God’s Simple Plan of Salvation
My Friend: I am asking you the most important question of life. Your joy or your sorrow for all eternity depends upon your answer. The question is: Are you saved? It is not a question of how good you are, nor if you are a church member, but are you saved? Are you sure you will go to Heaven when you die?

God says in order to go to Heaven, you must be born again. In John 3:7, Jesus said to Nicodemus, “Ye must be born again.”

In the Bible God gives us the plan of how to be born again which means to be saved. His plan is simple! You can be saved today. How?

First, my friend, you must realize you are a sinner. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

Because you are a sinner, you are condemned to death. “For the wages [payment] of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). This includes eternal separation from God in Hell.

“ . . . it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).

But God loved you so much He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus, to bear your sin and die in your place. “ . . . He hath made Him [Jesus, Who knew no sin] to be sin for us . . . that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Jesus had to shed His blood and die. “For the life of the flesh is in the blood” (Lev. 17:11). “ . . . without shedding of blood is no remission [pardon]” (Hebrews 9:22).

“ . . . God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).

Although we cannot understand how, God said my sins and your sins were laid upon Jesus and He died in our place. He became our substitute. It is true. God cannot lie.

My friend, “God . . . commandeth all men everywhere to repent” (Acts 17:30). This repentance is a change of mind that agrees with God that one is a sinner, and also agrees with what Jesus did for us on the Cross.

In Acts 16:30-31, the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas: “ . . . ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ And they said, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved . . . .’ ”

Simply believe on Him as the one who bore your sin, died in your place, was buried, and whom God resurrected. His resurrection powerfully assures that the believer can claim everlasting life when Jesus is received as Savior.

“But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name” (John 1:12).

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).

Whosoever includes you. Shall be saved means not maybe, nor can, but shall be saved.

Surely, you realize you are a sinner. Right now, wherever you are, repenting, lift your heart to God in prayer.

In Luke 18:13, the sinner prayed: “God be merciful to me a sinner.” Just pray: “Oh God, I know I am a sinner. I believe Jesus was my substitute when He died on the Cross. I believe His shed blood, death, burial, and resurrection were for me. I now receive Him as my Savior. I thank You for the forgiveness of my sins, the gift of salvation and everlasting life, because of Your merciful grace. Amen.”

Just take God at His word and claim His salvation by faith. Believe, and you will be saved. No church, no lodge, no good works can save you. Remember, God does the saving. All of it!

God’s simple plan of salvation is: You are a sinner. Therefore, unless you believe on Jesus Who died in your place, you will spend eternity in Hell. If you believe on Him as your crucified, buried, and risen Savior, you receive forgiveness for all of your sins and His gift of eternal salvation by faith.

You say, “Surely, it cannot be that simple.” Yes, that simple! It is scriptural. It is God’s plan. My friend, believe on Jesus and receive Him as Savior today.

If His plan is not perfectly clear, read this tract over and over, without laying it down, until you understand it. Your soul is worth more than all the world.

“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36).

Be sure you are saved. If you lose your soul, you miss Heaven and lose all. Please! Let God save you this very moment.

God’s power will save you, keep you saved, and enable you to live a victorious Christian life. “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it” (1 Corinthians 10:13).

Do not trust your feelings. They change. Stand on God’s promises. They never change. After you are saved, there are three things to practice daily for spiritual growth:


Pray -- you talk to God.
Read your Bible -- God talks to you.
Witness -- you talk for God.
You should be baptized in obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ as a public testimony of your salvation, and then unite with a Bible-believing church without delay. “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord . . . .” (2 Timothy 1:8)

“Whosoever therefore shall confess [testify of] Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 10:32).

NJIA RAHISI YA WOKOVU WA MUNGU
Rafiki yangu:Ninakuuliza swali muhimu maishani mwako. Furaha yako ya milele au huzuni yako ya milele inategemea jibu Ia swali hili. Swali ni hili:Je, umeokolewa?Si swali la jinsi ulivyo mwema, wala si swali la kama u mshiriki wa kanisa, bali:Je, umeokolewa? Una uhakika kwamba utaenda mbinguni utakapokufa?

Mungu anasema kwamba, ili uende mbinguni, ni lazima uzaliwe mara ya pili. Katika Yohana 3:7, Yesu alisema kwa Nikodemo, “Ni lazima uzaliwe mara ya pili.”

Katika Biblia Mungu anatupatia njia ya pekee ya kuzaliwa mara ya pili, yaani kuokolewa.Njia yake ni rahisi! Unaweza kuokolewa leo. Vipi?

Kwanza, rafiki yangu, ni lazima utambue kwambawewe u mwenye dhambi.“Kwa sababu wote wamefanya dhambi,na kupungukiwa na utukufu wa Mungu”(Warumi 3:23).

Kwa sababu u mwenye dhambi,umehukumiwa kufa.“Kwa maana mshahara wa dhambi ni mauti”(Warumi 6:23). Hii ina maana kutengwa na Mungu katika jehanum milele.“Na kama vile watu wanavyowekewa kufa mara moja, na baada ya kufa hukumu”(Waebrania 9:27).

Lakini Mungu alikupenda mno hata akamtoa Mwanawe pekee, Yesu, ili azichukue dhambi zako na kufa pahali pako.“Yeye asiyejua dhambi[Yesu, ambaye hakujua dhambi yo yote]alimfanya kuwa dhambi kwa ajili yetu, ili sisi tupate kuwa haki ya Mungu katika Yeye”(2 Wakorintho 5:21).

Ilimbidi Yesu amwage damu yake na kufa.“Kwa kuwa uhai wa mwili u katika hiyo damu”(Mambo ya Walawi 17:11).“. . . Pasipo kumwaga damu hakuna ondoleo[msamaha]”(Waebrania 9:22).

