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What Must I Do To Be Saved

A long time ago, a Roman jailer asked of the Apostle Paul the most important question that could ever be asked, "What must I do to be saved?"

Paul's answer was immediate, to the point, clear, and concise. He said:

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house" (Acts 16:30-31.)

That's how simple that it actually is.

A man named Nicodemus pretty much asked Jesus the same question. Jesus answered him by saying, "You must be born again" (John 3:1-8).

All are sinners

The Bible tells us in Romans 3:23 that "All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God."

That means that all are sinners, actually born that way, in desperate need of the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. In fact, there are no exceptions to this. That means you and me, and all others for that matter.

Paul also said in Romans 6:23, "The wages of sin is death!"

So, that means that unless something is done about this terrible situation, that all will be eternally lost. However, God did not leave things there. He loves us, every one of us. It is His Desire that "Not any should perish, but that all should come unto repentance" (II Peter 3:9).

What did God do about the Situation?

The Scripture plainly says, "And God so loved the world (so loved sinners, and that means me and you) that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believes on Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).

What does this mean?

Man as a sinner could not save himself. In other words, such was and is impossible; consequently, God literally became man, came into this world born of the Virgin Mary, and then died on Calvary to pay the price for man's redemption. As should be obvious, the price was high. Butthank God, it was everlastingly paid by Jesus Christ, that "Whosoever will, may come, and take the water of Life FREELY" (Revelation 22:17).

What does it mean to Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ?

Going back to scripture, Paul says: "If you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus , and shall Believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man Believes unto Righteousness; and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation" (Romans 10:9-10).

To believe on the Lord Jesus Christ is more that just giving mental assent that He is the Son of God. Millions do that and aren't saved.

When the Scripture speaks of Believing, it simply means that one accepts Who Jesus is, which is the Son of God, and what He has done, which refers to Him dying on Calvary, in effect taking our place, in order that we might be saved.

It means to accept Him, and Him Alone as your Saviour, resolving to make Him the Lord of your life, and to follow Him with all of your heart, mind, soul, and strength as long as you live.

Substitution and Identification

As we have already stated, man being eternally lost and helpless to save himself, God had to provide a means of Salvation whereby sinful man could be made Righteous. He did that by providing His Own Son, Who gave His Life on calvary, thereby paying the terrible price which we could not pay. That price was His Own precious Shed Blood.

He became our Substitute.

What does that mean?

It means He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. There was a terrible sin debt owing due to man's fallen condition. As stated, that refers to every single human being, none excepted. With no way to save ourselves, God had to provide a Saviour, which He did. It was done simply because He loves us so much (John 3:16).

Jesus being the substitute, if we identify with Him, which means to accept what He did at calvary's Cross on our behalf, we will be saved. It is that simple!

He became our Substitute, and upon our identification with Him, we are rewarded with Eternal Life (Romans 6:23).

Faith and not Works

The only thing required to obtain this glorious and wonderful Salvation is to simply Believe on Christ, exactly as Paul said, which means to have faith in Him.

What does that mean?

It is exactly very simple. The Lord made a way in order that all may have equal opportunity.

It simply means that you Believe or have faith in what He did, and accept it for yourself on a personal basis. That's all that God requires. But of course, to Believe and have faith, even as we have already said, means to accept the Lord as your Saviour and, as well, to make Him the Lord of your Life.

First of all, man must understand that he is a sinner. That includes all (Romans 3:23). As such, he needs a Saviour. There is only one Saviour, who has paid the price for man's redemption, and that Saviour is the Lord Jesus Christ. In other words, if one does not accept Christ, one cannot be saved.

Millions attempt to earn their Salvation in many and varied ways other than accepting Christ. Or else they attempt to become saved by accepting Christ as well as adding other things to Christ.

The Scripture says: "FOR BY GRACE ARE YOU SAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES: IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD: NOT OF WORKS; LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST" (Ephesians 2:8-9).

That means the Church cannot save you; and neither can Water baptism save you, or anything else for that matter, as important as those things may be in their on way. I have said this because millions think that they are saved by being baptized in water, or joining a Church, or performing good works, etc.

While those things may be important in their own right, they have absolutely nothing to do with one being saved. One is save simply by trusting Jesus Christ, even as we have already stated.

That means that one can be saved anywhere: in Church, on the street corner, watching a Christian Telecast, listing to a Christian radio Program, in your car etc.

Where one is doesn't matter. It is what one Believes that really counts.

The moment that one confesses the Lord with one's mouth, and Believes in one's heart, and so truly, at that moment, and wherever you may be, you are saved. As we have several times, it is just that simple.

