But "praying to receive Christ" also includes confessing your sins to God. All you are essentially doing is acknowledging to God that you believe that He sent His Son to die on the cross to save you from your sins and also ask forgiveness for your sinful ways. You also thank Him for this wonderful gift of eternal life. What's so bad about simply praying that? You can even do it silently. Since God can read our thoughts, isn't that essentially what you are doing anyway? I just don't see why Satan would like that type of teaching. Someone could repent from their sinful ways and possibly even be baptized without ever acknowledging the Lord's gift of Salvation through Jesus.