Your joking right?
Romans 10:9-11 (King James Version)
9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
An example of one from the mouth of Billy Graham
Heavenly Father:
I come to you in prayer asking for the forgiveness of my Sins. I confess with my mouth and believe with my heart that Jesus is your Son, And that he died on the Cross at Calvary that I might be forgiven and have Eternal Life in the Kingdom of Heaven. Father, I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you right now to come in to my life and be my personal Lord and Savior. I repent of my Sins and will Worship you all the day’s of my Life!. Because your word is truth, I confess with my mouth that I am Born Again and Cleansed by the Blood of Jesus!
In Jesus Name, Amen.
No, Im not joking. First of all, that scripture is very valid as part of the sinner’s path to salvation. But to call that a “Sinners Prayer” shows a lack of understanding in how to obtain salvation. There is more to it that that.
And to think that praying a “Sinners Prayer” results in being saved is even more ludicrous.
Billy Graham might be sincere with this incomplete doctrine, but he is sincerely (and Biblically) wrong.
-—That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.——
But this single verse must be reconciled with all of Scripture. Including these verses:
James 2:26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”