What does it mean to ask Jesus into your heart?
Asking Jesus into one’s heart is a description of personal conversion used in evangelicalism. It is often regarded as a component of the sinner’s prayer. Moyer argues that the phrase “often conveys the idea that one is saved by saying a prayer instead of trusting Christ.”
How do we know prayer works?
Research consistently shows that prayer can have numerous benefits. Clearly, people pray because it makes them feel better, or makes them feel hope, or makes them feel love, or makes them feel just a welcomed hair shy of being utterly powerless. So, concerning all of the above, it can be said that prayer works.
What does the Bible say about asking Jesus into your heart?
Actually, the Bible does not use the wording of asking Jesus into your heart. The closest passage is found in Revelation 3:20 where we read, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”
Is salvation Jesus’ “coming into your heart”?
In fact, referring to salvation as Jesus’ “coming into your heart” might even help a person understand that the Spirit of Christ comes to indwell the soul (see John 14:17). Still, it is always best to use the terminology the Bible uses. “Ask Jesus into your heart” does not fully communicate what is actually occurring at salvation.
Can you ask Jesus into your heart without repentance?
However, someone can ask Jesus to come into his heart without understanding his need to repent, without knowing what repentance is, without any desire to repent, and without ever repenting. If you ask Jesus into your heart ten thousand times, but never repent, you will perish.
Did Paul tell the Ephesians to “ask Jesus into their hearts”?
Paul is not telling the Ephesians to “ask Jesus into their hearts”; he is simply elevating their awareness that Jesus is present within them through the Holy Spirit. The verse from which the “ask Jesus into your heart” concept is usually taken is Revelation 3:20, “Here I am!