> 5. How To Be Saved > 1. What did Paul say sin is like? > > “What a terrible failure I am! Who will save me from this sin that brings > death to my body?” (Romans 7:24). > > How can we be saved from sin? First, we must know how bad sin is. We must > understand we are sinners; we have sinned and we do need help. Because we > sin, we will die. > > Hundreds of years ago, when a man killed another man, his punishment was > to > be tied to the dead body of the man he killed. Wherever he goes, he has > the > dead body still tied to him and would follow him everywhere he goes. This > was a slow and horrible way to die. The body would make the man sick and > soon he will die. > > Paul says his sins were like dragging around a dead body. If we stay tied > to > our sin, we will be like this man. One day our sins will bring us eternal > death. To be saved, we must have help to stop sinning. We need to stay > away > from sin. When you understand you need help to stop sinning, you already > took the first step to being saved. Jesus will help you when you ask for > His > help. > > > BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS ABLE TO SAVE > 2. What is the most important question in the world? What is the answer to > this great question? > > “The jailer . . . rushed in, shaking with fear. He fell down in front of > Paul and Silas. . . . He asked, ‘Sirs, WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?’ They > replied, ‘BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS. Then you and your family will be > saved’” > (Acts 16:29-31). > > This is the story of a prison guard. He knew he was a sinner. He knew he > was > not saved. He knew he needed God to help him. Because he knew he needed a > Savior, he asked Paul and his friend, Silas, “What must I do to be saved?” > Our Lord Jesus and Savior, always loves to hear prayers like that. > > Paul and Silas gave their answer. It is the only answer to a question that > many people ask. He said, “Believe in the LORD JESUS and you will be > saved.” > Only Jesus can save. God will save the people who believe in Him. > > > REPENTANCE > 3. What is the next step in to be saved? > > “SO TURN AWAY [REPENT] FROM YOUR SINS. Turn to God. Then your sins will be > wiped away” (Acts 3:19). > > Many people had heard Peter preach about Jesus. They wanted to know how to > be saved. Peter told them to “repent.” This is the next step in being > saved. > > “Repent” means to turn from your old ways of sin. Sin leads to death. > Romans > 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death” (NKJV). When you choose Jesus > as > your personal Savior, Jesus will give you a change of heart, a new way of > thinking. You turn around and go in a different path. You think about > eternal life. It is easy to repent if you have Jesus’ help. Choose to obey > God and do what is right, and then Jesus will help you turn from your old > ways of sin. > > > CONFESSION - MAKING THINGS RIGHT > 4. After we repent, what should be our next step? > > “Admit to the Lord that you have sinned. Tell the God of your people what > you have done” (Ezra 10:11). > > “But God is faithful and fair. If we admit that we have sinned, he will > FORGIVE US OUR SINS. He will forgive every wrong thing we have done. He > will > MAKE US PURE” (1 John 1:9). > > Confess (admit) your sins to God. Tell God the things that you have done > wrong. Ask Him to forgive you. He promises to forgive every sin. He will > make your life clean and right. > > Maybe you have never confessed your sins before. NOW, this is a good time > to > bow your head or kneel in prayer. You do not have to wait. You do not need > to wait for a pastor, priest or another person to help you. God will > forgive > you right now. Go ahead and ask God to forgive your sins. Confession means > asking God to forgive your sins. This is a very important step in being > saved. > > 5. If we have done wrong to some person, what should we do? > > “So ADMIT TO ONE ANOTHER that you have sinned” (James 5:16). > > If you have stolen anything from a person, if you have told lies about > someone, or if you have hurt somebody, you must confess to that person you > did wrong. Go to the person you have stolen from, lied about, or hurt, and > tell them what you have done. Say you are sorry and make it right with > them. > Give back what you have stolen. Tell the truth. Try to make everything > right. Ask the person to whom you have done wrong to forgive