Let’s clear the air. I am even more convinced that religions and people make eternal life and Heaven a real task, something for which we must work and toil.
Please take a few minutes to read this important page. Your eternity may well depend upon what you do with these facts.
Eternal life is NOT a process. It is NOT a matter of “doing.” It IS an understanding of Who Jesus Christ is, What He has done and Why He has done it for you. Then you may see the wisdom of trusting Jesus for what He promised.
THE TRUTH!!
Think carefully on these things.
You, me, everyone — we are all imperfect, by nature and deed. This imperfection the Bible calls “sin.” We have missed the absolute mark of God’s perfection.
Romans 3:23
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
God, in His Righteousness, has declared a penalty for your sin, which is spiritual death, separation from God for all eternity. This means ALL of us, from the nicest person you know to the worst, the preacher, the politician, the Pope, everyone — but you specifically. We are all in the same boat!
Romans 6:23
“For the wages [what we earn] of sin is death; ……”
HOPELESS?
Sounds hopeless, right? Then, on top of that, God’s word says you must be as perfect as God Himself to have Eternal life and Heaven. Who would ever qualify?
Revelation 21:27
“And there shall in no wise enter into it [Heaven] any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie….”
EVEN MORE HOPELESS ??
Sounds like it. Not even a lie? Continue to read — it does get better.
Mankind is incapable of making himself good enough for eternal life and can do nothing of himself to obtain this necessary perfection.
Ephesians 2:8-9
“For by grace [unmerited or undeserved favor] are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves it [saved] is the gift of God, Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
NOT HOPELESS WHEN WE SEE GOD’S GRACE !!
Titus 3:5
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us,…..”
Try as hard as you may, you can never BE “good enough” to earn salvation or eternal life. You MUST rely completely upon God’s Gift of eternal life in Christ, freely given and then freely received by you.
THEN COMES GOD’S MERCY AND GRACE!!!
How can this happen when all mankind is so soiled, corrupt, thoroughly apart and separated from a Holy God?
Mercy! Grace! The Miracle of God’s Love is shown in His Mercy that God Himself, while we were yet sinners provided a sin-bearer in our place. This Sin-Bearer is Jesus Christ [God in the flesh] who paid the penalty you deserve to pay. He then imputes to you (reckons or gives to your account) His righteousness when you believe or trust in Him.
2 Corinthians 5:21
“For he [God] hath made Him [Christ] to be sin for us, Who [Christ, being perfect] knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him [Christ].
Jesus Christ is your substitute in eternal spiritual death. He took your death penalty upon Himself on the Cross, rose from the grave in three days and offers Eternity, Heaven freely to you when you believe Him for it.
THEN THE GOOD NEWS!!
How can that be? You need only believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as YOUR personal Savior to receive His salvation.
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world [you, me and everyone], that He gave [His Gift to you] His only begotten Son [Jesus Christ], that whosoever believeth [trusts] in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
That, my friend, is the Good News, The Gospel. Everlasting life is your Gift from God when you personally believe or trust in Jesus Christ to be your Savior.
Please understand that once you make this one time decision, you can be absolutely certain of your salvation right now, and that you can NEVER be lost — because eternal life is ETERNAL [without end] by God’s promise.
In John 10:28, Jesus Hinself said:
“And I [Jesus] give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”
1 John 5:13
“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God [Jesus]; that ye may KNOW that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”
What a wonderful declarative statement from God Himself, offering you assurance that, once you trust Jesus as your Savior, it is a forever, unbreakable promise God makes to you. This promise is from the God of the Universe. He seals His eternal promise with His Holy Spirit within you, indwelling you forever. You have the eternal benefit of His Gift.
DECIDE NOW!!!
Friend, will you right now, the best you know how, trust Jesus Christ alone to be YOUR Savior? He guarantees you eternal life in Heaven.
You have read this and seen the Scripture. You now know the truth of salvation in God’s Word. Right now, you WILL make a decision to either believe in Jesus Christ alone as your Savior, or you will choose to reject this, His offer of eternal life.
Please choose to trust Jesus alone to be YOUR Savior right now. Study this verse carefully:
John 3:18
“He that believeth on Him [Jesus Christ] is not condemned but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the Name [Jesus Christ] of the only begotten Son of God.“
If you do not make your decision FOR Christ, then you have decided, “NO!” And by God’s Word, you do not have eternal life!!
Friend, if you are not sure of Heaven or Eternal Life, I urge you right now, just as you are; simply trust Jesus Christ for who He is – God in the Flesh, who came to earth, died on the cross for you – to pay for all your sins. He arose from the grave proving He is God.. and pleads with you right now to receive (believe on) Jesus Christ as your Savior. He paid the price for your eternity with Him in Heaven. Please trust Him as YOUR Savior now..
If you made that decision you are wise. You will NEVER regret it. Now, there are some things you should do as a new believer, NOT to secure your eternal life, but BECAUSE you now HAVE eternal life.
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Thank you, ExPreacherMan.
17 responses so far ↓
Rob Oster // February 22, 2008 at 4:20 am
Spot on! Eternal life is a promise of God’s security – once we have believed on Jesus as our Savior we have eternal security. The life of redemption thus begins. Amen. And Amen!
David H. Wyatt // February 22, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Amen bro. Rob. Very well-said. God Bless!
