Is a public confession or a sinner's prayer necessary for salvation?
Now the short answer is absolutely not. The very moment someone believes on Christ,
trusting him alone to save them, they are saved, period.
The instant, the very moment someone believes on the Lord Jesus Christ, they are saved.
The Bible is very clear about the subject of salvation.
We are saved by grace through faith alone. It's not of yourselves. It is the gift of God,
not of works lest any man should boast, with a confession or without a confession.
Now if you wanted my Bible, you would ask me for it.
Yes.
If God has a gift that you want, if God has salvation, he wants to give it to you,
the next step is to ask him for it. It's as simple as changing what you believe,
telling God that, asking him to save you, and in that instant,
in that moment of time, you're saved forever. It's as simple as that.
So before I leave, I could lead you in a quick word of prayer.
Okay.
I could pray, you could repeat after me.
Okay.
And I could help you tell God that this is what you believe, ask him to save you,
and if you mean that in your heart, he'll do it right now.
Okay.
You want to do that?
Yeah.
Okay. So just bow your head and just repeat this after me and mean this in your heart.
Okay.
Dear Jesus, they believed on Christ and they received salvation without a public confession,
without repeating a sinner's prayer.
Is a public confession or a sinner's prayer necessary for salvation?
Absolutely not, my friend. We are saved by grace, through faith alone,
with or without a confession.