Is there anymore to Salvation other than sking for it?

Question

To go to heaven (be saved) is there anything else
besides accepted the "Free" gift of eternal life from God.

or do you have to:
A. Join a Church
B. Become a Mormon
C. Be a Catholic
D. Become a Jehova Witness
E. Be Baptised
F. Do all kinds of good works


Is it just asking and accepting this gift?

Answer 1

I am pretty sure that you need to watch "Better Off Dead" with John Cusack, to truly understand the connection between skiing and divine revelation.

Answer 2

Oh yes. Much more. Once you ask Christ to come into your life and be your Lord and Savior, and become born-again of the spirit, you are then not your own. You are bought with a price, which was the life of our Savior, which is Christ Jesus. You then have a responsibility to Him ( which most that call themselves Christians do not seem to realize ), as you are an ambassador, or you represent Christ . You are called to love all people, live a holy life, be sanctified unto God, separate yourself from the world ( we live IN the world, but are not to be OF the world ), and spread the good news about what Jesus has done for you in your life, uplifting Him in praise, in prayer, and in worship.
Be strong in your faith in Jesus Christ.

Most importantly, you are to READ YOUR BIBLE !!! Study to show yourself approved, knowing the truth, so that men cannot deceive you. So that you will not believe false doctrine, as the mormons, jehovah's witnesses, and catholics do. The Holy Bible is the ONLY book that you need for obtaining salvation. If someone tells you differently, they are lying to you, and the truth is not in them.

Answer 3

You must ask to be made a new creature with all sincerity by calling Jesus into your spirit and by asking for total forgiveness of all your sins. You must build a relationship with Him and the Holy Spirit who now lives inside you once you've ask to be transformed. And you must join a bible based church. This is so that you can be part of the Church body not walk around in limbo trying to figure it all out on your own. And furthermore you should learn to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit who now dwells inside you. This all takes time but is well worth the time. You should also understand that asking for the forgiveness of sins is a life long thing. Because you will get sin in your heart just being on this planet. It is like spiritual dirt and will keep you from reaping full rewards for your life.

Answer 4

God knows are hearts and if we truly have accepted the gift of eternal life then nothing else is required. Though joining a church would strengthen the faith that you have just found. It would also open up an opportunity to meet great Christian friends that could be offer encouragement when we go through trials.

Answer 5

You should be baptised after you become a believer, but none of the other things you listed are required. A would be a good idea. B. Mormonism is a cult, but is not christianity, although they claim to be. C. There are some saved catholics, but the catholic belief that salvation cannot occur outside of their church is a false doctrine, as are many of the other things they claim. D. Same as B. F. Doing works after being a believer will increase your reward in heaven, but works do not provide salvation. Faith and belief do.

Answer 6

I think the most appropriate answer is: you must follow God's commandments. There are many groups that think those commandments are different. However, you have the ability to pray to God and ask Him to reveal to you which of the many Churches are true and teach the true commandments you should follow.

I can testify that the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, or Mormon) teaches this truth. As for commandments, following the Articles of Faith:

3 We believe that through the aAtonement of Christ, all bmankind may be csaved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
4 We believe that the first principles and aordinances of the Gospel are: first, bFaith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, cRepentance; third, dBaptism by eimmersion for the fremission of sins; fourth, Laying on of ghands for the hgift of the Holy Ghost.

Answer 7

Salvation is not a business transaction that you can accept as if you are giving the Lord himself a receipt, or initiating the transaction as a result of any telemarketing efforts. No, it has nothing to do with asking. It has to do with receiving, free gift means free gift, your eyes are simply opened, you would not have the ability to even seek out God if it wasn't for His direct intervention in your life.

"Have to" implies works that you do to earn your salvation, and this cannot happen. Your works are what you do out of joy and fellowship with the Creator. So I disagree with your question as well as your proposed solutions.

Answer 8

Well, if you are a Christian, all you have to do is what your church tells you to do. Since every denomination is different, you will have to find out what your church demands.

If you believe in Christianity and you are a thinking person, then you can start reading and determine what it is you believe must be done to receive eternal life from God. From my studies in Christian theology, what the Bible says is that all you have to do is confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that your sins are forgiven.

Now that I don't believe Christianity is the path for me, I would have to say that you have to determine this on your own. Taking what anyone else says into your heart just opens you up to confusion.

You are smart - and you can get to your own decission about what you believe.

Answer 9

All those things in the list are a BIG "NO!"

I am a Christian who would challenge any Christian to say any of those things.

How a Christian starts is how he continues and ends, trusting God for what He said. That's a real Christian, and anyone can fake any other thing, except for trusting God more than what is seen.

The gift is eternal life. Unless you can fake that, then you have to deal with the real thing! lol

Answer 10

Oh... for a minute there I thought you were asking us if we can "Ski" our way to eternal life.

Is there 2 ft of light powder and no lift lines in heaven?