Salvation
The Bible says that there's only one sin that can't be forgiven by God - and that is the sin of
refusing His forgiveness. But what if you do refuse His gift? What if you turn your back on
God's offer of salvation and refuse to accept Christ? You and only you can make the decision
to spend eternity in Heaven or Hell. You have the choice , choose wisely.
The final song, "How would that feel" on the My Way Home CD talks about this. It speaks of
wondering how a lost sinner must feel by eternally choosing Hell when they reject the free gift
of God's salvation. It's beyond my grasp to think why anyone would reject God's love, but
there are some that do. Don't let that one be you! Make sure of your salvation, it's the only
decision in this life that's eternal.
Here are some scriptures that will help you in choosing the right road to take.
First though, we must realize that we are God's creation and that we are sinners. To some
this is a hard hill to climb, cause they can't see their selfs as a bad person, they ain't done
anything wrong.
Romans 3:10 says, As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one: Now this puts us all
on the same level, the rich, poor, the intellect, everyone, we are all sinners.
Romans 3:23 says, For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Now here we go
again. No matter if you were voted "most likely" and have never done anything wrong, you
will still fall short of the glory of God without the precious blood of Jesus to cover your sins.
There is a price to pay for our sinfulness....
Romans 6:23- For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord.
God loves us in spite of our sins......
Romans 5:8 says: But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 10:9,10 goes on to say. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe in thy heart that God has raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made
unto Salvation.
Romans 10:13 says. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved!
There are many more scriptures in the Bible on salvation, but Romans is the road to Salvation.
Don't stop with just reading the few verses I have listed, I urge you to go on and read the
whole book of Romans. If you have any questions don't hesitate to email me or if you have a
praise report, please email me, ron@ronsample.com
I would love to hear from you if you have just recently been saved, I would also like to put
you on my prayer list.
Now just because you get up from your pew and walk the isle and repeat some mamby
pamby memorized salvation plan does not mean you're saved. Now some would have you
believe that this is it, that's all you have to do, you're saved and you can go back to your old
life and do as you please. This is far from the truth. Back up and re-read Romans 10:9-10, the
key word here is "HEART", you must believe with your heart and confess with your mouth.
There's is no one on this earth that can save you, you must come on your own, to Him with a
repentant heart and believe that Jesus died for YOU alone and rose again on the third day
with the keys to death and hell, so that you might have salvation.
You don't have to be in a Church to be saved, you can be saved right where you are. All
you have to do is ask the Lord Jesus to come in your heart and save you and He will do it.
But remember it is your heart that must believe, after this find a Bible believing church
and confess Jesus as your Savior , recently saved by God's Grace. You should then begin
to grow in your faith and share that faith others. Let the Lord guide you in all you do.
You may not know which church is a Bible believing church, and there are so many
different denominations it may be hard for you, a Newborn Christian to choose the right
one for you. I am in the Chattanooga area and I know of many churches in this area
where you could go and grow in your new faith. You can email me and I would be happy
to help you find a church in your area.
God Bless you in your decision to follow Christ, each day may bring struggles, but
remember God puts us through the valleys to make us grow in strength and faith to climb
the next mountain.
It is my passion and your's now to reach the lost

Galen While we lived in FL, Nancy and I met an elderly man. He went to Church with us one time and at the end of the service made the comment that he hoped we had a camera and took a picture, cause we would never see him in Church again. This upset Nancy and I and we witnessed to him and tried to let our light shine, but he was bound and determined not to have any part of God and professed he didn't believe. Time went on and we seen less and less of him. Now, just the other day we got word that on Feb 5th he check in the Tampa VA Hospital with chest pain. On Feb 6th he died of a heart attack. You know we can't explain why God puts certain people in our paths, we can only hope that our light is shinning bright enough for the lost to see, and pray that god will give us the words needed so that they might hear. As far as I know this man never accepted Christ, he's gone now and I can only pray that he had time while laying on that hospital bed to reach out and cry for God's mercy and forgiveness. As we go through life as a Christian, know that no-one comes in your path that the Lord didn't put there for a reason. The song "Cause I Know" was written because of this man. Let's share our cause with everyone we meet. Cause only God knows their future and you might just be that person's last chance to hear about God's Salvation. For God so loved this world...
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Emil's Second Chance
I recently went to FL on vacation and had the opportunity to fish on my old lake where I use to live. I seen my old friend's house and I noticed there was no boat at his dock, which I thought was very unusual, I knew something had to be wrong. As we got closer trying to catch a fish, my friend came out to see us. We talked for a while of old times and finally I asked him about his boat. That's when he told us. He had died on April 1st from a heart attack. He told us how he was actually just floating along and there were two guides he called them, one on each side and all was peaceful, no worries, then one of the guides turned to him and said, it's not your time we are taking you back. He asked why they were taking him back and where. They said they were taking him back to his body which was in the hospital. Shortly he opened his eyes, looking up at the doctors, as they were telling him he was going to surgery.
Emil's still alive today due to God's grace and he stands as proof that God is real. I spoke to him of his salvation and he is satisfied with the Lord and knows now where his soul will go when he does leave this world.
Praise God
We all may not get a second chance, we have to live our life as though today we might go to meet the Lord. So we must be ready. Are you satisfied?
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