Misconceptions About Salvation
#5 "In order to be saved, we must ask God for mercy."
The cause of this misconception is the failure to realize that God has already shown mercy toward us with regard to salvation.
It was at the cross of Calvary that God showed and manifested His saving mercy. With regard to the salvation of our souls in this side of the cross, we don't have to ask God for mercy when God has already shown mercy. Look at Christ hanging on the cross for our sins and tell me if God has not been merciful to miserable sinners like us.
To ask for mercy when God has already shown His mercy is pure unbelief.
What do you think of a beggar who upon seeing you darts toward you and then repeatedly asks for some money when all the time you have offered him a 100 dollar bill dangling in front of his face?
You would say: "What is wrong with you? It is not the time now to ask for money, it is now the time to receive the money that I am offering to you. Here take it."
In the same way, in this side of the cross, it is not the time now to ask God for saving mercy when God has already shown mercy, rather it is now time to receive His saving mercy, to trust in the mercy He showed at Calvary.
It is true that the tax collector did indeed ask for mercy when He said: "God, be merciful to me a sinner!" but observe please, that was before Christ died on the cross. Some time after that, God answered his prayer when Christ died for him at the cross, and now, we in this side of the cross, are not to ask for mercy, rather we are now commanded to trust Christ Jesus for our salvation.
That is why in the New Testament, sinners are not commanded to plea for God's mercy. They are over and over again commanded to believe and trust in the Savior.
It is not the time now to ask God to open the door for us, when God has already opened it at the cross . It is now time to step in by faith and be saved! Too many people right now are knocking on God's wide open door!
You can ask and beg for God’s mercy from now on until the day you die, but if you have not trusted and relied on Christ and what He did on the cross alone for salvation you will not be saved, because you have not obeyed the great gospel command to “believe, trust and rely on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.”
P.S. Of course, we can ask God for His mercy in terms of physical healing (Php 2:27) etc. But when it comes to God's SAVING mercy, we are now commanded to believe/trust in Christ.
#5 "In order to be saved, we must ask God for mercy."
The cause of this misconception is the failure to realize that God has already shown mercy toward us with regard to salvation.
It was at the cross of Calvary that God showed and manifested His saving mercy. With regard to the salvation of our souls in this side of the cross, we don't have to ask God for mercy when God has already shown mercy. Look at Christ hanging on the cross for our sins and tell me if God has not been merciful to miserable sinners like us.
To ask for mercy when God has already shown His mercy is pure unbelief.
What do you think of a beggar who upon seeing you darts toward you and then repeatedly asks for some money when all the time you have offered him a 100 dollar bill dangling in front of his face?
You would say: "What is wrong with you? It is not the time now to ask for money, it is now the time to receive the money that I am offering to you. Here take it."
In the same way, in this side of the cross, it is not the time now to ask God for saving mercy when God has already shown mercy, rather it is now time to receive His saving mercy, to trust in the mercy He showed at Calvary.
It is true that the tax collector did indeed ask for mercy when He said: "God, be merciful to me a sinner!" but observe please, that was before Christ died on the cross. Some time after that, God answered his prayer when Christ died for him at the cross, and now, we in this side of the cross, are not to ask for mercy, rather we are now commanded to trust Christ Jesus for our salvation.
That is why in the New Testament, sinners are not commanded to plea for God's mercy. They are over and over again commanded to believe and trust in the Savior.
It is not the time now to ask God to open the door for us, when God has already opened it at the cross . It is now time to step in by faith and be saved! Too many people right now are knocking on God's wide open door!
You can ask and beg for God’s mercy from now on until the day you die, but if you have not trusted and relied on Christ and what He did on the cross alone for salvation you will not be saved, because you have not obeyed the great gospel command to “believe, trust and rely on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.”
P.S. Of course, we can ask God for His mercy in terms of physical healing (Php 2:27) etc. But when it comes to God's SAVING mercy, we are now commanded to believe/trust in Christ.
