How To be saved?
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."
There are a lot of questions in this life which can lead to uncertainty.
Do you long for purpose and significance in this challenging life?
Do you feel as though you are all alone? Do you know Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour?
The Word of God has an answer for each of these questions, and God has a purpose for your life.
The answer to all of these questions begins by recognising our need for salvation which only comes through Jesus Christ. Receiving Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour is not a difficult process and is the most important decision you will ever make in your life.
“…The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."
(Mark 1:15).
The first step to being restored to God is to believe the Gospel which you have heard.
The Gospel is God’s good news that He has given us a Saviour to save us from our sins.
When we hear this good news, we must believe it and accept it as truth by faith. Perhaps you have heard the Gospel and are feeling a godly sorrow for having sinned against God. This is the Spirit of God convicting you of your sins and drawing you unto Him.
“For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of…”
(2 Corinthians 7:10)
Conviction and godly sorrow will prompt you to repent of your sins and forsake your sins and sinful way of living.
“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken [convicted] heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite [repentant] spirit”
(Psalms 34:18).
Once you have repented you can accept God’s forgiveness. His Word assures us that once we believe and repent that we are …
“…justified [acquitted of our sins and guilt] by faith [simply believing], we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(Romans 5:1)
We stand before God forgiven and accepted just as if we had never sinned!
God promises,
“For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more”
(Hebrews 8:12).
Immediately upon being justified by faith, God begins His work of regeneration in the innermost parts of your heart. This is a renewing in which you pass from spiritual death unto spiritual life. You are born again into the Kingdom of God – a new creature in Christ.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new”
(2 Corinthians 5:17)
