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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 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 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).
Additional Helpful Verses
John 3:16, 1 Peter 2:24,
Isaiah 53:6, James 1:15, Romans 10:9-10,
Ephesians 2:8-9, Proverbs 27:1,
1 Corinthians 15:3-4,
John 10:27-30, I John 5:13
-- from "God's Simple Plan of Salvation"
by Robert Ford Porter

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