SALVATION PART ONE
The Lord has put it on my heart to write a paper on salvation. This is so
important not only to those who don't know the Lord. But also to Christians who
are confused about salvation.
There are so many misconceptions in the world and the churches. There will
be eight parts to this subject of salvation.
God made salvation so easy. Yet man has complecated it to the point that
people are confused. They think that it is only for a few choosen people. That
it would be imposible for them to gain salvation for themselves.
The truth is that Gods plan for salvation is meant for all the people that have
been born and will be born. All people in every country of this world. But it is our
choice to accept Gods gift or not to accept salvation.
Jesus died on the cross for all the sins of all the people of the world. That
includes you, me and anyone who has yet to be born. We are all born with sin
in us because of the sin of Adam and Eve.
First of all we need to know just exactly what salvations is. What does it
mean? Well, by Gods grace, He takes and forgives us of every sin we have
committed. By faith, which He gives us, we know we are forgiven.
It is like starting all over again., That is why it is refered to as being born
again. You will be a new person. To start over again and turn away from your
old ways you were living.
When you ask Jesus, Gods only begotten Son, into your life, Gods Spirit
enters your body and dwells with your spirit. You will no longer want to live in
your old ways.
The second thing is who is salvation for? It is for all people that have been
born or will be born.
It doesn't matter what sins you have committed before you ask Jesus to be
the Lord of your life.
The third thing is what do I have to do to receive salvation? The answer is
simple. You have to believe that Jesus is Gods only begotten Son and turn a-
way from the sins that have been dragging you down the path to hell.
Salvation is a free gift from God. We have all fallen short of entering the
kingdom of God.
God has given me the what, who, and how to work on in the first part of the
subject of salvation. Now we are going to dig a little deeper and see the truths
come out.
I say we because I am holding the pen in my hand and writing the words
the Lord is putting in me to put down on the paper.
This is not about what I can do. It is about what the Lord can do through
me. The Lord gives all His children gifts, talents , that we should use to server
Him to get the truth about God into the world. Okay lets get started.
WHAT
IS SALVATION
Salvation is the forgiveness of all the sins we have committed to the point
when we ask Jesus to be Lord of our lives. God forgives them and forgets that
they have ever happened.
It doesn't matter what you have done in your past. You cannot change it.
Tlhere is no need to worry about it anymore. God has forgiven and forgotten
that they ever happened. He will never remember that they ever had taken
place.
This is not to say you will never sin again. You must turn away from your
sins. Ask forgiveness daily. Then do your very best to repent from doing them
again. But if you do just keep asking for forgiveness and ask the Lord to help
you to reframe from doing whatever it is that you have been having trouble with.
God is slow to get angry and quick to forgive us if we only go th Him and ask.
But we must repent from doing whatever it is that you are having trouble with. I
know that I repeated myself on that but it is something that is very important to
remember.
There are things that we don't even think of as sins but will keep you from
having a more intimate relationship with the Lord. Worry, pride, gossip, little
white lies, and unforgiveness.
Do you ever find yourself worrying about things? Well if you like me that is
one thing that I have had to ask many times for God to forgive. I know as hu'-
mans we all tend to worry about things. But if you continue to ask for help in
that area it will get easier to just go to the Lord in prayer instead of worrying a-
bout it. You will find that you saved yourself another grey hair or two. The Lord
will answer your prayers.
When you are worrying about things you are showing no faith or trust in God.
Remember salvation is by Gods grace through faith. When you are born again
you have faith and trust in God. Know that His Spirit is living within you. He will
never leave or forsake you.
As you get to know God better you will come to trust Him more. You will see
all of the answered prayers and just be amazed at how much God loves you. As
one of Gods children now He will supply all of your needs. He knows you are go-
ing to need them before you realize you do . But He wants us to go to Him and
ask for what ever it is.
