![]() Even
though you may never have met me, you know that I have sinned because of
the word "ALL". God
says ALL have sinned. It
doesn't matter how old or young, rich or poor, all have sinned. You
know I have sinned because of what God says in His Word
(the King James
Bible). I know you have sinned because of what God says in
His Word. | |
What is sin? Most people know
that...Doing what God
says not to do is sin!
But the Bible also
says that
Not doing what God
tells you to do is sin (James 4:17)!
Doing something you are not sure about is also Sin
(Romans 14:23)!
According to God, one bad thought is sin (Proverbs 24:9)!
God says
that everyone has
sinned. There is no one walking earth right now that can
say, I have no sin. It doesn't matter who you are or where you are from,
God, who never lies, says that you have sinned and are a
sinner. Even if you have not physically done
anything wrong, God says everyone has thought wrong thoughts. In God's eyes that is
the same as doing
it.
Because of our
sin, we will always come short of
what we need to EARN heaven.
None of us meet what it takes to get into or earn Heaven on
our own. We cannot and do not earn or DESERVE Heaven no matter how good our
works!
Not only do we not
deserve Heaven, the Bible says there is a penalty sin (What We HAVE Earned or
Deserve): | |
If Eternal
life is Heaven, what is eternal death? The place called
Hell.Notice the word
WAGE, what is a wage? A
WAGE is either payment or punishment for work that is done--what you truly deserve or earn. God says one sin (no S on the end) is enough to earn or deserve that punishment of death. Do you understand
that if God allowed even one sin to enter into Heaven unpunished, that
would destroy the great place that it is. It would no longer be
perfect, it would be like earth! | |
The BAD NEWS
is that we all have sin, and because of that we all deserve to go to the place
called Hell which ultimately is the Lake of
Fire. Once in Hell there is no way out. Once someone goes to this awful
place, they will be there forever. This is not God's intended plan
for any of mankind, He made Hell for Satan and his angels. The Bad
news is our sin will take us there, Do you like bad news? Neither do
I, I am glad God also gave us the GOOD
NEWS (Gospel means Good news!)... | |
Notice, the Bible said Hell was Earned, a WAGE,
but said Heaven is a GIFT. What is the difference between a Gift and
A Wage? A GIFT is
offered to someone expecting nothing in return. You cannot pay someone for a gift they offer to you. It is not the one receiving the gift that must
pay the price, it is the one offering it. The one offering a gift MUST pay for it IN FULL. God is the One giving
this gift, and He must be
the One to pay for it! When you go into a store
to buy a gift, you must pay the whole price before you can offer it to someone else. This same
principle applies with the gift of Eternal Life (Life
forever in Heaven) that God is offering
to you. How long is Eternal? Yes, it is forever, God has offered to
buy you a gift that lasts forever! Who is offering the GIFT?
(God) Who must pay for it? (God). Then the next question is,
how did God pay for this GIFT? | |
(Jesus
death on the Cross, His shed blood)When Jesus died on
the Cross, did he die for the sins you did, are doing, or are going to do? He died for them all! His death made
it possible for Him to offer the Free gift of Eternal Life! He died
on the cross before you were even born proving that He was paying the full
price for all your sins past, present and future! Jesus died
for all your sins, and He
died for everybody
else in the world too! He now offers to pay your sin penalty in
full. | |
![]() When someone offers you a gift you can either take
it, or turn it
down. The Bible says you can
receive it or
reject it
(John 2:12-13, 2 Thess. 2:10)
Notice, It does not say whosoever becomes Baptist,
or Catholic, or Lutheran etc., it is receiving HIM (that Him being Jesus
Christ and His payment!). I wish it did say Baptist Church, that way
everybody would have to go to my church to get saved, but it doesn't, and
I would be lying to say it did. It doesn't say you have to part of a
certain church (although God
does care about which church we go
to), nor does it say we have to give a certain amount
etc. (even though God does
care that we give)., it
is a free gift that needs to be simply received.
Then why to people
go to hell?
It is not because they sinned to much, or the good
works must outweigh the bad works, it is simply
because they didn't
receive it! They did not
want to believe and put their faith in God and let Jesus
Christ pay for their sin. They are deceived into thinking that they
can pay for it themselves by good works, or that they have sinned to much
to receive it, but neither of those ideas are Biblical! That is why
God warns us... | |
... to repent (Luke 13:3, Acts
17:30)You may have been
taught you can earn your way to heaven, you may have belief in many
different ideas and philosophies, but God says you must Repent (or Turn) from your beliefs,
and believe that what the Bible says is
true. It is true when God
says something is a sin, it is true when God tells us what we have to do in
order to receive the free gift of
Heaven (To Be Saved or To Be Born Again). You must repent! Another good
definition of Repent is to agree with God
against yourself.
