|
We would like to
ask you the most important question of your life. Your joy or sorrow
for all eternity depends upon your answer.
The question is: Are you
saved?
It is not a question of how good you are, nor if you are a
church member, but are you saved? Are you sure you will go to Heaven
when you die? God says in order
to go to heaven, you must be born again.
In John 3:7, Jesus said to
Nicodemus, "Ye must be born again."
In the Bible God
gives us the plan of how to be born again which means to be
saved. His plan is simple! You can be saved today.
How?
First, you must
realize you are a sinner.
"For all
have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23)
Because you are a
sinner, you are condemned to death.
"For the wages [payment]
of sin
is death" (Romans 6:23).
This includes eternal separation from
God in Hell.
"...it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27).
But God loved you
so much
He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus, to bear your sin and die
in your place.
"...He hath made Him
[Jesus, who knew no sin]
to
be sin for us... that we might be
made the righteousness of God in Him" (2Corinthians 5:21)
Jesus had to
shed His blood and die.
"For the life
of the flesh is in the blood" (Lev17:11).
"... without the shedding of blood is no
remission [pardon]"
(Hebrews9:22).
"But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were ye sinners,
Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).
Although we cannot
understand how, God said my sins and your sins were laid upon Jesus
and He died in our place. He became our substitute. It is
true. God cannot lie.
"God...
now commandeth all men everywhere to repent"
( Acts
17:30).
This repentance
is a change
of mind that agrees with God that one is a sinner, and also agrees with
what Jesus did for us on the Cross.
In Acts 16:30-31,
the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas:
"... 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?' And they said, 'Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved... .'"
Simply believe on
Him as the one who bore your sin, died in your place, was buried,
and whom God resurrected.His
resurrection powerfully assures that the believer can claim
everlasting life when Jesus is received as Savior.
"But as many as received Him, to them gave
He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe
on His name" (John 1:12)
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved" (Romans 10:13).
Whosoever
included you. Shall be saved means not maybe, nor can, but shall
be saved. Surely, you
realize you are a sinner. Right wherever you are, repenting, lift your
heart to God in prayer.
In Luke 18:13, a sinner prayed:
"God be merciful to me a
sinner."
Just pray something like this:
"Oh, God, I know I am a
sinner. I believe Jesus was my substitute when He died on the Cross. I
believe His shed blood, death, burial, and resurrection were for me. I now
receive Him as my Savior. I thank You for the forgiveness of my sins, the
gift of salvation and everlasting life, because of You merciful grace.
Amen"
Just take God
at His word and claim His salvation by faith. Believe, and you will
be saved. No church, no lodge, no good works can save you.
Remember, God does the saving. All of it!
God's simple
plan of salvation is: You are a sinner. Therefore, unless you believe
on Jesus who
died in your place, you will spend eternity in Hell. If you
believe on Him as your crucified, buried, and risen Savior, you receive
forgiveness for all of your sins and His gift of eternal salvation by
faith.
You say, "surely,
it cannot be that simple." Yes, that simple! It is scriptural. It is God's
plan. Believe on Jesus and receive Him as Savior today.
If His plan is not
perfectly clear, please read this page over and over until you
understand it. Your soul is worth more than all the world.
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and
lose his own soul?" (Mark 8:36).
Be sure you are
saved. If you lose your soul, you miss Heaven and lose all. Please! Let
God save you this very moment.
God's power
will save you, keep you saved, and enable you to live a victorious
Christian life.
"There hath no temptation
taken you but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, Who will not
suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it"
(I Corinthians 10:13).
Do not trust
your feelings. They change. Stand on God's promises. They never
change.
After you are
saved, there are three things to practice daily for spiritual
growth:
Pray -- you talk to God.
Read your Bible -- God
talks to you.
Witness -- You talk for God.
You should be
baptized in obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ as a public
testimony of your salvation, and then unite with a Bible-believing
church without delay.
"Be not thou
therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord..."
(II Timothy
1:8).
"Whosoever therefore shall confess
[testify
of] Me before men, him will I confess also
before My Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 10:32).
|
