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The Gospel of Jesus Christ
-The Bible says that all have sinned.
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
-The wages of sin is death.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;......
-Outside of God there is no righteousness.
Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Man is condemned without Jesus Christ.
John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God.
The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the only way.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Without Christ’s propitiation (payment) for sin there is no reconciliation with God the Father.
Hebrews 2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his
brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to
God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Jesus Christ is the mediator between the lost and God the Father.
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the
man Christ Jesus;
The Bible says man is inherently sinful.
Romans 5:12 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:
The Bible says that we are to repent of our sin nature and call upon the Lord.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but
that all should come to repentance.
If we say we have no sin the truth is not in us.
1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not
in us. 1 John 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his
word is not in us.
It is only after we receive Christ that He becomes our advocate.
1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if
any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Then we can confess our daily sins and God promises to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If we ask Jesus Christ to come into our life and be our Saviour and confess Him as Lord we
shall be saved.
Romans 10:9 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.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth
on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and
the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For
whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
By placing our faith in Jesus Christ we receive eternal life.
Romans 6:23 ..... but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
At the moment of salvation we are sealed by the Holy Spirit forever.
Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with
that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the
redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a
good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Nothing can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus, not even us.
Romans 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is
risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for
us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress,
or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For
thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him
that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height,
nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of
God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Once we have ask Jesus into our heart we have committed our soul to Him forever.
2 Timothy 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am
not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he (Jesus
Christ) is able to keep that (your soul) which I have committed unto him against that
day (the second coming).
We can't loose our salvation.
Jude 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you
faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25 To the only wise
God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.
Amen.
Those who reject Jesus Christ in this life will be without God's love (John 3:16; Romans 5:8)
when they stand before Him on judgment day.
2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who
now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be
revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall
destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the
working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received
not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall
send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be
damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Receive the love of God today. Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us,
in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Don't put it off. You are not promised tomorrow. Psalms 103:15 As for man, his days are
as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16 For the wind passeth over it,
and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Recognize your sinful condition. Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous,
no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after
God.
See yourself through the eyes of a holy and just God. Romans 3:23 For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God;
Look at what God calls sin and be honest with yourself. 1 John 5:17 All unrighteousness
is sin: .....
Admit to Him you are a sinner in need of redemption. Repent (turn from sin toward God) of
your sin. Luke 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
At the moment of salvation you become a new creature. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if
any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new.
It is after you receive the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ that the Holy
Spirit works on the outward man. So you don't get cleaned up then come to the Lord. You
come to Him as you are and the Holy Spirit does the cleaning. John 14:26 But the
Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he
shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I
have said unto you.
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all
truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he
speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall
receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
You will never get yourself good enough for God. Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an
unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as
a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
This idea of doing right makes you right is not biblical. We will never make ourselves good
enough on the outside to be good enough on the inside to be acceptable to God. Matthew
23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited
sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead
men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear
righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Ask Jesus Christ to come into your life, be your Saviour and confess Him as Lord.
Romans 10:9 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.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
Believe that Jesus Christ died for your sins, was buried and rose again according to the
scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel
which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,
unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I
also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And
that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the
scriptures:
Believe that Christ's death, burial and resurrection was an acceptable payment for sin to
God the Father and one you could never pay on your own. Ephesians 2:8 For by grace
are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Believe in your heart that by accepting Jesus Christ's payment for sin He has done all that
is necessary for you to receive eternal life. John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had
received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up
the ghost.
There is no salvation through any other name. John 20:31 But these are written, that ye
might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might
have life through his name. Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for
there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be
saved.
Now that you are saved, start serving God by telling others about what Jesus has done for
you. Mark 5:18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed
with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. 19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him
not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the
Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. 20 And he departed,
and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and
all men did marvel.
Witness to the lost and dying world and give them the gospel so the Lord can use you to
draw others to Himself. Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature.
We are commanded to be ready to give an answer to every man that ask. 1 Peter 3:15
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to
every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and
fear:
Our risen Saviour, Jesus Christ, is the hope. 1 Timothy 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus
Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is
our hope; Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of
the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Only by accepting Jesus Christ as one's Saviour and confessing Him as Lord can one be a
partaker of His resurrection. 1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto
a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Unlike any other religious leader Jesus Christ rose from the dead and lives for evermore.
Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for
evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. Just as Jesus was
resurrected from the dead so will all those who believe in Him. 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now
are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know
that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
One of the first things you should do after you get saved is get scripturally baptized. This is
water baptism by submersion. The disciples were commanded to: Matthew 28:19 Go ye
therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the
end of the world. Amen.
Water baptism is not only in obedience to the Lord but shows your relationship with the
universal Church (body of Christ). Water baptism does not save you but shows other
believers that you are in agreement or like minded with them. You get water baptized after
you are spiritually baptized. It is a picture of being buried in the likeness of Christ death
(going down under the water) and being raised in the likeness of His resurrection (raising
up out of the water). 1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also
now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good
conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
Start serving God and not sin. Romans 6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be
dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 12 Let not
sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Live your new Christian life according to the Word of God so others may see the light in
your life. Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Faith is required to get saved and to grow. Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is
impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and
that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Once you are saved Christ is
your eternal advocate. 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
You may ask Him for wisdom. James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of
God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
God has given us all things necessary to live as He would have us to. 2 Peter 1:3
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life
and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and
virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that
by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption
that is in the world through lust.
You have a choice now. If you don't choose Christ in your life now you will hear these words
when you stand before Him on your judgment day later; Matthew 7:23 And then will I
profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.; and
receive your place in eternity. Matthew 25:46 And these shall go away into
everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. Revelation 20:15 And
whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
We will all bow before the Lord someday; Philippians 2:10 That at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under
the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
the glory of God the Father.
Keep in mind no one escapes God's judgment. Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the
conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is
the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every
secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Hebrews 2:2 For if the word
spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience
received a just recompence of reward; 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so
great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was
confirmed unto us by them that heard him; 4 God also bearing them witness, both
with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost,
according to his own will?
Why not choose Christ now when it will bring forth eternal life? Please pray and ask Jesus
to save you. You may receive God's love today by receiving His Son, Jesus Christ, into your
life. If you have prayed and ask Jesus Christ to be your personal Saviour e-mail me at
2ndccn@2ndccn.com and confess Him as Lord of your life. You will be put on our prayer list.