God will not give you all the things that you want. Because God knows what
is best for us sometimes the answer is no you cannot have that. We do the
same thing with our children. If they ask for something that they are not capable
of having without getting hurt we don't give it to them. Face it we are not always
responsible enough to have all the things that we want. We all have out weak-
nesses. God knows what they are and won' let us have anything that is not
good for us or get hurt with them.
Are you asking, how do I get to know God better? Well you read His word
daily. Sounds simple doesn't it. Well I am here to tell you that I am the first one
to admit that I don't read the Bible near enough. That is why it has taken me so
many years to have a more intimate relationship with Him. Seems like some-
thing always comes up when you had planned to read. The enemy is good at
that. If he can keep you from knowing God more than he can deceive you into
beleiving a lie straight from hell.
WHO IS SALVATION FOR?
What God does for one He will do for everyone. It doesn't matter what color
your skin is. Whether you are rich or poor. What country you are from. What
language you speak. God understands them all. Salvation is for all who have
been born and lived in this world and will be born.
It doesn't matter what sins you have committed. Salvation is for the serial
killer as much as anyone else. Sin is sin and we all need to be forginen for our
sins.
You see God looks at sin like there is no sin greater than another. Don't let
anyone tell you that you are just too far gone that God can't forgive you. That is
another lie straight from hell.
As humans we look at sins like some are worse than others. We say I would
never kill someone. But let me ask you this. Have you ever contributed to some-
one gossiping about someone else? Be real honest because this is one thing
that we all have been guilty of.
When you gossip most of it is all lies. You can kill a persons character by
telling lies about them. Have you ever said, I hate it when people talk behind my
back? I know I have and I do. It is not enough not to get caught up in the gossip
but you need to remind the ones that are gossiping that you don't want to be in=
volved with it. As a kid I remember my mom telling me if you can't say some-
thing nice about someone don't say anything at all. That was very good advise
and when I hear gossip I try not to repeat anything that I heard. It is none of our
business for one thing. It is between God and that person. We have no right
judging anyone. Worry about your own sins and leave theirs alone.
That is not to say that you can't go one on one with that person and try to
help them. If they refuse to listen just walk away and give it to God. Pray for
them.
What about those little white lies we all tell once in awhile? God hates a liar.
So telling lies is just as bad a if you went up and killed someone or gossiped a-
bout someone. Still a sin all of them.
Has someone really hurt you before? Have you forgiven them? It is hard to
do sometimes. If you have ever been abused by a parent or a spose you know
what I am talking about. But you must forgive them. Unforgiveness is also a sin.
Gods word says if you cannot forgive someone else He cannot forgive you. Wow
that is a tough one isn't it. Sometimes you have to ask God to help you forgive
that person. Sometimes it can take years as it did in my life. Until I let it go and
started praying for that person and asking the Lord to help you forgive them and
keep going back and asking Him to help you. Eventually the forgiveness will
come from your heart and not just saying that you forgive them. You will feel the
difference in your heart and you will feel free from the chain of unforgiveness that
has been holding you back. Your intamate relationship will beging to grow and
your heart will soar like an eagle.
So you see we have all fallen short of entering the kingdom of God. That is
why salvation is for all people. Those who think they are better than someone
else must face the truth. We are all sinners and need salvation. That is the
only thing that will save us from spending eternity in hell rather than with our
savior, Jesus Christ, in the kingdom of God. Praise the Lord !!!!
HOW DO I RECEIVE SALVATION
Salvation is a free gift from God. You must believe that Jesus is Gods only
begotten Son and ask Jesus to be the Lord of your life. Turn from your sins and
live to glorify the Lord in all that you do.
The thing is that you have to want this with all of your heart. You have to
want to serve the Lord at all times. That means that you have to turn away from
the way you have been living and seek God in all that you do.
You see it is all about our hearts. Do you truly desire Jesus to be Lord of your
life. God hears you when you as Jesus into your life, but He looks into your
heart to see if you are just saying the words or you are truly seeking God and
want to live a godly life.
