How do I get saved?

THE PRAYER OF SALVATION

Remember God loves you.  He wants you to be whole and complete or saved – spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally, financially, and socially (3 John 2).

Pray this prayer, mean it, and YOU will be saved, right where you are sitting.

Father in heaven, thank you for sending your Son, Jesus, to die on the cross for me, and for His blood

that was shed to redeem me and to cleanse me from my sins. Lord, I am sorry and I repent of my sins.

Forgive me.  I understand that I must change the course of my life.  I am determined in my heart to follow you.

I invite you to become the Lord of my life from this point forward, forever. I openly proclaim and confess that

you are the Lord of my life. I believe in my heart that You have been raised from the dead.  Therefore I am saved.

I am a new creature. The old things have passed. All things have become new.  I am a child of God.

In the Name of Jesus, AMEN!

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What Bible do I use?

We study from the Kings James and New King James version of the Bible. Get a good study Bible and concordance to start.

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What is Salvation?

Before you can receive spiritual deliverance you must be born again. In 1 Cor. 2:14 it says,

"But the natural man receive not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness

unto him: neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned." KJV

Salvation is personal and no one can make that decision for you nor make the decision

to stand as a substitute in your place. The only way to be cleansed from sin is through

repentance and faith in the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Do I need to get Baptized?

The answer is easily answered by quoting Luke 23:40-43 “But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence?

We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."

Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."  NIV The man on the cross next to Jesus never had the opportunity to be baptized, as he was dying

on a cross, and he was saved.But what about someone who has the opportunity to be baptized and doesn’t do it, will he be saved?Again the Scriptures are clear: Eph 2:8-10 “For it is

by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- “not by works”, so that no one can boast.  NIV

My question, though, is why would we not want to be baptized if we accept Jesus in our life?  Doesn’t Jesus urge to do so in Matt 28:19 “Therefore go and make disciples

of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” NIV  Would we want to do anything less than what Jesus instructed us to do?

Look at the beautiful story of when an Ethiopian eunuch was approached by Philip and the gospel message was presented to him.  What was his first reaction after he accepted

Jesus into his life? Acts 8:36-38 “As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water.  Why shouldn't I be baptized?”  And he gave

orders to stop the chariot.  Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him.”  NIV Nobody had to urge him to be baptized. And nowhere in the

New Testament can we find one example of one person accepting Jesus and refusing to be baptized.  That would be unheard of! You see, through baptism you identify yourself with

Christ’s death and resurrection.  You publicly acknowledge that Jesus is now part of your life.  Wouldn’t you want to identify yourself publicly with Jesus?

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I'm a good person and I do good deeds. That will get me to heaven right?

NO! Read "Do I need to be baptized?" Above

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What is the rapture ?

The Second Coming of Christ will occur  in stages.  First, He will remove all Christians from the Earth, to protect them.  This is called "The Rapture."  The term comes from the

Latin verb raptare, and the Greek word harpizo, both meaning "to be caught up" or "to be snatched up."  Jesus will "snatch us" out of harm's way.

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 [15] According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not

precede those who have fallen asleep. [16] For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the

trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. [17] After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the

Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

1 Corinthians 15:51-55 [51] Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed -- [52] in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the

trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. [53] For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

[54] When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed

up in victory." [55] "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"

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