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!
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 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). |
