Ask Jesus Into Your Heart?

The terms "ask Jesus into your heart" or "accept Jesus" are very bothersome to me because they are not biblical.

Here is a portion of a very good article on this subject, link to the whole article following the portion:

 ASK JESUS INTO YOUR HEART?

     Many unclear and unscriptural terms are being used today in presenting the gospel.  God's Word says, "Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech (II Corinthians 3:12)."

     I believe our effectiveness in presenting the gospel is directly related to our clarity.  If we are not clear, then how will anyone understand what we are saying?  The Scripture says, "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?  So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken?  For you speak into the air (I Corinthians 14:8-9)."  There are many uncertain and unclear sounds being spoken today in the name of Jesus Christ, and the result of ten times is confusion.  We need to recognize that "God is not the author of confusion, but of peace (I Corinthians 14:33)."  Satan therefore is getting the victory and Satan is the author of confusion.

     One such term or expression is "Ask Jesus into your heart".  The same expression is sometimes phrased, "Ask Jesus into your life", or "Invite Jesus into your heart".  Nowhere does one find anything like this in the Bible.  The Bible says, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved (Acts 16:31)."  Why don't we use Bible terms?  Why not drop the unclear ones?

     I was raised on the phrase "Ask Jesus into your heart", and yet I was never saved.  Every Sunday morning in the church that I was raised we sang a song called "Come Into My Heart, Lord Jesus".  The words were as follows: "Into my heart, into my heart; Come into my heart, Lord Jesus."  We sang this song every Sunday morning and were given the opportunity to "Invite Jesus into our hearts".  Well, I sincerely invited Jesus into my heart each Sunday and yet I was not saved.

please follow this link to read the remainder of this very important article:

 http://www.biblelineministries.org/articles/basearch.php3?action=full&mainkey=ASK+JESUS+INTO+YOUR+HEART%3F