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Asa-Ministries
International
Bringing The Good News Of Jesus Christ
To All Nations
ARE YOU SURE
YOU ARE SAVED?
SALVATION: WHAT MUST I
DO?
Many people are
positive that they are saved. They base this
on emotions. They may
make certain comments, such as, "I
am a good person. I do
what is right. I'm not as bad as that
other person. I had an
experience with God. I feel that I am
saved. I can feel God
is with me. I know the Holy Spirit is
inside of me. I am a
preacher, or an elder, or a prophet. I am
a preacher's wife. I
have prayed, and God answered my
prayer. I believe in
God. God did this or that for me. I sing to
God. I sing in the
choir. I go to church. I praise and worship
God. I give my money
to the church. I was baptized." While
all of this sounds
very nice, it is not based upon biblical
knowledge. Many
people, who are now in hell, have said
such things. The
Pharisees in the New Testament also could
have said many of
these things, but Jesus showed them
clearly they were not
saved. If you have received Jesus Christ,
Gods only begotten
Son, as your Lord and Savior, it is because God, in
His mercy, has opened
your understanding. As it is written, 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.
FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP,
CREATED IN CHRIST
JESUS UNTO GOOD WORKS, WHICH
GOD HATH BEFORE
ORDAINED THAT WE SHOULD WALK
IN THEM-Eph 2:8-10.
You might ask,
"What must I do to be saved?"
1. Admit you are a
sinner. The Bible tells us, ALL HAVE SINNED,
AND COME SHORT OF THE
GLORY OF GOD-Ro 3:23.
THE WAGES OF SIN IS
DEATH-Ro 6:23.
2. Be willing to
change, to forsake all sin, and live for Jesus. Repent.
Be willing to ask God
for His help, to help you make that change. The
Bible tells us, EXCEPT
YE REPENT, YE SHALL ALL LIKEWISE
PERISH- Lk 13:3.
WHOSOEVER THEREFORE WILL BE A FRIEND
OF THE WORLD IS THE
ENEMY OF GOD-Ja 4:4. Jesus tells us, HE
THAT IS NOT WITH ME IS
AGAINST ME-Mt 12:30.
3. Believe in your
heart that Jesus Christ is Gods only begotten Son
and that Jesus Christ
is come in the flesh. Believe that He died for your
sins. Believe on Jesus
Christ as your only hope of salvation. As it is
written, THERE IS NONE
OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN
AMONG MEN, WHEREBY WE
MUST BE SAVED-Acts 4:12.
If we rob a bank, we
have to go to jail. Jesus never sinned. When He
died on the cross, He
did not die for the things He did. He died to pay
Your jail sentence.
4. Ask for
forgiveness. Ask for Gods mercy. By faith, receive Jesus
Christ as your only
hope of being saved and do not be ashamed. Confess
Him openly as your
only hope of salvation. As it is written, BE READY
ALWAYS TO GIVE AN
ANSWER TO EVERY MAN THAT ASKETH
YOU A REASON OF THE
HOPE THAT IS IN YOU WITH
MEEKNESS AND FEAR-1 Pe
3:15.
The Bible tells us,
GOD IS GREATLY TO BE FEARED IN THE
ASSEMBLY OF THE
SAINTS-Ps 89:7. WE LOVE HIM, BECAUSE
HE FIRST LOVED US-1 Jn
4:19.
"After" we
believe on Jesus Christ, "after" we have repented of our
sins, we are commanded
to be baptized by full immersion in the name of
the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. It is written, HE THAT
BELIEVETH AND IS
BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED; BUT HE THAT
BELIEVETH NOT SHALL BE
DAMNED-Mk 16:16. Note,
believing on
Jesus comes
"before" water baptism. Baptism prior to repenting and
believing on Jesus has
no meaning. You cannot be baptized into One
whom you do not
believe on. It is written, FOR AS MANY OF YOU AS
HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED
INTO CHRIST HAVE PUT ON CHRIST-Gal
3:27. Water baptism is
by full immersion. As it is written, BURIED
WITH HIM (with Jesus)
IN BAPTISM (or buried in the water)-Col
2:12. WE ARE BURIED
WITH HIM (with Jesus) BY BAPTISM (or
buried by water)-Ro
6:4. Jesus commanded, GO YE THEREFORE, AND
TEACH ALL NATIONS,
BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE
FATHER, AND OF THE
SON, AND OF THE HOLY GHOST:
TEACHING THEM TO
OBSERVE ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER I
HAVE COMMANDED YOU:
AND, LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS,
EVEN UNTO THE END OF
THE WORLD. AMEN-Mt 28:19,20.
