The Five Steps to Salvation

1) God loves YOU: 1 John Ch. 3 vs 1:
The father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are His children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known Him.
John Ch. 3 vs 16:
God loved the world so much t
hat He gave His one and only begotten Son so that whoever believes in Him may not be lost, but have eternal life.

2) Eternal life: 1 John Ch 5 vs 11-13:
This is what God told us: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life, but whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

3) Man's Sin: Romans Ch. 3 vs 23:
All have sinned and are not good enough for God's glory.
1 John Ch.1 vs 10:
If we say we have not sinned, we make God a liar, and we do not accept God's teaching.

Romans Ch. 6 vs 23:
When people sin, they earn what sin pays - DEATH. But God gives us a free gift - LIFE FOR EVER in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Isaiah Ch 59 vs 2:
It is your evil that has separated you from your God. Your sins cause Him to turn away from you, so He does not hear you.

4) God's solution ( DEATH ): Romans Ch 5 Vs 6 - 8:
When we were unable to help ourselves, at the moment of our need, Christ died for us, though we were living against God. Very few people will die to save the life of someone else, although perhaps for a good person someone might possibly die. But God shows His great love for us in this way: Christ died for us while we were still sinners.

( RESURRECTION ) 1 Corinthians Ch. 15 vs 3-4:
I passed on to you what I received, of which this was most important: that Christ died for our sins, as the scriptures say; that He was buried and was raised to life on the third day as the Scriptures say.

( NO OTHER WAY ) John Ch 14 vs 6:
Jesus answered, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.
Acts Ch 4 vs 12:
Jesus is the Only one who can save people. His name is the only power in the world that has been given to save people. We must be saved through Him.

5) Man's Response ( REPENTANCE ) 1 John Ch 1 vs 9:
But if we confess our sins, He will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs we have done.

Acts Ch 2 vs 38:
Peter said to them, "Change your hearts and lives and be baptised, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Luke Ch 13 vs 3:
No, I tell you. But unless you change your hearts and lives, you will be destroyed as they were!

( FAITH IN CHRIST ) Acts Ch 16 vs 30 - 31:
He brought them outside and said, "Men, what must I do to be saved?" They said to him, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved - you and all the people in your house."

Ephesians Ch 2 vs 8-9:
I mean that you have been saved by grace through believing. You did not save yourselves: it was a gift from God. It was not the result of your own work, so you cannot boast about it.

( RECEIVING HIM ) John Ch 1 vs 11 - 12:
He came to the world that was His own, but His own people did not accept Him. But to all who did accept Him and believe in Him He gave the right to become children of God.

Acts Ch 2 vs 21:
Then anyone who calls on the Lord will be saved.

1 John Ch 5 vs 12:
Whoever has the Son has life, but whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

( CONFESS CHRIST ) Romans Ch 10 vs 9:
If you use your mouth to say, "Jesus is Lord," and if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you will be saved.

 

Taken from the "New Century Version" Youth Bible.