Some of the churches today say you have to do this or that. Jumping through
hoops to speak. It turns so many away because they think that they are not
good enough or are unable to do all that the church requires.
In the early church it was circumcision. Today many say it is to be baptised
in water. Both are fine and they are outward signes of declaring that you have
given your heart to Jesus.
Water baptismal is an outward showing of washing our sins away. But wait a
minute , didn't Jesus do that when He died on the cross and His blood is what
washed our sins away? That is exactly right. Jesus did it all. So you see
water baptismal is not a requirement to receive the free gift of salvation and the
forgiveness of all your sins.
God doesn't care what our outward signs are. He only looks in your hearts to
see is you are sincere and truly want to be part of His family. Do you? It will
mean changing your ways but that is not such a bad thing. You were looking for
something better than what the world had been offering you. At least that is the
way I felt about it.
My life changed for the better. Gods love, joy, hope, and peace is what I had
been searching for a long time. I was ready to give up on life. I could see no-
thing good . But God filled that emptiness in me with the Holy Spirit and made
me whole. He will do the same for you.
As humans we look at the outward signs. If we cannot see it that it can't be
so. Let what is in your heart speak to you and know that God is with you. He
will never leave or forsake you.
We all know how two faced people can be. They can play the role on the out-
side. Pin a heart of gold on their chest so to speak. While in thier hearts they
are unforgiving and full of hate. Thier hearts are hard and black as coal.
They can fool people but they can't fool God. God knows each of our hearts
and that is where it counts. God is nobodies fool !!!!!!!! You cannot hide anything
from God. He knows you better than you know yourself.
The two thieves that hung on the crosses, one to the right of Jesus and the
other to the left of Jesus. These men are an example what Jesus will do for
you.
The one thief said I deserve to be here on this cross. But you are innocent
and asked Jesus for mercy. Jesus said that he was forgiven and would be in
kingdom of God that very day.
The other thief was hard hearted and mocked Jesus I assure you that thief
is spending eternity in hell. They both had a choice and they made thier choice
Which do you choose?
What Jesus did for the one thief He will do for all. God is the same today as
He was yesterday and will be tomorrow. So you see it is up to us. He wants
all to receive the gift of salvation so that we can spent eternity in heaven.
We can't change God but He can change us if we truly desire to be changed.
You will be changed if it is your hearts desire.
I heard a preacher tell the congregation that you can't ask Jesus into your
heart. Yet there is scripture after scripture that says just call on Me and you
will receive the gift of salvation.
Read for yourselves in the Bible what God has to say on salvation. I have
written down some pages of scriptures that tell us what God has to say agout
salvation. Study them and seek more. I only put a small percent to give you
somewhere to start looking there are plenty more in the Bible.
Get to know Him through His Word and prayer. Speak to Him from your
hearts. You will receive an answer in one way or another.
Sometimes He will have you open the Bible right to what you were asking
Him about. You know it had tro be God because you had no idea where to look
for the answer.
Other times He will send someone to you that will give you the answer with-
out you even asking the question. You know it had to be God. How else would
they know what you had asked God?
Sometimes He will come to you in your dreams. God knows what it will
take for us to understand what we are confused about.
If another person gives you information make sure that what they have told
you is the truth. Look in the Bible and see if that is what Gods word says.
The Bible tells us that when we receive our salvation confess with our
mouth what God has done for us. Give Him all the praise and glory for He is
worthy.
Go to the Lord in prayer and ask Him into your heart. Ask forgiveness of
your sins. Ask Him to be the Lord of your life. If it is the desire of your heart
He will answer. You will feel like someone just turned on all the lights after you
have been living in darkness your whole life.
God has made the gift of salvation free so no man can boast and say he did
this or that to receive his or her salvation. All the glory, praise, and thanks go
to God.
If you believe that Jesus is Gods only begotten Son you will not parrish but
have ever lasting life.
It is so simple and yet man has tied strings to it to make it complecated.
Just turn away from your sins and do your very best to live a godly life. Your
life should glorify God in all that you do.
