Salvation
is the most
important gift that a person can receive. Salvation is precious and is a free
gift from God. It is not earned by works, but is given by grace to those who ask
God for it. Salvation results in the
forgiveness of all your sins before
God, and causes Him to remember your sins
no more. It is a "clean slate"
spiritually, and allows you to have "right standing"
with God, as God originally intended us
all to have before sin entered into the
world. Unfortunately many people have rejected,
dismissed, and disregarded the precious
gift from God that is called Salvation.
Salvation
is the answer to the age old question that men and women have been asking:
"What shall I do to be saved?". Our human condition
groans and begs for our return to a proper relationship with God,
as all mankind has been separated from God and full of sin since the
time when Adam and Eve fell
(sinned) in the Garden of Eden. God provided a way for us to be reconciled
back to Him through the death, burial,
and resurrection of his precious Son, Jesus
Christ. Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sins through His precious shed
blood on the cross at Calvary. Hallelujah!
All
we must do is accept
(believe on) Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, and
repent (turn away) from our sins (read Acts 16:31-33). It is important
to pray,
read the Holy Bible (God's Word), and meditate on and acknowledge Him in all
that we do. We also read that people in the Bible got baptized
as an outward expression of their "new birth"
(being "saved" or "born
again") in obedience and dedication to God after
they received Salvation,
the free gift of God that comes from God by grace.
It is important
for a Christian (believer in Christ) to confess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior before
men. You should also find a good Bible
believing church, and start attending
regularly, as well as regularly reading the Bible so that you can grow in your
love for God and knowledge of His ways. After you have received the free gift of
Salvation which results in the forgiveness of all your sins, be warned that the
Devil (Satan) will come and try to persuade you to stop reading
your Bible, stop
going to Church, stop seeking after the things of God, and encourage you to fall
back into sin.
Stand
firm
with the Word of God (Holy Bible) and seek God's answers to any
struggles you are going through. Prayer (you talking to God) and
reading your
Bible (God talking to you through His Word) are vital to
help you grow as a
Christian. As you meditate and study the Bible, you will be transformed and
renewed both physically and spiritually. The Bible has great
power in it, and God wants you to learn and apply scripture, to
help you live better each day and
have a closer walk with Him.
I am sure
you have lots of questions, so I encourage you
pray and ask Jesus to
help lead you in the direction that you should go. Also ask Him to send people
and events into your life to direct and encourage you. It is a
daily walk to be
a Christian, and I pray that you ask Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior and
believe on Him, that he died (was crucified), was buried, and was
resurrected, and that Jesus' precious blood was
shed for the remission (forgiveness) of your
sins.
To
receive the free gift of Salvation,
I suggest you pray a prayer like the one
below. Please be sincere when praying this, as God loves
you and wants to free
you from the penalty of sin and death. By the way, if a person chooses
not to
accept the free gift of Salvation, they will receive eternal life in Hell
(eternal separation from God) as the penalty for their sins. Thanks be to God
and His Son, Jesus Christ, through whom we may receive the free gift of
Salvation! Please pray the following prayer with all sincerity:
"Lord Jesus, please come into my life. I accept you as my Lord and Savior. I reject sin, and repent of all my sins. Lord Jesus, I thank you that today is the day of my Salvation and You have now forgiven me from the penalty of all my sins. Help me, Lord, to walk in Your ways from this day forward. Let me not stray, Lord, but send people into my life to help teach and encourage me in Your ways. I believe that you died, were buried, and were resurrected, and now sit at the right hand of the Father, making intercession on my behalf. Lord Jesus, thank you for being my Lord and Savior, and for forgiving me of all my sins. In Jesus Christ's holy name I pray and ask this. Amen."
If you have prayed the above prayer, please tell others that you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Also, please E-mail us at the address below so that we can rejoice with you in your "new birth". Please call the pastor of your church or, if you don't have a church, pray and call the church that God is leading you to, and tell the pastor and whoever answers the phone that you have just accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and wanted to share this "good news" with them. Ask them to rejoice with you and pray with you.
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