The Bible is very clear in relation to salvation, it is not based on how good a person is, most people think that they are quite good and will go to heaven because they are good people.
The Bible says, everyone sinned because they are deprived of the glory of God. The Bible says, as it is written, there is no righteous nor one. I am not righteous, you are not righteous.
And if it were our good that will lead us to heaven, none would go. Admit that you are a sinner.
The Bible says in the book of Revelation, but the terrified, the unbelievers, bullies, murderers, witch-takers, sorcerers, and all liars will have their share in the lake that burns with fire and oil, which is the second death.
I lied, everyone lied, so everyone sinned and we did things worse than a lie. Admit it, we all deserve to go to hell.
Be aware of the punishment for sin. The Bible says, God gives proof of His love to us, in that when we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
So Jesus Christ, because He loves us, came to this earth. The Bible says that He was God in the body. God took on the human form, lived sinlessly, did not commit any sin.
Of course, He was beaten and spat on and crucified. The Bible says that when He was on the cross, He carried our sins on His body on the tree.
So every sin you committed, any sin, it was as if Jesus had done it. He was punished for our sins. Of course, He took His body when He died and was buried in the tomb.
And His soul went to hell for three days and nights. Three days later He rose from the tomb, showed His wounds to His disciples on His hands.
The Bible is clear that Jesus died for all. The Bible says that He died not only for our sins, but also for the sins of the whole world.
But there is something we must do to be saved. The Bible has these questions in the Apostolic history.
Gentlemen, what should I do to be saved? And they said, believe in Jesus Christ and you will be saved. You and your house. And that's all.
He did not say to go to some church and you will be saved, to be baptized, to live a good life, to regret your sins and you will be saved.
No. He said, believe. Believe that Jesus died, was buried and rose from the dead for you. Even the most famous verse in the Bible.
It is so famous that everyone heard about it.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one-born Son so that everyone who believed in Him would not die, but have an eternal life.
And eternal means never ending. It means forever.
The Bible says, and I will give them an eternal life and they will not die forever, nor will any of them come out of my hand.
I am telling you the truth. Whoever believes in Him has an eternal life.
So when you believe in Jesus Christ, the Bible says that you will have an eternal life. You will live forever. You can not lose your salvation.
It is eternal. Forever.
When are you saved? When you start to believe in Jesus, you will be saved forever.
And whatever happens, you will never lose your salvation.
If I even went and did some terrible sin, God will punish me on this earth.
If I murder someone today, God will make sure that I will be punished. I will go to prison or worse, I will be punished with death.
Whatever happens on this earth will be a punishment for me. God will make sure that I will be punished even more.
But I will not go to hell. There is nothing like going to hell because I am saved.
And if I go to hell, God will lie because He promised that whoever believes in Him will have an eternal life.
The Bible says that whoever lives and believes in Him will not die forever.
That is why there are many examples in the Bible of people who committed terrible sins.
And they reached heaven? How? Because they were good? No. Because they believed in Jesus Christ. Their sins are forgiven.
Other people who could live a better life in the eyes of people, or even lived a better life, but do not believe in Christ, will go to hell to be punished for their sins.
Trust Jesus Christ himself as your Savior.
I will close this with one thought. One thing I want to say. There was a question to Jesus from one of the disciples.
"Lord, is there not enough of those who are to be saved?"
This is a good question, right? Is the majority of us saved or is the minority saved?
Jesus said in the book of Matthew, "Enter through a narrow gate, for there is a wide gate and a wide road that leads to the abyss, and there are many who enter through it."
And there is a narrow gate and a narrow road that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
And it is also written in the book of Matthew, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but who does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, many of them will say to me, 'Lord, Lord,' that we did not prophesy in your name,
and in your name they did not drive out the devils, and in your name they did not do many wonderful deeds, and then I will confess to them that I never knew you.'"
"Fall back from me, you who do wrong, that is, there are people from whom the majority in this world claim that they do not believe in Jesus, but the majority in America claim that they believe in Jesus, but the majority of the world does not believe in Jesus.
But God warns us that among those who claim to believe in Jesus, even among those who call to Him 'Lord,' many will say to Him, 'But we did all these deeds, why are we not saved?'
And He will say, 'Fall back from me, I never knew you, that is because salvation is not from doing good deeds.' And if you trust your deeds that they will save you,
if you think that you will go to heaven because you were baptized, or if you think that you must live a good life, I think that you must obey the commandments, I think that you must go to church,
I think that you must turn away from sin if you trust your deeds. Jesus will say, 'Fall back from me, I never knew you.'
You must have all the faith in what He did for you, you must have the faith in what Jesus did on the cross. He died for you and was buried and rose from the dead.
This is your ticket to heaven. If you trust, 'I will go to heaven because I am such a good Christian and I do these wonderful things,' He will say, 'Fall back from me.'
And notice what He said, 'Fall back from me, I never knew you, not that I ever knew you, because if He will know you, then forever, forever. If He will know you, then you are saved forever.
But He will say, 'Fall back from me, I never knew you. If you will go to hell, it is because He never knew you. When He will know you, then He knows you.'
Just as I am the son of my Father, I will always be His son. If you are reborn, when you are His child, you will always be His child. Maybe you are a black sheep in the family,
maybe you are someone who is disciplined by God on this earth, maybe you can destroy your life here, but you cannot lose salvation. You are saved.
This is the finished transaction. If you want to recognize Jesus Christ as your Saviour, this is a simple prayer. Remember, saying this word or any other prayer will not give you salvation.
Only the faith in Christ can save you from sin. This prayer is the only way to recognize your faith in God and to thank Him for the care for our salvation.
God, I know that I sinned against you and deserve punishment, but Jesus took the punishment on Himself, which I deserved so that you could forgive me.
If I believe in Him, I believe that you will save me. Thank you for your wonderful grace and forgiveness. The gift of eternal life. Amen.