God's Simple Plan of Salvation
F o r d
P o r t e r
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
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
Because you are a sinner, you are
condemned to death. "For
the wages [payment] of sin is death" (Romans
" . . . it is appointed unto
men once to die, but after this the judgment" (Hebrews
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
Jesus had to shed His blood and die. "For
the life of the flesh is in the blood" (Lev.
" . . . 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
In
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
"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
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
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
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