For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
Ephesians 2:8
 

Becoming a Christian

SALVATION – The only way to HEAVEN!

What it means to be saved, to have eternal life, life after death!

Three things!

1. By FAITH in Jesus Christ alone!  

2. By God’s GRACE alone!

3. Through JESUS CHRIST alone!
 
What is faith? Hebrews 11:1 “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”- (Faith in Jesus, God’s Son, who shed His blood to cover our sin!)

What is Grace – It is when God grants us what we do not deserve!
Ephesians 2:8 “It is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.” (Sin separates us from God, but He loves us so much that He gave His only Son as the perfect sacrifice for our sin.)

Who is Jesus? Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the only begotten Son of the living God!
John 14:6  “Jesus said, ‘I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life, no one can come to the Father except through me.”  (When we reject Jesus, we are separated from God.)

What must I do?

ADMIT that I am a sinner. “Romans 3:23 – All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”  (We are born in sin. Only through Jesus can we be forgiven. He is the “Narrow Gate”, which leads to life eternal.)

BELIEVE! Acts 16:31 “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved” (It is a belief of the heart, the soul and the mind. It brings forgiveness, and we become new in Christ).
John 3:16 “God loved the world so much, that He gave His only begotten Son that WHOSOEVER believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
 
Whosoever means every one!  No one is left out who has faith in God, and believes that Jesus is God’s Son, and that He died for us, and rose again from the dead on the third day, and sits at the right hand of the Father, and intercedes (mediates) for us!

CONFESS! We must have God’s forgiveness to have eternal life. We must repent, and turn away from sin!  Luke 13:3 “But unless you repent you will all perish”.
Romans 10:9 “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.”

Would you respond today? He loves you and is waiting for you to come to Him!

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