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How Are We Saved?
... There are not many ways to God as some people think. There is only one way -- the way God has chosen: His own Son!
The Bible says:
Jesus said, 'I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except by Me.' John 14:6
... Although Christ died for the whole world, this doesn't mean that everyone in the world is automatically saved. If we want to be children of God we must each be born individually into His family.
The Bible says:
In reply Jesus declared, 'I tell you the truth, unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'
John 3:3
... Since our sin separates us from God, we must first repent of our sin. Repentance means not only feeling sorry for our sin, but also humbling ourselves before God and then turning from our sin.
The Bible says:
Let the wicked forsake his way
and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. Isaiah 55:7
...Then we must confess all our sins to God and ask Him to forgive them. Only God can forgive sins against Him.
The Bible says:
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. I John 1:9
... Next we need to have faith. Faith is believing that God hears my prayer and forgives all my sins; that when I ask Jesus to come into my life as Lord and Savior, that He does; that when God says He will make me His child, He really does.
The Bible say:
Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.
I John 1:12
... We need to turn our whole lives over to Christ, making a complete
commitment to Him and asking Him to be our Lord and Savior. At the same time, we need to renounce any connection from the past with evil spirits, magic, and witchcraft, claiming the cleansing and protecting power of Jesus' blood.
The Bible says:
I know whom I have believed and am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
II Timothy 1:12
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