Salvation
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in (Or through) Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Romans 6:23 NIV)
The key to our guaranteed salvations is:
9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. (Romans 10:9-10 NIV).
The key here is really believe it, when you do you will believe it in your heart where God looks at. And confess it where people hear it:
for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (1Peter 1:9 NIV)
And remember Jesus is the answer only in this time period because of Grace:
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. (Titus 2:11 NIV)
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--
9 not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV).
Because there's only one God and one mediator Jesus Christ:
3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior,
4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, (1 Timothy 2:3-5 NIV)
And it's only in this time period after the rapture it will be harder to be saved. Only in this time of grace Jesus makes us justified:
22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference,
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
25 God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, I through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished--
26 he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith.
28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.
29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, (Romans 3:22-29 NIV).
Which justified is the legal term meaning to secure a favorable verdict. The proof to this is the deposit of the Holy Spirit as a down payment to God's pledge that our salvation will be consummated:
13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession to the praise of his glory. (Ephesians 1:13-14 NIV)
When you do will manifest:
This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone. (Titus 3:8 NIV)
and our hope waits for Jesus:
24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?
25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. (Romans 8:24-25 NIV)
So let me ask you if you are not a born again Christian, and you want to become a born again Christian. First you need to believe it in your heart, Jesus Christ was raised from the dead by God, and believe this teaching then say this prayer with me;
(Salvation Prayer)
Father God, I come to you through the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord. I believe Jesus died for my sins and was raised by you. I believe his blood cleanses me. I believe in Romans 10:9-10. So I now believe that because of your deposit in me that I am getting NOW like
in Ephesians 1:13-14. I believe that I am now saved and going to heaven. I Thank You Father for forgiving me of my past and started me over. I believe I have now died with Christ on the cross. His blood frees me from all my sickness and diseases through the Name of Jesus Christ.
I believe I'm saved and going to be saved. Thank You Father for your grace; your deposit of the Holy Spirit, which I believe, I have now received. Thank You in the Name of Jesus Christ. I believe I am NOW saved. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray to my Father. Amen.
Praise the Lord your now saved. Now remember:
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. (Matthew 6:33 NIV)
in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. (Or will direct your paths)
(Proverbs 3:6 NIV)
so seek him first in prayer, ask God to bring you closer and he will. And remember:
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord;
8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. (James 1:2-8 NIV)
PRAISE the Lord and God Bless
Minister David A. Smith
Jesus In Charge Ministry