5.  GENERAL DIFFICULTIES


HOW DO I KNOW THAT THE LORD WILL ACCEPT ME IF I BELIEVE ON HIM?
    He has said that He will, and He cannot lie.  "Him that cometh 
unto me, I will in no wise cast out." John 6:37. 

BUT DOESN'T  IT SEEM LIKE A  LEAP IN THE  DARK - THIS BUSINESS  OF 
BELIEVING?  
    No,  it is  the surest  thing in  the world.   Banks may fail, 
businesses may  go bankrupt,  governments may  topple and  men may 
break their promises.  But God cannot go back on His Word.  He has 
promised to save all who accept Christ by faith.  John 3:18.

COULD I BE SAVED IF I AM NOT ONE OF THE ELECT?
    The Gospel  isn't for the  elect, but for  all the world.  God 
makes a genuine offer of salvation  to any person in the world who 
will  receive Christ Jesus as Lord.  You  can be saved if you will 
do what God says.  John 3:36.

I  WOULD LIKE TO  BE SAVED BUT  I AM AFRAID  I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO 
HOLD OUT.  
    No one has the strength in himself to hold out.  However, when 
God saves you,  He gives you strength you never had before.  Every 
believer has the Holy Spirit of God living within him.  It is from 
the Holy Spirit  that the child of God receives  power to live the 
Christian life.  Romans 8:14.

SUPPOSE I HAVE COMMITTED THE UNPARDONABLE SIN?
    The unpardonable sin, according  to the Lord Jesus, was saying 
that  the  miracles  He  performed  were  done in the power of the 
devil.   Have  you  ever  said  this?   If  not, then you have not 
committed the unpardonable sin.  Matthew 12:31,32.                 

BUT TRUSTING CHRIST MEANS THAT I WILL HAVE TO GIVE UP A  LOT, DOES 
IT NOT?
    Christ  does not come  to steal, kill  or destroy, but to give 
life and to give it more abundantly.  John 10:10.
    An unsaved sailor  once said to  his Christian buddy,  "I just 
can't face the  cost of becoming a Christian."   The buddy's reply 
was, "Have you ever faced the cost of not becoming a Christian?"

BUT THERE ARE SO MANY HYPOCRITES IN THE CHURCH.  
    Don't  despise  those  who  are  real,  just  because some are 
hypocrites.  Determine rather that you will be out and out for the 
Lord.  

SOMETIMES I THINK  I HAVE BELIEVED  IN THE LORD  JESUS BUT HAVE  I 
BELIEVED IN THE RIGHT WAY?
    If you have no other hope for heaven apart  form Jesus Christ, 
if  you  have  repented  of  your  sins,  if  you  made a complete 
commitment of yourself to Him then you have believed in the  right 
way.

WOULD IT  NOT BE ALL RIGHT  FOR ME TO POSTPONE  ANY DECISION ABOUT 
SALVATION UNTIL I AM NEAR THE END OF MY LIFE?
    Four Scriptures answer this question.
         1.  "Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for  thou knowest not 
             what a day may bring forth." Proverbs 27:1.  
         2.  "He that being ofen reproved hardeneth his neck shall 
             suddenly  be  destroyed  and  that  without  remedy." 
             Proverbs 29:1.
         3.  "Remember now  thy Creator in  the days of thy youth, 
             while  the evil  days  come  not, nor  the years draw 
             nigh,  when  thou  shalt  say,  I have no pleasure in 
             them."  Ecclesiastes 12:1.
         4.  "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the 
             day of salvation."  2 Corinthians 6:2b.

IS THERE NO OTHER WAY I CAN COME TO GOD EXCEPT THROUGH JESUS?
    There is no other way.  1 Timothy 2:5,6.

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