The practice of giving altar calls is not derived from the Bible.  It is no wonder that many have a false hope in Christ in relation to an altar-call experience.  Many so-called gospel ministers glory in getting people to respond to an altar-call (think of the Billy Graham crusades and the many other different crusades- along with the grandiose statistics which they report).  Altar call responses in reality stroke the preacher’s ego who gives them.  

Altar calls don’t accomplish anything truly good which couldn’t have happened if the altar call were not given.  They only beget confusion and mislead people to trust in an experience induced by a misguided preacher who is also likely using subtle or not so subtle emotional manipulation tactics (often accompanied by music to further emotionally manipulate and complement the preacher’s verbal manipulation).

When the Bible warns of vain tradition and commandments of men which turn from the truth, a prime example now is the unbiblical altar call and sinner’s prayer routine.  This has come to practically be regarded as a sacrament whereby people not only enter into true Christianity- but even secure ultimate salvation (through the unconditional eternal security lie which usually is told to accompany the altar call and sinner’s prayer routine). 

No one is going to improve upon Joshua when he exhorted Israel after they entered Canaan.  Read his warning to Israel in Joshua 24:14-27.  Can you imagine a preacher or Bible teacher actually telling people that they cannot serve the Lord due to His holy and jealous character?  In doing this, Joshua was not saying that serving the Lord is impossible.  He was rather communicating that no one can faithfully serve the Lord without great care to separate oneself from idolatry and all sin in fear and trembling. It is delusional to equate responding to a preacher’s efforts to get people to come up to the front of the church and say the sinner’s prayer with that.

Acts 19:18-20: “And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.  Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.  So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.”

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