It is a personal relationship with the Creator Himself, God that saves an individual. God desires for you and I to have a personal relationship with Him and to spend eternity with Him and not separated from Him. The Holy Bible is very clear and direct about important truths…
1 John 5:13 says, “These things I have written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."
1st - We must be honest with God and ourselves. In spite of all our good deeds, church membership, or baptism, we must understand and acknowledge that you and I are sinners.
Meaning that we understand and acknowledge that we transgressed, that is to say we have broken God’s Law. Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God..." Sin is the breaking, disobedience, of God’s Law.
1 John 3:4 says, “Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the Law: for sin is the transgression of the Law.” For example,
Have you ever told a lie (God’s 9th Commandment)?
Have you ever stolen anything (God’s 8th Commandment)?
Have you ever always honored your father and your mother (God’s 5th Commandment)?
If you take a look at your life, the honest answer would have to be, “Yes”.
2nd - A price must be paid for our sins
The punishment for sin is death. Our sins have separated us from God.
Romans 5:12 says, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passes upon all men, for that all have sinned..."
Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages (earnings / payments) of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
We will all face physical death someday. Physical death is the separation of the soul from the body, but the Bible tells us of a second death too…
Hebrews 9:27 says, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.”
Revelation 20:14-15 say, "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
Spiritual death is the separation of the soul (person) from God forever.
3rd - Heaven is holy, and no sin can dwell there
If you die in your sins, you will have to spend eternity separated from God forever.
Revelation 21:27 says, “And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”
4th - Jesus paid the price!
Romans 5:8 says, "But God commendeth (demonstrates) His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 say, “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.”
You and I must believe with our heart that Jesus Christ died for our sins, that He was buried, and that He rose again on the third day. God will require death as payment for sin: Our own death, or the perfect sacrifice--Jesus Christ.
John 14:6 says, “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.”
Finally - That you and I must receive Jesus as our Savior and accept God’s gift of eternal life!
Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “For by grace you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Romans 10:9-10 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 believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
Romans 10:13 says, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Are you willing to ask Jesus to be your Saviour? Then please talk to God right now and ask Him to save your soul. Call upon right now in a prayer as the one below-
Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner. I deserve to go to Hell. But You said you would save me if I would call upon you Jesus. Please take away all my sins, dear Lord, and take me to Heaven when I die. Thank you for saving me! Help me now to live the rest of my life for you and to know you in a wonderful deep way. Amen.
Here’s a wonderful promise that God has given us. 1 John 5:13, says "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God."
Jesus informed us of what life is all about. In John 17:3, Jesus said, “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” Eternal life begins with faith in Jesus Christ. Another wonderful promise for those who place their faith in Jesus Christ is that eternal life does not have to begin when we die. But you and I and the men we work with can experience the wonderful promises of God included in eternal life starting right now. Jesus promised in John 10:10, “…I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
