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
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, 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 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).
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