you. Ask God > to > forgive you for doing wrong to this person. > > > GOD FORGIVES > 6. What does God promise to do with the sins we confess? > > “Once again you will show loving concern for us. You will completely WIPE > OUT THE EVIL THINGS we have done. You will THROW ALL OF OUR SINS INTO THE > BOTTOM OF THE SEA” (Micah 7:19). > > Yes, God loves you. He promises to forgive your sins. He blots them out. > He > remembers them no more. It will be the same as if He had thrown your sins > into a very deep sea. In some places, the sea is seven miles deep! Things > dropped into a deep sea cannot be found. God remembers your sins no more > against you. He forgives you and takes your sins away. > > 7. When we repent, what does GOD do with our sins? > > “I am the one who WIPES OUT YOUR LAWLESS [SINFUL] ACTS. I do it because of > who I am. I will NOT REMEMBER YOUR SINS ANYMORE” (Isaiah 43:25). > > “Blessed are they whose LAWLESS [SINFUL] ACTS ARE FORGIVEN. Blessed are > those whose SINS ARE TAKEN AWAY” (Romans 4:7). > > God forgives our sins because Jesus died for us. He promises, “I will > remember your sins no more.” Yes, God forgives and forgets. God wipes out > the past and lets us start a new life. We stand before God just as if we > had > not sinned. > > 8. How can we KNOW our sins are forgiven? > > “We live by BELIEVING [FAITH], not by seeing” (2 Corinthians 5:7). > > “We have been made right with God because of our faith. Now we have peace > with him because of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1). > > By faith, we know our sins are forgiven. God says He forgives them. We > have > faith when we believe that God has done what He says. Believing God is > faith. Jesus says He will forgive your sins. You must believe this. > > Some people ask God to forgive them. Then they say, “I do not feel any > different.” It does not matter if you do not feel any different. God never > lies. When God says, “I forgive you,” it is His promise to us. We must > believe His promise because God always does what He promises us. We may > not > feel different right away when we confess our sins. But because God has > promised to forgive us, we can believe in His promise. > > When you repent, you are forgiven. Do not let Satan make you think that > your > sins are not forgiven. God will forgive any sin that we confess to Him. > God > promises to forgive you. > > A minister’s son wandered away from home. He once lived a good healthy > life > but now he lives in a life of sin. He used to do some wonderful things in > the world, but over the years, he allowed himself to slip down to the > lowest > places. He became an alcoholic and a drug addict. > > After fifteen long years, he began to study God’s Word. Soon he decided to > follow Jesus and changed his life. When he returned home, he found that > his > poor mother had died of a broken heart many years ago. Yet his father had > kept a lighted lamp by the window all night every night until the son came > home. > > God is our Father. He has a light in His window for us all His wandering > children. While that lamp is burning, the sinner may see the light and > return to Him. Won’t you come back now? God will forgive you. > > > ALL MAY BE SAVED IF THEY WANT TO BE > 9. Will Jesus save anyone who repents? > > “I WILL NEVER SEND AWAY anyone who comes to Me” (John 6:37). > > “The Holy Spirit and the bride say, ‘COME!’ . . . Anyone WHO WANTS to take > the free gift of the water of life should do so” (Revelation 22:17). > > These are very important texts. Any person who comes to Jesus will be > saved. > If you want to come to Jesus, then come to Him. He will welcome you. He > forgives the past and makes you strong to live right in the future. > > Many people think there is no hope for them. They think that their sins > are > too bad or too many. They pray, but they feel God has not heard them > because > their sins are so bad. But God does hear them. If a person wants to come > to > God, He will accept him. It does not matter how bad their sins have been. > The door of heaven is always open. God is speaking to the hearts of men > and > women all the time. > > Jesus says, “Whosoever will may come.” Satan says to us, “You are bad, > Jesus > will not forgive you.” Do not believe Satan when he says these things to > you. Jesus says to you, “Give Me your heart.” Give your heart to Jesus > now, > and let Him guide your life. He will help you do what is right. > > > LIVING