It's an honest Bible questions. We see it all the time, "bow your heads and repeat this prayer after me." Then, after the prayer, people are told if they said it, from their hearts, they are saved. Where in the Bible did it come from?
John the Baptist never lead the crowds to saying a prayer for the forgiveness of their sins. Jesus never did it either. In the Great Commission of Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus never told His disciples to "make disciples of all nations, leading them in a prayer." Neither did it say that in Mark 16. In the book of Acts, even standing before the crowds, as in Acts 2, no one was ever asked to bow their heads and repeat a prayer--though it would have made things a lot easier.
Where did this non-existent prayer come from?
http://journals.aol.ca/seekandfindd/he-who-believes-and-is-baptized/
2007-06-19
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