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A personal message to you...
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, butare 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 howto be born againwhich meansto be saved.His plan is simple! You can besavedtoday. How?
First, my friend, you must realizeyou are a sinner."Forallhave 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 muchHe 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."Forthe lifeof the flesh isin 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 saidmy sins and your sinswere laid upon Jesus andHe died in our place.He becameour substitute.It is true. God cannot lie.
My friend,"God...nowcommandeth all men everywhere torepent"(Acts 17:30).This repentanceis 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 asthe one who bore your sin, died in your place,was buried, and whom God resurrected.His resurrection powerfully assuresthat the believer can claim everlasting life when Jesus is received as Savior.
"But as many as received Him,to them gave He powerto become the sons of God,evento them that believe on His name"(John 1:12).
"Forwhosoevershall call upon the name of the Lordshall be saved."(Romans 10:13).
Whosoeverincludes you.Shall be savedmeans not maybe, nor can,butshall 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 wordand 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 andHis 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 youto 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 arethree thingsto 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 baptizedin obedience to the Lord Jesus Christas a public testimony of your salvation,uniting 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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Reprinted from the tract:God's Simple Plan of Salvation
Author --Robert Ford Porter
e-mail: mail@gospeltojapan.org