The way of Salvation
Matthew 19:16… The Supreme question before every person in this world is, what must I do to have eternal life? Eternal life in God’s kingdom is worth more than all this world.
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew 16:26.
If we lose and Eternal home in heaven, we have lost everything.
Revelations 21:27… nothing that defiles can enter into God’s City, and since sin is what defiles that means we must get rid of every sin before we can be ready for a home in heaven.
John 3:3… In addition to having all our sins forgiven, you must be born again, have a change of heart, be converted.
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 18:3
Hebrew 5:9…. Eternal salvation will be given only to those who obey Jesus. So it takes three things to make a sinner right with God and fit him for a home in God’s heaven:
1. The Pardon or forgiveness of all his sins, which is justification.
2. Being born again, or the New Birth, which is regeneration.
3. Obedience to all of God’s instructions Everyday through the indwelling of Christ in his heart by the Holy Spirit, which is sanctification.
This brings up six important questions:
1. How can I have all my sins forgiven?
Psalms 32:5 … God forgives our sins on three conditions, repentance, confession, and faith in the Lord Jesus as our personal Savior and sin barrier.
Repentance is accompanied by a Godly sorrow, which leads us to turn from all that we know is wrong. It is produced in the Heart by the Holy Spirit, it will be given to everyone who yields to the convicting, drawing power of the spirit. Confessions is to be defined (Leviticus 5:5), we are to confess the very sins of which we are guilty.
Leviticus 5:5King James Version (KJV)
5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
2. How can I know that all my sins are forgiven this minute?
1st John 1:9…. simply by complying with God’s condition of repentance and confession. I must then believe that I am pardon, and thank God for forgiveness.
Psalms 51:7, 10…. along with our prayer for pardon, we must ask God to give us a new heart, a clean heart, a new life from above.
3. How can I obtain this new heart and really be born again?
John 1:12, 13… receive Jesus into your heart, and you will be born again. Surrender Your Will to Jesus, and he will create in you a new heart.
4. How can I know that I have been born again and have a new heart?
2nd Corinthians 5:17…. the Supreme proof of the changed heart is the changed life. The old habits of sin have passed away, and we live in newness of Life unto God. The things that we once did not care for, such as reading the Bible, going to church, praying, working for other Souls, we now love; and the world of things we once loved, we now do not care for
Ezekiel 11:19, 20… God gives us a new heart so we can obey his precepts. If you purpose to do just what God commands, you have a new heart.
5. How can I live a true Christian Life?
Galatians 2:20… Living a Christian Life is being so surrendered to Jesus that he can live his life in US each day. after you receive that new heart, Jesus is to live in your heart everyday, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight.
Your part is to abide in him by surrender, concentration, prayer, and feeding on his word; then he will abide in you everyday.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
John 15:4 6.
6. How can I know that I am living a Christian Life,
1st John 3:24; 2:3, 4… By a daily life of obedience to his commands
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