You must be born again. You must be converted and recieve the Kingdom of God like a child. You must believe that Jesus alone is your saviour and be Baptized in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Read On For More.
John 3:18 Whoever believes in Jesus is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God's only begotten Son.
John 14:6 Jesus said, "I am THE Way, THE Truth, and THE Life. No one comes to God the Father except through me.”
Jesus is the only way. There is no other way. The psalmist says, “Kiss the Son lest he be angry and destroy you.” Psalm 2:12
These verses might sound narrow minded, bombastic, arrogant and very unsecular. But please note that nothing evil has been said about any religion or so called "gods". One doesn't need to. Once you see the glory of the only, true, living God, a worm like me doesn’t have to harp about the incapability of lesser gods to save peoples souls. I can sing about this God and about his only begotten Son Christ Jesus, who is The Saviour of the world, and I can sing about his unfailing love ... for the rest of my life. He is coming to establish his kingdom and there is only one way to escape his wrath, that is to be reconciled with him because he loves us and desires that none of us perish.
2 Pet 3:9
Does he love only me?
No. God sent Jesus to be punished on the cross, to endure hell and to die in my stead and yours; not only for my sins but for the sins of the whole world. John 3:16
Does the whole world get saved then?
No. Only the one who believes that Jesus endured hell on the cross and died for his/her sins and believes that he was raised from the dead by the power of God, will be saved. Who-so-ever calls on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, WILL, and I repeat, WILL be saved. Joel 2:32
What about those who don’t believe in the name of Jesus?
Jesus loves you. The bible says that it is Gods desire that not even one should perish. 2 Pet 3:9. His desire is that all should come to the knowledge of the grace of God and be saved. He never made Hell for human beings. Hell was made for the devil and his demons. But disobedience will be punished. If anyone is arrogant enough to reject Jesus, who is Gods perfect sacrifice, the perfect atonement for your sins and mine, will be sent to the lake of fire. This is not a speculation but a fact because the bible says so and God is incapable of speaking lies. Jesus is coming soon; and this time he is coming to judge. My intention is not to scare anyone into believing in Christ(although I would do that if I could), but my desire is to enable everyone to see the abundant love that the Father has for you and me and believe in him because of that love that he has for us in Jesus. Jesus is not a figment of somebody’s imagination. He is the Son of God, the Savior that God had promised to redeem mankind from sin. He is the King Of Kings and The Lord Of Lords. He is coming to judge the living and the dead; and believe you me that all the Cow Gods, Snake Gods, Monkey Gods, Elephant Gods, Baba’s etc are powerless to save anyone. They can’t save themselves let alone mankind or even one man. Jesus is the ONLY way to God. There is no other way. Those who are not with Jesus, are against him. All these facts are true. BUT the greatest of all the facts is that this same Jesus loves you. How can anyone not surrender to him after he learns of this truth? I fail to understand.
Why did Jesus have to die?
For two reasons. God loves you and he hates SIN. Sin has to be punished. Every individual has to bear the punishment for the sins he/she has committed. This sounds like the most logical thing. So ideally I should be crucified for my sins and you for yours. Not much of a good news; is it? But the Bible says that there is a God; who made you. He loves you. He thinks of you. If we were to count the number of times he thinks of you the number would be greater than the number of grains of sand. This God is the Great I AM. Gods love for you and me is unimaginable. He is slow to anger and abounding in love. His mercies are new each day and because he loves you and me, he made Jesus; his only begotten Son; to be sin and allowed evil men to crucify him for your sins and mine. Jesus was the perfect sacrifice because he never sinned but was made to be sin on the cross and when he was being punished, beaten, spat on, nailed, abused, insulted, stripped, mocked at and murdered on the cross he was really being punished for your sins and mine just so that by believing in him, we might be forgiven and reconciled to God and be with him forever. But there is more to it than meets the eye. More than the physical torture and pain, Jesus endured hell in spirit and soul. That is what it really means to be forsaken by God, and Jesus was forsaken by God so that by believing in him we might not be forsaken by our creator. Jesus went to the cross like a lamb goes to the slaughter house; without complaining. He went in perfect obedience to God the Father, because of the love he has for us. Isn’t he amazing? He allows sinners like you and me to come to God through his own blood. He was raised on the third day by the power of God and now he lives forever more. He is seated at the right hand of the Father. He is coming to judge the living and the dead. If we believe in what Jesus did and live as he has commanded us to live, then the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all unrighteousness and justifies us. We can fellowhip with the Lord of this universe, because of Jesus. Now that is “Great News”.
Who is this Jesus? Could he have saved himself?
Jesus is the Son of the Living God. He is God in flesh. He is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end. He is the Word of God. He is the King Of Kings and The Lord Of Lords. He is the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. He is the Good Shepherd, the Lamb who was slain. He is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
My dear friend!! Fall at his feet and he will have mercy on you. I assure you that you will not find another God like him. There has never been anyone apart from him that is worthy of being called a GOD and there sure is not going to be one either. All other Gods are fashioned by the hands and the minds of men. There is only one who has the power to forgive and his name is Christ Jesus. My prayer for you is God have mercy on you and the only condition for that mercy is Jesus. We need to be baptized in the name of God The Father, Jesus his Son and his Holy Spirit. Jesus said that if a man is not born again, he will not even see the Kingdom of God. By believing in Jesus and being baptized in his name we are being born again in to the Kingdom Of God. John 3.
Coming back to the question about his ability to save himself; Jesus was not some powerless mortal hanging on the cross. He was God. He had absolute authority to destroy the Universe even before anyone looked to harm him, let alone lay hands on him. (Mathew 26:53) But he chose not to do that because the will of the Father had to be fulfilled. The will of God was to make a provision for sinners to be saved by believing in the atoning death of Jesus. So he allowed worms like you and me to insult him, strip him, beat him, whip him, tease him, spit at him and nail him to the cross all so that you and I could have a way to live forever. Yes; You and I can live forever because Jesus has taken the punishment that we deserved; and he did it by enduring hell in stead of you and I. And he was raised from the dead by the power of God. Praise God. We can live because he lives. Forever. We are victors in Christ. Nobody in this world would die even for a good person. But this God that I am talking about, cares so much for sinners like you and I, who are destined for ETERNAL destruction, that he has made a provision for us to be reconciled with him through the atoning work of Jesus. My request to you is to repent of your sins. He will forgive. Be baptized in the name Jesus and he will cleanse you and give you a new heart. He will teach you his ways and your life will never be the same if you obey his commands.
May the grace Of God and his Son Jesus be with you. Amen.