Salvation
How Do I Get Saved?
Are you interested in accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior? I hope so! It will be the best decision you have ever made.

If you have never accepted Christ...

...the good news is that you can make sure you will spend eternity with Jesus in Heaven. It doesn't matter who you are or what you've done. Jesus loves YOU personally very much. He even died so YOU can have eternal life, then He rose from the dead to prove it!

What do you treasure the most in your life? Your job, family, house, car, bank account, or how about...your soul? Everyone's number one priority should be to see about our soul's salvation.

Matthew 16:26 says "for what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"

Hebrews 9:27 says "It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." and

Romans 14:10, 12 says that we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Excuses you may give for not accepting Jesus:
• I am a good person anyway, why do I need Jesus?.
• I am too bad to be saved
• There are too many hypocrites in the church
• I can't live that kind of life
• I go to church, isn't that good enough?
• I need to get some things straightened out before I get saved.

What does the Bible say about these excuses?

• I am a good person anyway, why do I need Jesus?
Romans 3:12 - "There is none that doeth good, no not one."
Romans 3:23 - "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God"
Isaiah 64:6 - "We are all as an unclean thing, all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags,"

• I am too bad to be saved
Matthew 9:13 - "I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance,"
1 Timothy 1:15 - "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners,"

• There are too many hypocrites in the church
Romans 14:12 - "So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God,"

• I can't live that kind of life
Philippians 4:13 - "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me,"

• I go to church, isn't that good enough?
Ephesians 2:8,9 - "For by grace are ye saved through faith... it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast."
Titus 3:5 - "Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to His mercy he saved us."

• I need to get some things straightened out before I get saved.
Proverbs 27:1 - "Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."
2 Corinthians 6:2 - "Now is the day of salvation,"
1 John 1:9 - "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
2 Peter 3:9 - "The Lord is not willing that any should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance."

So how do you get eternal life with Jesus?

It is not difficult.

The Bible teaches that you must:
1) Recognize we are sinners and need forgiveness
2) Then, admit our sins to Jesus, "If confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9)
3) John 1:12 says we must personally receive Him, "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the power to become the sons of God." This means your life is going to change! "He who has the son of God (Jesus) has the life; He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life."

4) Romans 10:9-10 says "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raiseth him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

Let's say a prayer.

If you would like to be saved say this simple prayer...

Lord Jesus, I admit I am a sinner. I need forgiveness. I am sorry for my sins and I don't want to sin against You anymore. I believe You are the Son of God and You died on the cross for MY sins. I also believe that you rose from the dead so that I, too, may have victory over the grave. Please forgive me now Lord and cleanse me. Come into my heart and give me a new life. Thank You, Jesus, for shedding your blood for me and for hearing and answering my prayer. Amen

Luke 15:10 says: "Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth."

Now what?
"Ok, I've prayed the prayer and asked Jesus into my heart, so what do I do now?"

John 1:12 says "As many as received him (Jesus), to them gave he the power to become Sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."

Galatians 4:4-7 - "God sent forth His Son...that we might receive the adoption of sons...and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ."

Revelation 21:7 - "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son"

2 Corinthians 5:17 - "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold all things are become new."

WOW! To be a child of God...and you are! If you have accepted Jesus into your heart, you have been adopted as a son by Almighty God! You are a new creature in God's eyes! ALL things have passed away and ALL things have become as new. Jesus compared the new birth experience to the wind, which can be heard and felt, but not seen. We do not see God, nor do we see our sins being taken away and forgotten, but when we sincerely repent and confess our sins to Jesus and by faith believe that He has forgiven us, what a feeling of relief!

The next thing you need to do is tell someone you have asked Jesus into you heart! Romans 10:9 says "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved" Tell someone "I am saved!"