tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post1685117462097206078..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: Damning Danger in Asking Christ into Your Heart: The Testimony of Baptist Pastor Ovid Need, part 1 of 4Kent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-1035191316069850262015-11-15T04:52:27.005-08:002015-11-15T04:52:27.005-08:00It may be true that the following three parts are ...It may be true that the following three parts are not "necessary," but I think they will be very interesting to many readers, even, just perhaps, to the one who is saying they are not necessary right now.KJB1611https://www.blogger.com/profile/09696273086955004524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-14928269034977692352015-11-15T04:51:00.204-08:002015-11-15T04:51:00.204-08:00Dear Farmer,
You are correct, and I also doubt th...Dear Farmer,<br /><br />You are correct, and I also doubt that Pastor Need tells everyone to take his hand when he says he has come to Christ. Conversion will evidence itself in confessing Christ before men in the act of baptism and in other ways in all normal situations.<br /><br />Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />I believe he was saying that your guilt before God is put away forever in that you are justified, declared righteous, forever, not that when you sin you should not feel guilty.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments.KJB1611https://www.blogger.com/profile/09696273086955004524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-30505727948367975302015-11-14T10:30:54.612-08:002015-11-14T10:30:54.612-08:00Thomas, I read through the entire study and it was...<b>Thomas</b>, I read through the entire study and it was valuable. I have some questions on it, though. Ovid Need is unknown to me, so I do not have any desire to either defend or attack his position. <br /><br />I was troubled by his replacement for "ask Jesus into your heart." The whole "Take my hand" thing seems to be replacing an unbiblical philosophy with one that is closer but still unbiblical. I do not see anything like that in the Bible.<br /><br />It is not clear from his article, but was he endorsing that tactic? Why make that request? It smacks of the whole "Prove it with a sign" soulwinning philosophy. It is as if in taking the hand the preacher has assurance and can now present the person as saved.<br /><br />That is troubling. When the Ethiopian Eunuch asked to be baptized, Philip asked him to testify. The man had to confess with his mouth the Lord. That did not save him, but it gave Philip the evidence to know the man's condition. It showed Philip "the answer of a good conscience toward God".<br /><br />As I said, I do not do know Ovid. I suspect you do not support this, but rather support the careful parsing of the terms used in preaching the gospel and presented it for that reason. Is that an accurate understanding?Farmer Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09637851494862726991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-58635982997799111052015-11-14T06:09:23.781-08:002015-11-14T06:09:23.781-08:00Just that alone (no need for the other three) is e...Just that alone (no need for the other three) is excellent truth and proves the point.The Preacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555338497068482867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-53832136938253922082015-11-14T05:33:26.487-08:002015-11-14T05:33:26.487-08:00The paragraph under the word, "Observe" ...The paragraph under the word, "Observe" you stated, "Fifth, this simple act puts away the guilt of sin forever. Anything less than this is not Biblical salvation." I feel guilty for sins I commit because it grieves the Holy Spirit and affects my relationship with the Lord. Should I not have guilt for the short accounts of sin after salvation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com