The Bible says "if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved." It is all about your heart, not your head. Confession is telling Christ you know you are a sinner and that He is your only hope, acknowledging Christ died for you and was raised again and is alive today, in your heart, then you are saved, born again.
the first step is to believe in the gospel message that is in acts 10.38-43 and in 1Cor 15.1-8; after that confess Christ Rom10.9-10. and then, thou can perform acts2.38. God bless thee my dear brothers and sisters, I love thee!
In order to be saved you must Believe The Gospel of the Grace of God preached by Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles. "For by Grace are ye saved through Faithit is The Gift of God, NOT of Works" ( Ephesians 2:8-9).
God's Grace saves by Faith in The Gospel, not performance of any ritual or work (keeping the 10 commandments or the sabbath, joining a church, tithing, water baptism, repentance, etc). God says He will "judge the secrets of man by Jesus Christ with my (Paul) gospel" ( Romans 2:16).
Paul's Gospel was part of the "Revelation of the Mystery" from the risen and ascended Lord Jesus Christ which was kept secret ( Ephesians 3:8-9; Romans 16:25; Galatians 1:11-12).Paul preached THE GOSPEL:
"Moreover brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures" ( l Corinthians 15:1-4).
The only way to be saved is by the merits of what Christ achieved at the cross, defeating sin and death. The moment you believe you are Forgiven, Saved, Sealed, Reconciled, Sanctified, and Justified all at once by God.
We are all infected with sin ( Romans 3:23). We are born with sin ( Psalm 51:5), and we all personally choose to sin ( Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8). Sin is what makes us unsaved. Sin is what separates us from God. Sin is what has us on the path to eternal destruction.
Saved from what?
Because of our sin, we all deserve death ( Romans 6:23). While the physical consequence of sin is physical death, that is not the only kind of death that results from sin. All sin is ultimately committed against an eternal and infinite God ( Psalm 51:4). Because of that, the just penalty for our sin is also eternal and infinite. What we need to be saved from is eternal destruction ( Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:15).
How did God provide salvation?
Because the just penalty for sin is infinite and eternal, only God could pay the penalty, because only He is infinite and eternal. But God, in His divine nature, could not die. So God became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ. God took on human flesh, lived among us, and taught us. When the people rejected Him and His message, and sought to kill Him, He willingly sacrificed Himself for us, allowing Himself to be crucified ( John 10:15). Because Jesus Christ was human, He could die; and because Jesus Christ was God, His death had an eternal and infinite value. Jesus' death on the cross was the perfect and complete payment for our sin ( 1 John 2:2). He took the consequences we deserved. Jesus' resurrection from the dead demonstrated that His death was indeed the perfectly sufficient sacrifice for sin.
How can one be saved?
Believe and follow Jesus. John 3:16, John 14:6, Luke 9:23, John 8:12, 1 Corinthians 11:1
What does it mean to follow Jesus?
Acts 16:31, Romans 10:9, Acts 2:38, 1 John 1:9, John 15:10, John 3:3, Romans 10:17
In order to be Saved you must be in the years of accountability (enter into the knowledge of sin). You must hear the Preaching of a God called Preacher coming under Conviction (the trouble & true knowledge you are going to hell when you die or the Lord comes back). When this happens you must seek the Lord & make an alter for yourself with a humble heart & a contrive spirit & be willing to put all things aside & believe that he came on this earth to die for your sins,was crucified & ressurrected. You must believe this with everything. Heart,mind,& soul. Want this more than anything. Eph. 2 8/9
Ultimately, you must "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ" ( Acts 16:31) but you must first understand what you are being saved from and who the Lord Jesus Christ is.
Romans 3:23 says that "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God", Romans 6:23 says that "the wages of sin is death", the bible even talks of a second death in hell "and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire, this is the second death" ( Revelation 20:14)
"but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" ( Romans 6:23b) - to be saved from the penalty for sin you must receive the free gift of eternal life, confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus (that Jesus is God) and believe in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead ( Romans 10:9)
That is it, it is absolutely free from all works, many think they are saved but are really trusting in their good works and no amount of works can ever be enough. "And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work." ( Romans 11:6)
Once you receive the free gift of eternal life, no one can ever take it away, not even yourself, if you could lose it then it would not be a free gift and must have been earned in some way, if you sin, God can convict you and punish you on earth ( Hebrews 12:6) but you could never go to hell no matter what because otherwise the free gift was not eternal.
