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Everlasting Life
"For God so loved the world, that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have EVERLASTING LIFE (John 3:16)."
· John 6:47 and John 3:36 say, "HATH everlasting life". The word "hath" is
present tense, and means "possesses now." If you HAVE everlasting life,
could it ever stop?
· John 10:28 says, "shall NEVER PERISH". This one English word, "never," is
from four Greek words: Oume, Eis, Ho, and Aion, which mean, "No not never,
at any time, or any place, male, female, or neuter, perpetually." (Strong's
Concordance 3364, 1519, 3588, & 165).
· John 10:28, 29 says, "neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand…and
no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand." You are in Christ's
hand. You are in the Father's hand. Christ and the Father are one
(v.30). You could never escape this "double security."
· John 3:18 says, "He that believeth on Him is NOT CONDEMNED." Since you
are not condemned, how could anyone condemn you to hell? Likewise, John
5:24 says that those who believe "shall NOT come into condemnation;" but
they have ALREADY PASSED from death unto life. (See Romans 8:1, 31-34).
· John 5:22 and John 12:48 says, God the Father has committed all judgment
to His Son. Christ is the One who will judge all men…And HE says you are
judged if you REJECT HIM. Since Christ is the Judge, and He says you are
not condemned if you believe, then you are NOT condemned if you believe. The
case is settled!
· Hebrews 10:14 says, "For by one offering He hath perfected FOREVER them
that are SANCTIFIED." "Sanctified" is from the Greek word "hagiazo"
(Strong's Concordance 37), which means "to make holy, pure and
blameless." Those who have accepted Christ's payment for their sin are
given PERFECTION FOREVER, and God says you are then HOLY and BLAMELESS. How
could you go to hell when God considers you holy and blameless?
· Philippians 3:9 says that Christ's very own righteousness becomes yours
when you receive Him as your Savior. God no longer sees your own
righteousness (Isaiah 64:6) when you are in His Son, but only sees Christ's
righteousness instead. Isn't Christ's righteousness good enough to get you
to heaven?
· Acts 13:38, 39 says that those who believe in Christ receive forgiveness
of ALL SINS and justification from ALL THINGS. If ALL your sins are
forgiven you, which sin could possibly send you to hell?
· John 6:37, 39 say that all those who come to Christ are safe because
Christ says He will not cast them out for any reason. (Since all judgment
has been committed unto Christ, and He will not lose you, you shall NOT be
lost!) This is also the will of the Father. All those who have come to
Christ will be raised up at the last day. None will be lost. Not even
YOU! If you have come to Christ you are completely safe.
· John 17:11 says that God the Father is keeping us, through His own
Name! God cannot send us to hell for it is He who is keeping us FROM hell.
· I Peter 1:4, 5 says that God has begotten us again by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ "To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that
fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. Who are kept by the power of
God through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last
time." God is reserving a place in heaven for us. He is keeping us safe for
our place in heaven by His own power.
· John 14:3 says, "...I go and prepare a place for you. I will come again,
and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." Christ
is preparing the place in heaven that God the Father is reserving for
us. If our salvation could be lost, and if there were any chance we would
not go to heaven, all this preparatory work in heaven would be for nothing;
it would be in vain.
· Philippians 1:6 promises that God has begun, and God will finish, the work
involved in your salvation.
· Ephesians 1:13, 14; 4:30 promise that God's Holy Spirit keeps you sealed
until you are in heaven.
· Ecclesiastes 3:14 promises that this work God is doing in you will last
forever.
· Hebrews 9:12 promises that God has obtained ETERNAL redemption for us!
· John 14:16, 17 says, "And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you
another comforter, that He may abide with you forever...for He dwelleth with
you and shall be IN you."
· I Corinthians 6:19 says, "What? Know ye not that your body is the temple
of the Holy Ghost which is IN you, which ye have of God...?" The Holy
Spirit is IN you FOREVER. If you go to hell, God's HOLY SPIRIT would have
to go to hell as well...and this, of course, is impossible.
