PER:A sample letter to Catholics  by Frank Eberhardt

   The following is a sample letter from Gospel Outreach a ministry to
Roman Catholics

   Dear Madam

   I suppose you are wondering just who this letter is from. We here at
Gospel Outreach were asked to write on behalf of a party who is
concerned for you. We cannot mention their name, but they are concerned
about your soul's ETERNAL destiny.

   No doubt you recognize that death is not merely the end of
everything, but just the beginning of forever. One thought that gripped
my heart many years ago is the fact that my soul is eternal. I once
heard it expressed like this: "You are going to live somewhere forever;
until God dies you will live; until angels sing funeral dirges over the
coffin of God, you will live somewhere. Whether in heaven or hell, you
will live somewhere forever."

   My dear friends, eternity is forever and both you and I will be
there. Where we spend eternity is not a matter of chance, but of
choice. God's Word permits only two options--Heaven or Hell. In Mark's
Gospel Jesus spoke of only these two places and none other. As in
Mark's Gospel "And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better
for thee to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, than be cast
into Hell fire: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not
quenched." (Mark 9:47-48)

   Both you and I have that choice to make. I made my choice when I
believed what Jesus taught in John 14:6 when He said, "I am the way,
the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
It's interesting to see just how Jesus pinpoints eternal salvation
here. He said, "I am the WAY...." By this he effectively eliminated any
other way: i.e. church attendance, a good lifestyle, prayers, or any
other man-made approach. Since He alone is the way, there can be NO
OTHER person or thing which can get us into heaven. Peter put it like
this: "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other
name under heaven given among men, whereby we MUST be saved." (Acts
4:12)

   By proclaiming Himself as "the TRUTH, " he showed that the
repository of all truth is Himself. Churches have dogmas and people
have opinions, but the only sure truth is found in Jesus and His
teachings. The only place where these have all been recorded for us is
in His Word the Holy Bible.

   My dear friends, have you asked Jesus to teach you His truth? Oh,
please don't go to a man who believes there are many errors and
mistakes in God's Word. How can a man judge God or His Word to be in
error? If you want Jesus to show you the truth, please turn to the Holy
Bible itself because God says that "All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness: (II Tim. 3:16.) Let God's
Holy Spirit instruct you. "...He will guide you into all truth..."
(John 16:13)

   Jesus also stated that He is "the LIFE." Only God can give life.
Chairs don't give life or bare other chairs--men must craft them: also
cars don't give birth to other cars, because things don't live or give
life. Likewise, immersing in water and eating bread can't give
spiritual life but only the living person of Jesus Christ can give a
person life for eternity. John says it this way: "He that hath the Son
hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." (I John
5:12)

   In order to have this eternal life from Jesus we must look at the
last statement of John 14:6: "No man COMETH to the Father but BY ME."
Only by coming to Jesus as our "way of salvation" will we ever receive
the "eternal life" we have been talking about.

   Please recognize that no one means no one--no Baptist, no Catholic,
no Protestant--no one goes to haven except through the living person of
our Lord Jesus Christ. Since Jesus doesn't live in things like water
baptism or acts of penance or communion wafers, they cannot help get us
to heaven for He "is the way" and no one comes to the Father but by
Him."

   I praise God for what He has done for me through Jesus. I know where
I will spend eternity because my belief is based on His inspired
Scripture: "These things have I written unto you that believe on the
name of the Son of God; that ye may know ye have eternal life, and that
ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." (I John 5:13) What about
you" What choice have you made? Being born in a church was not our
choice--it was our parents'. Doing nothing is a bad choice. You will
find out you were wrong when it is too late. The right choice must be
made before your last earthly breath is taken.

   Won't you choose to believe God's Word, what Jesus taught, and start
investigating the only Way, Truth, and Life that can bring you to
eternally live with God in Heaven.

   On behalf of Gospel Outreach, a concerned party, and the Lord
Himself, I encourage you to put all other avenues of approach aside and
trust in the person of Jesus as your only Lord and Saviour. I have
enclosed some literature for your further study. If you have any
questions or if you would like to have more information, please contact
me at the address and phone number give on the letterhead, and I will
try to be of help. We ask nothing from you but an open heart to search
for the truth.

   Because of Calvary,

   Frank A. Eberhardt Founder and Director of Gospel Outreach
