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The Methodist movement was from John Wesley as a methodical way in which he opposed the clergy of the Church of England. Where the Church of England came out of the Roman Catholic church. Many Catholics practices carried over such as sprinkling, “pope being considered God on earth” praying or Mary and transubstantiation. Key point of this section is baptism is full immersion not sprinkling or dipping

Well repute of Randall’s church, can’t go wrong there and leading into baptism topic

Mentioned belief and baptism is like chewing and swallowing. Need to do both. Common belief only with deathbed allusion is an Appeal to emotionalism. And if by same logic the person died before believing but was on his way there was it too late? Also when the Israelites were bitten by snakes and dying and God told them to look at a snake on a stick to be saved. If they believed but didn’t look they wouldn’t

The sinners prayer isn’t in the Bible, a personal relationship shop with Jesus is a concept born of 1930s but isn’t in the Bible, feelings based belief in salvation is like being told your house burnt down and going home to realize it wasn’t.

Quote “it’s easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times before than to believe a fact that one has never heard before”

They searched but Could not find sinners prayer in the Bible

Goes through that reading John 3 Jesus says in verse 5 Except man be born by water and spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. But then John 3:16 says that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Should not is a condition as opposed to will not. Meaning like in the right direction or heading down the right path but not certain or complete yet or validated.