WIN - WIN SALVATION

by Danna Shirley

YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN!!!

 So how do you do that?

You acknowledge your need for God

Why? Because you’re lost without Him. You’ve followed your own desires (sin) and gone your own way down many wrong paths. You have reached the end of yourself and have no place else to go and no one else to turn to . . . EXCEPT TO GOD! He’s waiting for you . . . truly waiting for your sincere outcry. 

It’s a win-win situation . . .

SO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM!!!

Romans 3:23

Believe that He has provided the help you need— A SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST

Because God loves you so much and knew that you needed someone to stand in your place to “save you” from your sins, He sent Jesus, His only Son, Whom He also loves so much, to die on a bloody cross just for you . . . individual and precious you . . . fearfully and wonderfully made you. He paid the price over 2,000 years ago just for this day to arrive . . . for you! Today is your born-again birthday.

It’s a win-win situation . . .

SO BELIEVE IN HIM!!!

John 3:16

Confess your sins and repent of your sins

He already knows them anyway but He wants you to realize your state of sin and your total need to surrender to Him and be cleansed from all unrighteousness. List them if it helps so you can confess them one by one. Then tear up the paper into little pieces and burn them. Know that they are ALL covered under the blood of Jesus Christ and are scattered as far as the east is from the west, to be remembered no more.

To repent means to change one’s mind . . . turn around . . . and go in a different direction. Get serious once and for all. Confession and repentance are like a cleansing bath in the most peaceful and beautiful pool of refreshing waters. You jump in with all of your sins (black, dirty, grimy, gunky,  smelly)  and  you  come out squeaky clean, white  as  snow, with  a  feeling  of  being renewed, refreshed, restored, and forgiven . . . a feeling that you never want to go away. As you continually confess your sins, God continually forgives you of your sins     . . . day by day.

It’s a win-win situation . . .

SO CONFESS AND REPENT OF YOUR SINS!!!

1 John 1:9-10

Receive Jesus into your heart

That’s all you have to do. You will then have clean hands and a pure heart before God and you will desire to follow after the things of God. You will have forsaken your old ways and the stubbornness that led you down that path to destruction and now you have surrendered yourself into God’s hands and His plan for your life. Ask Him to come in and take up residence in you. 

Now you can pray this prayer with all sincerity . . .

“I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that my Heavenly Father sent Him to purchase me out of my sins through the blood He shed on the cross, that His blood has saved me from my sins, has forgiven me of my sins, and has ushered me into eternal life with Him in heaven. I receive Jesus Christ NOW as my Lord and Savior.” 

It’s a win-win situation . . .

SO RECEIVE CHRIST INTO YOUR HEART TODAY!!!

John 1:12

Walk the walk and talk the talk

It’s not a game. You can’t live your life one minute for God and the next minute in the world. You can’t speak of the good things of God and then blame Him for the bad. You go to God at all times for all things.

It’s a continual daily walk and the things that will keep you strong in the Lord are . . .

. . . pray every day (1 Thessalonians 5:17)

. . . read God’s Word every day and obey it (2 Timothy 2:15)

. . . witness for Christ through words and deeds (Acts 1:8)

. . . trust God for every need in your life—spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, financial, and social (Mt 6:26-34)

. . . confess your sins on a daily basis (1 John 1:9-10)

. . . attend church and be in fellowship with other believers (Hebrews 10:25)

. . . be baptized in the Holy Spirit to receive power (Acts 1:8)

The results are that as you draw closer and closer to Jesus, you will walk in the fruit of the Spirit . . . love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23)

. . . and you will find grace, mercy, peace, hope, guidance, direction, protection, friendships, etc. 

It’s a win-win situation . . .

SO BE CHRIST-LIKE IN THOUGHT, WORD, AND DEED!!!

Romans 6:4

God didn’t promise you a rose garden

But He did promise that He would never leave you nor forsake you. You are in this world so you have to live with all the death, destruction, disaster, and disease that you hear about every day. You won’t escape until you make “The Great Escape,” when Jesus comes to take you home to be with Him in heaven.

But while you are here, He’ll give you the grace and power to get you through each day. He wants to use you to make a difference in the lives around you. Sometimes the very thing that you may see as a tragedy in your life, God will use for good . . . in your life and in someone else’s life, too. Oh, the joy you’ll experience when you see how God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform. 

It’s a win-win situation . . .

SO TRUST AND OBEY!!!

2 Timothy 1:12

THAT’S IT!!! That’s all you have to do to be saved, born again, redeemed.

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved,

you and your household.” (Acts 16:30-31)

And the adventure begins . . .

Now you can live and be satisfied right there . . .

but there is more if you want more!

You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you

And you shall be a witness for God. What is this power? It is called the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and Jesus is the Baptizer. If you want more of Him, just ask. He will fill you up with rivers of living water on the inside until it overflows out of your belly and through your mouth to touch the world around you. He desires to use you in a mighty way. 

You will receive this gift . . .

. . . to witness for Christ to the world around you (Acts 1:8)

. . . to be an intercessory prayer warrior over those things God will lay on your heart (Romans 8:26-27)

. . . to be built up in your faith (1 Corinthians 14:4)

It’s a win-win situation . . .

SO BE BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT!!!

Matthew 3:11