I'm sure you've heard these sales slogans many times: Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. You're in good hands with Allstate. Geico - So easy, a caveman could do it. Men and women want security, because they fear the worst happening to their bodies and properties, so to calm their fears they purchase insurance. But there is one type of insurance that is the most important, but the majority of people neglect to obtain it, and that is 'Soul Insurance.'
Your soul is worth more than the entire world. Jesus said this, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” *Mark 8:36-37* Death is unavoidable. You cannot, you will not, escape it. Death is lurking everywhere. There is just the stroke of the clock between you and death – no man knows that hour. You have sinned against God and His Law by lying, cheating, lusting, blaspheming, evil thoughts, pride, and rejecting Christ. Sins against God’s Law and rejection of His Son has stirred up God’s wrath toward you. *John 3:36* Sin brings death to your soul, and sooner or later, you will die physically. Human nature defies and doubts the existence of the Creator God, because human nature loves sin and darkness.
At death, you will certainly need your soul insured to protect it from the wrath and justice of God that your sins deserve. Soul Insurance cannot be purchased or earned; it can only be received freely. Christ Jesus is the ‘only’ insurance Agent for the souls of sinful men. Your soul needs coverage just like your car and house. Your soul will outlive the stars. Your soul must be covered in Jesus’ blood to protect you from God’s wrath on your sin. Flee to Jesus from the wrath to come. You have to deal with Christ Jesus personally, and come to Him by childlike faith on His terms – as a lost unworthy sinner in need of forgiveness of sins. The 'Heavenly Insurance Agent' (the Lord Jesus Himself) is knocking at your heart’s door today, and He wants to give you His 'Soul Insurance' absolutely free: Jesus paid it all for you on Calvary's tree. Jesus doesn’t sell His salvation to anyone, He only gives it away to needy sinners. The 'gift of God' is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Basically, man is a sinner. He does not always want to admit this, but he is regardless of how many good works or good deeds he performs, he can do nothing about his sinful 'nature.' Your sin nature causes you to sin. You need a new nature within – ye must be born again. You may be a fine, respectable citizen contributing to the welfare of your community. Morally, you may be one of the best people in your community. You may give more money than anyone else to charities or even to your church. In themselves, these deeds are well and good, but they cannot prepare you for death, because the Bible says in Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Because you haven't received Christ Jesus into your body and soul, in the sight of God, you are lost and dead in your sins. You are lost to God and eternity. This is why you need to be saved. *John 3:36; Titus 3:5* Regardless of how many good deeds you have done, you still haven't dealt with your sinful 'nature.
The truth is briefly this: Man is a sinner whether religious or otherwise. In the Second Chapter of Ephesians, the Bible says, a lost sinner is a child of wrath dead in trespasses and sin. His imaginary good works cannot blot out his past, present, or future sins. He must trust in the living Christ who lived, died, was buried, rose again the third day, ascended into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God, and is now interceding to God. In Ecclesiastes 1:15, God says, "that which is crooked cannot be made straight." Now matter how hard you try, regardless of what you do, you by your own efforts cannot change your 'sinful nature' and bring yourself back into fellowship with God Almighty. Only the Lord Jesus Christ the Savior can save from sin. Jesus still saves lost sinners that need Him and trust Him alone to save them hell fire. Jesus' shed His atoning blood on the Cross of Calvary for 'your' sins.
You must trust in Another's righteousness that is not your own, that is, the Righteousness of God that is given to the sinner by grace the very second He trusts and relies wholly on Christ to save Him from the lake of fire. Jesus Christ worked out a perfect Righteousness for you. Jesus lived a sinless life and obeyed the Law perfectly for you, so you could be saved freely. You must turn over your filthy rags of self-righteousness to Jesus, and He will provide freely and put on your soul His robe of righteousness which you need so desperately to save you from the wrath of God.
For some people it is not badness, but goodness that keeps them from the Savior. They are trying to be good, they are sincerely trying to do the right thing in life, but they are ignoring and rejecting Christ Jesus, the apple of God's eye. Nothing could be more hopeless and confusing than this for a sinner is not saved by trying, but simply trusting in Jesus' blood and receiving His Righteousness. Trusting only in Jesus that said, "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matt 11:28; Romans 10:3-4) Have you received Christ? Are you saved from your sin and its penalty? Don't trust in your own good works, trust in Christ who was perfectly Good and then He died for you. Just let Christ Jesus be your Righteousness now.
The Righteousness of God is revealed to man through the Gospel of Christ. Religion will damn you quicker than anything else on this earth. Religion has to do with your self-righteousness. You will need God's Righteousness to enter Heaven; Jesus Christ is God’s righteousness. You will end up in hell if you think that you’re good enough to help out Jesus Christ. Please stop playing with your soul and toying around with your eternal destiny. You will end up in one of two places when you die: New Jerusalem or the lake of fire. Where you are heading? What is keeping you away from coming to Christ and embracing Him with all your heart? Religion keeps many people away. But remember this; religion will get you to Hell quicker than anything.
