You've probably learned a lot about the Bible lands through this film, but we'd like you
to know the main message of the Bible, which is salvation through Jesus Christ.
The Bible says that you can know for sure that you are on your way to heaven, and we'd
like to just explain to you some things in order for you to be able to know that you
are on your way to heaven.
The first thing you need to understand is that you are a sinner.
The Bible says in Romans chapter number 3 and verse 10, "As it is written, there is
none righteous, no, not one."
The Bible here is telling us that nobody is without fault.
None of us are perfect.
In Romans chapter 3 and verse 23, the Bible goes on to say this, "For all have sinned
and come short of the glory of God."
The Bible defines sin as the transgression of the law.
When we break God's law, we've sinned.
And the Bible says here, "For all have sinned."
There's not one human on this earth that is not a sinner.
Now the reason you need to understand that, that there is none righteous and that we are
all sinners, is because of this.
In Romans 6, 23, the Bible says, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God
is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
The first part of that verse tells us that there are wages for our sin, which is death.
The word wages means payment.
It's what you earn.
When I go to work, I earn money.
But when I sin, what I earn is death.
Now when the Bible talks about death, it's talking about more than just a physical death.
In Revelation chapter number 20 and verse number 14, the Bible says this, "And death
and hell were cast into the lake of fire."
This is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Here we learn about a second death.
See, when the Bible says that the wages of sin is death, it's not just talking about
a physical death.
The physical death is just the first death or the initial death.
But then when an individual gets cast into the lake of fire, that is the second death.
In Revelation 21, 8, God actually gives us a list of who's going to hell.
He says, "But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers
and sorcerers and idolaters," and then He goes on to say this, "And all liars shall
have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone," which is the second
death.
It's the reason that God gives us this list of really bad sins, murderers, whoremongers,
sorcerers, idolaters, and then at the end He adds a sin that we've all committed when
He says, "And all liars."
He's trying to explain to us that there is none righteous.
No matter how good you are, you're not good enough.
In fact, James chapter number 2 and verse 10 kind of puts it all together.
It says, "For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point, he is guilty
of all."
The first thing you need to understand and what I'm trying to explain to you is that
we're all sinners, and because we're sinners, our sin has condemned us to hell.
Now you don't have to go to hell, and God doesn't want you to go to hell, but you need
to understand that you are condemned to hell and you need to be saved from hell.
Romans 6, 23, the first part of the verse said, "For the wages of sin is death."
The second part says this, "But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord."
It explains that God has a gift he wants to give you, and that gift is eternal life and
it's through Jesus Christ.
Now there are some things you need to understand about this gift.
In Ephesians chapter number 2 and verse 8, the Bible says this, "For by grace are you
saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God."
It says, "Not of works, lest any man should boast."
The Bible tells us that the gift of salvation is from God, and it's not of works, meaning
you don't have to earn it.
Today many people believe that they have to live a good life in order to go to heaven,
or they have to repent of their sins in order to go to heaven, or maybe they believe they
have to get baptized or go to church.
But the Bible tells us that the gift is not of works.
You don't have to earn it, you don't have to pay for it.
Now because it is a gift, someone did have to pay for it, and that person was Jesus Christ.
In Romans chapter 5 and verse 8, the Bible says this, "But God commended his love toward
us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
The message of the gospel is that Jesus came to this earth, he lived a sinless life, he
never sinned, he died on the cross and was buried, and he resurrected from the grave
three days later as a payment for our sin.
Now there are a couple of things you need to believe about Jesus.
You can't just believe that he was a good man or a prophet.
You have to believe what the Bible says about him, which is that he was God in the flesh.
John 1 says this, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God."
Later on in the chapter in verse 14 he says this, "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt
among us, and we beheld his glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace
and truth."
Now that only begotten of the Father is of course Jesus Christ.
John 3, 16, the most famous verse in the Bible says this, "For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life."
The message of salvation is that Jesus, who was God in the flesh, paid for our sins and
he offers us the free gift of eternal life.
Now there's one more thing you need to understand about salvation, and that is that it is eternal
life.
In John 3, 16 it's called everlasting life.
In John 3, 15 it says that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal
life.
The first part of John 3, 36 says, "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life."
Now what that means is that when God gives you salvation, it will last forever.
It doesn't mean that you're going to live on earth like some sort of immortal, but what
it means is that when you die physically, you will not die the second death of being
cast into the lake of fire, but you'll go live with God for eternity and it will last
forever.
Titus 1, 2 says this, "In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie promised before
the world began."
See, the Bible says that our hope for eternal life is that God cannot lie.
Once he gives it to you, he'll never take it away.
Now that doesn't mean that you can live on this earth without any consequences.
Of course we know that on this earth there are consequences for sin.
We reap what we sow and God chastises his children, but there's nothing you can ever
do that would cause God to take away your eternal life.
God wants you to be saved and he tells you how to do that.
In Romans 10, 9 he says this, "That if," now he says if because you get a choice.
He says, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus," but it's more than
just saying words.
He says this, "And shalt believe in thine heart, that God hath raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved."
See the gift of salvation has to be accepted.
And the Bible tells us that in verse 10, "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness,
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
Verse 13 says, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
If you believe what I've showed you from the word of God, if you believe that you're a
sinner, and your sin has condemned you to hell, but Jesus came to this earth, was born
of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died on the cross, was buried and resurrected as a
payment for your sin, that you don't have to earn it, you don't have to work for it,
all you have to do is receive it.
And once you have it, he'll never take it away.
Then God simply asks you to, by faith, call upon him to save you.
If you believe that, I would like to help you word a prayer.
Now this prayer does not, this prayer in and of itself does not save you, it's the faith
in your heart that saves you, but if you believe it, just pray with me and repeat after me.
Jesus, I know that I'm a sinner, and I deserve to go to hell.
I'm confessing my sin to you, and receiving your gift of eternal life.
I'm not trusting in myself, I'm only trusting in you.
Amen.
If you've prayed that prayer, I'd like to congratulate you on receiving the gift of
eternal life.
Thanks for listening.