1. You must BELIEVE you are a SINNER. Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." No one is exempt. No one is excluded. You are sinner because you have broken God's law.
2. You must BELIEVE there is a PAYMENT (penalty) for SIN. Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." The word DEATH here doesn't just mean physical death, it means complete DEATH in HELL. Revelation 21:8, "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."
3. You must BELIEVE Jesus PAID for you SINS. Romans 5:8 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Jesus died on the CROSS of Calvary to pay YOUR sin debt. YOU owe God for YOUR sins and Jesus paid what YOU owe.
4. You must BELIEVE that ETERNAL LIFE is a GIFT which you receive by FAITH in what JESUS did for YOU. Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." A GIFT cannot be worked for and it must be RECEIVED.
Once YOU realize and BELIEVE these four things, then YOU put your FAITH in what JESUS did for YOU on the CROSS and YOU BELIEVE He rose from the dead to give YOU life and YOU CALL on Him and ASK Him to SAVE YOU. Romans 10:9 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised from the dead, thou shalt be saved." Once YOU believe in your HEART (that's FAITH) and YOU believe trusting Jesus is the only way to be SAVED then, the Bible says, Romans 10:13 "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Right NOW ask God to SAVE YOU!
If YOU believe Jesus died for YOU and HE was buried and HE rose from the dead and YOU put YOUR FAITH in Him. YOU have God's promise that YOU are SAVED and YOU now have ETERNAL LIFE.
2. You must BELIEVE there is a PAYMENT (penalty) for SIN. Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." The word DEATH here doesn't just mean physical death, it means complete DEATH in HELL. Revelation 21:8, "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."
3. You must BELIEVE Jesus PAID for you SINS. Romans 5:8 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Jesus died on the CROSS of Calvary to pay YOUR sin debt. YOU owe God for YOUR sins and Jesus paid what YOU owe.
4. You must BELIEVE that ETERNAL LIFE is a GIFT which you receive by FAITH in what JESUS did for YOU. Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." A GIFT cannot be worked for and it must be RECEIVED.
Once YOU realize and BELIEVE these four things, then YOU put your FAITH in what JESUS did for YOU on the CROSS and YOU BELIEVE He rose from the dead to give YOU life and YOU CALL on Him and ASK Him to SAVE YOU. Romans 10:9 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised from the dead, thou shalt be saved." Once YOU believe in your HEART (that's FAITH) and YOU believe trusting Jesus is the only way to be SAVED then, the Bible says, Romans 10:13 "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Right NOW ask God to SAVE YOU!
If YOU believe Jesus died for YOU and HE was buried and HE rose from the dead and YOU put YOUR FAITH in Him. YOU have God's promise that YOU are SAVED and YOU now have ETERNAL LIFE.