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Do
you believe that Jesus:
1) lived a sinless life;
2) died for your sins;
3) rose from the grave on the third day;
4) presently sits at God's right hand?
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Do
you believe that if you:
1)
Ask God to forgive you of your sins;
2) Turn away from your sins;
3) Ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart and take control
of your life, God will forgive you of your sins and Jesus
Christ will come into your heart?
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If you died right
now, are you 100% sure you would go to Heaven?
The first thing God says is that we are all sinners. The Bible
tells us in Romans 3:23,
"For all have sinned and come short of the glory of
God";
Each of us, at one time or another, has been a part of making
mistakes, wrong decisions, and doing things that we later
wished had never happened. Jesus is the only man who ever
lived a perfect and sinless life. The rest of us need his help
to keep on the right track toward Heaven so that we can one
day be with Him.
The Bible teaches that there is a price tag on sin. Romans
6:23 says "for the wages of sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord".
God sent Jesus, His only Son, to come to earth as a man .
Jesus died on the cross to save each of us from the sins we
have committed and He paid the price so that we might have
eternal life. This eternity is not for everyone, but it is for
the ones who confess his or her sins before God and ask for
forgiveness of these sins. Then and only then are we free to
receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior, and with His help, our
futures will be brighter because we can rely upon Him and call
upon Him, not only in our times of need, but also in our times
of happiness and great joy. Jesus is the answer to all our
questions, our problems, our ins and our outs. It is through
Jesus that we are able to know what is the right thing to do,
and it is by His help that we are able to do it!
Romans 5:8 says, "But God commendeth his love toward us,
in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
Jesus paid the penalty for all sin when He died and shed His
blood on the cross.
The last thing we want to show you is what you need to do to
be saved.
Romans 10: 13 says, "For whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord shall be saved". If you will call upon
the Lord right now and ask Him to save you, He will do it.
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Let's
pray this prayer together:
"Father God, I know that I
am a sinner. I ask forgiveness of my sins, I confess my sins,
and I repent of my sins. Lord Jesus, I believe that You died
for me, on the third day rose from the grave and presently sit
at God's right hand. Come into my heart Lord Jesus, take
control of my life and make me the type of person that You
want me to be. I accept You as my Lord and Savior and pray
this in Your name Jesus. Amen"
As we read in Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved",. What does
whosoever mean? The whosoever is ANYBODY, that means YOU too.
When we prayed the prayer together, on whom did you just call?
JESUS! And what did you ask Jesus to do for you? TO SAVE YOU!
What
is Jesus going to save you from? He is saving you from Hell!
We are so happy you have
called upon Jesus , and if you sincerely said this prayer, you
have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and Jesus
has come into your heart. We look forward to spending eternity
with you in heaven!
As a next step, we encourage you to:
Attend a Bible-believing church and make a public profession
of faith. Now that you are saved, the first thing Jesus wants
you to do for Him is to let others know that you have accepted
Him. Jesus died for you and now He has saved you. Here is your
chance to do something for Him.
Then Jesus says to tell others. The way to do that is to come
to church and walk up front when the Preacher gives the altar
call or invitation. You tell the preacher you got saved and he
will tell the people.
Romans 10:10 & 11 says, "For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is
made unto salvation. For the scripture sayeth, Whosoever
believeth on him shall not be ashamed".
We don't want to be ashamed of Jesus because Jesus was not
ashamed of us. He publicly hung on the cross when he died for
our sins!
In Matthew 10:32 Jesus says, "Whosoever therefore shall
confess me before Men, him will I confess also before my
Father which is in heaven.
If you have prayed this prayer, and have asked the Lord to
forgive you of your sins, then you are a new creation in the
eyes of the Lord. We want to help you as much as we can.
If you live in the Ashtabula, Ohio area, please feel welcome
to join us in our Sunday worship at 10:30 am.
Please
e-mail Pastor Ball, so that he can pray for you and send you
some materials that will help you in your new life.
YES!
I have decided to follow JESUS.
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