God had commanded Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil...
"But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." -Genesis 2:17
Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit anyway...
"And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat." -Genesis 3:6
God was displeased. As a result, Adam and Eve were punished and driven out of the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:16-19, 22-24). Sin had now entered the human race and mankind became sinful by nature...
"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:" -Romans 5:12
We are all prone as human beings to do the things we know we're not supposed to do. God stereotypes humanity in Ephesians 2:2, calling us by nature the "children of disobedience" and the "children of wrath." Listen to the words of the Word of God...
"They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one." -Romans 3:12
We are ALL sinners deserving of death...
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." -Romans 6:23
The Bible warns us about a "second death," a lake of fire...
"Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power..." -Revelation 20:6
"And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." -Revelation 20:14-15
All Christ-rejecters WILL be cast into the lake of fire to burn in torment for all eternity...
"In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:" -2nd Thessalonians 1:8
The way to be saved is through the Gospel of Jesus Christ...
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." -Romans 1:16
The Gospel is the atoning work of Christ: His death, burial and resurrection...
"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:" -1st Corinthians 15:1-4
Jesus shed His blood to pay for our many sins...
"...and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." -1st John 1:7
"In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:" -Colossians 1:14
If you are willing to confess your sinful condition to God, then you only need to believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved. Simply come to the Saviour and ask Him to forgive your sins and take you to heaven...
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." -Romans 10:13
There is no magic in a prayer to save you. Salvation is a supernatural act of a Divine God in response to your faith. We are not saved because we pray a prayer, we are saved because we believe upon Jesus Christ as our Saviour (Acts 16:31). Salvation is of God, not man...our only part is to believe upon the Lord. Good works cannot save us...
"But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." -Romans 4:5
The ONLY Way to heaven is through the Saviour, Jesus Christ...
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." -John 14:6
Oh won't you come to the Saviour right now? Jesus wants to save you and has promised never to turn anyone away who comes to Him...
"All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." -John 6:37
It's so simple to be saved: you are a sinner, and Jesus is the Saviour. If you'll simply turn from your unbelief and trust upon Jesus Christ 100% to save and forgive you...then you will indeed become a born again child of God. Listen to the beautiful words of Isaiah 45:22 (the Scripture which led to the salvation of London's greatest preacher, Charles H. Spurgeon)...
"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else." -Isaiah 45:22
Look and live my friend...look to Jesus and live!
