My friend:
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 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 [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).
"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 every where 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 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 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.
In Luke 18:13, a sinner prayed:
"God be merciful to me a sinner."
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 Him as my Saviour. I
thank you for the forgiveness of my sins,
the gift of salvation and everlasting life,
because of your 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
Saviour, 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. My friend, believe on Jesus and
receive him as Saviour today. If his plan
is not perfectly clear, read this tract over
and over, without laying it down 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" (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 then unite with a Bible-believing
church 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).
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