Fortunately, they do point out four proper ways of asking. All right angels, terpsichore, here we come. Just so you can spend more time worrying about how to ask than actually asking, here are some wrong ways to talk to people about the finished work of Calvary. This invitation is wrong, they say, because it involves exertion on the part of the seeker, and salvation is a free gift. It cannot be earned by any human effort.
Surrender implies giving, and salvation is received, well, by receiving, they say.
It is okay to ask for surrender once you've gotten started, but it is not the right way to start. A few nits were picked to label this one wrong. The unsaved person is not asked to confess his sins, because he could not remember all of them, but to recognize that he is a sinner and to recognize that he cannot atone for his own misdeeds and transgressions. That, they say, is not a salvation verse. Commitment is work, you see, and it is by grace through faith, not through work, and not of our own initiative that we are saved.