Getting Saved Is As Simple As Looking Unto Jesus

Isaiah 45:22, “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.” John 3:14-16, “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 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.”

In these two passage of Scripture we see the simplicity that is in Jesus Christ. The prophet Isaiah said seven centuries before Christ, that the way of salvation is to LOOK AND LIVE! The Savior Himself said in Isaiah 45:22, “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.” 

Salvation is of the Lord. In the belly of the whale the prophet Jonah was thinking about soulwinning! Jonah 2:9, “But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.” It was upon thinking of these things, that God told the whale to drop the prophet off at the nearest whale stop! Notice that Jonah offered up a sacrifice of thanksgiving. What does that mean? Hebrews 13:15, “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.” It means this. Anybody can praise and thank God when things are going good. But who wants to thank God when you're trapped in the stomach of a whale? That is why Jonah said he would offer a “sacrifice” unto God, with the voice of thanksgiving. 

Jonah must have thought he was about to die. Things appeared absolutely hopeless. Jonah didn't have a nightlight inside the whale, it was completely dark. Yet the wearied man of God decided that he would thank God anyway, and obey the Lord if God gave Him a second chance. Oh how wonderful is our God, Who DOES give second chances! Jonah 2:9-3:1-2, “And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.”

John 3:14-16, “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 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.” That is such a simple and clear truth. Just as Moses lifted up the brass beaten into the shape of a serpent, which pictured Jesus Who became as sin for us, so also was Jesus lifted up on the cross. 2nd Corinthians 5:21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

Just as the dying Israelites who looked up to the serpent were healed, so also are we saved by LOOKING UP TO JESUS on the cross!!! That is the simple plan of salvation. Look to the Lamb of God! Believe that He died in your place on the cross at Calvary, Christ died for your sins! Believe that He was buried and after three days He bodily resurrected. That is the Gospel (1st Corinthians 15:1-4). Jesus died, was buried and resurrected the third day. Anyone who receives Jesus' sacrifice on the cross as payment for their sins is saved. Simply believe.