[P-Marlowe]

Ray Comfort has an excellent message called "True & False Conversion". I think he really hits the mark.

Ray Comfort also invites people to "Ask Jesus into their hearts."

Oh the humanity!

[cowboyfan88]

I had asked Jesus into my heart. I had prayed the prayer for him to forgive me and I believed Jesus died for my sins and I had believed that for forty years but that is not what saved me. When I believed that he died for all my sins on the cross and that when I had faith in what he did, he saved me. After you believe that, you receive the Holy Spirit and He has my whole body and soul, not just my heart.

[Sue Perkick]

The "sinners prayer" itself is not a bad thing. It can lead to bad consequences when we believe that a simple recitation is automatic salvation. It's not the prayer, but the transformation that takes place. It's because of Him.

We don't become a follower of Christ by saying the sinners prayer anymore than we become a Big Mac by saying "2 all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun." The sinners prayer is a good "jumping off place" but it's not what makes us His. We must recognize that we are a sinner in need of a Savior. We must repent.

As for Ray, he has never taught this is all we have to do. Ironic notion since he regularly gets grief for his use of the Law.