thats why I agree with Pastor Doug… Altar calls and sinner’s prayers are not the answer… but they are tools that help express the answer. I guess that may be the best term…. They are just meant to be outward EXPRESSIONS of inner realities.

By: Val

Val — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:21:18 +0000

I still believe that asking Jesus in your heart as Lord of your life can save your soul, IF your heart is repentant of the sins against Gods law. What do you think Steve?

By: Pastor Doug

Pastor Doug — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:18:38 +0000

Wow! Talk about opening a can of worms! I remember when I first preached on this at my church… had a whole bunch of longterm Christians mad at me cause I touched one of their ’sacred cows.’

The problem is that we have not been Biblical in our approach to preaching the ‘gospel’ for so long in the church, that we have handed down a bunch of the ‘traditions of men’ for the last couple of decades.

We’ve been taught that this is what you say and this is how you do it… and it has not even been examined to see whether or not it is Biblical…

Keith Green touched on this (recorded in his biography, “No Compromise” a great read by the way!):

There is not a ’sinner’s prayer’ mentioned anywhere in the Bible, yet we do ‘altar calls’ and the list goes on…

How bout the fact that we don’t baptize people when they ‘get saved.’ We can at least agree that this is a command in Scripture that we conveniently ignore when we ‘lead someone to the Lord’….

Whew… time and space do not permit me….

By: Steve Sanchez

Steve Sanchez — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:29:47 +0000

Bill said that it all sounds so legalistic that “asking Jesus into your heart is a euphemism.

A lot of people are trusting in the euphemism and not the Savior. Most people aren’t even aware that it is a euphemism and believe that all they had to do is “ask Him into their hearts”.

You are correct when you said: “I am saved when I recognize my need of the savior and surrender my life to him. Repentance is the proof… not the qualifier.”

Thanks everyone!