 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). |
