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).
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