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In North American Christianity, we frequently hear the phrase,

accept Christ as your personal Savior.

And many churches in North America conclude their worship services with this invitation

to accept Christ.

Now, if students of the Bible know that that phrase is not found in Scripture, of course, there's a lot of phrases, though, that we use, even that one as Pentecostals use, that are not found directly in the Bible, least the phrase is not.

How did this phrase accept Christ as your Savior originate, and is it a biblical concept?

As far as word originated, I think it originated in the revival movements of conservative

Protestantism where they were giving what's an appeal or an altar call to respond.

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