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God's Grace saves by Faith in The Gospel, not performance of any ritual or work (keeping the 10 commandments or the sabbath, joining a church, tithing, water baptism, repentance, etc). God says He will "judge the secrets of man by Jesus Christ with my (Paul) gospel" ( Romans 2:16).
Paul's Gospel was part of the "Revelation of the Mystery" from the risen and ascended Lord Jesus Christ which was kept secret ( Ephesians 3:8-9; Romans 16:25; Galatians 1:11-12).Paul preached THE GOSPEL:
"Moreover brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures" ( l Corinthians 15:1-4).
The only way to be saved is by the merits of what Christ achieved at the cross, defeating sin and death. The moment you believe you are Forgiven, Saved, Sealed, Reconciled, Sanctified, and Justified all at once by God.
1) deliverance is one of the foundation, of knowing CHRIST the deliver!!
2) water baptism to overcome the old self and human nature to prepare being the child of GOD.
3) baptism in the Holy Spirit for spiritual power and approval by GOD as belonging to his KINGDOM
We remember Nichodemus who received guidance from the LORD about being born again to receive Salvation .
Also the rich young man who asked JESUS to enter the Kingdom , he was given the guidance.
JOHN the Baptist his explicit message repent and be baptised for the KINGDOM.
Hebrews 11:6,
2Timothy 2,
Mark 16:17, Luke 8:10-15, James 2, 1John 3:23, Ephesians 2:8, 1Corinthians 15, 1Peter 4,
We are all infected with sin ( Romans 3:23). We are born with sin ( Psalm 51:5), and we all personally choose to sin ( Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8). Sin is what makes us unsaved. Sin is what separates us from God. Sin is what has us on the path to eternal destruction.
Saved from what?
Because of our sin, we all deserve death ( Romans 6:23). While the physical consequence of sin is physical death, that is not the only kind of death that results from sin. All sin is ultimately committed against an eternal and infinite God ( Psalm 51:4). Because of that, the just penalty for our sin is also eternal and infinite. What we need to be saved from is eternal destruction ( Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:15).
How did God provide salvation?
Because the just penalty for sin is infinite and eternal, only God could pay the penalty, because only He is infinite and eternal. But God, in His divine nature, could not die. So God became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ. God took on human flesh, lived among us, and taught us. When the people rejected Him and His message, and sought to kill Him, He willingly sacrificed Himself for us, allowing Himself to be crucified ( John 10:15). Because Jesus Christ was human, He could die; and because Jesus Christ was God, His death had an eternal and infinite value. Jesus' death on the cross was the perfect and complete payment for our sin ( 1 John 2:2). He took the consequences we deserved. Jesus' resurrection from the dead demonstrated that His death was indeed the perfectly sufficient sacrifice for sin.
How can one be saved?
Believe and follow Jesus. John 3:16, John 14:6, Luke 9:23, John 8:12, 1 Corinthians 11:1
What does it mean to follow Jesus?
Acts 16:31, Romans 10:9, Acts 2:38, 1 John 1:9, John 15:10, John 3:3, Romans 10:17
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15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
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.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Romans 3:23 says that "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God", Romans 6:23 says that "the wages of sin is death", the bible even talks of a second death in hell "and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire, this is the second death" ( Revelation 20:14)
"but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" ( Romans 6:23b) - to be saved from the penalty for sin you must receive the free gift of eternal life, confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus (that Jesus is God) and believe in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead ( Romans 10:9)
That is it, it is absolutely free from all works, many think they are saved but are really trusting in their good works and no amount of works can ever be enough. "And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work." ( Romans 11:6)
Once you receive the free gift of eternal life, no one can ever take it away, not even yourself, if you could lose it then it would not be a free gift and must have been earned in some way, if you sin, God can convict you and punish you on earth ( Hebrews 12:6) but you could never go to hell no matter what because otherwise the free gift was not eternal.
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