{"id":8249,"date":"2017-08-03T03:13:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T00:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=8249"},"modified":"2018-01-11T02:16:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T00:16:43","slug":"just-pray-the-sinners-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/just-pray-the-sinners-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Pray the Sinner’s Prayer | Gospel Mistake #2"},"content":{"rendered":"
Many believe they are \u201csaved\u201d because they can recall a time, probably in their childhood, when they repeated a prayer or came forward during a church service or maybe they raised their hand when an invitation was given while everyone\u2019s heads were bowed and eyes were closed.<\/div>\n
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But did that prayer, that raised hand, or even coming forward at the end of the service with tears and true confessions mean God forgave them?<\/div>\n
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Listen to this sermon to find out what the Bible says about praying the sinner’s prayer, faith, and true repentance.<\/div>\n
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Many believe they are \u201csaved\u201d because they can recall a time, probably in their childhood, when they repeated a prayer or came forward during a church service or maybe they raised their hand when an invitation was given while everyone\u2019s heads were bowed and eyes were closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[451],"tags":[10,98,452,75],"class_list":["post-8249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-sermon","tag-evangelism","tag-gospel","tag-gospel-mistakes","tag-prayer","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-293","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9835,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/should-i-use-the-sinners-prayer-in-evangelism\/","url_meta":{"origin":8249,"position":0},"title":"Should I Use the “Sinner’s Prayer” in Evangelism?","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"November 14, 2018","format":"video","excerpt":"If you grew up in an Evangelical Church, there's a good chance you are familiar with \"The Sinner's Prayer.\" This is a prayer that is often used in evangelical outreaches at the end the service.\u00a0 The evangelists usually invites anyone who would like to become a Christian to say a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Writing"","block_context":{"text":"Writing","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/category\/writing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maxresdefault.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maxresdefault.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maxresdefault.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maxresdefault.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maxresdefault.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3689,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/why-you-should-stop-asking-jesus-into-your-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":8249,"position":1},"title":"Why You Should Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"February 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"God does not save people because they said the \u201csinners prayer\u201d or because they asked Jesus to come into their heart! 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