When, Where, and How do I
begin to receive God's salvation?
There are a few things you need to know
and understand right from the start.

• First, you must all realize and admit that you are a sinner.  We ALL are sinners.  How many banks do you have to rob to be a bank robber?  One.  How may people do you have to kill to be called a murderer?  One.  How many lies to you have to tell to be a liar? That's right, one.  How many sins do you have to commit to be a sinner?  Now you are getting it, just one.  At one time in our lives we have sinned, each and every one of us.  We have all told a lie, or taken something that did not belong to us, or lusted after someone of the opposite sex.  Romans 3:23 says "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"  This verse leaves no doubt that we have all sinned at one time or another in our life and that we are all in need of a savior.  That is why Jesus walked among us and sacrificed his life, so that we can be saved.

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• Too often we set our standards of right and wrong by the society that we live in.  As you can see those standards can differ from country to country but Gods standards remain the same for all His people, based on His holiness.  The Bible tells us that God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.  It says the exact same thing about Jesus.  We might like to think that things, or standards, need to change with the times but the truth is, they do not.  God's laws are God's laws and they are the same today as they were 200 or 3000 years ago.  We have rebelled against Him as a race (meaning the human race) and as individuals.  We put our own wants and desires before God's.  That choice has brought its consequences and will bring it's judgments as well.

• Romans 3:10 tells us that there is not a single person on earth that is righteous - "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:"  Nobody is righteous in God's sight, we all fall short of the mark.  Another verse in the Bible tells us that our righteousness is as filthy rags before God.  That means that there is NOTHING and I mean NOTHING we can do ourselves to be righteous before God, Our best attempts still do not make the grade.  We need help to be able to stand in righteousness before God.

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• Next, we need to realize that there is a price for that sin.  Romans 6:23a - "For the wages of sin is death;"  Sin does have a price and that price is death, eternal separation from God.  This is not the physical death that we must all one day face.  This death is spiritual death, or eternal separation from God.  We ALL will live for eternity, that is how God designed us.  The spirit and soul that lives within our fleshy bodies was created to live forever, and will live forever.  The difference here is that one way will lead to eternal peace and the other to eternal death in the fiery pits of hell, and yes, hell IS a real place.  Hell was made for Satan and the angels that rebelled with him.  To continue a life of sin is to deny the salvation Jesus died for to bring us.

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• The Bible compares sin to a cruel slave master. There is no mercy in suffering, no freedom from bondage, no lasting joy, no hope for the future. But most frightening is the final consequence of sin. The Bible warns that without God’s salvation, death is the doorway to eternal punishment (Hebrews 9:27).  Eternal death.  Eternal suffering.  Eternal torment.

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• Hebrews 2:3 - It is from this that we need to be saved. From our own sin. From its bondage. From its consequences. "How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation?".  God offers this salvation freely to anyone and everyone that would just reach out and take it.

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• Revelation 20:15 - "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."  If your name is not found in the Book of Life you can not enter Heaven. 

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• We must then know that Jesus Christ paid that price for us when He died on the cross.  Romans 6:23b - "but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."  Jesus Christ suffered and died so that you would not have to.  He paid the price for YOUR sin and MY sin.  Anyone's sin that will just accept Him.

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• God is Holy.  God is love.  His holiness demands that our sin be punished infinitely.  His love provides a way for us to be saved from this punishment. How is this possible? Another was willing to suffer what we deserve.  Our substitute had to be a sinless man, able to suffer the infinite anger of God against our sin. The only one able to take our place was God’s only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.  He willingly and lovingly paid the price for our sins.

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• God loves us so perfectly that He brought His ONLY begotten Son into this world so that He could pay the price for ALL mans sins.  John 3:16 - "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."  Change the whosoever there to your name.  You ARE whosoever and so am I.  Anyone and everyone that wants it can have it, can be that whosoever.

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• 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."   You must confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord.  You must believe in your heart that Jesus paid the price for YOUR sins, thus guaranteeing your salvation.  It does not say here that you may be saves, or you can be saved or you might be saved.  It says you WILL be saved.  No doubt whatsoever.

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• Romans 10:13 - "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."  Whosoever means YOU.  Again you should put your name where it says whosoever.  Jesus Christ died on the cross for you and me.  He paid the price for our sins so that we could have eternal salvation with Him.  All you need do is call on His name.  It's that simple.  Jesus did all of the hard stuff for us.  Jesus suffered 39 lashes with a whip for us, and not just a whip.  A whip with sharp rocks, broken glass and sharp bits of metal tied into its strands.  A whip designed not simply to beat the flesh, but to rip and shred the flesh.  To tear it out chunk by bloody chunk.  Jesus suffered persecution for us.  The Roman guards spit in His face and pulled out the hairs of His beard.  They mocked Him and taunted Him.  Jesus suffered great persecution and ridicule for each and every of us.  Jesus suffered torment that He knew we could not bear.  Jesus suffered severe pain for all of us.  Jesus hung on the cross for ALL OF US!  Jesus DIED for us so that we would not have to suffer and die in eternal condemnation for our sins.

Are you ready to accept your free gift?  Are you ready to accept Jesus Christ?  Are you ready to believe on the only begotten Son of God? If you are ready to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour then just pray this simple prayer in your heart and with your mouth.  Admit to God that you are a sinner in need of a Saviour and that you accept His Son, Jesus Christ, as that Saviour.  The Lord promises that He will be faithful and hear you and answer your prayer.

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Dear Jesus - I know that I am a sinner in need of a Saviour and I ask You now to forgive me of my sins.  I thank you Jesus for suffering and paying the price for my sins.  I ask you Jesus to come into my heart forever.  I trust in You today Jesus to takeme to Heaven when I die.  I thank You Lord Jesus for saving me.  In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

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