FOR JESUS > 10. After we turn from our sins, what does God tell us to do? > > “The Lord has shown you what is good. He has told you what he requires of > you. You must TREAT PEOPLE FAIRLY. You must LOVE OTHERS FAITHFULLY. And > you > must be very careful to LIVE THE WAY YOUR GOD WANTS you to” (Micah 6:8). > > To live for God, we turn from our old life of sin. Stop doing bad habits > and > the wrong things you did before. Now God tells you to keep doing right > things. Walk in the road He tells you to follow in the Bible. > > 11. What does God want His children to do? > > “My dear children, I’m writing this to you so that YOU WILL NOT SIN” (1 > John > 2:1). > > “Those who claim to belong to him [Jesus] must LIVE JUST AS JESUS DID” (1 > John 2:6). > > “Suppose someone says, ‘I know him.’ But suppose that person does not do > what God commands. Then that person is a liar and is not telling the > truth” > (1 John 2:4). > > “We know that we have come to know God if we OBEY HIS COMMANDS > [COMMANDMENTS]” (1 John 2:3). > > If you are going to live for Jesus, you must walk with Him. We walk with > Jesus when we keep His commandments. We keep His commandments because we > love Him. If you want to be saved, you must love Jesus and obey Him. > > > THINGS THAT HELP US TO BE TRUE CHRISTIANS > 12. Where may we learn what Jesus taught? How can we live without sinning? > > “I have hidden YOUR WORD in my heart so that I won’t sin against you” > (Psalm > 119:11). > > “How can a young person keep his life pure? By living in keeping with YOUR > WORD” (Psalm 119:9). > > “THE WORDS I have spoken to you are from the Spirit. They give life” (John > 6:63). > > God’s Word, the Bible, tells us how we are to live for Jesus. Read and > study > what God teaches in the Bible. Follow everything what the Bible teaches. > In > the last judgment, in the court of heaven, we shall be judged by what is > taught in the Bible. > > 13. Many people know some things are right. Is it wrong when we do not do > the things we know are right? > > “So when you KNOW the good things you should do and DON’T DO them, you > sin” > (James 4:17). > > Learn what God wants us to do. Study the Bible; it will show you what is > right and what is wrong. When we know a thing is right, we are to do it. > If > a thing is wrong, we are not to do it. That would be sin. When we do all > that we know is right, God is pleased. The Bible shows us what is right. > As > we study, the road to heaven is made clear to us. > > 14. What must we do if we want to live a Christian life? > > “Never stop praying” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). > > “Jesus told his disciples a story. He wanted to show them that they should > always PRAY and not give up” (Luke 18:1). > > Prayer is talking to Jesus. He wants us to talk with Him. Every true > prayer > to Jesus is heard. Pray often every day. This will make you strong to live > for Christ. Tell Jesus about your troubles and sadness. Also tell Him the > things that make you happy. He will hear and help you. > > A prayer many people know is found in Matthew 6:9-13. It is called the > Lord’s > Prayer because Jesus taught this to his disciples. It is easy to remember. > > “Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be [Holy is] Your name. Your kingdom come. > Your will [plan] be done. On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day > our > daily bread [food]. And forgive us our debts [sins], as we forgive our > debtors [people who sin against us]. And do not lead us into temptation, > but > deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and > the > glory forever. Amen.” (NKJV) > > Give your heart to Jesus now. Start today to follow Jesus. It may not be > easy. You may make mistakes, but go to God in prayer. God will forgive > your > mistakes and help you to go on. When you were a baby learning to walk, you > often fell down. But you as the baby do not stay on the ground. You get up > and try again. God will help us if we fall down or sin. We are to keep > trying. Keep trying to do right. Ask Jesus to help you. He says, “Be > faithful, even if it means you must die. Then I will give you a crown. The > crown is life itself” (Revelation 2:10, NKJV). > > LET US PRAY THIS PRAYER: > > “Dear Jesus, I thank You for giving Your life for me. Hear my prayers. > Teach > me to obey You. Please save me in Your kingdom. Amen.” > > > >
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