Incidentally, when the jailer asked Paul the question, "What must I do to be saved?", he was actually at that time in jail with Paul and Silas. Every evidence is that he at that moment, in that jail, believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, and was instantly saved (Acts 16:27-34).

It is Time NOW

In fact, if you have not already given your heart and life to Jesus Christ, it is time that you do so, and actually it can be done this very moment.

I am going to ask you to read these words below, and actually say them aloud. As well, I am going to ask you to Believe them with all of your heart, and if you will do so, you will be instantly saved.

"DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, I COME TO YOU TODAY AS A LOST SINNER."

"I AM ASKING YOU THAT YOU SAVE MY SOUL AND CLEANSE ME FROM ALL SIN".

"I REALIZE IN MY HEART MY NEED OF SALVATION, WHICH CAN ONLY COME THROUGH JESUS CHRIST".

"I AM ACCEPTING CHRIST INTO MY HEART AND WHAT HE DID ON THE CROSS IN ORDER TO PURCHASE MY REDEMPTION".

"IN OBEDIENCE TO YOUR WORD, I CONFESS WITH MY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD".

"YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR WORD WHICH CANNOT LIE, 'FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVE" (Romans 10:13).

"I HAVE CALLED UPON YOUR NAME EXACTLY AS YOU HAVE SAID, AND I BELIEVE THAT RIGHT NOW, I AM SAVED."

If you have sincerely prayed these words, which were written out for you, and Believed in your heart upon the Lord Jesus Christ, you are at this moment saved, and your name is written down in the Lamb's Book of Life.

Congratulations!!

Vision

Vision

Of course, our desire is to see souls "born again" and become productive members of the Body of Christ.

However, our vision is to teach "the message of the Cross, the Blood of Jesus, and the message of Grace". Our emphasis is to show Christians that the only way they can be set free from any physical or spiritual bondage caused by sin or any and all subsequent fruit of a certain sin, is to understand what was accomplished at Calvary by the Blood of Jesus. The Holy Spirit exposes our deficiencies; He then exposes Jesus as the solution. We are convicted of our need and then convicted that Jesus is the supply. But He is more than just a fix for the pain. He is the satisfaction that our souls were seeking when we were enticed by sin. The solution is revealed as a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

Why would we teach anything less? Why do we long for lessons for better living when we have the Gospel which is the Power of God unto salvation?

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Message, Not the Messenger

The foundational message of the new covenant – "Jesus Christ and Him crucified" – is our message. Every problem sin caused is addressed in the Cross of Christ. Anyone who purposely makes something other than the Cross of Christ the object of his faith will fail. This is the only way! It delivers Believers from the ultimate penalty of sin and death. All Victory is found in the Cross, all Power, all Glory, all healing, all deliverance. Jesus offers Believers a great benefit package that no one can match, everything the atonement provides to the Believer in provided only when our faith is focused only on Christ as the Source and the Cross as the means.

Paul had only one message that he said he preached and that was "Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (I Corinthians 1:17-18 & 23; II Corinthians 2:2). We hear God preached a lot, we hear Jesus preaches some, we hear sermons on the Holy Spirit very little, but "Jesus Christ and Him crucified", is never taught or preached in some churches. Just because the Blood or the Cross is referred to in a message does not mean that they are preaching what Paul taught.

Unless we teach that the Blood and the Cross is the ONLY answer to any and all of mankind problems and do not stray from that message as the ONLY cure for any of today's problem, we are NOT teaching the same message as Paul taught that was given to him by revelation from the Holy Spirit.

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Knowledge, but Not Understanding

The body of Christ today has a tremendous amount of knowledge but little understanding, and in many cases, lacks the wisdom on how to use their knowledge.

Religion has become a man-made system and the church has become a referral service. But, any solution to sin and its consequences that does not center on the "Cross of Christ" is only a temporary "fix" at best. It is like putting a band aid on a sore. You can only overcome the problem by putting your faith in the Blood and the Cross of Jesus Christ. This alone is the only way to "Victory" because every problem we face was conquered there.

Some seem so elated because they are accepted into anti-Christian environments to present the principle of Scripture and even the moral teaching of Jesus. They seem to think this enough to satisfy the mandate of gospel teaching. But any depiction of Jesus that does not include His unique nature, His perfect life, His substitutionary death, His bodily resurrection, His victorious ascension, and the subsequent decent of the Holy Spirit is a false image of the Savior. Those who believe in this false image have the impression that they actually believe in Jesus. Wrong Jesus! Bad teaching!

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