"It may surprise you to learn that Scripture never once exhorts sinners to 'accept Christ'. The familiar twenty-first-century evangelistic appeal in all its variations ('make a decision for Christ'; 'ask Jesus into your heart; 'try Jesus'; 'accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior'), violates both the spirit and the terminology of the biblical summons to unbelievers. The gospel invitiation is not an entreaty for sinners to allow the Savior into their lives. It is both an appeal and a command for them to repent and follow Him." -John MacArthur The Gospel According to Jesus