Take These Important
Steps of Salvation to
Discover These Vital
Answers
STEP #1: Understand
that God's desire for
you is life, abundant,
and eternal.
The Bible declares:
"I am come that they
might have life, and
that they might have
it more abundantly"
(John 10:10).
Giving you abundant
life required the
supreme sacrifice:
"For God so loved
the world, that he
gave his only
begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth
in him should not
perish, but have
everlasting life"
(John 3:16).
God desires
fellowship and
companionship with you.
What a wonderful gift
the Father has given,
yet if God gave His own
Son to provide an
abundant and everlasting
life, why don’t more
people have what He has
designed for us to
receive? It is a
question answered by
this sobering
realization.
STEP #2: Realize
that you are separated
from God.
There is a gap
between God and mankind.
He has provided a way
for us to receive an
abundant and eternal
life, but people
throughout the ages have
made selfish choices to
disobey God Almighty.
These choices continue
to cause separation from
the Father.
God’s Word shows us
that the result of sin
is death. He says in His
Word:
"There is a way
which seemeth right
unto a man, but the
end thereof are the
ways of death"
(Proverbs 14:12).
And God also said,
"But your iniquities
have separated
between you and your
God, and your sins
have hid his face
from you, that he
will not hear"
(Isaiah 59:2).
Paul the apostle
states in Romans 3:23,
"For all have
sinned, and come
short of the glory
of God."
And in Romans 6:23 we
read:
"For the wages of
sin is death; but
the gift of God is
eternal life through
Jesus Christ our
Lord."
Every human was
created with the ability
and need to know God and
fellowship with Him.
Augustine, a minister
who lived during the
fourth and fifth
centuries, called this
longing in each of us
"that God-shaped
vacuum."
Every day we hear of
people who are rich,
famous, achievers, star
athletes—people who seem
to have the best life
can offer—yet they try
to fill that empty void
in their lives with
"things." They even try
good works, morality,
and religion. Yet they
remain empty, for only
God, through His Son,
can fill that emptiness.
STEP #3: Accept the
fact that God has
provided only one
solution to sin and
separation from Himself.
Jesus Christ, His
Son, is the only way to
God. Only He can
reconcile us to God the
Father. Mankind may seek
other solutions and
worship other gods, but
Jesus Christ, alone,
died on the Cross for
our sins and rose in
triumph over the grave
and eternal death. He
paid the penalty for our
sin and bridged the gap
between God and mankind.
The Bible explains:
"But God commendeth
his love toward us,
in that, while we
were yet sinners,
Christ died for us"
(Romans 5:8).
We are also told,
"For Christ also
hath once suffered
for sins, the just
for the unjust, that
he might bring us to
God" (1 Peter 3:18).
There is only one way
provided:
"For there is one
God, and one
mediator between God
and men, the man
Christ Jesus" (1
Timothy 2:5).
For in John 14:6 we
read,
"Jesus saith unto
him, I am the way,
the truth, and the
life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but
by me."
God Almighty has
provided the only way.
Jesus Christ paid the
penalty for our sin and
rebellion against God by
dying on the cross,
shedding His blood, and
rising from the dead to
justify and reconcile
you back to God the
Father.
STEP #4: Pray to
receive Jesus Christ
into your life.
You can be brought
back to God, and your
relationship with Him
can be restored by
trusting in Christ alone
to save your life from
destruction. What an
incredible exchange:
Your worst for God’s
best!
This step happens by
asking Jesus Christ to
take away your sin and
to come into your heart
to be your Lord and
Savior.
God’s Word is very
clear:
"Behold, I stand at
the door, and knock:
if any man hear my
voice, and open the
door, I will come in
to him, and will sup
with him, and he
with me" (Revelation
3:20).
And the Bible tells
us,
"That 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" (Romans
10:9).
Are you willing to
let go of your burdens
and sins?
Are you willing to
turn away and repent
from your sins?
Are you willing to
receive Jesus Christ as
your Lord and Savior
now?
STEP #5: Pray to
Receive Jesus Christ
into your life.
At this moment you
can pray the most
important prayer of your
life by simply saying:
Dear Lord Jesus,
I believe You are the
Son of God. I believe
You came to earth 2,000
years ago. I believe you
died for me on the cross
and shed Your blood for
my salvation. I believe
you rose from the dead
and ascended on high. I
believe You are coming
back again to earth.
Dear Jesus, I am a
sinner. Forgive my sin.
Cleanse me now with Your
precious blood. Come
into my heart. Save my
soul right now. I give
you my life. I receive
You now as my Savior, my
Lord, and my God. I am
Yours forever, and I
will serve You and
follow You the rest of
my days. From this
moment on, I belong to
You only. I no longer
belong to this world,
nor to the enemy of my
soul. I belong to You,
and I am born again.
Amen!
By praying this
prayer, confessing your
sins, and receiving
Jesus Christ into your
heart, God has given you
the right to become His
forgiven child. The
Bible gives you this
assurance:
"But as many as
received him, to
them he gave the
power to become the
sons of God, even to
them who believe on
his name" (John
1:12).
If you have just
received Jesus Christ
into your life, we want
to rejoice with you.
