Salvation Is Found In No One Else...

I have ran into a lot of people that are Christians that still feel an emptiness within.

They have asked God to come into their lives and they have repented for their sins, but still have a craving to be filled. They are still questioning if they have been saved.

"Salvation is found in no one else," God's holy word tells us in Acts 4:12 (NIV), "for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

If you are questioning your salvation, ask yourself if you have entrusted your life to Jesus or not? We have the freedom and power to reject the God that made us. But, if you BELIEVE IN JESUS you will be saved. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever BELIEVES IN HIM shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16 NIV)

Apostle John wrote in 1 John 5:11-13 (NIV), "God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life."

Paul and Silas told the jailer after the earthquake in Acts 16:31, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household." Paul wrote to the church in Rome, "if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9 NIV)

It is by grace that we are saved through faith in Jesus. The laws we received in the old testament were given to us so we would see that we do need a Savior. We can't live without Jesus. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast." (Ephesians 2:9 NIV)

God's holy spirit is in you and when you take that step to accept Jesus as your Savior, he we take over your life and mold you to become the person God wants you to be. "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:10

Confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead and admit you are a sinner and repent of your sins. This free gift of forgiveness and eternal life is offered to everyone, but it is yours only if you make the decision to receive it.

It is the most important decision you will ever make. Turn or burn. Turn to Jesus for forgiveness and have eternal life, or go to hell and burn with those who reject him.

Rick Hawbaker

'Serving a Living God'