My
Friend: I am asking you the most important question of
life. Your joy or your sorrow for all eternity depends 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, my friend, 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 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 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" Lev. 17:11
"....without shedding of blood is no remission"
Hebrews 9:22.
"But God commendeth 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.....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, and was buried, and whom God resurrected. His
resurrection powerfully assures that the believer can claim everlasting life when Jesus is
received as Saviour.
"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 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. In Luke 18:13 the 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! 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 Saviour, you receive
forgiveness for all of your sins and his gift of eternal
salvation by faith. Yes, it is
that simple! My Friend, believe on Jesus and receive Him
as Saviour today!
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