How To Be Saved
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16
If your on this page seeking how to be saved then let me say congratulations! If you are here because your curios, praise the Lord! Salvation can be a bit confusing or even complicated depending on who you speak to, prayerfull we can make it as simple as it should be.
The First thing to do is...
Recognize That You Are A Sinner!
The Bible says that we are all sinners and hopeless to save ourselves.
Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one.
Romans 3:23 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
2 Chronicles 6:36 "for there is no one who does not sin."
Death Is The Result Of Sin.
Romans 5:12 "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—"
Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death"
The Second thing to do is...
Repent Of Your Sin!
To repent means that we are turning away from the way we think we should live and turn to the way God says we should live.
Acts 17:30 "Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent."
God Himself wants you to repent.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
Mark 2:17 ...I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
The Third thing to do...
Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ!
God is a Holy God and we are sinful. That means that we are seperated from God. But God made a way for us to have a relationship with Him, by believing in His method to save us through His Son Jesus Christ.
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
1 Corinthians 15:3b - 4 "...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."
Acts 4:12 “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
The Fourth and final thing to do...
Recieve Salvation
That is you need to recieve Jesus as your personal Lord and savior, the bad news is that you cannot save yourself, there is nothing you can do, you cant do enough good deeds and you can't be good enough to be saved, the good news is that God can save you, if you put your trust, that is your faith in Him.
Romans 4:4-5 Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
2 Corinthians 6:2 For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
Now that you have been given all of this information the question is what will you choose? Will you accept Jesus as Lord or will you reject Him? Remember Salvation is a free gift that God offers to you, He will never force you and instead has given you the freedom to choose, you can excercise faith in God's plan of salvation through His Son Jesus Christ or you can choose not to, its up to you!
Now if you want to recive Jesus as your Lord and Savior to be saved then repeat this prayer...
Dear Jesus, I know I'm a sinner, please forgive me and save me, come into my heart and take over my whole life, fill me with God the Holy Spirit, so that I can have the power to live for you, thank you for making me a new creation, thank you for hearing my prayer, its in your mighty and gacious name Jesus that I pray. Amen.
If you made this prayer sincerely from your heart then let us be the first to say Welcome To The Family!
The next steps are critical for your relationship with Jesus and your maturity in the Lord, first you need to find a Church that Teaches the Bible, book by book, chapter by chapter and verse by verse, and they should teach it in a simple understandable way, next you will want to get baptized, and then you will want to serve the church that you attend and finally you need to tell everyone that Jesus saved you! feel free to check out our resource page heres the link https://cclanders.com/about/resources its there that you find Pastor Chuck Smith's teaching, you can find our teachings under "sermons" you can even watch us live on Sunday Mornings and Wednesday nights on YouTube or FaceBook, may the Lord bless you and keep in your new relationship with Jesus.