The 'gospel of the grace of God' has to do with a Person, the only One who showed up on this earth and lived a sinless life, and bore your sins in His own body, and He is the One who made you – your Creator. His name is the Lord Jesus Christ. The name JESUS means Jehovah Saves. Jehovah-Jireh came down to this earth in the likeness of a man and dwelt in flesh and bones. Jesus Christ was the God-man with God's blood running through His veins. (See Zech 12:10; Isa 7:14; Matt 1:23; Isa 9:6; Acts 20:28; John 1:18; 3:13; 5:18 5:23; 6:46; 8:58; 9:38; 10:33; 20:28; Mark 2:5-7; John 1:3; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2; John 9:38; Mark 14:61-62; I Tim 3:16; Rom 9:5)
The message of the Cross of Christ is offensive to human righteousness and makes human nature furious with true Biblical Christianity. This is why Biblical Christianity is hated and avoided by every major religion in the world, because real Biblical Christianity has to do with a Person, and not a religious system of self-salvation. It has to do with a real, living Person who is God’s righteousness. An unsaved man will not admit his inability to save himself. He will not acknowledge he is incapable of getting himself to Heaven. He is convinced 'his way' is right. (John 14:6; Prov 12:15; 14:12; 16:25; 21:2) The natural mean loves a 'do it yourself' religion. Human nature is bent on doing something to save itself. Men look for, or make up a ‘god’ in their own mind that will match their sinful and godless lifestyle. But your conscience will still convict and warn you of the danger your soul is in until you come humbly to Christ as a sinner and receive Him.
The truth concerning the righteousness of God is what makes every self-righteous person in the world ‘scared to death’ of New Testament Biblical salvation. A religious man will have no part in it. They will not take a religion where they cannot play a part. They will always take a religion where their ‘works’ count for something, but in the gospel of the grace of God, your works count for nothing. All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. (Isa 64:6) Verily every man at his 'best state' is altogether vanity. (Psa 39:5) Religion and self-righteousness will clothe you with filthy rags every time. God gives every man enough faith to be saved. You either WILL, or you won’t. Salvation truly has to do with your WILL. If you wind up in hell, no one will be responsible but you. If you burn forever, it will be your fault, not your friends and relatives or the hypocrites down at the church.
Christ Jesus paid for your 'Soul Insurance' in full with His own life's blood. The rich and free grace of God is available to you now. God saves sinners freely, wholly and alone by the blood of Jesus, without any work done by man. God's love was why Jesus Christ was sent into this world to bleed and die for sinners. Only Jesus Christ's blood can stop the cries of divine justice for you. Salvation is free to sinners, but it cost God dearly - it cost Him the heart-blood of His Dear Son. The blood atonement of the Lamb of God is the only thing that will appease God's anger and vengeance which abide on you if you're lost in your sins. Jesus is the Propitiation for man's sin.
If you would receive Christ, and not be rejected by Him, you must come to Him as a lost and needy sinner. If you reject or neglect Christ, you will murder your own soul. You will in fact commit soul suicide. Jesus said, “If ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins.” (John 8:21,24) If you mess around and die in your sins without Christ, God’s justice will not spare you, and the law of God will damn you.
Come to Calvary’s cross where Jesus bled and die for your sins. Look up into the agonizing face of Christ; listen to His cries, see the blood dripping from His broken, blood-stained body for your sins. That is the price God paid to redeem you from your sins. Salvation is free, but it is not cheap; your sins cost Jesus Christ His life. When God nailed His Son to the Cross to pay for your transgressions, God gave the very best He had to give – His Precious Son.
Nobody sees you as you really are but God, we think we’re all nice folks, you may have a good reputation with some of your friends and relatives, you may think very highly of yourself, or at least somebody does, but when you stand before God at His white throne judgment, every secret thought, word, and deed will be revealed about you. You will be seen as you really are on the inside and in secret. If I were you, I know what I would do: Instead of putting off coming to Jesus Christ, I would go directly to Him, and say as a lost sinner, “I can’t save myself, I believe You can save me by Your shed blood, I need Your righteousness, I am a hopeless wretch, I’m going to trust You to save me, I put myself in Your hands, I receive You into my body and soul, please give me eternal life or I don’t have it, please get me to Heaven, or I’m not going to make it, I’m not trusting anyone, but You to get me there.
Please put your faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ for the salvation of your soul. For God’s sake and for your own soul’s sake, do it now. Don’t take a chance on being revealed in the day of judgment for what you actually are in God's sight. When you stand before God, do you know how you want to appear, if you have any sense at all? God said this about His Son, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." You want to appear before God Almightly and look just like His Son, absolutely sinless and righteous. To do that, you must receive His Son’s righteousness and trust only in His shed blood. You could be very near the edge of the precipice of your earthly life and your time here on earth is quickly running out. Don't delay, get saved today.
You are still alive and in the time of grace. You are yet in a savable condition. The nail-scarred hands of God are stretched out to you. The blood of Christ is available to you now. The Holy Spirit still invites you to come to Christ. You can be saved right now and have eternal life. The matter is in your hands. Please don’t murder your own soul. Your soul needs eternal coverage. You have many other kinds of insurance, please receive your soul’s insurance before death comes for you. God has done all He can do. Christ has done His part; and He done it perfectly.
The Holy Spirit is pleading for your soul with all His might. The answer is yours. Will it be sin or salvation? Will it be Satan or the Savior? Will it be God or the curse of sin? Will it be everlasting life or eternal death? Will it be heaven or hell? Neglect is refusal. Neglect is rejection and defiance. Neglect of Christ results in sure destruction, death, and Hell. This moment may determine your Eternity. Will you repent of your sins, and put your trust solely in Christ to save you from Hell? Indecision is the most subtle trap of Satan. Choose Christ Jesus today, Take Him, Receive Him: Rest in His Righteousness and Simply Trust to His Atoning Blood!
