My
Friend: I am asking you the most important question of 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 (Lev. 17:11). . . . without shedding of
blood is no remission [pardon] (Hebrews 9:22).
. . . 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 . . . 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!
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
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.
Gods 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
Gods 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).