My friend, I am asking you the most important question of life. Your joy or sorrow for all eternity depends on it. The question is: are you saved? I mean, are you sure you will go to Heaven when you die? It is not: are you a member of some church, rather but are you saved? It is not: how good are you, rather but are you saved?
No one can enjoy the blessings of God, nor go to Heaven without being saved. Jesus said to Nicodemus in John 3:7, "Ye must be born again." God gives us in His Word the only plan for Salvation. The plan is simple! You can be saved today.
First, my friend, you must realize that you are, indeed, a sinner. "There is none righteous, no, not one. For there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:10, 22, 23). There is no chance to be saved unless you come to realize you are a sinner. Because you are a sinner, you are condemned to die, "For the wages of sin is death." (Romans 6:23)
This means separation from God in hell, forever. How terrible! Yes, my friend, but it is true. But God loved you so much that He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, as your substitute, who bore your sin and died in your place. "He hath made him [Jesus] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made to the righteousness of God in him" (2 Corinthians 5:21). "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed" (1 Peter 2:24).
Jesus had to die. He had to shed His blood. Now we cannot understand how our sin was laid upon Jesus, but God says in His Word that is it was. So your sin, my friend, was laid upon Jesus, and he died in your place. It is true. God cannot lie.
The Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas, What must I do to be saved? And they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house" (Acts 16:31). Simply believe on Him as the one who bore your sin, died in your place, was buried, and was raised for your justification. Now call upon Him, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Romans 10:13). The first prayer for a sinner to pray is given in Luke 18:13: "God be merciful to me, a sinner."
Now you are a sinner and surely you are sorry because of it. Right now, where you are, lift your heart in prayer to God. It does not take a long, loud prayer, for God is anxious to save you. Just say: "Oh God, I am a sinner, I am sorry, I repent. Have mercy upon me, and save me for Jesus' sake." Now just take Him at His Word. When you have done what He has asked, claim salvation by faith, according to His Word. Believe and you shall be saved. No church, no lodge, no good works, no one but Jesus can save you.
