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                 - 1 Peter 2:24

How can I be saved?  The Bible clearly explains how to become a follower of Jesus.   Read more below or print out the plan of salvation here.

A - ADMIT
Admit you're a sinner. Everyone has done things that displease a Holy God. No one can live up to His standards. He says no sin can enter heaven. Something must be done to get rid of your sin.

    �For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;� Romans 3:23

    �As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:� Romans 3:10

    �But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;�
    Isaiah 64:6a
 

B - BELIEVE
Believe Jesus died on the cross for you. God loves you and wants you to become His child. He loves you so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, to shed His blood to save you from your sins. He took your place on the cross, and suffered the punishment you deserve. Believe that He died for you, was buried, and rose again.

    �But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God;
    and that believing ye might have life through his name.� John 20:31

    �But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died
    for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath
    through him.� Romans 5:8-9

     �For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our
    sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third
    day according to the scriptures:� 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
 

C - CONFESS
Confess your sinfulness to God, and turn from it. Call upon Jesus to save you-trust in Him as your Savior from sin. This may be a simple but sincere cry from your heart, or it may be expressed out loud.

    �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. For with the heart man
    believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.�
    Romans 10:9-10

    �For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they
    call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom
    they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?� Romans 10:13-14

If you are ready to take these three simple steps, to place your trust in Him and to be saved from eternal Hell, and to place Him as your Savior in your life,  you can pray this simple prayer out loud.

Heavenly Father, I come to you today 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, 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 upon the name of the Lord shall be saved� (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 prayed these words, and believe in your heart upon the Lord Jesus Christ, you are at this moment saved, and your name written down in the Lamb�s Book of Life. 

True salvation produces evidences that you are one of His now.  Water baptism- this is an outward sign stating that you are one of God�s children by showing your love and obedience for Him by following His command to be baptized.  This may be pictured as wedding rings are a symbol of love and dedication between a husband and wife; the rings are merely an outward symbol and not the actual means of marriage. God�s Word is very clear, that we are to be baptized after we repent of our sins, which we cannot do until we understand we are sinners.  �Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.� Acts 2:38 

As you just read in Acts 2:38, �ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.�  Jesus refers to the Holy Ghost as the Comforter in the Gospel of John.  Comforter from the original Greek text is Paraclete (par'-a-klet), which is a word interpreted as a helper, advocate, instructor, guide, intercessor, or one called alongside to help.  This is important for two big reasons.  First of all, even though we are saved by grace, we are not to continue in sin any longer (Romans 6).  The Holy Ghost will lead and guide us to walk in God�s ways and not enter into sin.  Secondly, Jesus tells us in John 3:3, �Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.�  To be born again means that we will no longer follow after our own passions and desires, instead we will seek to live out God�s desires and will in our lives.  The Holy Ghost will guide us, and not we ourselves. 

In Matthew chapter 7 verses 13 and 14, Jesus tells us in His Sermon on the Mount, �¹³ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:  ¹⁴ Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.�  Jesus is the only way to receive salvation.  We encourage you to trust Him as your Savior today; the benefits are out of this world!