The Sinner’s Prayer Heresy: “You’re Not Saved UNTIL You Call”⁉️ 

"To assert that man is not saved until he calls, knowing that believing precedes or comes before calling, is to assert that man is not saved the moment he believes, and that my friend, is a perversion of the Gospel." --OD

I don’t know how many times I have heard v.13 miss applied. I knew something was off because eternal salvation is always faith alone. As always, great job explaining.

the gospel in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 one must HEAR the gospel of salvation, BELIEVE the gospel then RECEIVE salvation Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, HOW that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: How? By His shed blood on the cross for the remission of ALL our sins Leviticus 17:11-14 King James Version 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. According to the scriptures: the Jesus of the bible. The son of God, God the Son, God in the flesh who left glory, layed down His Glory was born of a virgin through the Holy Spirit. Lived a perfect sinless life and came to save the world through Him. Holy Trinity, Father, Son, Holy Spirit 1 John 5:11-21 King James Version (KJV) And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

Great video!

Thank you for your preaching and research!

Thanks for explaining. Very concise

I love this so much. ❤

Thanks brother. 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

Absolutely spot on.

Great job, brother . The story of Andrew and the Ethiopian Eunuch, Andrew asked him if he believed the gospel and then he baptized him he didn't ask if he repented of all his sins or if he made Jesus Lord but rather asked if he believed the gospel

Very specific! Very correct! Maranatha 🕊

AMEN!!!

John 3:16 ..Thank-you sincerely for taking the time to explain..much appreciated..blessings

Amen & Thank you !

Amen!

AMEN BRO 🤍

Very interesting!

I was thinking .. Getting people to understand the difference in salvation from sin and physical salvation/deliverance is about as difficult as dealing with salvation verses discipleship/service.

I always go back to the thief on the cross who got saved.... he admitted his a sinner (when he rebuked the other thief) and asked Jesus to remember him in paradise

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Believing and confession go hand and hand, its not a prayer its the action of calling God to accept his free gift because he has believed

13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, SAYING, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house JUSTIFIED rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Greetings Brother, I’m new in the faith, came to know Christ 🙏 May 16th 2021. I listen to your teachings, God Bless you. Can you help me understand Revelation 20 11:15 Please 🙏

Thank you for responding to my earlier comment. A few months ago i watched one of your videos. I grew up thinking that prayer was necessary for salvation. Usually when I hear anyone say something contrary to what i believed in salvation I instantly knew it was false (such as repentance and baptism are necessary), when I saw your video though I knew the Holy Spirit was speaking to me. I realized at that moment from all the scripture you gave that we are saved the moment we believe. Truly "faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." I fear many in my church believe prayer is necessary. I want to talk to them about it and show them all the verses ,but if they come to Romans 10:10 I feel like they'll say that you believe and then when you pray you get saved. I would respond saying that we are made "unto righteousness" when we believe, but I know they'll say that it doesn't mean salvation. They will deeply hold onto that verse and romans 10:13, how would I defend that we are saved the moment we believe? I don't completely understand what you mean by salvation from the day of the Lord in this video or how we know that's truly what's talking about.

I love this channel, but I think it's a mistake to throw around the word "heresy" so often. The gospel loving people of this earth need to move past that and not stoop to the level of some of these "lordship" heresy hunters. I'm not saying don't speak the truth, don't take me wrong. I just want us, the people who seem to understand God's vast love for us, to rise above the typical internet banter. My comment here is not coming from an arrogant position and I'm not knocking Ono at all.... I'm speaking from experience because I used to throw that word out all the time. We can reach people without resorting to "heresy hunting."

Believing and calling upon the name of the Lord is the same thing. You are confusing this matter. Romans 10:14 is explaining that someone can't call upon the name of the Lord if they don't believe. It's one and the same. Obviously, you can't call upon the Lord when you don't even believe in the Lord. It's not a separate action after you believe. How can you believe in the Lord and not call upon the Lord? Makes no sense.

I’m new to faith as in less than 2 years Love your videos - helping me a tonne I get what you say @ 1st segment re righteousness = faith = heart & This Precedes / comes b4 Salvation = confession = mouth Ie you have to believe 1st I understand we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus I understand the sinners prayer is wrong @& ‘repent of your sins’ is false doctrine so it adds works so used it’s a perversion / false doctrine However,I cannot get my head around the sin bit when u say quote .. ‘Signifying that salvation is not from penalty of sin & it’s a physical deliverance from before the day of the Lord ‘ & ‘ this cannot be referring to salvation from the penalty of sin otherwise we end up with a believer that is not yet saved’ & ‘ to assert that man is not saved until he calls knowing that preceeds calling is 2 assert that man is not saved the moment her believes Is there anyway you can explain to me .. I’m not connecting the 1 st part with the 2nd half

Why does romans 10:9 say it in reverse ? Confess 1 0:16 st the believe

Paul is specifically speaking of the nation of Israel in Romans chapters 9-11. "Thou" in verse 9 and "they" in verse 14 specifically refers to the physical salvation of Israel. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. Romans 10:1

This reminds me of the assertion of Paul Washer when he says, "How do you know that you have believed?" Jesus teaches us how we know we have believed when he told Peter," You are blessed, not because man has taught you to say what you believe, but, because it has been revealed to you by the Father". Belief requires revelation, Revelation requires hearing from God. My sheep hear my voice. You don't hear God's voice, you are not saved.

