Dear Soul, if you were to die right now, do you know whether you would go to Heaven or to a Devil's Hell for all eternity ? The Bible, the WORD of GOD, says that you can know.
My Friend, I am asking you the most important question of your entire life. Your answer will determine where you will spend eternity ! The question is: Are YOU Saved ? The question is not if you are a member of a church, but are you saved ? It is not if you are leading a good life, but are you saved ? It is not if you are water baptized, but are you saved ? It is not if you are working on it or hoping to be, but are you saved ? The Bible says: ". . .we must be saved." (Acts 4:12).
To be saved, you first must admit that you are lost, a sinner. "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:. . .there is none that does good, no, not one." (Romans 3:10,12). "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of GOD;" (Romans 3:23). Friend, your sins have made you fall short of GOD's glory, and you are unable to meet HIS requirements for getting into Heaven.
Secondly, you need to realize that someone loved you and died for you. JESUS CHRIST died on a cross to pay for your sins and to give you an opportunity to go to Heaven. "But GOD commended HIS love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, CHRIST died for us." (Romans 5:8). When JESUS died on the cross, HIS blood paid the penalty of your sins in full. "In WHOM we have redemption through HIS blood, even the forgiveness of sins:" (Colossians 1:14). "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, . . . For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that CHRIST died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that HE was buried, and that HE rose again the third day according to the Scriptures:" (1st.Corinthians 15:1-2a,3-4).
Please realize that you cannot do anything to earn or help earn your way to Heaven. JESUS already completely paid for it when HE died on the cross. Just before HE died HE said, ". . . It is finished:" (John 19:30). HE now wants to give you a home in Heaven. ". . .the gift of GOD is eternal life through JESUS CHRIST our LORD." (Romans 6:23).
You must realize that when JESUS saves you, it is forever. JESUS did not stay dead. HE arose from the grave and is now alive in Heaven interceding for those who have trusted in HIM. "Wherefore HE is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto GOD by HIM, seeing HE ever lives to make intercession for them." (Hebrews 7:25).
By faith, receive JESUS CHRIST. JESUS died to give the gift of eternal life to everyone. However, like all other gifts, this one is of no value UNLESS you receive it for yourself personally. "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). Faith is a complete trust in something or someone; in this case it is in JESUS CHRIST.
The Bible says you are "saved through faith" without needing to add anything else. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of GOD: NOT of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9). The only faith that saves is complete faith in JESUS CHRIST alone. A jailer came to the Apostle Paul and Silas and asked, ". . .Sirs, what must I do to be saved ? And they said, Believe on the LORD JESUS CHRIST, and thou shalt be saved. . ." (Acts 16:30b-31). Anything that you try to add to faith is a "work." "Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the Law (works)." (Romans 3:28).
Dear Soul, if you're willing to stop trying to get to Heaven your way, and completely trust JESUS CHRIST, then you can be saved right now ! It's now up to you ! Just bow your head and pray to GOD this simple prayer or one like it:
LORD, I know that I am a sinner, and I believe YOU died and rose again for me. I am trusting YOU to forgive me, come into my heart and save me. Help me to live for YOU always. In JESUS' name I pray, AMEN.
The Bible says, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the LORD JESUS, and shalt believe in thine heart that GOD hath raised HIM from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness: and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation. . .For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved." (Romans 10:9-10,13).
If you have chosen NOT to admit your guilt and to trust JESUS CHRIST as your personal SAVIOR, please read what the Bible says, ". . .he that believes not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten SON of GOD." (John 3:18). PLEASE don't reject the Gospel ! Trust CHRIST today before it is too late !
GOD's promise for you who receive JESUS as your personal SAVIOR is everlasting life:
"For GOD so loved the world,
that HE gave HIS only begotten SON,
that whosoever believes in HIM
should not perish, but
have everlasting life." (John 3:16).
"Verily, verily, (Truly, truly) I say unto you, He that hears MY WORD, and believes on HIM that sent ME, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." (John 5:24).
Your servant in CHRIST,
Julie
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