Friday: Romans 10:9/10

That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. AMEN and AMEN!

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and welcome to day five of Salvation week on the Carry The Light Ministries prayer and message line. Today I will try and explain the final step you must take for salvation, and I want to point this out right away. Although it is the final step as I explain it, you must even after asking Jesus into your heart, keep living for Him daily, repenting from your sins. You see if you truly are saved, your life will change. If you come to the Lord for the very first time today, if you make the step -- BEWARE, YOU WILL CHANGE!!

Romans 10:9/10 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. (NIV)

1 John 5:10/13 Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about His Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. (NIV)

It is truly amazing how God lines things up when we work for Him. Just today in the "Faith" section of our paper, the writer of the "God Squad", Rabbi Marc Gellman, tells that Salvation won't be resolved till death. He is telling this based on a question about a mixed family, a marriage between a Jew and a Christian (Catholic).

Now let me put in my two cents worth here. While it is very true that Jesus will judge us when we pass from this earth, if we do not make our plans for salvation while we are alive to do it ... WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY SALVATION ... SO SALVATION OCCURS WHEN YOU TAKE JESUS AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR ... and now I said it, that is what I believe. You become saved before you die. You are a Saint when you accept Jesus here on earth. When you pass, you will be one of the Saints as you go marching in (as the song sings and the Bible tells us). When you get on your knees, or stand before God while you are here on earth and ask Him to forgive you of your sins, when you repent of those sins and you truly, truly believe in the virgin birth, the death on the cross, the resurrection of our Lord Jesus, and the facts, the true facts that He has gone on to Heaven to prepare a place for us, when you truly believe that, and confess it to Jesus, YOU WILL BE SAVED ... You have your salvation, and you will change.

Please, do not put this off one day longer. Last night, 10:20 PM, a plane with 44 passengers and 4 crew went down and all were killed. Those with salvation are with God. The rest were wasted. And folks, one person in a house was killed. Why am I telling you this?? Why? Because we do not know when our life will end. You might put a lot of things off in life, but this is one thing I really beg you not to put off.

Some people have gone to their local funeral home and made all the arrangements for what they call their final arrangements. They pick a casket, they pay for the service, they buy a lot or plot, they get the headstone in place. All the arrangements are made and paid in full ... except for one. If you have not come before Jesus, you forgot the most important one. You made arrangements for a body that will be no good anymore, and did not make arrangements for your soul and to get your new body. And this one as I have told you already this week is paid for in full up front by our Lord Jesus. You might have life insurance to give your family money, but have your really insured your life to come? Have you called upon the Lord? State Farm, All State, Nationwide, or even the company with the rock will not get you into heaven. Only the Rock, the real Rock, the ROCK OF OUR SALVATION, OUR LORD JESUS. He is the one and only way to heaven.

So now I ask you again, are you ready to come to Jesus, on this day we pray for all those working for Him, are you ready to come to Him? The rabbi from the God Squad said this, "What happens after death is really none of our business." What the heck is he talking about? What happens to us after death is all about our business. That is why we want to go to Jesus now, we have control over what happens to us after our death ... and yes, we can help lead others to Jesus also. It is a simple thing folks, and we have control over where we go. Jesus paid the price, we just need to believe and live for Him.

Good living alone will not get you into heaven ... a lot of people think that. Singing in the choir, making dinners for your church, taking up the offering, and feeding the poor and hungry will not get you in. You will not be judged on these things. That way, no one can boast when they get to heaven. You must have Jesus in your heart. Then of course all these works will be added unto you. For if you know people who say they love Jesus and have Him in their hearts, and do not work for good, chances are they do not have Jesus in their hearts. This works together ... first you must be saved.

Here are the two scary words ... you must be "BORN AGAIN". Oh yeah, I am one of those "Born Again" Christians. I have been asked tha t... Are you a "Born Again" Folks? If you are not "Born Again", you are not a Christian and not a Saint and not Saved. Ok, enough already ... Will you pray this with me in faith? Will you confess over to the Lord today? If you need help, please call me ... 717 691 8200 or email, you can just hit reply ...

Maybe you want to renew. Here we go ... if you are not going to pray in faith, you are wasting your breath and time. In faith, are you with me? Come on, come on, Jesus is calling us.

Dear Father in Heaven ... I am a sinner and I am tired of it, I want to live for Jesus and I want Jesus to live in me. I believe in the virgin birth, the death and resurrection and I believe it was done by Jesus to save me from my sins. I want to repent today of my sins and walk for You, Jesus. Forgive me and save me. Thanks Jesus. I ask You this in the name of Jesus ... pour Your blood over me. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Salvation!! Who needs it? Only those wanting to go to Heaven. It has been a joy, brothers and sisters ... Now pray for me this weekend as I preach and teach this same message on Sunday.
Carry The Light will be in concert Sunday afternoon at 2.00 PM at the Bridges ... yes, we are home on Sunday afternoon. Come on out ... 2100 Bent Creek Blvd., Mechanicsburg Pa. Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya, dan.