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I don't understand exactly, this is all saying that Believing comes Before Calling, and then it says Calling is unto salvation... Where are you getting that Believing is equal to salvation from here? according to all this it is saying that You must believe first, but you are not saved until you Call? Are you trying to say that If one believes, They Will Call? I completely agree that Salvation is through Simply believing on Jesus Christ, and that it cannot be Lost... But this video is intensely Confusing

What in a video you say that calling is not necessary And now I’m this video you say it is What??

What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without [f]your works, and I will show you my faith by [g]my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe-and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is [h]dead? (James 2:14-20)

This is splitting hairs, believing and calling are both sides of the same coin : John 4.10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou KNEWEST the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have ASKED of him, and he would have given thee living water.

You must know why romans was written and to whom….it’s not a gospel to unbelievers…. Acts is the gospel …. Repent Repent Repent!!! Turn around 180 and receive the Holy Spirit and walk in the Spirit…continually! DaybyDay pick up the cross!

You make this more difficult than it is.....Paul is not talking about all that stuff you said, he is simply saying "how can an unbeliever call on a God in whom they haven't believed in or even heard of and how can they hear of this God without someone telling them about Him? So then faith to believe comes by hearing the word of God being preached. Also, 10:9 should be read correctly this way, "That if thou shall confess with your mouth that Jesus is LORD (all caps; OT name of the Father) and believe in thine heart that God the Father raised Him from the dead thou shalt be saved". It has to be translated this way due to verse 13 refering to Joel 2:32 speaking of LORD (Jehovah, Yehovah, Yahuah, Yahuwah, Yahweh). Further proof is Philipians 2:9-11 where Paul is quoting Isa. 45:20-23 and should be correctly translated "that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow......and that every tongue should "confess" that Jesus the Messiah is LORD (Jehovah, Yehovah, Yahuah, Yahuwah, Yahweh) to the glory of God, the Father". And yes, this is about salvation.

If the sinner's prayer is heresy what about the sinner who prayed the sinner's prayer and was justified by God in the scriptures? Stop making nonsense videos

Thanks for a short video. You are straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel. Sounds like Calvinist doctrine. Do you presume upon the kindness of God? Do you believe you are special in His eyes, before you believed? Like the Pharisee in Luke 18? I tell you that God can call on rocks to be declare His Gospel. No one is special in His sight before believing (confessing our faith to Him in prayer) Romans 10:14-17 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God This is clearly speaking of preaching the Gospel. We must preach in order for the unsaved to hear the Gospel and believe. It's not enough to believe that Jesus is the Christ. We must ask Him into our hearts in order to receive the Holy Spirit and be regenerated, making personal application of that belief. Otherwise Satan comes and snatches away the seed sown in us before it can bear fruit. Acts 8: "16 For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit." These folks had "believed" but were not yet regenerated. Proof you must "receive" the Spirit. Belief that Christ is the Son of God is not adequate. The devils believe and they tremble. They know/believe Christ is the Son of God. Are the devils saved? Yoou MUST ask God, in prayer, to save you. James 2:17-20 "17 So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead). 18 But someone will say [to you then], You [say you] have faith, and I have [good] works. Now you show me your [alleged] faith apart from any [good] works [if you can], and I by [good] works [of obedience] will show you my faith." 19 You believe that God is one; you do well. So do the demons believe and shudder [in terror and horror such as [a]make a man’s hair stand on end and contract the surface of his skin]! 20 Are you willing to be shown [proof], you foolish (unproductive, spiritually deficient) fellow, that faith apart from [good] works is inactive and ineffective and worthless?" Again, a person must bear fruits of salvation. Belief is not sufficient. You must receive the Spirit to be regenerated. How does one do that? Psalm 50: "15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me." Why not just "believe" that God will deliver you? Why "call" upon His name? Revelation 3:20 "20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me." WE have to open the door by calling on Him. We must respond in faith. Hebrews 11:6 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. That's the definition of "faith". Ask, seek, knock. Matthew 7: "8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?" We ask by calling on the Lord in prayer. The prodigal is one example, as is the thief on the cross, and the publican that smote his chest (he believed Jesus was the Christ) All cases where they called on the Lord. Case closed.

People please stop using old King James. It's not more accurate or spiritual. But it sure is pretentious and annoying. This isn't 1611 and you don't walk about talking like Shakespeare 😒

Amen!

Amen !