God's Simple Plan of Salvation


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, 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 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.

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 over and over,
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 [testify of] Me
before men, him will I confess also before My Father
which is in heaven" (Matthew 10:32)

Copyright 1991, by Robert Porter, Lifegate, Inc., PO Box 5,
Monrovia, IN
46157-0005
Salvation