Hey bro. Jack! Always glad to be able to say howdy to my friend & brother in Christ!!
ministersaflame // March 8, 2008 at 2:42 pm
God bless you brother for sending forth the Good News of Jesus and His wonderful salvation. Keep up the good effort – Eternity will reveal the results that you cannot even imagine.
MA Outreach
expreacherman // March 8, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Rob and Ministersaflame,
Thanks for your comments..Sorry to be so long answering but my latest post Linked above, “Been out of it..” explains the delay.
Look forwrd to seeing you both again — if not here, in Heaven!
In Christ eternally,
ExP(Jack).
wordforit // March 18, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Thank You for sharing such Good News in an upside-down world.
You remind me that I need to get my testimony out of the archives and into a page at the top!
Well done, ExP.
In Christ’s Love, WordforIt
Janis Nihart // March 25, 2008 at 8:02 pm
I was checking up on the Divided we Fail commercial (something about them didn’t ring correctly) and I ended up on your site.
Before I read any ‘CHRISTIAN” site I always check on what they believe. You have not in any way distorted the gospel by adding works of any kind. Now I can go on and read the rest of your thoughts. Thanks.
expreacherman // March 25, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Welcome Janis,
Glad to have you drop by and glad we agree.
I would invite you to venture to our personal Gospel web site — Weaver Gospel Web Site on the right side-bar Blogroll.
I have written about AARP who sponsors Divided We Fail. The AARP is in the pocket of the anti-Christian liberal establishment.
Drop back by and visit again.
In Christ eternally,
ExP(Jack)
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Jared // July 25, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Do you have a logical argument here other than a collection of logical fallacies and appeals to a book with dubious and vague accuracies and blatant inaccuracies, or is this the best you can do? You do realize that you are citing a book which has no real indication that it was inspired by a supernatural deity to provide evidence for said supernatural deity, right?
expreacherman // July 25, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Jared,
The great thing about our true Christian faith…
You may choose to believe or not — and you have chosen “not.:”
Because of your decision to reject Christ, you eternity has been determined to be apart from the Righteousness of God.
You may change your mind any time between now and the time you die… after that the judgment… then it is too late.
In Christ eternally,
ExP(Jack)
Dave // September 3, 2008 at 11:01 am
I still get such a blessing out of reading some one else explain the gospel from a free grace position. Excellent presentation! I am glad to see that you didn’t merely tell people to pray a prayer and so on but pointed others to Christ to be saved. He that believes is saved and not he that asks Jesus into their hearts is. Believe is all one must do to be saved. So many confuse the gospel where one is left questioning whether they believed enough, repented enough or even believed or repented the right way, whether they are so-called one of the chosen, whether they somehow made our Lord Lord of their lives first and so on that only seeks to keep one from actually believing.
expreacherman // September 3, 2008 at 11:56 am
Dave,
Thanks — but the Lord gets the credit..
Jim Scudder is a friend — we attended Florida Bible College together.
Many of my friends are, or have, worked with Jim…
May God continue to bless you and yours.. You are blessed to be in such a scriptural Bible church.
In Christ eternally,
ExP(Jack)
451 // September 8, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Dear blogger, I do believe Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life and i walk in faith each and every day.
I am just appalled how so many Christians (esp. the American evangelical right) remain ignorant to the needs of their fellow brothers and sisters.
McCain is military man who has taken orders from the highest level his whole life. With Palin he use the primary rule of engagement, divide and conquer. What a terrible thing to do to your own people.
Whoever wins the the election, one thing is sure, McCain spent a lifetime to gain the admiration and respect of Americans as shown at by the many speakers at the DNC. With one decision he lost for ever the respect from all People who live in the realm of conscience and enlightenment
expreacherman // September 8, 2008 at 9:52 pm
451
You must have been watching liberal Canadian TV.. No one spoke for McCain at the DNC — did you mean RNC?
Explain to me — just who are the ones of whom you speak, the “People who live in the realm of conscience and enlightenment.”
In Christ eternally,
ExP(Jack)
451 // September 8, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Dear bother in Christ, I am a Christian who walks in faith and I am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ but for the first time in my life I am embarrassed to be called a Christian if it means ridged American right wing principles. The right (wrong) will have a lot to answer for when Jesus asks them what did you do in my name and what did you do for the poor.
History teaches how the Nazis at the beginning fooled the many Catholics in Germany and Austria for the promise of a better tomorrow. The GOP is doing the same to evangelicals, exploiting the fears,
As for enlightenment it is that which transcends right or left thinking or positions, it does not put God in a box. Unfortunately only 3% of Americans read books so that means 97% of do not have the clue to what I am talking about. Do you really believe that Ms Palin is enlighten and can you explain why the GOP does not approve of a Universal Heath system.
I hope to hear form you again
expreacherman // September 9, 2008 at 7:35 am
451,
Thanks for continuing this discussion. But this is not the page for political discussion. Pick another page on my Blog.
From here on, discussion on this particular page will be closed.
However, to answer your question,
Universal health care = Socialism..
In Christ eternally,
ExP)Jack)
451 // September 9, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Just to let you know Jesus Crist was the first Socialist and the book of Acts is the first works of Socialism and the church . If you what the specfic chapter i will find it for you,
PS what do you call universal warfare, is that democracy or capitilism, you turst your goverment to spend trillons on the milatry but cnanot trust them to spend billons on health care. what do you do when a mother comes to your door sick with her children., do you ask them if they are christians first, or what cani do for you . I feel sorry for people like you who call yourself christian but cannot stand people who do not think like you
what will we say say when we meet at the cross brother.
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