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BORN
TWICE
Few things evoke more
contemptuous laughter than the idea of a second birth, yet Jesus Christ declared,
“Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God,” Jn 3:3, and must
therefore enter hell. Nor should anyone
equate church membership, baptism, confirmation, communion, etc., with that essential
new birth. They aren’t the same thing!
It occurs when I admit that (1) I have no righteousness, (2) believe that
Christ loved me enough to die in my place for my sins, (3) believe that in response
to that belief, God pardons all my sin, bestows His gift of eternal life, and will
receive me into heaven, as it is written, “He who believes on him (Christ) is not
condemned: but he who believes not is condemned already, because he has not
believed” (Jn 3:18).
Without that new birth,
you’re going to hell, not heaven!
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TOMORROW
For about a hundred and fifty thousand people (the number who die every day) there
will be no tomorrow. They will have gone
into eternity. What if today you should
be one of them? Have you prepared for
that inevitable day that will end your life, and usher your soul into eternal bliss
or torment, into heaven or hell? To
enter hell you have simply to continue as you are, for all are born on the road that
leads there, Mt 7:13, but to enter heaven “You must be born again” Jn 3:3-7.
How? Admit that you’re a sinner
without any righteousness, Ro 3:23. Believe
that Christ loved you enough to die in your place, for your sins, Jn 3:16.
Believe that in response to that faith God will pardon all your sin, and
receive you into heaven, Jn 3:17,36, but He warns,
“Now is the accepted time; now is the day of salvation” 2
Cor 6:2. Tomorrow may be too late!
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YOU
REFUSE TO CHOOSE?
Whether you’ll be in
heaven or hell eternally is your choice, for all are born on the road to hell, and
can enter the road to heaven, only by choosing to accept Christ as personal Savior.
You reply, “I’m not
going to make a choice just now.”
But you are!
You’ve already chosen, for not to accept Christ as your Savior is to reject
Him. There is no middle ground with God.
You are either saved, or lost; born again, or spiritually dead; reconciled to
God, or His enemy; forgiven, or condemned; on the broad way, or the narrow; going to
hell, or going to heaven.
What if this should be
your last opportunity to choose Christ as your Savior?
What if your present choice not to accept Him becomes irrevocable? God warns, “Now is the accepted time; now is the
day of salvation” 2 Co 6:2. Tomorrow
may be too late!
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INCREDIBLE LIFE FORCE
“An incredible life
force” was one sports writer’s description of superstar basketball player Hank
Gathers, who himself said, “I’m the strongest man alive.”
Next day, at 23, he dropped dead. God
warns, “Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring
forth” Pr 27:1.
Death often comes
suddenly, unexpectedly, and beyond death lies judgment, “It is appointed unto men
once to die, but after this the judgment” Heb 9:27, the warning relative to that
judgment being, “Ye must be born again” Jn 3:7, for without a new birth, the
result of that judgment is consignment to the eternal torment of the lake of fire,
Rev 20:15.
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COVERED
WITH LEPROSY
A strange part of the
Levitical law was that a man totally covered with leprosy was pronounced clean, but
the partially covered man remained unclean, Le 13:12.
The explanation is, that
like much of the OT, this teaches truth relative to sin, of which leprosy is a
symbol. The partially covered victim
represents the self-righteous man who refuses to accept God’s charge that, “There
is none righteous, no, not one .... For all have sinned” Ro 3:10;
6:23. The totally covered leper represents the sinner who accepts
God’s indictment, and admits that he hasn’t one shred of righteousness.
He who would be saved must make the same confession, and believe that when
Christ died on the cross, it was in his place, for his sins, and that
in response to that faith, God pardons all his sin, and will receive him into heaven.
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WHAT
IS A BELIEVER?
The Bible teaches that
faith in Jesus Christ is all that is needed to save us from hell and fit us for
heaven, yet many who do believe in Him have no assurance of salvation,
while others do. Why should two
apparently similar beliefs produce opposite results?
It lies in the nature of
the belief. Few don’t believe in the historicity of Christ: His birth,
sinless life, miracles, crucifixion, resurrection, etc.
The person sure of salvation believes these things, as does the unassured, but
missing from the latter’s belief is belief of what is written about himself. He doesn’t believe that his own sinful state has made Christ’s
death necessary. The assured believer
does!
