Right Now: I am asking
you the most important question of your life.
Your joy or your 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 a very specific Are you saved? There is no middle ground - it is only Yes!, or No! "Are you
sure, you will go to heaven when you die?" God says in
order to go to Heaven, you must be born again (saved). 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, my friend, you must realize you are a sinner. The bible says "For all have sinned, and fallen 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" (2 Corinthians 5:21).
Jesus had to shed his blood and die. "For the life of the flesh is in the blood" (Leviticus 17:11).
"...without shedding of blood is no remission (pardon)" (Hebrews 9:22).
"God commandeth His love toward us, in that, while we were
yet 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.
My friend, "God 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, 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 includes you. Shall be saved means not
maybe, nor can, but shall be saved.
Surely, you realize you are a sinner. Right now, wherever you
are, repenting, lift your heart to God in prayer.
Just pray: "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 You
Lord Jesus, as Savior. I thank You for the forgiveness of my sins, the gift of salvation
and everlasting life, because of Your merciful grace. Amen."
In Luke 18:13, a sinner prayed: "God
be merciful to me a sinner."
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!
Gods 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 Gods plan. My friend, believe on Jesus and receive Him
as Savior today.
If his plan is not perfectly clear, read this page over and
over, without interruption 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 are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it" (1 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 unite with one of your local
Bible-believing church's' without delay. "Be not thou
therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord..." (2
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).
If you have received Christ during the
reading of this page, or have a specific prayer request please tell us with a personal email, so that We may
rejoice along with you.
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