In order to obtain true salvation
there first must be a sense of trouble, conviction,
God is all powerful and can save
the soul of one seeking Him any place, any time
and condemnation set up by God
in the heart of the unsaved person. They must
pray and seek God and repent of
their sins until they know for themselves that God
has forgiven and saved them. Man
does not convict them and man cannot tell them
when God forgives and saves them.
when God's conditions are met.
However, we give opportunity for those desiring to
seek and find God to come to the
front for prayer. The pew sitting in the front
facing the congregation is referred
to as the "mourner's bench".
The unsaved person does not obtain
salvation simply by "accepting", "believing",
It is true that a person must "accept"
and "believe" that Christ is who the Bible
We do not believe in using "Repeat
after me" prayers nor in reading scripture
We do pray with the person seeking
God and we do believe in encouraging them
When God saves the individual, the
individual knows, without anyone telling them -
"making a decision for Christ",
or "being baptized" as many teach
teaches He is. One must also believe
that he is the rewarder of those that diligently
seek him. This is a historical
belief and is definitely required by one seeking God.
When one is saved, he/she receives
a new, regenerated soul as stated by Jesus in
John chapter 3 and must be under
those terms stated to Nicodemus
by Jesus Christ,(born
again).
It is true that a person must "decide" to seek Christ;
he/she must
be
determined to seek until he/she
finds Him.
passages to them to convince them
they have prayed, trusted, or believed. We
condemn the practice known as "The
Roman Road" and all other "easy believism"
practices. These practices substitute
a historical belief for a belief from the heart.
according to the leadership of
the Holy Spirit.
including the preacher, loved ones,
or any friend.