Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart: How to Know for Sure You Are Saved
By J. D. Greear
Read by Tom Parks
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| Runtime: | 3.95 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Religion |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
“If there were a Guinness Book of World Records entry for ‘amount of times having prayed the sinner’s prayer,’ I’m pretty sure I’d be a top contender,” says pastor and author J. D. Greear. He struggled for many years to gain an assurance of salvation and eventually learned he was not alone. “Lack of assurance” is epidemic among evangelical Christians.In Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart, J. D. shows that faulty ways of present- ing the gospel are a leading source of the confusion. Our presentations may not be heretical, but they are sometimes misleading. The idea of “asking Jesus into your heart” or “giving your life to Jesus” often gives false assurance to those who are not saved—and keeps those who genuinely are saved from fully embracing that reality.Greear unpacks the doctrine of assurance, showing that salvation is a posture we take to the promise of God in Christ, a posture that begins at a certain point and is maintained for the rest of our lives. He also answers the tough questions about assurance: What exactly is faith? What is repentance? Why are there so many warnings that seem to imply we can lose our salvation?Such issues are handled with respect to the theological rigors they require, but Greear never loses his pastoral sensitivity or a communication technique that makes this message teachable to a wide audience from teens to adults.Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Warmly personal. Immensely helpful. Wonderfully practical. Thoroughly
biblical. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to every Christian who
longs to know, experience, and spread assurance of salvation in Christ.”
—David Platt, senior pastor, The Church at Brook Hills, Birmingham, Alabama
“This book will be a help for those who wrestle with their position
before God and a wake-up call for those with false confidence. I recommend it highly.”
—Matt Chandler, lead pastor, The Village Church
“This book is similar to John Stott’s Basic Christianity in that it lays
out with clarity and reasoned arguments the path to Christian belief.”
—David A. Spence, an executor of Dr. Stott’s literary estate
“This is a very helpful and needed book. Untold numbers of people are thinking of themselves as true Christians when really theirs is a false assurance; while others are true Christians but lack a solid assurance. The book spells out how to teach the Gospel in such a way as to help avoid these tragic results and how to help deliver those who are experiencing them. The emphasis on clear presentation of the meaning and evidence of repentance and faith is exactly what is needed. Also the difference a genuine assurance of salvation can make in one’s life is brought out. I highly recommend this book!”
—Frank Baker, pastor emeritus, Briarwood Presbyterian Church
“Timely, engagingly written, and thoroughly practical, [Stop Asking Jesus into Your heart] deserves a place on every pastor’s shelf. Buy it! Apply it!” —David L. Allen, PhD, dean, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
“This is a book I wish was available when I turned twenty and had a terrible
season of doubting my salvation. By God’s grace and the truth of the
gospel I was able to settle the issue. I have lived in the full
assurance of my salvation in Jesus ever since. God wants us to
experience the joyful truth that we are eternally secure in Jesus. This
book can help take you there. I will be recommending this book often!”
—Daniel L. Akin, president, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
“As next generation leaders, we have to focus on true
life-change, really direction
change rather than just a spiritual transaction. I am thankful that J.D. was
willing to take on the hard discussions related to salvation and discipleship
in this new book.”
—J. Roger Davis, president, Student Life
“Outstanding! This is a truly useful book. It's readable, engaging and
packed with scriptural insight. It not only gives hope to Christians
struggling with assurance of salvation, it will equip any Christian to
better share the gospel and guide others toward genuine repentance and
faith in Jesus. —Joshua Harris, senior pastor, Covenant Life Church
“Every Christian struggles with doubt about salvation. The
comforting passages of Scripture, assuring believers of their hope in
salvation, were written to build up faith in the face of doubt. Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart guides
readers through both assurance and perseverance in a life-altering way.
Greear’s work is both an affront to
easy-believism and a spotlight on the promises of God’s word. A comforting
wake-up call.”
—Ed Stetzer, president, Lifeway Research
“So much emphasis today is on the power of personal persuasion in sharing
the gospel. What to say, how to say it. Reasons to believe, proofs for
the authority of scripture, methods for gaining credibility blah blah
blah. Pick up a copy of my friend, J.D. Greear’s book and learn the
marks of a person saved by Jesus Christ. I commend it to you.”
—Dr. James MacDonald, senior pastor, Harvest Bible Chapel and author of Vertical Church
“In this book, J. D. Greear gets the Gospel right. And the Gospel is the
way from conviction to salvation. This book should help you know how
to place your conscience in the Lord’s hands, where it can be a tool
greatly used by God, as it was in Augustine’s life, or Martin Luther’s.”
—Mark Dever, pastor and author of 9 Marks of the Healthy Church
“J.D. tackles an incredibly vital topic in our time, but from the front
lines of ministry as one who stands unashamed to call people to follow
Christ. Read this book and understand with fresh eyes and a hungry heart
the wonder of biblical conversion.”
—Alvin Reid, PhD
“Chapter after chapter I was encouraged, rebuked, discipled, and
compelled to be a better minister of the Gospel. Thank you J.D. for
this gift to the church.”
—David Nasser, pastor
“This book throws the spotlight on Jesus as a welcoming, merciful Savior
who joyously receives all who come to him. This book could help free
you, or someone you love, from the nagging fear that Jesus is trying to
keep you out of his kingdom.”
—Russell D. Moore, dean, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, author of Tempted and Tried: Temptation and Triumph of Christ
“J.D. wrestles with a tough subject here and does a tremendous job of
helping the church come to grips with a salvation not anchored in a
one-time prayer but the finished work of Christ.”
—Clayton King, teaching pastor, Newspring Church
Author
Author Bio: J. D. Greear
J. D. Greear is pastor of the Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. He has a PhD in systematic theology from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart: How to Know for Sure You Are Saved and Gospel: Recovering the Power That Made Christianity Revolutionary. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, Veronica, and their four children.
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| Available Formats : | Retail CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Religion |
| Runtime: | 3.95 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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