Surrender means,
"you give up." You stop putting your will before
Gods will. You allow
Jesus (Gods Word) to reign over you. You submit
to Jesus and let Him
become the Lord of your life.
If you have never humbled
yourself, and totally surrendered to Jesus,
and become as a little
child (ref Mt 18:3), and continued steadfast in the
faith, I would suggest
that NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME; BEHOLD,
NOW IS THE DAY OF
SALVATION-2 Cor 6:2. Please submit to God,
say this prayer, and
mean it with all of your heart.
DEAR JESUS, I AM A
SINNER. I BELIEVE YOU ARE THE SON OF
GOD AND DIED FOR MY
SINS ON THE CROSS. FORGIVE ALL OF
MY SINS. JESUS, I
REPENT. I ASK YOU TO HAVE MERCY ON ME, A
SINNER, AND COME INTO
MY LIFE. GIVE ME YOUR SPIRIT AND
YOUR POWER. HELP ME TO
FOLLOW AND OBEY YOUR
COMMANDMENTS, AND TO
LIVE FOR YOU. JESUS, I GIVE YOU
MY LIFE. THANK YOU FOR
HEARING MY PRAYER. THANK YOU
FOR COMING INTO MY
LIFE. I ASK IT IN THE NAME OF MY LORD
AND SAVIOR, JESUS
CHRIST. AMEN.
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
NEW CHRISTIAN
We recommend you read
your Bible faithfully every day.
Read at least five
chapters a day. Begin with the book of
John and read it
through three times. Then go to Matthew
and read all the New
Testament through to the end of the
Revelation. Do this
three times. Then go to the beginning of
the Old Testament and
read all the Bible through, continuing
at a rate of not less
than five chapters a day. As God opens
up His Word to you,
obey it. Be a doer of the Word and not a
hearer only, deceiving
yourself-ref Ja 1:22. Mature born-
again Christians
should reflect the fruits of salvation (or fruits
of the Spirit) in
their lives, both in public and in private.
Their relationship
with Christ should be reflected in what
they wear, how they
act, how and what they speak,
what they do, the
places they go, and even their jobs. But
above all their
attitude and behavior toward the household
of faith should be
love.
Find a good,
Bible-believing church that teaches Gods Word,
not just stories about
worldly things. Be baptized by full
immersion. If you have
just made that decision for Jesus, we
would very much like
to hear from you.
For more information
on how to be saved, please write us at:
Asa-Ministries
614 W Maple Street
Deming, NM 88030 USA
THIS COULD BE YOUR
LAST OPPORTUNITY.
DON'T WAIT; TODAY IS
THE DAY OF SALVATION!
When a person receives
Jesus Christ as their only hope of
salvation, they also
must receive Him as their Lord.
To be born-again is a
work of Gods mercy and grace. As a
result of the new
birth, a person becomes a new creature in
Christ. He puts off
the old nature and puts on the new. A
change takes place in
a person's heart. They come under
conviction for sin,
which brings forth godly sorrow and
repentance. Repentance
and faith in Jesus Christ go hand in
hand. Repentance is
turning from sin and turning to God.
Through faith we
receive Jesus Christ as our only hope of
salvation and turn our
life, our dreams, our attitude and
personality over to
Him to change, guide, and direct. In
effect, we overcome
the world through faith and follow Him.
As our faith and
understanding of God's Word grow within
us, we begin to
overcome more and more. Our desires,
actions, attitude, and
personality should reflect this growth.
As faith grows, things
that bothered us yesterday should
bother us less today.
Likewise, as we draw closer to Christ
(Who is light), we can
see "the dirt" in our lives much better.
This growth should
continue in a person's life from the new
birth until the end of
their life. However, as we run the race
that God has set
before us, Satan throws many stumbling
blocks in the way to
try to hinder and discourage us. Many
people fall by the
side of the road, while others stumble over
the stones, and still
others get caught up in the thorns or
choked by the weeds.
Only a few finish the race and will
hear the words in Mt
25:21-WELL DONE, THOU GOOD AND
FAITHFUL SERVANT: THOU
HAST BEEN FAITHFUL OVER A
FEW THINGS, I WILL
MAKE THEE RULER OVER MANY
THINGS: ENTER THOU
INTO THE
JOY OF THY LORD. For
those that trust in the Lord during
times of temptation,
the Bible says,...GREATER IS HE (the
Holy Spirit) THAT IS
IN YOU, THAN HE (the devil) THAT IS INTHE WORLD-1 Jn 4:6
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