thank you for taking my place...

This is an add-on to the point that I finally got round to making at the end of this lengthy post.

When someone is faced with the gospel message, the reason why I think it's inappropriate to get them saying/thinking things like, "Thank you for dying for me," is because it's something which might or might not be true (as I said back there).

The reason why I think that that's a problem is because it brings in an uncertainty to linger right at the centre of what you're telling people they have to believe.

People aren't saved by believing maybes: you have to get a hold of the truth - things that are totally true and reliable. Examples of things that are totally true and reliable and available for unconverted sinners to get a hold of, include these.

• when Jesus said: Him that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out. John 6:37
  
• when Isaiah said: Seek ye the Lord, while he is to be found; call ye upon him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, for he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:6-7
  
• when the Lord said: There is no God else beside me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else. Isaiah 45:21-22
  
• when Jesus said: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28
  

All these truths and promises refer to God the Saviour, directing your focus away from yourself and what might or might not be true about you, and towards him instead. Rather than making risky speculations about whether you were included among the people that Christ died for, the gospel focuses instead on accepting his own word about himself: that word is always true and reliable, and that's what people need to hear and believe in.