Every One Of You Can Be Saved

Acts 2:38, “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”

There is a beautiful Bible truth hidden in this Scripture text. The Apostle Peter preached the Gospel and extended a salvation invitation to “every one of you.” This truth disproves the Calvinist lie that God only chooses certain people to be saved, and others to go to Hell. According to the inspired Word of God, God desires for all men to repent (change your mind) from unbelief to belief to be saved. 2nd Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”

Dear reader, it matters not who you are or what you may have done, Jesus Christ died on Calvary's cross 2,000 years ago to pay your debt of sin. It matters not if you are Judas Iscariot, God would have saved Judas if he simply trusted Christ. It matters not if you paid Judas the 30 pieces of silver to betray Jesus, God still wanted to forgive them. No one is beyond the hope and saving-power of the Gospel. John 5:40, “And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” Notice that Christ did not say “ye cannot come”; but rather, “ye will not come” unto me to be saved. No one ever went to Hell who didn't consciously choose to go there by rejecting Jesus as their Savior.

But you say, “I'm like unto one of the Pharisees who plotted Jesus' death. Would God save me?” Yes, yes, ten thousands times yes! It matters not if you are a murderer, thief, child molester, adulterer, extortioner, crooked politician, homosexual, transvestite or some other evil monster, yes, absolutely yes, God will save you if you'll just BELIEVE the Gospel. You must understand that there is no “you” in God's simple plan of salvation, there is only Christ and what He did for you through Calvary's cross. Jesus paid our debt of sin. If you and I were to pay for our own sins, we would be cast into the everlasting fires of Hell. That is justice!

Thank God for His mercy and grace. Romans 5:9, “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” The ONLY means of obtaining peace with God is through faith in His only begotten Son. Romans 5:1-2, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” There is no peace in any religion! There is no peace in the sacraments of Roman Catholicism and the Lutheran and Presbyterian denominations. Galatians 3:26, “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”

WHOSOEVER will can be saved. John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Anybody can and should be saved. Your eternal happiness depends on it. When you die your location changes, but what you believe determines the neighborhood you move into. Acts 2:38, “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” The Apostle Peter told the crowd that every one of them could be saved by faith in Jesus Christ. The choice is yours along to make dear friend.