We have all had problems in our lives. Some say God did not promise us a
rose garden. I like to think that He did. The roses are beautiful, smell good
too. But don't forget the thorns. They hurt and sometimes are hard to remove.
Even when you get them out it will hurt for awhile.
Be reassured that for every trial and tribulation we go through God is with us
protecting and watching over us. At the end He will bless us with more than
you can imagine.
Those trials are your testimony to what an awesome God we serve and the
glory goes to Him.
Most of our trials come from bad choices on our part. But God doesn't hold
them against us. He helps us through them. Talk to God! Praise Him, ask for-
giveness, and give Him thanks, for we are blest because He is our heavenly
Father who loves and takes care of us.
Forgive others that do wrong by you. Hate the sin but love the sinner. Be-
lieve me you will still sin and will have to repent from them. But if you cannot
forgive others God cannot forgive you.
Study these scriptures that I am going to write down for you. Let God, Him-
self show you what, who, and how. Sometimes it helps to read a verse before
and verse or so after to make sure that you get the whole picture.
My prayers go out to all those who read this messege and pray that it will
make a difference in your lives. God has done so much for me it is impossible
to express how thankful I am for what He has done for me. May God bless all
of you.
PRAISE GOD THE FATHER, JESUS THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
THAT LIVES IN ALL CHRISTIANS
SCRIPTURES
ON SALVATION
Matthew 5:17 Do you think that I came to distroy the Law or the Prophets. I
did not come to destroy but to fufill.
Romans 10:9-13 9. That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and
believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead
you
will be saved. 10. For with the heart one believes unto
righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made into
salvation. 11. For my scripture says, Whoever believes on
Him will not be put to shame. 12. For there is no distinction
between Jew and Greek, for the Lord over all is rich to all who
call upon Him. 13. For whoever calls on the name of the
Lord shall be saved.
Romans 14:13 Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather
resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall
in our brother's way.
1 John 4:15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is Son of God, God
abides in
him and he in God.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not parish but have
everlasting life.
Romans 5:9 Much more than having now been justified by His
blood, we
shall
be saved from wrath through Him.
Gaggai 2:4-9 4. Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel, says
the Lord and be
strong, Joshua, son of Jehosadak, the high priest, and be
strong, all you people of the land, says the Lord of hosts.
5. According to the word that I covenanted with you when
you came out of egypt, so my Spirit remains among you;
do not fear! 6. For thus says the Lord of hosts: Once
more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth the
sea and dry land; 7. and I will shake all the nations, and
they shall come to the desire of all nations, and I will fill
this temple with glory, says the Lord of hosts. 8. The
silver is Mine and the gold is Mine, says the Lord of hosts.
9. Tlhe glory of the latter temple shall be greater than the
former, says the Lord of hosts. And in this place I will give
peace, says the Lord of hosts.
Hosea 3:4 For the children
of Israel shall abide many days without
king
or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without
ephod or teraphim.
Luke 1:47 And my spirit
has rejoiced in God my savior.
Luke 2:11 For there
is born to you this day in the city of David a
Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Luke 3:6
And all shall see the salvation of God.
Luke 19:9-10 9. And Jesus said to him, Today
salvation has come to
this house, because he also is a son of Abraham;
10. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save
that which was lost.
Psalm 68:19-20 19. Blessed by the Lord Who daily
loads us with bene-
fits,
The God of our salvation. 20: our God is the God of
salvation: And of God the Lord belong escapes from
death.
Psalm 72:4 He
will bring justice to the poor of the people: He will
save the children of the needy, and will break in
peices the oppressor.
Acts 4:12 This
is the "Stone which was rejected by you builders
which has become the chief cornerstone.
Acts 5:31
Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and
Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of
sins.
Acts 13:23 From
this mans seed, according to the promise, God
raised up for Israel a Savior-Jesus-
Acts 28:28
Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God
has been sent to the Gentiles and they will hear it!
