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How can I be saved? Why do I need to be saved?

We are all infected with sin ((link is external)Romans 3:23(link is external)). We are born with sin ((link is external)Psalm 51:5(link is external)), and we all personally choose to sin ((link is external)Ecclesiastes 7:20(link is external); (link is external)1 John 1:8(link is external)). Sin is what makes us unsaved. Sin is what separates us from God. Sin is what has us on the path to eternal destruction.

How can I be saved? Saved from what?

Because of our sin, we all deserve death ((link is external)Romans 6:23(link is external)). While the physical consequence of sin is physical death, that is not the only kind of death that results from sin. All sin is ultimately committed against an eternal and infinite God ((link is external)Psalm 51:4(link is external)). Because of that, the just penalty for our sin is also eternal and infinite. What we need to be saved from is eternal destruction ((link is external)Matthew 25:46(link is external); (link is external)Revelation 20:15(link is external)).

How can I be saved? How did God provide salvation?

Because the just penalty for sin is infinite and eternal, only God could pay the penalty, because only He is infinite and eternal. But God, in His divine nature, could not die. So God became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ. God took on human flesh, lived among us, and taught us. When the people rejected Him and His message, and sought to kill Him, He willingly sacrificed Himself for us, allowing Himself to be crucified ((link is external)John 10:15(link is external)). Because Jesus Christ was human, He could die; and because Jesus Christ was God, His death had an eternal and infinite value. Jesus’ death on the cross was the perfect and complete payment for our sin ((link is external)1 John 2:2(link is external)). He took the consequences we deserved. Jesus’ resurrection from the dead demonstrated that His death was indeed the perfectly sufficient sacrifice for sin.

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How can I be saved? What do I need to do?

“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved” ((link is external)Acts 16:31(link is external)). God has already done all of the work. All you must do is receive, in faith, the salvation God offers ((link is external)Ephesians 2:8-9(link is external)). Fully trust in Jesus alone as the payment for your sins. Believe in Him, and you will not perish ((link is external)John 3:16(link is external)). God is offering you salvation as a gift. All you have to do is accept it. Jesus is the way of salvation ((link is external)John 14:6(link is external)).

Have you, in faith, received Jesus Christ as your Savior because of what you have read here? If so, please let us know.

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