The Plan Of Salvation - Jimmy Swaggart Ministries

1 1 The plan OfSalvationJimmy Swaggart MinistriesBaton Rouge, Louisiana 70810 ByJimmy Swaggart23 COPYRIGHT 1999, Jimmy Swaggart MinistriesAll rights reservedPrinted in part of this publication may be reproduced in any Rouge, LouisianaDear Friend,Congratulations! Your requesting this booklet tellsme that you have just given your heart and life to theLord Jesus Christ, or else you are seriously contem-plating this extremely serious event the most im-portant event that one could ever undertake, the sal-vation of your acceptance of Jesus Christ is not only theanswer, but the only answer to all of life s problems,and above all, the answer to sin. To find the Lord, isto find Eternal moment that one accepts Christ as one s per-sonal Saviour, He becomes the Lord of your life, andat that time, your name is added to the Lamb s Bookof Life (Rev. 21:27).The Scripture says that All have sinned and comeshort of the Glory of God (Rom. 3:23). To removethe terrible stain of sin, one must accept Christ as one sSaviour, there is no other 10:9-10 says: If you shall confess withyour mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in yourheart that God has raised Him from the dead, youshall be saved.

2 For with the heart man believes untoRighteousness; and with the mouth, confession ismade unto Salvation . 6 The information contained in this Booklet ad-dresses the Great plan of Salvation , and as well, theliving of an overcoming, Christian life. If you willread and follow the suggestions herein, I guarantee asuccessful and joy-filled life in that follows is totally Scriptural. Inother words, the Bible is the Lord Jesus Christ was so concerned aboutus, as Christians, that He spent a good part of Hishuman Ministry setting down instructions as to howwe should live in order to have a successful ChristianLife. It behooves every Christian to know the Wordof God, and to follow it with all of our old song says: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I m found, I was blind, but now I see. In the Master s service, yours, Jimmy Swaggart7 THE plan OF SALVATIONA long time ago, a Roman Jailer asked of theApostle Paul the most important question that couldever be asked, What must I do to be saved?

3 Paul s answer was immediate, to the point, clear,and concise. He said: Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shaltbe saved, and thy house (Acts 16:30-31.)That s how simple that it actually man named Nicodemus pretty much asked Jesusthe same question. Jesus answered him by saying, You must be born again (Jn. 3:1-8).ALL ARE SINNERSThe Bible tells us in Romans 3:23 that All havesinned and come short of the Glory of God. That means that all are sinners, actually born thatway, in desperate need of the Saviour, the Lord JesusChrist. In fact, there are no exceptions to this. Thatmeans you and me, and all others for that also said in Romans 6:23, The wages of sinis death! So, that means that unless something is done aboutthis terrible situation, that all will be eternally lost. How-ever, God did not leave things there. He loves us, everyone of us. It is His Desire that Not any should perish,but that all should come unto repentance (II Pet. 3:9).

4 WHAT DID GOD DO ABOUTTHIS SITUATION?The Scripture plainly says, And God so lovedthe world (so loved sinners, and that means you) thatHe gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever8believes on Him shall not perish, but have everlast-ing life (Jn. 3:16).What does that mean?Man as a sinner could not save himself. In otherwords, such was and is impossible; consequently, Godliterally became man, came into this world born ofthe Virgin Mary, and then died on Calvary to pay theprice for man s Redemption. As should be obvious,the price was high. But thank God, it was everlast-ingly paid by Jesus Christ, that WHOSOEVER WILL,MAY COME AND TAKE THE WATER OF LIFEFREELY (Rev. 22:17).WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BELIEVEON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST?Going back to the Scripture which we quoted inthe Foreword of this booklet, Paul says: If you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus,and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Himfrom the dead, you shall be saved.

5 For with the heartman believes unto Righteousness; and with the mouth,confession is made unto Salvation (Rom. 10:9-10).To believe on the Lord Jesus Christ is more thanjust giving mental assent that He is the Son of do that and aren t the Scripture speaks of one believing, itsimply means that one accepts Who Jesus is, which isthe Son of God, and what He has done, which refers toHim dying on Calvary, in effect taking our place, inorder that we might be means to accept Him, and Him Alone as yourSaviour, resolving to make Him the Lord of your life,and to follow Him with all of your heart, mind, soul,and strength as long as you AND IDENTIFICATIONAs we have already stated, man being eternallylost and helpless to save himself, God had to providea means of Salvation whereby sinful man could bemade righteous. He did that by providing His OwnSon, Who gave His Life on Calvary, thereby payingthe terrible price which we could not pay.

