Road To Salvation
Posted by: Pastor Mason on Wed, Mar 23, 2011
Are you ready for the catching away of the Church? Because the appointed time is near. There are some people who don�t believe that, but they�re wrong. Jesus is coming back. So I ask you, "Are you ready?"
If you�re not ready, then you need to make some changes. First, you need to get born again by making Jesus the Lord of your life. Then you need to set your attentions on the things of God, and not the world. Look at what Jesus told us in Luke 14.
A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind....and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper (Luke 14: 16-24).
Why didn�t those who were invited to the lord�s supper go when they were called? They had become too involved in the business of daily worldly life, and were not ready.
It just about supper time for the church. Jesus is preparing a Marriage supper for the lamb, and it�s almost complete, so get ready. Consecrate yourself to God and keep yourself full of the Word and the Holy Spirit so that when you hear the blast of the trumpets, you�ll jump to the call.
Jesus taught us about being ready in Matthew 25.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. (Matthew 25:1-13)
The main point is that you are the one that has to be ready. The pastor can�t do it for you. Your husband or wife can�t do it for you. You have to do it. God has given us Preachers, Pastors, Prophets, evangelists, Apostles, and Teachers to help us live by faith; and he also gave you the Holy Spirit to comfort and guide you. So there�s no excuse, but you are the one who has to do it.
If you are ready to come into the family of God and become a joint heir with Jesus, pray this prayer with me out loud.
Heavenly Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. You word says, "Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Lord, I�m calling on you. I pray and ask Jesus to come into my heart and be Lord over my life. According to Romans 10:9-10. "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." I do that now. I confess that Jesus is Lord, and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead.
I am now reborn. I am now a child of the almighty God. I am now saved. Father, you also said that, "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" Father, I�m also asking you to fill me with the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, rise up on the inside of me as I praise God. I fully expect to speak with other tongues as You give me the utterance.
Now begin to praise god for saving you and filling you with the Holy Spirit. Start to speak out those syllables you receive. He will give you the words, but You are the one who has to speak it out. God will not force you to speak, so yield to it and praise and worship your heavenly Father.
Congratulations, you are not alone anymore. I would like to welcome you into the family of God, my new brother and sister in the Lord.
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