1 Samuel 10:24 And Samuel said to all the people,
"Do you see him
whom the Lord has choosen, that there is no one like
him among all the people?"
1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said
to Samuel, "Do not look at his ap-
pearance
or at his physical stature, because I have
refused
him. For the Lord does not see as man sees:
for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord
looks at the heart.
Isaiah 43:11
I, even I, am the Lord and besides Me there is no
Savior
Isaiah 49: 5-13 5. And
now the Lord says, Who formed Me from the
womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him,
So
that Israel is gathered to Him (for I shall be glori-
ous
in the eyes of the Lord, and My God shall be My
strength),
6. In deed He says, It is too small a thing that you
shouldbe My Servant. To raise up the tribes of Jacob,
And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will al-
so give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should
be
My salvation to the ends of the earth."
7. Thus says the Lord, The redeemer of Isael, their
Holy
One, To Him whom, the nation abhors, To the
Servant of rulers; Kings shall see and arise, Princes
also
shall worship, Because of the Lord who is faithful
The Holy One of Israel; And He has chosen You"
8.
Thus says the Lord: In an acceptable time I have
heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped
you, I will preserve You and give You as a covenant to
to
the people. To restore the earth to cause them to
inherit the desolate hiriteges;
9. That You may sayt to the prisoners, Go forth To
those
who are in darkness, Show Yourselves. They
shall feed along the roads, And their pastures shall
be
on all desolate heights.
10. They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Neither heat
nor sun shall strike them; For He who has mercy on
them, Even by the springs of water He will guide them
11. I will make each of My countains a road, And my
highways shall be elevated.
12. Surely these shall come from afar; Look! Those
from the north and the west, And these from the land
of Sinim"
13.
Sing, O heavens! Be joyful O earth! And break-
out in singing O mountains! For the Lord has com-
forted
His people, And will have mercy on His
afflicted.
Isaiah 52:13 Behold
My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be
exalted and be very high
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Be-
cause He poured out His soul unto death, And He
was numbered with the transgressors andHe bore
the sin of many, And made intersession for the
transgressors.
Isaiah 66:22-23
22. For as the new heavens and new earth which I
will make shall remain before Me," says the Lord,
"So shall your desendants and your name remain.
23. And it shall come to pass That from one New
moon
to another, And from one Sabboth to another,
All flesh shall come to worship before Me," says the
Lord.
Isaiah 65:17
For behold I create new heavens and a new earth,
And the former shall not be remembered or come to
mind
Zechariah 2: 7-13 7.
"Up Zion! Escape, you who dwel with the daugh-
ter of Babyllon."
8. For thus say the Lord of hosts; "He sent Me
after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he
who touches you touches the apple of His eye.
9.
"For surely I will shake My hand against them,
and
they shall become spoil for their servants. Then
you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.
10.
"Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For be-
hold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst, says
the Lord.
11. Many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that
day, and they shall become My people. And I will
dwell in your mist. Then you will know that the Lord
of hosts has sent Me to you.
12. "And the Lord will take possession of Judah as
His inheritance in the Holy Land and will again
choose Jerusalem.
13. "Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for He is
aroused
from His Holy habitation!"
John 4:42
Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not
because of what you said, for we ourselves have
heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ
the Savior of the world."
Philippians 3:20
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also
eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:1 Simon
Peter a bondservant and apostle of Jesus
Christ, to those who have obtained like precious
faith with us by the righteousness of our God and
Savior Jesus Christ:
2 Peter 1:11 for
so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly
into the everlasting kingdom of ouyr Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ.
1 John 4:14 And
we have seen and testify that the Father has sent
the Son as Savior of the world.
Hebrews 2:3 How
shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation
which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and
was
confirmed to us by those who heard Him
2 Corinthians 6:2 For He says:
In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have helped you." Behold
now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of
salvation.
Revelation 19:1 After
these things I heard a loud voice of a great mul-
titude in heaven, saying, "Allelula! Salvation and
glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!