· Ephesians 5:30 says "we are members of His body, of His flesh, of His
bones," and vs. 30 goes on to explain that "This is a great mystery, but I
speak concerning Christ and the church." If a saved person ever went to
hell, part of CHRIST'S own body would go to hell, and this, too, is
impossible.
· I Corinthians 3:11-15 explains that a Christian can, lose reward in heaven
by doing bad works, but he is still saved. I Corinthians 5:5 says his body
would be destroyed (God took the disobedient Christian home before his
time), but his spirit was saved.
· Romans 5:8-11 says Christians are saved from wrath, are already
reconciled, and have already received the atonement. God says we are
saved. We are safe.
· I John 5:13 says, "These things have I written unto you that believe on
the name of the Son of God that ye may KNOW that ye HAVE ETERNAL LIFE."
IN CONCLUSION
· Ephesians 2:8, 9 says, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves: it is the GIFT of God, not of works, lest any man should
boast."
· Romans 6:23 the Bible says,
"THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE"
* Written by Dr. Hank Lindstrom
The moment you put your trust in Jesus Christ, God who can read your
mind knows, saves YOU and gives you the Gift of God, eternal Life.
You do not need anyone to pray over you, or pray for you, because this is
between you and God in heaven. Because of your new trust in the shed blood
of Jesus Christ you are now a child of God. Before you trusted in Jesus, God
was your creator but now and forevermore he will be your father.
You are saved in a moment of time, because you are trusting in the
true Savior now, not working your way to heaven day by day which is not even
possible.
Once saved you can never be lost, for any reason. This is because you were
born spiritually the moment you put your trust in Him. Just like your
physical birth which brought you into this human world, your spiritual birth
gave you a new spiritual life that is permanent. You were born-again, made
righteous and holy in Gods eyes. In fact you have the righteousness of God
himself, your are sinless and perfect in God's eyes now and that's why you
can enter into a perfect heaven.
My favorite saying is:
God will not save anyone who is
trying to be saved, He will only save those who are trusting to be saved.
You MUST put ALL your trust in Jesus to be
saved, trust in the blood that He shed on the cross, trust that He is God in
the flesh, trust that He made the complete payment for your sins, not just
part; He paid for ALL of your sins (past, present, and future)! Trust that
He rose again from the dead after 3 days and 3 nights, and in return for
this trust, He gives YOU Eternal Life. All false Christians put part of
their trust in Jesus and part of their trust the Church and part of their
trust in themselves. If you put 99.99% trust in Jesus and 00.01% in
something else, you will go to hell. It must be 100% trust in Jesus and what
He did and 0% in you or your church! This
information in critical... (grace always cancels works!) You are going to
hell if it's by your works or you are going to heaven by Gods grace. It's as
simple as that.
So I guess the question comes down to who
are you trusting. Are you trusting yourself to get to heaven by being a good
person and giving lots of money to your church or are you trusting Jesus,
the lamb of God, that was slain for the sins of the world to get you to
heaven? You receive the Gift of God (Eternal Life) as soon as you stop
trusting in yourself, your church, your synagogue, your mosque, your money,
or any other works and put your trust in Him and Him ALONE, Jesus Christ,
Yeshua, The King of Kings, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace, the
Alpha and Omega, the Mighty God.
False religions are everywhere and
they will find you, the one true God and His plan of salvation must be
found.
If all this makes sense to you and
you would like to trust Jesus as your personal Savior right now then
tell the Mighty God in Heaven of your decision to trust Jesus Christ as your
only hope of heaven. Tell Him that you are no longer putting your trust in
your actions, or your church, or your church membership, or in your money,
or in your Rabbi, or in your synagogue or your Mosque but that you are
putting all of your trust in Him and the shed blood of the cross to pay your
sin debt. Thank Him for doing it for you! Thank Him for giving you the Gift
of Eternal Life that He paid for with His life. There is no greater deed
than that of laying down your life for another.
