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ONLY ONE NARROW WAY !
The Holy Bible says there is only ONE WAY to be
saved. Saved from what? What is it you wish to be saved from? Hell? That
proves nothing. Nobody wants to go there. The issue between God and man is SIN.
Do you wish to be saved from it? WHAT IS SIN? Sin is a species of rebellion
against God. It is self-pleasing; being completely indifferent to whether or not
my conduct pleases my Creator.
Before God saves a man, He convicts him of his
sinnership. By this I do not mean that he says with everybody else, "Oh yes, we
are all sinners, I know that." Rather do I mean that the Holy Spirit makes me
feel in my heart that I have been a life-long rebel against God, and that my
sins are so many, so great, so black, that I have transgressed beyond the reach
of divine mercy. This is how God sees all lost sinners:
"As it is written, There is none righteous,
no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh
after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become
unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an
open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps
is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their
feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And
the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their
eyes." [Romans 3:10-18]
Do you now perceive that there is no good
thing in you, nothing good credited to your account, that all the way through
you have loved the things God hates and hated the things God loves? Has the
realization of this
broken your heart before God? Has it made you mourn that you have
so despised His mercies, misused His blessings, broken His sabbaths, neglected
His Word, and given Him no real place at all in your thoughts, affections and
life? If you have not yet seen and felt this
personally, then at present there is no hope for you, for God says,
"EXCEPT YE REPENT, YE SHALL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH" [Luke 13:3]. And if you die in
your present condition, you will be lost forever in Hell.
But if you have been brought to the place where
sin is your greatest plague, where offending God is your greatest grief, and
where your deepest desire is now to please and honor Him; then there is hope for
you.
"The Son of man is come to seek and to save
that which is lost" [Luke 19:10].
"wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat"
[Matthew 7:13].
Jesus will save you from destruction (eternal damnation) provided you are ready and willing to throw down the weapons of your warfare against Him and surrender yourself to His control.
"Behold now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" [2 Corinthians 6:2].
"Believe on the LORD Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved" [Acts 16:31].
"for there is none other name under heaven [except Jesus Christ] given among men, whereby we must be saved" [Acts 4:12].
Adapted from 'The Way Of Salvation" by Arthur W. Pink
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