God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Evangelistic preaching does say, “Repent and trust Christ now.” But there is nothing sacrosanct about getting people to occupy a certain piece of geography at the front of a building. Nor have I kept them from Christ by not having them respond to a public altar call. Rather I am offering them Christ without anything in between. I want nothing between their soul and the reality of Christ’s offer. To put something in between is a practical sacramentalism.
Jim Elliff
Bible – Greek OT (Septuagint/LXX) 1 John Chapter 1:1-10.