6 That pricewas His Own Precious Shed became our does that mean?It means He did for us what we could not do forourselves. There was a terrible sin debt owing due toman s fallen condition. As stated, that refers to everysingle human being, none excepted. With no way tosave ourselves, God had to provide a Saviour, whichHe did. It was done simply because He loves us somuch (Jn. 3:16).Jesus being the Substitute, if we identify with Him,which means to accept what He did at Calvary s Crosson our behalf, we will be saved. It is that simple!He became our Substitute, and upon our identifi-cation with Him, we are rewarded with Eternal Life(Rom. 6:23).FAITH AND NOT WORKSThe only thing required to obtain this glorious andwonderful Salvation is to simply believe on Christ, ex-actly as Paul said, which means to have Faith in does that mean?It is actually very simple. The Lord made it thisway in order that all may have equal simply means that you believe or have faith inwhat He did, and accept it for yourself on a personal10basis.

7 That s all that God requires. But of course, tobelieve and have faith, even as we have already said,means to accept the Lord as your Saviour and, aswell, to make Him the Lord of your of all, man must understand that he is a sin-ner. That includes all (Rom. 3:23). As such, he needsa Saviour. There is only one Saviour, only One Whohas paid the price for man s Redemption, and thatSaviour is the Lord Jesus Christ. In other words, ifone does not accept Christ, one cannot be attempt to earn their Salvation in manyand varied ways other than accepting Christ. Or elsethey attempt to become saved by accepting Christ aswell as adding other things to Scripture says: FOR BY GRACE ARE YOUSAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOT OF YOUR-SELVES: IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD: NOT OF WORKS,LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST (Eph. 2:8-9).That means the Church cannot save you, and nei-ther can Water Baptism save you, or anything else forthat matter, as important as those things may be intheir own way.

8 I have said this because millions thinkthat they are saved by being baptized in water, orjoining a Church, or performing good works, those things may be important in their ownright, they have absolutely nothing to do with onebeing saved. One is saved simply by trusting JesusChrist, even as we have already means that one can be saved anywhere: inChurch, on the street corner, watching a ChristianTelecast, listening to a Christian Radio Program, oreven reading this one is doesn t matter. It is what one be-lieves that really moment that one confesses the Lord withone s mouth, and believes in one s heart, and does sotruly, at that moment, and wherever you may be, youare saved. As we have stated several times, it is justthat , when the Jailer asked Paul the ques-tion, What must I do to be saved? , he was actuallyat that time in the jail with Paul and Silas. Everyevidence is that he at that moment, in that jail, be-lieved on the Lord Jesus Christ, and was instantlysaved (Acts 16:27-34).

9 IT IS TIME NOW!In fact, if you have not already given your heartand life to Jesus Christ, it is time that you do so, andactually it can be done this very am going to ask you to read these words below,and actually say them out loud. As well, I am goingto ask you to believe them with all of your heart, andif you will do so, you will be instantly saved. Pleasesay them with me as you read: DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, I COME TO YOU TO-DAY AS A LOST SINNER. I AM ASKING YOU THAT YOU SAVE MY SOULAND CLEANSE ME FROM ALL SIN. I REALIZE IN MY HEART MY NEED OF SAL-VATION, WHICH CAN ONLY COME THROUGHJESUS CHRIST. I AM ACCEPTING CHRIST INTO MY HEARTAND WHAT HE DID ON THE CROSS IN ORDER TOPURCHASE MY REDEMPTION. 12 IN OBEDIENCE TO YOUR WORD, I CONFESSWITH MY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, AND BELIEVEIN MY HEART THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROMTHE DEAD. YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR WORD WHICHCANNOT LIE, FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL CALLUPON THE NAME OF LORD SHALL BE SAVED (ROM. 10:13). I HAVE CALLED UPON YOUR NAME EXACTLYAS YOU HAVE SAID, AND I BELIEVE THAT RIGHTNOW, I AM SAVED.

10 If you have sincerely prayed these words, which Ihave written out for you, and believed in your heartupon the Lord Jesus Christ, you are at this momentsaved, and your name is written down in the Lamb sBook of !SOME THINGS YOU SHOULDNOW BEGIN TO DOIn the next few pages, I am going to give yousome simple instructions that you should follow inorder to live an overcoming, Christian Life. They arevery are now a new creature in Christ Jesus (IICor. 5:17). As such, you have the Divine nature withinyour heart, which is the Nature of God, which meansthat the Holy Spirit actually now resides within yourheart and entirety of your life is now going to be differ-ent. You have been cleansed from all sin and haveembarked upon the greatest journey that one could13ever undertake. A whole new world is about to openup to now have something to live for, and some-thing to which you can look forward. Living for Jesusis the most exciting life that one could ever live, themost fulfilling, the most rewarding, the most wonder-ful.