Dear Web-Surfer,
Want
to know how you got here? It was not by accident.
The God that created you has now led you to this web
site. He wants you to know the depths of His love and
how you can know Him in this life and spend eternity
with Him in the next. His plan of salvation is
simple. It is able to satisfy the curiosity of an
intellectual and uncomplicated enough to draw a
child.
A God
worth serving is more than able to reveal Himself to
humanity. He has not had an identity crisis—He knows
who He is and how we are to serve Him. The Creator
has plainly revealed Himself through the written
Word—the Bible. And the Living Word, Jesus, walked
this earth two thousand years ago, seeking to save all
who were lost. Now He is seeking to save you!
THREE SIMPLE TRUTHS FOR SALVATION:
1. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
ARE A SINNER.
The
Bible clearly teaches that every person is a sinner by
nature and by choice (Romans. 3:23). The essence of
all sin is the willful breaking of God’s law (1 John.
3:4). Sin is always a lawless act that places the
unrepentant sinner at war with a holy God. Right and
wrong has been clearly defined by this benevolent
God. He gave us His moral law for our well being and
so we can have a personal relationship with Him. True
morality will never be “relative,” or subject to
personal opinions. We will all stand before this
all-powerful Lawgiver and give an account of our
lives.
Sin is
destructive!
Most importantly sin destroys relationship between God
and man. Then it inflicts both temporal and eternal
sorrow upon the sinner. Through our sin we hurts our
friends, loved ones and even strangers. This is the
very nature of sin—pain, sorrow and despair. In the
end the eternal wages of sin yields the penalty of
hell itself. Until you begin to understand that you
are a sinner and what the consequences of your sin
actually produces, you will never seek the Savior to
rescue you.
2. YOU MUST REALIZE THAT JESUS
IS THE ONLY SAVIOR.
All
roads do not lead to heaven. Besides the fact that
such a belief is illogical, it is based upon a lie.
The Lord of heaven has plainly and unequivocally told
us that there is only one way to heaven, and that is
through Jesus Christ. Jesus stated that He was
literally the “Way and the Truth and the Life” (John
14:6). Then He told us that no one can go to heaven
except through Him.
God’s plan of salvation has
been clearly revealed to us. The real issue is not if
the claims of Christ are true, for they are and will
hold up to any honest investigation, but will you
embrace the truth? Only when you comprehend that you
are a sinner, and that the only savior is Jesus
Christ, will you then be willing to take the third
step listed below.
3. THAT YOU MUST GIVE YOU
ENTIRE LIFE TO JESUS.
A real Christian is one who has given
his or her entire life to Christ and now lives by the
wonderful principles of God’s Word. The Savior will
never accept half-hearted devotion. The Lord of
Creation will only accept your entire surrender. The
abandonment of your life to Jesus is the only
reasonable response for the forgiveness He so freely
gives to those who truly repent of their sin.
To repent means to turn away from your
sin and then live a life of loving devotion to the
Savior. Jesus gave us this wonderful commandment,
“Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all
your soul and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:37). If
you love Him with your entire being you will know His
infinite love in return and find surrendering your
whole life to Him far easier than you thought. His
love is more than worth it.
You are now left with the most
important decision of your life: What will you do with
Jesus? There is only one correct response to this
question—to abandon your life to Him. You are forced
to make a decision. You will either accept Jesus as
your Lord and Savior or you will reject Him. The
choice is yours. Your eternal destiny is determined
by this decision.
NEED HELP FINDING YOUR WAY TO JESUS?
E-mail us and we would love to help you on your
journey to eternal life.
Glenn
and Jessica Meldrum