“Bali Mungu aonyesha pendo lake yeye mwenyewe kwetu sisi, kwa kuwa Kristo alikufa kwa ajili yetu, tulipokuwa tungali wenye dhambi”(Warumi 5:8).

Ingawa hatuelewi ni jinsi gani, Mungu alisema kuwa dhambi zangu na dhambi zako ziliwekwa juu ya Yesu naalikufa pahali petu.Yesu akawafidia yetu[badala yetu].Ni kweli. Mungu hawezi kusema uongo.

Rafiki yangu,“Mungu . . . anawaagiza watu wote wa kila mahali watubu”(Matendo 17:30). Kutubu huku au toba hii ni badiliko la nia akilini; kukubaliana na Mungu kuwa mtu ni mwenye dhambi, na kukubaliana na yale aliyoyafanya Yesu kwa ajili yetu msalabani.

Katika Matendo 16:30-31, mlinzi wa gereza wa Filipi aliwauliza Paulo na Sila,“Mabwana, yanipasa nifanye nini nipatekuokoka?Wakamwambia,mwaminiBwana Yesu, nawe utaokoka . . . .”

Mwamini tu Bwana Yesu ambaye alibeba dhambi zako, akafa badala yako, akazikwa, na Mungu alimfufua.Ufufuo wake unahakikisha kwa nguvukuwa aaminiye anaweza kudai uzima wa milele anapompokea Yesu kuwa Mwokozi wake.

“Bali wote waliompokea aliwapa uwezo wa kufanyika watoto wa Mungu, ndio wale waliaminio jina lake”(Yohana 1:12).

“Kwa kuwakilaatakayeliitia jina la Bwanaataokoka”(Warumi 10:13). Neno“kila”linakujumlisha na wewe.“Ataokoka,” maana yake si labda, au inawezekana, bali ni kwa uhakika“ataokoka.”

Hakika, unatambua kuwa u mwenye dhambi? Po pote ulipo sasa hivi, ukitubu, inua moyo wako kwa Mungu katika maombi.

Katika Luka 18:13, mwenye dhambi mmoja aliomba:“Ee Mungu, uniwie radhimimi mwenye dhambi.”Basi omba:“Ee Mungu, ninajua kuwa ni mwenye dhambi. Ninaamini kuwa Yesu alikuwa fidia yangu alipokufa msalabani. Ninaamini damu yake aliyomwaga, kufa kwake, kuzikwa kwake, na kufufuka kwake kulikuwa kwa ajili yangu. Sasa ninampokea awe Mwokozi wangu. Asante kwa msamaha wa dhambi zangu, zawadi ya wokovu na uzima wa milele, kwa sababu ya neema yako ya huruma. Amina.”

Mwamini Mungu katika Neno lake, na dai wokovu wake kwa imani. Amini, na utaokoka. Hakuna kanisa, wala jumba, wala matendo mema yawezayo kukuokoa.Kumbuka, Mungu ndiye aokoaye. Basi!



Njia rahisi ya wokovu ya Mungu ni:Wewe u mwenye dhambi na usipomwamini Yesu ambaye alikufa pahali pako, utakaa milele jehanum. Ukimwamini kuwa Mwokozi wako ambaye alisulubiwa, akazikwa, akafufuka, utapokea msamaha wa dhambi zako zote, na utapokea zawadi [karama] ya uzima wa milele kwa imani.

Unasema, “Kweli, haiwezi kuwa rahisi hivi.”Ndiyo, ni rahisi hivyo! Ndivyo ulivyo mpango wa Mungu wa wokovu katika Maandiko.Rafiki yangu, mwamini Yesu na kumpokea kuwa Mwokozi wako leo.

Ikiwa huu mpango wake wa wokovu hauko wazi au haueleweki kwako, soma kijikaratasi hiki tena na tena, pasipo kukiweka chini, mpaka umeuelewa ujumbe wake. Nafsi yako ni ya thamani zaidi kuliko vyote vya ulimwengu.

“Kwa kuwa itamfaidia mtu nini kuupata ulimwengu wote, akipata hasara ya nafsi yake?”(Marko 8:36).

Hakikisha kwamba umeokoka. Ukipoteza nafsi yako utapoteza mbingu na utapoteza vyote. Tafadhali, mruhusu Mungu akuokoe sasa hivi.

Nguvu ya Mungu itakuokoa, itakulinda, na kukuwezesha kuishi maisha ya ushindi ya Kikristo.“Jaribu halikuwapata ninyi, isipokuwa lililo kawaida ya wanadamu; ila Mungu ni mwaminifu; ambaye hatawaacha mjaribiwe kupita mwezavyo; lakini pamoja na lile jaribu atafanya na mlango wa kutokea, ili mweze kustahimili”(1 Wakorintho 10:13).

Usitegemee hisia zako – jinsi unavyojisikia. Hisia zinabadilika-badilika. Simama juu ya ahadi za Mungu. Ahadi za Mungu hazibadiliki. Ukiisha kuokoka, kuna mambo matatu ya kufanya kila siku ili ukue kiroho:Omba– unazungumza na Mungu.Soma Biblia yako– Mungu anazungumza nawe.Shuhudia– waambie watu wengine kwa niaba ya Mungu.

Unapaswa kubatizwa katika utii kwa Bwana Yesu Kristo kuwa ushuhuda wa hadhara wa wokovu wako, halafu, bila kuchelewa, jiunge na kanisa ambalo linaamini Biblia.“Basi usiuonee haya ushuhuda wa Bwana wetu . . . ”(2 Timotheo 1:8).

“Basi, kila mtu atakayenikiri mbele ya watu, nami nitamkiri mbele za Baba yangu aliye mbinguni”(Mathayo 10:32).