Salvation KJV Bible Preface

(Text) - The complete gospel by Revelation 1611 (the free grace, once saved always saved gospel - by faith alone without works (Acts 16:31, Romans 4:5-6, 1John 5:10-13 - salvation is truly a free gift requiring nothing in return but simple faith (belief) in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ as the complete payment for our sins and the gift of eternal life.)

 

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If you were to die today, are you a 100% sure that you’d go to heaven? You can know for sure! First of all, the Bible says that we’re all sinners – ‘’For all have sinned, and come short of the glory (or perfection) of God’’. (This includes all of us). The Bible also says there’s a consequence for our sins (for lying, stealing or coveting, etc). – ‘’For the wages of sin is death’’… (This includes a second death in hell) – ‘’And all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death’’. (And we know that we’ve all lied before, and we’ve all done worse things than lying. Therefore we all deserve hell because of our sins). (Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, Revelation 21:8)

 

But God loves us and He doesn’t want us to go to hell to pay for our own sins. That’s why He sent His Son Jesus Christ to be the propitiation (or payment) for our sins. Jesus is the Son of God and He is also God manifest in the flesh. The Bible says that Christ died for our sins, and that He was buried, and that He rose again for our justification (that is, to declare us righteous before God). He took our punishment upon Himself and made a complete payment for our sins (He paid our sin debt in full - He died for all of our sins- past, present and future). ‘’But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.’’ (Romans 6:23b, 5:8).

 

Salvation is a free gift received by faith – we cannot save ourselves by our own works, such as: by repenting from our sins, or by joining a church, or by getting baptized, or by keeping the commandments, or by being a good person, etc.). It is not based on our own goodness or efforts. It’s a 100% by faith (by trusting in Jesus and in His finished work alone) and 0% by works - (it’s all by grace, meaning it’s an ‘’unmerited favor’’). - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:8-9).

 

The Bible says there’s only one thing we must do to be saved. Acts chapter 16 verse 31 says: ‘’Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.’’ To believe means to trust. Believing on Jesus means that we put all of our faith and trust in His death, His burial and His resurrection as the complete payment for our sins (which guarantees us eternal life). We must simply ask Jesus to save us by believing that He died and rose again for our salvation (His sacrifice is entirely sufficient to save us). ‘’That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus (if you ask Him to save you), and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved’’ (Romans 10:9, 13).

 

And once we’re saved, we’re saved forever. The Bible says that salvation is eternal and that it can never be lost for any reason. The moment we believe on Christ, we receive forgiveness for all of our sins (past, present, and future sins) and eternal life. Then God becomes our Father and we become His child. Now, if we do good things after we’re saved, God will bless us- and if we commit sins, God will discipline us- but our punishment (or chastisement) for sin will come only in this lifetime, and we can never lose the gift of eternal life or go to hell because it is God’s promise to us – ‘’He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life’’ (John 3:36).

 

So if you admit that you’re a sinner, condemned to hell, and if you believe that salvation can only be received by accepting Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection as the complete payment for your sins - and that you cannot be saved by your own works or efforts, and that you can never lose salvation after having received it, you can repeat after me – ''Dear Jesus, I know I’m a sinner, and I deserve to go to hell. But I believe that you died on the cross and rose again to pay for all of my sins. Save me right now and give me eternal life. I’m trusting in you alone as my Savior - and not in my own works. Thanks for saving me- Amen’’! If you have sincerely believed in your heart and if you've asked Jesus to save you, you’re saved forever. You can write down today’s date as your salvation day - Congrats.

 

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