God’s Simple Plan of Salvation
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).
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