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 area
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" (Leviticus 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.
"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" (I
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 [testifiy of] Me before men, him
will I confess also before My Father
which is in heaven" (Matthew
10:32).
Ford Porter
GOD'S SIMPLE PLAN OF SALVATION A Matter
of Life or Death
Carefully embodies 1933 original and
1956 revised editions.
All Scripture texts are from the KJV,
with Deity pronouns capitalized.
COPYRIGHT: Robert Ford Porter, 1991,
Printed in U.S.A
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12
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