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Saved...Sure?
Think carefully on this soul-searching
question:
If you should die right now,
do you know for sure that you would go to
Heaven?
If your answer is anything other than, "Yes I'm
absolutely certain that my sins are forgiven and
that Heaven will be my home," then this
important message is just for you.
The Bible teaches that you need to know and
believe four things to settle this matter of
your eternal destination:
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You must accept that you are a sinner.
"For all
have sinned, and come short of the glory of
God"
(Romans 3:23).
No one is exempt from this
indictment. Everyone has sinned. Romans
5:12 says, "Wherefore, as by one man sin
entered into the world, and death by sin;
and so death passed upon all men, for that
all have sinned." No one is perfect and no
one can live up to God's perfect standard.
We are sinners by nature.
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You must accept that as a sinner you owe a
penalty.
"For the
wages of sin is death"
(Romans 6:23a).
Because of our sin we owe a debt. This debt
is a spiritual death or separation from God
in the lake of fire known as Hell. Hell is
not a figment of someone's imagination or
only a figurative term. Hell is very real.
It is a literal burning place. It's not a
place where you go
because your friends will be there and you
want to have a good time. It is a dark,
lonely, seething, burning place, and it
never ends. It continues to burn for all
time. The worst part is, there is nothing
you or I can do on our own to avoid it.
Outside of Jesus, it is our final
destination. If you are depending on your
church membership to get you to Heaven,
beware; it's
not enough. If you pray a lot hoping to get
to Heaven, don't depend on that; it's not
enough either. Even if you give a lot of
money to a church, it's not enough to gain
Heaven. Many people think if they are good
enough, they
will be able to slip in through the gate
when no one is looking or find a hole in the
gate somewhere. Please, my friend, don't
depend on something so shaky. It can't
happen that way. There is only one way to
get to Heaven.
How?
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You must accept that Jesus Christ has
already paid our sin debt.
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that,
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for
us" (Romans 5:8)
Christ was not a sinner, and the Bible
teaches that God took all of our sin and
placed it on Christ. While Christ was
bearing all our sins in His own body, God
punished Him in our place to pay the debt we
owe. This is not something God promised to
do. It is something He has already done.
"For God so
loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life" (John 3:16).
It is a fact: Jesus Christ has already
paid your sin debt.
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You must accept by faith what Jesus Christ
did for you.
"He that
believeth on the Son hath everlasting life:
and he that believeth not the Son shall not
see life; but the wrath of God abideth on
him" (John 3:36).
In this verse, the world is divided into two
groups: those who are believing and those
who are not believing on the Son. Those who
believe have everlasting life, and those who
don't believe shall not see life.
The word "believe" means to trust, to depend on,
to rely on. To believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
means that you accept the fact that you are a
sinner, that as a sinner you owe the sin
penalty, and that Jesus Christ died on the
cross, was buried, and
arose again on the third day to pay the debt you
owe. But it means going one step further: it
means that you will completely trust Christ to
get you
to Heaven, that you will place the matter of
your salvation in His hands and depend on Him
alone for everlasting life.
The moment you do this, God promises you are not
condemned but have everlasting life and that you
will never perish in Hell.
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth
my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed from death unto
life"
(John 5:24).
Now, if you will trust Jesus Christ as your
Savior, pray this simple prayer from your heart:
Dear Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner, and I
deserve to pay my own sin debt, but I do believe
that You died for me to pay the debt that I owe.
Today, the best I know how, I trust You as my
Savior. I will depend on You from this moment on
for my salvation. Amen.
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