God's Plan of Salvation!

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life. – (1 John 5:11-12).

This passage tells us that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son, Jesus Christ. In other words, the way to possess eternal life is to possess God’s Son. The question is, how can a person have the Son of God?

According to Romans 5:8, God demonstrated His love for us through the death of His Son. Why did Christ have to die for us? Because Scripture declares all men to be sinful. To “sin” means to miss the mark. The Bible declares “all have sinned and fall short of the glory (the perfect holiness) of God” (Rom. 3:23). In other words, our sin separates us from God who is perfect holiness (righteousness and justice) and God must therefore judge sinful man.

 

SEPARATION FROM GOD:

THE FUTILITY OF OUR WORKS:

Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 it is not of works, so that no one can boast”.

                                        

 

God’s Solution:

 

How Do We Receive God’s Son?

Because of what Jesus Christ accomplished for us on the cross, the Bible states “He that has the Son has life.” We can receive the Son, Jesus Christ, as our Savior by personal faith, by trusting in the person of Christ and His death for our sins.

John 1:12 - “But to all who have received him--those who believe in his name--he has given the right to become God's children”

John 3:16-18 – “For this is the way God loved the world: he gave his one and only Son that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him. 18 The one who believes in Him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God”.

This means we must each come to God the same way:

(1) as a sinner who recognizes his sinfulness,

(2) realizes no human works can result in salvation, and

(3) relies totally on Christ alone by faith alone for our salvation.

 

Paul writes in Romans 10 :9-11,13.

It reads – “because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation. 11 For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 13 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved".

If you would like to receive and trust Christ as your personal Saviour, and cross the gap from being outside the fellowship with God to being with the Holy God in fellowship. You may want to do what Romans 10:9 says (because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved).

You can express your faith in Christ by a simple prayer.

Something like “God I know I am a sinner and I want to cross the gap and be in fellowship with you. I am now doing what you said to do: I know that Jesus is my Lord and I believe you raised Him from the dead and now according to your scriptures I have salvation and will live forever with you.”  If you prayed that prayer and have any further questions, please do reach out!

Source: Bible.org