Landmark Free Will Baptist Church

 

2143 Route 96, Clifton Springs NY  14432

THE BIBLE EXPLAINS GOD'S PLAN OF SALVATION

 

Is it possible for a person to know where they will spend eternity?  How can a person be sure that they will spend eternity with God, in Heaven? Listed below are some Bible verses with a brief explanation. You can open your Bible to the sixth book of the New Testament, called Romans, and read these verses right out of the Bible, God's Holy Word.

1. Every Person's Condition  "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."  Romans 3:23  

This explains that we are separated from God by sin. Notice the word sin is singular, it is not just the sins we have committed but the sinful heart, that causes us to commit these sinful acts, that keeps us from God.

2. Result Of Our Condition  "For the wages of sin is death..."  Romans 6:23a  

This is not just the physical death that we know everyone will eventually experience, but it refers to spiritual death. This is to be separated from God forever. Wages are received  for work done. What we receive for the sin we have done is spiritual death, forever separated from God. The wages of our sin is like a DEBT that we owe for our sin.

We have all heard about the LOVE of God. God does love us and has done something to show us that LOVE.

3.  Christ 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

All people owe the debt for their sin but Jesus Christ, God's Son, died on the cross of Calvary to pay our sin debt. He did this because He loves us.

4. God Offers Us Forgiveness Of Sin And Eternal Life As A Free Gift   "...But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."  Romans 6:23b

God will do this because Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay the debt of our sin. The person who gives a gift pays its price but the person receiving the gift gets it free. Jesus paid for our sin with His own blood shed on the cross so He can give you the free gift of eternal life.

Your choice is to receive God's free gift of forgiveness of sin and eternal life or you can pay your own sin debt. Remember the debt is spiritual death, which means, you will be forever separated from God and heaven.

5. How To Accept God's Free Gift  "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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."  Romans 10:9,10

To believe in thine heart means to trust God with your soul and life. To believe means more than to agree with your mind some facts of history about Jesus Christ.  Romans 10:13 says, "For whosoever (put your name here) shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."  There are two parts to this verse. God's part is to save, our part is to call (ask) God to forgive our sin and save us.

How about you? Do you believe that what these Bible verses say is true about you?  If you do --- will you put your faith, trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and His death on the cross and resurrection from the dead to pay for your sin debt?

If you want to be saved—bow before God and pray. You can personalize this prayer and make it yours or pray in your own words expressing these thoughts.  "Lord, I know that I am a sinner and need your forgiveness; I believe that Christ died in my place, paying the debt of my sin; I am willing to turn from my sin; I ask you to forgive all of my sin. I invite Jesus Christ to come into my heart and life as my personal Savior. I am willing, with God's help to follow and obey Jesus Christ. Amen"