Many go to church, many are of some kind of religion, but few are sure to go to heaven after death.
Have you ever wondered that? Are you sure that you are saved?
The salvation is very simple. I would like to explain to you what you need to do to be saved.
First, you need to understand that we are all sinners because the Bible speaks in Romans 3, 23,
because everyone sinned and are destitute from the glory of God.
The Bible also explains what sin is in 1 John 3, 4 and says that anyone who commits sin also transgresses the law,
because sin is the transgression of the law.
The Bible has more than 600 commandments, such as "you will not murder, you will not give false testimony against your neighbor,
you will not steal, and if we disobey one of these commandments, we are sinning."
So, the Bible teaches that by our sin we deserve a punishment. In Romans 6, 23 it says, "because the salary of sin is death."
This does not refer only to physical death in the cemetery, but the Bible also teaches that we deserve the second death in Apocalypse 24,
and death and hell were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
The second death is a place called the lake of fire. The Bible also tells us who deserves to go to this lake of fire.
Apocalypse 21, 8 says, "But the dreadful, and the unbelievers, and the abominable, and the murderers, and the devils, and the sorcerers, and the idolaters,
and all the liars, will have their share in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
Notice that the Bible says that all the liars will have their share in the lake of fire.
I have already lied, you have also lied. We are all liars, so we all deserve the lake of fire.
Second, we need to understand our need for a Savior, so the Bible says that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners.
The Bible teaches that God is three people, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
And the Bible teaches that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
He was born of a virgin, and his name was Jesus. Jesus was perfect, he never sinned, he never lied, he did something wrong.
Jesus preached the truth, he was the truth.
So people hated him, and spit on him, and slapped him in the face, and in the end they crucified Jesus Christ on the cross.
When Jesus died on the cross, the Bible says that he not only died for our sins, but also for those of the whole world.
Then they took Jesus and buried his body.
And the Bible teaches in Acts 2.31 that while Jesus was dead, his soul was suffering in hell.
But then you ask, why did Jesus suffer in hell? Because we deserve to suffer in hell.
The salary of our sin was death.
But Jesus took this suffering on himself so that we do not need to suffer.
And after three days and three nights, Jesus resurrected.
It was not only the soul of Jesus, but he physically resurrected.
Many people know the story of Jesus, but then we continue with the same question.
What should we do to be saved?
The Bible answers this question very clearly.
Obviously, we know that the repentance of sins is not the answer, because we all deserve hell for our lies.
Acts 16.30 says, "And taking them out of this, Lord, what do I need to do to be saved?"
And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you and your house will be saved."
The Bible does not confuse us, it is simple.
Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.
The Bible does not say, "Repent of your sins and you will be saved."
Either baptized or go to church, we can be saved only by faith.
The most famous verse of the Bible says, "Because God loved the world in such a way that he gave his unborn child,
so that all those who believe in him do not perish, but have eternal life."
Again it says, "All those who believe in him do not perish."
John 6.47 says, "In truth, in truth I tell you that the one who believes in me has eternal life."
We have to trust Jesus not only to believe that he was a man who lived in Israel two thousand years ago,
to be saved you need to trust that he can save you from hell and that without him you have no hope.
The Gospel is simple, our salvation is not for our works or for the good we do.
The sacrifice of Jesus on the cross is enough to save us.
God does not need our help to save us.
Another thing that is very important to understand is that when we trust in Jesus,
the Bible says that we receive the gift of God, which is eternal life.
The question now is, for how long do we have eternal life?
We understand that it is forever because the Bible calls salvation eternal life.
Many say that if you live a life of sin, you will lose salvation.
This doctrine is not taught in the Bible because life is eternal.
John 10.28 says, "And give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall take it from my hand."
Romans 8 says that nothing can separate us from the love of God.
If you understood this message and you would like to take your faith away from something else or yourself,
and would like to put all your faith in Jesus, the Bible says in Romans 10.9,
"And know that when your mouth confesses to the Lord Jesus, and in your heart believe that God has resurrected you among the dead, you shall be saved."
I will help you ask for salvation for Jesus, but you need to understand that the words will not save you,
and that this prayer does not need to be repeated every day, because once saved, saved forever.
The moment you pray and receive eternal life, you are saved forever.
If you believe and would like to confess to the Lord, you can pray to him like this,
"Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I know that I deserve hell, but I believe that you died, were buried and resurrected on the third day.
I put all my trust in you, so that I may have eternal life. Please save me. Amen."