How to be saved?

Question

My Friend: I am asking you the most important question of life. Your joy or your sorrow for all eternity depends upon your answer. The question is: Are you saved? It is not a question of how good you are, nor if you are a church member, but are you saved? Are you sure you will go to Heaven when you die?

God says in order to go to Heaven, you must be born again. In John 3:7, Jesus said to Nicodemus, “Ye must be born again.”

In the Bible God gives us the plan of how to be born again which means to be saved. His plan is simple! You can be saved today. How?

First, my friend, you must realize you are a sinner. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

Because you are a sinner, you are condemned to death. “For the wages [payment] of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). This includes eternal separation from God in Hell.

“ . . . it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).

But God loved you so much He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus, to bear your sin and die in your place. “ . . . He hath made Him [Jesus, Who knew no sin] to be sin for us . . . that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Jesus had to shed His blood and die. “For the life of the flesh is in the blood” (Lev. 17:11). “ . . . without shedding of blood is no remission [pardon]” (Hebrews 9:22).

“ . . . God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).

Although we cannot understand how, God said my sins and your sins were laid upon Jesus and He died in our place. He became our substitute. It is true. God cannot lie.

My friend, “God . . . commandeth all men everywhere to repent” (Acts 17:30). This repentance is a change of mind that agrees with God that one is a sinner, and also agrees with what Jesus did for us on the Cross.

In Acts 16:30-31, the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas: “ . . . ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ And they said, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved . . . .’ ”

Simply believe on Him as the one who bore your sin, died in your place, was buried, and whom God resurrected. His resurrection powerfully assures that the believer can claim everlasting life when Jesus is received as Savior.

“But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name” (John 1:12).

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).

Whosoever includes you. Shall be saved means not maybe, nor can, but shall be saved.

Surely, you realize you are a sinner. Right now, wherever you are, repenting, lift your heart to God in prayer.

HERE IS HOW YOU CALL UPON THE LORD

If you are willing to admit your sinfulness and would like for God to save your soul, just ask Him...

Dear Jesus,
I admit that I am a sinner. Please forgive me of my sins and take me to heaven when I die. I now believe upon You as my personal Saviour and as the Lord of my life. Thank you for forgiving me. Amen.

Just take God at His word and claim His salvation by faith. Believe, and you will be saved. No church, no lodge, no good works can save you. Remember, God does the saving. All of it!

God’s simple plan of salvation is: You are a sinner. Therefore, unless you believe on Jesus Who died in your place, you will spend eternity in Hell. If you believe on Him as your crucified, buried, and risen Savior, you receive forgiveness for all of your sins and His gift of eternal salvation by faith.

You say, “Surely, it cannot be that simple.” Yes, that simple! It is scriptural. It is God’s plan. My friend, believe on Jesus and receive Him as Savior today.

If His plan is not perfectly clear, read this tract over and over, without laying it down, until you understand it. Your soul is worth more than all the world.

“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36).

Be sure you are saved. If you lose your soul, you miss Heaven and lose all. Please! Let God save you this very moment.

God’s power will save you, keep you saved, and enable you to live a victorious Christian life. “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it” (1 Corinthians 10:13).

Do not trust your feelings. They change. Stand on God’s promises. They never change. After you are saved, there are three things to practice daily for spiritual growth:

Pray -- you talk to God.
Read your Bible -- God talks to you.
Witness -- you talk for God.
You should be baptized in obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ as a public testimony of your salvation, and then unite with a Bible-believing church without delay. “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord . . . .” (2 Timothy 1:8)

“Whosoever therefore shall confess [testify of] Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 10:32).

Answer 1

I guess just ask for forgiveness and let Jesus into your heart!

Answer 2

I am not a Christian, i am a Hindu. But the law of karma is for all i guess. In my whole life only one thing is there on which i concentrated. That is, avoiding any decision which may hurt pple. I am ready to hurt myself, but in no circumstances i ever allowed or indulged myself or could even think of hurting pple. That doesn't mean i never said i didn't quarrel or utter harsh words, but that was never to insult anybody, but to help him/her take the right decision.
I never compromised with the purity of my soul, but have done with my social status, and my body too.
If this sole deed is enough to buy the ticket to Heaven, then i am saved, otherwise not.

Answer 3

your conviction are solid..but your fears of the unknown have an apprehensive look to your writing, all i can say is that I'm not very concern that you see this as a feature that you are in need of, maybe there people who you know have lived with some extreme trauma, and had their faith fail them and they have to know somehow when everything makes no sense and senseless thing are the normal being trapped makes lives worthless and time can stand still right on top of your mind(dead weight) on top of your chest(burning dead weight) it will drive the very want to live from you , "don't go there and you are safe" but all seem to have to go, and want this strange help to believe that they will survive starting over and I've never seen anything as well as you have put your hand in the Lord, you are truly blessed

Answer 4

I found out that I wasn't praying the right way, that I wasn't including a loving and close relationship with Jesus, sort of skipping right over him and going directly to God with my prayers. My cousin sent me some of her Bibles and prayer books, what a comfort it is to read a little bit everyday. I feel saved now, I knew there was something drastic missing in my life but I didn't know what it was, now I know and feel 100 times better. Bless you for spreading the word, I hope millions of people read it.

Answer 5

There is no such thing as sin, If God is all loving, which he is then anything else would be an attack on him, also that would be considered an oxy- moron. You can not serve two master's. or as outkast would say [ sin is what YOU BELIEVE IN ] and if you will take notice believe , has the words .. lie and evil, vile, eve, live, in it's self. Once you find the real answear, you will know you can't serve two master's. The answears are in A Course in Miricles.

Answer 6

I don't believe that heaven or hell exist, they are human inventions.. if there were any proof of their existence I might think otherwise... but right now I cannot spend time away from living my life and dedicate that extra time to begging for forgiveness or whatever is required... I think it is a waste of time for me, but I can understand how it would be helpful and important to others. I also find the mission of trying to convert non-believers to be a waste of time as well, and that time might be better spent towards feeding the poor, educating the uneducated, or providing other forms of community service, which many Christians do and I think that is commendable.

Answer 7

with me, i always ask Him to ptotect those who are dear to me every single day so that they in return can be blessed by the Lord and have them bless me as well.

i am an only child and i have remind everybody to go to sunday mass (in which i go not very frequent due to health problems).

Answer 8

Just accept me as your personal lord and savior. You can pretty much do whatever you want unless it hurts another person. Also, "Use the Force."

Answer 9

superb to put this on here. Only thing is I would word it shorter because people don't like to read long stuff on here, they skip it and go on to another question. Many blessings to you.

Answer 10

Who wants t be saved? There will b more people in the other place, so party on!