So, God says Heaven, Eternal
Life, is a free gift and must be received. How do you receive Heaven
when it is so far away? If I had $100 in my bank account and I said
it was a gift for you, how would you get it. You can't go to the
bank, they won't let you in my account! You must ask me to get it
for you, only I have access to my account. To get the free gift of
Heaven is just like that, we all must go through the
One that can reach it for
us, Jesus Christ. | |
First
God needs you to CONFESS.
Most people are taught or think that confession means to tell God all the
sins you have done, and then ask Him to forgive each one. It is impossible for you to even
remember all the sins that you have ever done. Will God require you to do something that is
impossible for you to do? No! He is an honest and just God!
Notice in the verse it did not say to confess your
sins, but to confess...the Lord
Jesus. Confess means
simply to tell the truth. The Bible says that God's Word is true. God's Word says that
Jesus died for you,
was buried for you,
rose again (in the flesh!)
from the dead for you, and that He
was seen after His death proving God accepted
the payment and that He can offer it to you. You must trust God's Word, that you are a
sinner, and that you need a Saviour, and the only one that can save you is
Jesus. | |
If you
believe God's Word, take Him at His Word (Romans 10:13)!What does it mean to call to God? You call to God
in prayer. This is not an audible prayer that man needs to hear, it
is a prayer of the heart that God needs to hear. Call simply means
to ask (believing
His Word by faith, believing He
is true to His Word, then acting
on that belief). We ask God by praying to Him, believing His Word is true and that He will do what He
says He will do. He simply wants you to confess and
believe His Word is True and ask Him for the
free gift of Heaven, believing or trusting on Him and His Word, that
He will do what He said He will
do.
2 Timothy 1:12,
...for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able
to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that
day. ![]() | |
Did He save me then? Of course He keeps His Word! He said if I
called confessing and believing He would save me, and He did! Since
that time have I sinned? Yes, of course I have. Did He take
the gift away? No, He gave me Eternal
life, not semi-eternal
life! I became His
son (John
1:12). What can a son do to cause
him not to be his father's son? Nothing, he will always be his father's son!
The only way to change it is to reverse the process and go back into
your mothers tummy. There are 2 problems with that, first of all you
wouldn't fit, and secondly, even if you did, she wouldn't let you!
The same thing applies to God's Gift, God will not take back that
gift of eternal life (John
10:28-29)!You Only Need To
Receive The Gift Once Because it Lasts Forever! That is why it is called Eternal Life. This is a gift that never
wears out, never breaks, can never be lost, and costs us nothing
(Ephesians
4:30)!
Sealed by God to
insure that you will go to Heaven when you die!
So what do you need to do in order to be 100% sure you will go to Heaven when
you die? (Believe God's Word and ask Him to save you.) It is that
simple. Wouldn't you like to be 100% you will go to Heaven?
Sure you would! When is the best time to ask Him to save you?
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2 Corinthians 6:2,
(For He saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in
the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is
the accepted time; behold, now is the day of
salvation.)
Now is the best
time. You don't know that you will be alive by Sunday, or by
tonight, or even an hour from now. Where would you go if you died
right now (Hell, if you are not saved), well that can be changed right
now! You must take
God at His Word and turn
from your prior unbiblical knowledge, simply
believing God's Word and
asking Him to save you.
The prayer earlier was an example
of a prayer that you can pray to God if you believed God's
simple message (This does not have to be an
audible prayer to be heard of men, but it must be the attitude of the heart toward God, and prayer to God). Be
specific with God! Get it settled now, confess Jesus Christ right
now and ask God for that free gift of eternal life!
Bow your head
right now and ask God to save you!
If you do ask God
to save you, write today's date down! It is you new Spiritual
Birthday, your 2nd birthday, or as the Bible puts it, you have
been "BORN
AGAIN"!
Please write to us
if you have received the free gift of eternal life. If you have we
are now related, brothers and sisters with God as our Heavenly
Father!
I would like to insure that you find a
Bible-believing Church that can Baptize you as a new child of God and help
you grow as a child of God! If I am a child of God, and you are a
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