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My
Friend: I am asking you the most important
question of 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, 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 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
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 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 Savior. 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 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. My
friend, believe on Jesus and receive Him as Savior 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 Cor. 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 your
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). |
