The Absolute Truth

“Jesus answered, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born again.’”

~John 3:5-7

I have felt led over the past few months to speak on salvation, and I have several times, but the impact and importance of salvation cannot be overstated. It is the single most important thing we can do in our lives for our lives. This life is very short. The Bible tells us we are given 70-80 years (Psalm 90:10), but what follows this life is eternity and where we spend eternity is very important. No matter what doctrine a person follows, or what god they claim as truth, or if they believe this life is all there is, and death is the end of everything, one day every one of us will know the absolute truth of God Almighty. At the very moment we exhale our last breath, we will stand before Jesus Christ and we will know the Truth. That is why salvation is the most important topic in the world and cannot be ignored.

“This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other Name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:11-12).”

The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the basis our salvation. We must be born again, or we cannot enter Heaven. There is no other way. To be born again we must identify and participate in Christ’s death, burial and resurrection but how do we do that? First, we must believe the gospel that Christ is the only begotten Son of God and that He is who He says He is. Second, we must participate in Christ’s death by dying to our fleshly self. That is to say, we must recognize that our way of life cannot get us to Heaven, and we must give up our ways and accept Christ’s way of living. Third, we must bury our old life, which is baptism in water. We go under the water as a burial, and when we come up, we are resurrected into a new life as a follower of Jesus Christ. Not only does this guarantee our entrance to Heaven for eternity when we leave this life, it changes the life we live while we’re still here. If you have not made the most important decision of your life—salvation through Jesus Christ—as long as you have breath in your body, it’s not too late. Don’t wait until it is.

Pray: Jesus, I believe You are the Son of God and You died and rose again for me. I accept you as my Savior and choose to live my life for You. Thank you for saving me and loving me, in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

You don’t have to say those exact words. Pray whatever is in your heart, God will hear you and Heaven will rejoice over your decision.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to Himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:17-21).”

Read John 17-21

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