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trunking 19.08.25 - 03:38pm
THE PLAN OF SALVATION
A long time ago, a Roman jailer asked of the apostle Paul the most important question that could ever be
asked, ''What must I do to be saved?''
Paul's answer was immediate, to the point, clear,
and concise. He said:
''Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt
be saved, and thy house'' (Acts 16:30-31.)
Thats how simple that it actually is.
A man named Nicodemus asked Jesus pretty much
the same question. Jesus answered him by saying, ''You
must be born again'' (John 3:1-8). * +

trunking 19.08.25 - 03:54pm
Romans 10:9-10 says: ''If you shall confess with
your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your
heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall
be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth, confession is made unto
salvation.''

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BELIEVE
ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST?

Going back to the Scripture which we quoted Paul says:
''If you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him
from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart
man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth,
confession is made unto salvation'' (Rom. 10:9-10).
To believe on the Lord Jesus Christ is more than just
giving mental assent that He is the Son of God. Millions
do that and arent saved.
When the Scripture speaks of one believing, it simply means that one accepts who Jesus is, which is the
Son of God, and what He has done, which refers to Him
dying on Calvary, in effect taking our place, in order that
we might be saved.
It means to accept Him, and Him alone as your Savior, resolving to make Him the Lord of your life, and
to follow Him with all of your heart, mind, soul, and
strength as long as you live.
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trunking 19.08.25 - 04:02pm
SUBSTITUTION AND IDENTIFICATION

As we have already stated, man being eternally
lost and helpless to save himself, God had to provide a
means of salvation whereby sinful man could be made
righteous. He did that by providing His own Son, who
gave His life on Calvary, thereby paying the terrible
price which we could not pay. That price was His own
precious shed blood.
He became our substitute.
What does that mean?
It means He did for us what we could not do for
ourselves. There was a terrible sin debt owing due to
mans fallen condition. As stated, that refers to every
single human being, none excepted. With no way to
save ourselves, God had to provide a Savior, which He
did. It was done simply because He loves us so much
(John 3:16).
Jesus being the substitute, if we identify with Him,
which means to accept what He did at Calvary's cross
on our behalf, we will be saved. It is that simple!
He became our substitute, and upon our identification with Him, we are rewarded with eternal life (Rom.
6:23). * +

trunking 19.08.25 - 04:07pm
FAITH AND NOT WORKS
The only thing required to obtain this glorious and
wonderful salvation is to simply believe on Christ, exactly as Paul said, which means to have faith in Him.
What does that mean?
It is actually very simple. The Lord made it this way
in order that all may have equal opportunity.
It simply means that you believe or have faith in
what He did, and accept it for yourself on a personal
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basis. Thats all that God requires. But of course, to
believe and have faith, even as we have already said,
means to accept the Lord as your Savior and, as well,
to make Him the Lord of your life.
First of all, man must understand that he is a sinner.
That includes all (Rom. 3:23). As such, he needs a Savior. There is only one Savior, only One who has paid
the price for mans redemption, and that Savior is the
Lord Jesus Christ. In other words, if one does not accept
Christ, one cannot be saved.
Millions attempt to earn their salvation in many and
varied ways other than accepting Christ. Or else they
attempt to become saved by accepting Christ as well as
adding other things to Christ.
The Scripture says: ''For by grace are you saved
through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast
(Eph. 2:8-9)'' * +

trunking 19.08.25 - 04:09pm
That means the church cannot save you, and neither
can water baptism save you, or anything else for that
matter, as important as those things may be in their own
way. I have said this because millions think that they are
saved by being baptized in water, or joining a church,
or performing good works, etc.
While those things may be important in their own
right, they have absolutely nothing to do with one being
saved. One is saved simply by trusting Jesus Christ, even
as we have already said.
That means that one can be saved anywhere: in
church, on the street corner, watching a Christian telecast, listening to a Christian radio program, or by reading this.
Where one is doesnt matter. It is what one believes
that really counts.
The moment that one confesses the Lord with
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ones mouth, and believes in ones heart, and does so
truly, at that moment, and wherever you may be, you
are saved. As we have stated several times, it is just
that simple.
Incidently, when the jailer asked Paul the question,
''What must I do to be saved?'' he was actually at that
time in the jail with Paul and Silas. Every evidence
is that he, at that moment in that jail, believed on
the Lord Jesus Christ, and was instantly saved (Acts
16:27-34). * +

trunking 19.08.25 - 04:10pm
Taken from 'What Must I do to be Saved? - The Plan of Salvation ' by Jimmy Swaggart. * +

wakeup4 19.08.25 - 04:12pm

Amen trunky *

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