I am claiming that it is not found in the Bible.
Exactly.
I found this unbiblical nonensense on a Protestant web site.
You Receive Jesus Christ Through Prayer
He is now standing at the door of your heart…can you hear Him?
Revelations 3:20 says, "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me."
It does not have to be exactly like this, but here is a sample prayer.
Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank you for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me into the kind of person you want me to be.
CELEBRATE!...as you stand as a new person in the eyes of God. The old sin and shame are gone and you are ready to discover your purpose in this life. Begin to walk with God daily by reading the bible and fellowshipping with other believers. Let the spirit of God work in and through you as you begin this new life.
Nothing wrong with praying to Jesus but to think that this sort of thing saves you is not Biblical and leads people astray.
Thank you. Maybe you could look at my 40 questions so far and provide the Scriptural link.
Axhead,
If you really want to I am prepared to discuss your “questions” with you one by one. However I am not prepared to do so with the faulty praxis and ridiculous conditions you laid down, nor with the erroneous assumptions you have built in to them. Those must all be cleared up first. That is why I asked some of the questions I did and which you failed to answer.
If you want to discuss your list then these must be discussed first.
1. Where in scripture does it say that all doctrines/practices must be expressed explicitly in scripture?
2. Where in scripture does it say that all doctrines/practices must be explicitly stated in the New Testament?
3. Where is scripture does it say there can be no development in
practices or new ones be adopted according to circumstances??
4. Where in scripture does it say that there must be no development in organisation?
5. Where in scripture does it say that Jesus produced a finished product in His Church that must not be altered in any way?
6. Where in scripture does it say that Oral Tradition is not allowed?
7. Where in scripture does it say Jesus told people to work out their own doctrines from a book?
8. Where in scripture does it say a particular word has to be in scripture (as opposed to what the word signifies) e.g. Trinity or Pope?
9. Where in scripture does it say that a practice/structure is only valid if scripture states that Jesus personally instituted it?
My answer to all of these is that scripture does not say any of these. Therefore I decline to discuss your “lists” on the false basis that it does.
No, I mean "oral tradition" that the Roman Catholic Church has made up without any corroborating witness of Scripture and the Spirit.
The Catholic Church has not made up any such Oral Tradition
I certainly agree "The Catholic Church doesn't start with Scriptures."
Quite right. Jesus gave his teaching to the Church before any of it was written down. It started preaching the gospel immediately. It didn’t wait 400 years until the NT was written and canonised and then say “Now let’s invent some doctrines” as Protestants started to do 1,000 years later.