A sinner does not “decide” for Christ; the sinner “flies” to Christ in utter helplessness and despair saying – Foul, I to the fountain fly, Wash me, Saviour, or I die. No man truly comes to Christ unless he flies to Him as his only refuge and hope, his only way of escape from the accusations of conscience and the condemnation of God's holy law. Nothing else is satisfactory. If a man says that having thought about the matter and having considered all sides he has on the whole decided for Christ, and if he has done so without any emotion or feeling, I cannot regard him as a man who has been regenerated. The convicted sinner no more “decides” for Christ than the poor drowning man “decides” to take hold of that rope that is thrown to him and suddenly provides him with the only means of escape. The term is entirely inappropriate.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones

300 NT Outlines

From the book, 300 New Testament Outlines

CCIX. Prayer.

EPH. vi. 18. "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints." WE have seen the apostle piling…

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CCVIII. Well Being.

EPH. vi. 3. "That it may be well with thee." I. DIFFERENT estimates of well being. II. Well being not to be judged by temporary circum- stances. III. Well-being must…

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CCV. A Call to Light.

EPH. v. 14. "Wherefore He saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." THE progress of men's thoughts in later times has…

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CCIII. Saints.

EPH. v. 3. "As becometh saints." MANY words are becoming lowered in their meaning. But this word seems a kind of exception, for it seems to be used in a…

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