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Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

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een saved and now has eternal life when we do notknow if he has been saved is unscriptural and harmful.The Bible gives us many examples <strong>of</strong> those who wereinterested in the things <strong>of</strong> God and were even zealous forGod and who appeared to be saved but were not. Judas isa prime example. Those in Matthew 7:21-23 who prayed“lord lord” and who did many wonderful works were notsaved. The Jews mentioned in Romans 10 had a greatzeal for God but they were not saved. The false teachers<strong>of</strong> 2 Peter chapter 2 pr<strong>of</strong>essed Christ but were not saved.Those mentioned in Titus 1:16 pr<strong>of</strong>essed that they knewGod but they were not saved.A sinner can have many false motives for calling uponthe Lord other than for salvation from his sin. He can callupon the Lord because He wants help with someimmediate problem in his life, or to get rid <strong>of</strong> the soulwinner, or because he wants a ticket to Heaven when hedies (though he has no intent to know or serve God inthis life), or because he thinks that the sinner’s prayer isanother <strong>of</strong> the many religious things he must accomplishin order to be saved eventually, etc.It is one thing to tell a person that he can have assurancefrom God and from the Scriptures if he is truly saved; itis quite another thing for the soul winner to give astranger assurance and promise him a home in Heavensimply because he has prayed a sinner’s prayer.Yes, Romans 10:13 says, “<strong>For</strong> whosoever shall call uponthe name <strong>of</strong> the Lord shall be saved,” but that versecannot be isolated from the rest <strong>of</strong> the passage and fromthe rest <strong>of</strong> the book <strong>of</strong> Romans and from the rest <strong>of</strong> theBible. It must be a certain kind <strong>of</strong> calling upon the Lord,a calling from the heart, a calling that is based in sound218

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