Today is the day of salvation. Jesus does not wait long. Urgency comes from the New Testament writers through God's inspiration, about the soon return of Jesus Christ. He died on the cross for our sins. Jesus took the punishment we deserved, and then He broke the punishment for those sins, broke the power of death itself and rose from the dead. He did all of this, so we could have eternal life.
Eternal life, us changed by the sacrifice of God, calling & crying out to us for our personal relationship with Him to be restored.
In 2 Corinthians 6:2, the Apostle Paul, quoted from the Old Testament In the Scriptures God says, "When the time came, I listened to you, and when you needed help, I came to save you." That time has come. This is the day for you to be saved.
Very simply, In the Gospel of John, Jesus had the conversation with Nicodemus, about how to be "born again".
John 3:4-21 Nicodemus asked, "How can a grown man ever be born a second time?"
Jesus answered: I tell you for certain that before you can get into God's kingdom, you must be born not only by water, but by the Spirit. Humans give life to their children. Yet only God's Spirit can change you into a child of God. Don't be surprised when I say that you must be born from above. Only God's Spirit gives new life. The Spirit is like the wind that blows wherever it wants to. You can hear the wind, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going.
"How can this be?" Nicodemus asked. Jesus replied: How can you be a teacher of Israel and not know these things? I tell you for certain that we know what we are talking about because we have seen it ourselves. But none of you will accept what we say. If you don't believe when I talk to you about things on earth, how can you possibly believe if I talk to you about things in heaven? No one has gone up to heaven except the Son of Man, who came down from there.
And the Son of Man must be lifted up, just as that metal snake was lifted up by Moses in the desert.
Then everyone who has faith in the Son of Man will have eternal life.
God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn its people. He sent him to save them!
No one who has faith in God's Son will be condemned. But everyone who doesn't have faith in him has already been condemned for not having faith in God's only Son. The light has come into the world, and people who do evil things are judged guilty because they love the dark more than the light. People who do evil hate the light and won't come to the light, because it clearly shows what they have done. But everyone who lives by the truth will come to the light, because they want others to know that God is really the one doing what they do.
I know I put a lot above, but that is the urgency I sense, ...today. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus was quoted, reading from the book of Isaiah, "The Lord's Spirit has come to me, because he has chosen me to tell the good news to the poor. The Lord has sent me to announce freedom for prisoners, to give sight to the blind, to free everyone who suffers, and to say, 'This is the year the Lord has chosen.' "
Don't delay. Don't wait for the next day or a different tomorrow. Don't let it wear off. Don't pull out all the technical arguments. Wherever you are, you can bow your head, you can ask forgiveness for the wrongs you have done in your life, you can ask for Jesus to forgive & wash away your sins and come into your heart.
If you prayed those things above, from your heart. You will be saved. You become a new person in Jesus Christ.
Rom 10:9-13 If you confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised him from death, you will be saved. For it is by our faith that we are put right with God; it is by our confession that we are saved.
The scripture says, "Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed." This includes everyone, because there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles; God is the same Lord of all and richly blesses all who call to him. As the scripture says, "Everyone who calls out to the Lord for help will be saved."
So, Today is the Day of Salvation. Are you making it yours?
