--- title: "The Boy Who Cried “Works”-Repent, Believe, and Sinner’s Prayer" description: "Salvation is our most important doctrine. A saved Christian has two natures: the flesh and the spirit. There are three things a saved Christian does: Acknowledges sin (repents), Believes in Christ’s death (faith), Confesses to God for salvation (sinner’s prayer). The hyper-dispensationalists say that when you do the sinner’s prayer or repent, it’s work! Acts […]" image: "https://het.realbiblebelievers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/repentance-believe-and-sinners-prayers.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/the-boy-who-cried-works-repent-believe-and-sinners-prayer" --- • Dispensationalism• Wrong doctrines # The Boy Who Cried “Works”-Repent, Believe, and Sinner’s Prayer 1 min. read ![](https://het.realbiblebelievers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/repentance-believe-and-sinners-prayers.jpg) Salvation is our most important doctrine. A saved Christian has two natures: the flesh and the spirit. There are three things a saved Christian does: - **Acknowledges** sin (repents), - **Believes** in Christ’s death (faith), - **Confesses** to God for salvation (sinner’s prayer). The hyper-dispensationalists say that when you do the sinner’s prayer or repent, it’s work! > ***Acts 11:18:** “When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.”* Repentance is a grant. It is something you receive freely as a benefit, like a government grant! It’s a gift. It’s not something you work for. > ***Ephesians 2:8:**“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” Faith is also a gift and not something you have to work for.* Are we working when we pray or ask something of God? Definitely not. These things are gifts of God. All we must do is accept them! No works necessary. > ***John 4:10:** “Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.“* Asking to drink the water of salvation, is a gift. It’s not work. > ***Acts 11:18:** “When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.“* It’s a gift from God, but not something God forces on a person. The person just has to accept the gift, to be saved. The moment a person is saved, they have two natures – a spiritual nature, and a fleshy nature. 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