When the assured believer
reads in Romans 3:10,23, “There is none righteous ... for all
have sinned” he believes that it applies to him, as does also Ro 6:23, “For the
wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord,” and as does Ro 10:9-10, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved,”
One may believe everything
about Christ, but unless he also believes that he himself is the sinner for whom
Christ died, he is an unbeliever of whom it is written, “He that
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the
only begotten Son of God,” John 3:18.
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IF
YOU DIE TODAY
... where will your soul
be? It will be in heaven if you’ve
been born again, but in hell if you haven’t. How
is one born again? Very simply:
(1) admit that you’re a
sinner without any righteousness
(2) believe that when
Christ died on the cross it was in your place for your sins
(3) believe that in
response to that faith, God pardons all your sin and will receive you into heaven,
“He who believes on Him (Christ) is not condemned: but he who believes not is
condemned already” Jn 3:18.
Because you could
die today - 150,000 do every day - God warns, “Now is the accepted time, now is the
day of salvation” 2 Co 6:2. You may
not have a tomorrow. With heaven so
easily available, isn’t it madness to continue on the road to hell since
unexpectedly you could arrive there today?
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PLAYING
HOOKY
Three little boys played
hooky one day. As they sat by the side
of a quiet road a minister came along, and realizing what they were up to, said,
“Don’t you boys want to go to heaven?”
Two of them said,
“Yes,” but the third one said, “No, I don’t.”
“You don’t want to go
to heaven when you die?” queried the minister in surprise.
“O, sure, I want to go when I die. I
thought you were getting up a crowd to go now,” replied the youngster.
It’s surprising how many
people are like that little boy. They want to go to heaven when they die, but
they’re enjoying life too much to want to go now.
Is that your attitude? Then may I
ask you to take just a minute to read the rest of this article?
Jesus Christ said that in
order to enter heaven, “You must be born again” (John 3:7).
But what if you should die before being born again?
Then heaven is closed against you for ever, and you will be in hell till the
end of Christ’s Millennial reign, and then in the lake of fire for ever (Revelation
20:11-15). A sobering thought is it not?
Aren’t you taking a terrible chance? You
stand to lose your soul for ever, and gain - what?
The little boy wanted to postpone going to heaven till he’d had his fun.
What is it in your life that you put before making preparation for eternity?
Is it the pursuit of pleasure, wealth, fame?
It is from just such pursuits that death has called countless millions into
eternity - into eternal exclusion from heaven, into eternal torment.
What if death should claim you before you’ve been born again by believing
that Jesus Christ loved you enough to die in your place for your sins?
God warns, “NOW
is the accepted time, NOW is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2).
Tomorrow may be too late. Tomorrow
your soul could be in hell.
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WHAT IS A BELIEVER?
The Bible teaches that
faith in Jesus Christ is all that is needed to save us from hell and fit us for
heaven, yet many who do believe in Him have no assurance of salvation,
while others do. Why should two
apparently similar beliefs produce opposite results?
It lies in the nature of
the belief. Few don’t believe in the historicity of Christ: His birth,
sinless life, miracles, crucifixion, resurrection, etc.
The person sure of salvation believes these things, as does the unassured, but
missing from the latter’s belief is belief of what is written about himself. He doesn’t believe that his own sinful state has made Christ’s
death necessary. The assured believer
does!
When the assured believer
reads in Ro 3:10,23, “There is none righteous ... for all
have sinned” he believes that it applies to him, as does also Ro 6:23, “For the
wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord,” and as does Ro 10:9-10, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved,”
One may believe everything
about Christ, but unless he also believes that he himself is the sinner for whom
Christ died, he is an unbeliever of whom it is written, “He that
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the
only begotten Son of God,” John 3:18.
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THE CROWN OF THORNS
When Adam sinned God said,
“Cursed is the ground for thy sake, thorns shall it bring forth” (Ge
3:17-18), so that those placed on Christ’s head by the Roman soldiers symbolized
the transfer of the curse to Him, the last Adam, 1 Cor 15:45, Who was willing to be
made a curse, Ga 3:13, and die to atone for Adam’s sin.
That atonement however, is
effective only to those who believe that when He died it was in their place, for
their sins. And the faith must be
confessed, as it is written, “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth ... and believe
in thine heart ... thou shalt be saved,” Ro 10:9.
There is no such thing as a genuine secret believer!
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