If you attend enough revival meetings, you can soon come to the conclusion that salvation is something much to be sought after and difficult to attain. One hears phrases such as "seeking after God" and "praying through" and "confessing so we can be forgiven" and the like. At other times the language used would lead one to picture God as standing before us with his hands behind his back and holding the prize away from us until we have jumped through the proper hoops and had the right experiences. All I know is that these are phrases and pictures not to be found in the New Testament.
