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How to be Saved
Those of you who do not know what it means to 'be saved,' and those of you who don't know if you truly are saved, take the following steps. Be confident that, when you have done these simple things, God has done his work in you and you belong to God. You are now an heir of God and joint-heir with Jesus Christ.
- Recognize you are separated from God. Because of Adam's treason in the Garden of Eden, all mankind is born into sin. This is the source of the evil and selfishness in the world. Admitting you are a sinner is the first step toward salvation.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23 (NIV)
- Recognize the end result of sin is death. Sin's penalty, or rather, the final product of sin in a life, or in the world, is death. God's free gift is life eternal; the choice of life or death is ours.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 (NIV)- Believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead and confess out loud Jesus as Lord of your life-you will be saved. This seems too simple to be true, but it's all that's required to be saved or 'born again.' Some find this hard, thinking they have to 'do' something, but God has done all the work in Christ. There is nothing we can do to bring about our own salvation-that's the point. We have to receive it as a free gift, wholly contingent on God's work and grace.
That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.11As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”
Romans 10:9-11
- Recognize you are now different from the world. When we accept God's free gift of eternal life, we no longer belong to the world and its ways. We are born into a new life. The remainder of our time in this world is spent retraining our thinking to hear God's voice and learning His ways.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:1-2 (NIV)Pray this prayer;
Heavenly Father, I know I am a sinner, separated from you. I believe you sent your son, Jesus, to die on the cross for my sin and I now receive his sacrifice as payment for my sin. I believe you raised Jesus from the dead and he is now in heaven with you and will come one day to take me home to be with you. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus' name.AmenIf you were sincere when you prayed this prayer, you became a son of God.
Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.
Galatians 4:6-7 (NIV)
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