Will you trust Jesus as your Savior
right now, the one who shed His precious blood on the cross of Calvary to
pay for all your sins?
Sinners Prayer:
Lord, I admit that I'm a sinner & I don't understand a whole lot about the
bible, but I do believe that Jesus Christ died & paid for my sins in full,
by His death & shed blood on the cross. I trust right now the He died for
me, was buried & rose again from the dead and will live forever more. I
trust Jesus Christ right now to save me, to be my savior, to forgive my
sins & to give me the GIFT OF GOD Eternal Life. Amen
By reading this sinners prayer aloud, you
are putting your trust in God and His plan of salvation. You are not saved
by saying this prayer, you are saved the moment your mind made the switch
from trusting in yourself to putting your COMPLETE TRUST IN JESUS
CHRIST. That moment may have been five paragraphs up on this page or that
moment may have been on another one of our pages. You will not feel any
different, but you will be changed and changed for the better forever. Once
you have trusted Jesus as your savior and received his gift of eternal life,
this gift can NEVER be lost. You can NEVER go to hell for ANY reason.
Your past, present and future sins were paid in full the moment you put your
trust in Him. You are blameless and Holy in God's eyes now and FOREVER. If
you have eternal life today what kind of life will you have in five years?
ETERNAL! What kind of life will you have in ten years? ETERNAL!! What kind
of life will you have in 50 years? ETERNAL!!! God does not give probationary
life or temporary life, His gift is ETERNAL LIFE! Thanks be to GOD!
Why be good, now that I am assured of going to heaven? Because God's law of
sowing and reaping still applies to you and me. You will reap what you sow.
You will reap more than you sow and you will reap later than you sow. If you
drink alcohol like a fish, you will reap a diseased liver. If you smoke like
a chimney everyday, you will reap lung cancer. If you rob, murder, and steal
you will reap a life in prison. You will reap what you sow. I guarantee it!
Now that you are saved, when you do good things you WILL be rewarded here on
earth and in Heaven. And when you do bad things you WILL lose rewards that
God had planned on giving you here on earth and in Heaven. But you will NEVER lose
your guarantee of going to heaven. That can never be lost for any reason!!
You have God's word that your salvation can never be lost for any reason.
You did not earn salvation and you do not work to keep salvation! Eternal
Life, salvation, being born again, becoming a child of God, was, is,
and always will be the GIFT OF GOD.
Remember: If your not saved forever... you are not saved!
Why is this true you might ask? Because if a person is not sure that they
are saved TODAY / RIGHT NOW it means that they are still trying to be the
savior! They can't be sure they are going to heaven because they don't know
what sin's they may commit next week, next month or next year. We who have
trusted in Jesus alone, can have comfort knowing that all our sins have been
paid in full on the Cross of Calvary (past, present, and future sins). Jesus
has already died for my sins so I don't need to pay for any sin I have or
will commit in the future because Jesus already paid the price in full with
His blood. So called Christians who say that you can lose your salvation
because of suicide or murder or falling away from the church don't have a
clue what the Bible says and clearly have not trusted Jesus ALONE!
Biblical Salvation is forsaking
any other means of salvation but Christ and casting ourselves fully upon Him
for eternal life.
The Gift of God, Eternal Life can never be lost once possessed for any
reason. John 6:39 " And this is the Father's will which hath sent Me, that
of all which He hath given Me I should LOSE NOTHING, but should raise it up
again at the last day." You have God's promise that once you put your trust
in Jesus you can never be lost for ANY reason whatsoever.
"For the gifts
and calling of God are
without repentance” Romans 11:29 Again, God is telling you that this Gift of
God that you have just received is without repentance. He can never take His
gift back for any reason, no matter how bad you get, or how bad your sins
are it is not possible. God would have to cease to exist for that to happen
because He cannot lie.
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