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This Moment In Eternity

Hi to my Forum Friends,

As I was reading a tract titled "The Prayer For Eternal Life" -- I felt that I wanted to share it with you. It was written by Pastor R. B. Thieme, Jr., of the R. B. Thieme, Jr. Bible Ministries and pastor of Berachah Church in Houston, Texas.

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The Prayer For Eternal Life
By Pastor R. B. Thieme

This prayer is dedicated to anyone without Christ, without hope, without eternal life. Jesus Christ had you personally in mind when He went to the cross. Every sin that you have ever committed -- past, present, or future -- was imputed to Him and judged so that, at this moment, you can have eternal life.

Eternal life is as close to you as your own soul. In your soul you have volition (purpose, resolve, will). The non-meritorious expression of volition is called faith. The object of faith always has the merit. In eternal salvation, the object of faith is our Lord Jesus Christ, who carried our sins in His own body on the cross.

"He (God) made Him (Jesus Christ) who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf (as a substitute for us), that we might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21 nasb).

Wherever you are right now, eternal life is available to you.

". . .whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:16b nasb).

In the privacy of your soul you have freedom. You are free to exercise your option for eternal life. You are free, therefore, at this moment to become the possessor of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.

The issue: "He who believes in the Son (Jesus Christ) has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him" (John 3:36).

The option: Your attitude toward Christ determines your eternal future; to believe in Him -- eternal life; to reject Him -- eternal condemnation.

Salvation is very simple. In the privacy and freedom of your soul, forming the sentences in thought only, speaking inaudibly, you can tell God the Father that you are believing in Jesus Christ, and that is the moment of eternal life for you. You can believe in Jesus Christ; you can express your faith to God the Father right now. This faith is a private matter between you and God. God has provided His part of salvation -- the Father sent the Son; the Son went to the cross. The Father imputed our sins to Christ on the cross and judged them.

The rest is up to you. You can either believe in Christ for eternal life or reject Him for eternal condemnation. The choice is yours.

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The opening paragraph of this tract brings to mind a beautiful Gospel song, "WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS," by Ronny Hinson and Mike Payne:

I'm not on an ego trip, I'm nothing on my own;
I make mistakes and often slip, just common flesh and bone.
But I'll prove someday just why I say I'm of a special kind.
For when He was on the cross, I was on His mind.


CHORUS:

He knew me, yet He loved me.
He whose glory makes the heavens shine.
So unworthy of such mercy,
Yet when He was on the cross, I was on His mind.

A look of love was on His face, the thorns on His head,
The blood was on His scarlet robe, and stained it crimson red.
Though His eyes were on the crowd that day, He looked ahead in time,
For when He was on the cross, I was on His mind.


You, my Friend, were also on His mind when He hung on that cross.

Truly, salvation, eternal life with God, is as simple as this tract tells us. God, in His infinite mercy and love, has done all the work of salvation. All you have to do is to make the choice between eternal life with God -- or eternal life without God. The first choice is heavenly bliss; the second choice is -- well, I believe you already know.

Choose LIFE, my Friend -- for yourself, for your family, and share it with all your Friends, Relatives, Associates, and Neighbors -- all your FRANs. They will be eternally grateful.

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

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