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God's Plan of Salvation
1. Admit that you personally are a sinner.
Rom 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Rom3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
2. Agree that God is right to condemn you for your sins.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
3. Abandon all of your efforts to earn God's favor and forgiveness.
Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
4. Accept Jesus' own claim to be the only way to salvation, and follow His command to turn away from your sinful and wicked ways and turn to God. In other words, repent before God and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Act 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
5. Ask God to forgive you for your sin and to become your Savior and Lord.
Rom 10:9 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.
Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Here is an example of a prayer that you might pray if you sincerely want to ask Christ to save you:
Dear Lord, I know I am a sinner who has fallen short of the perfect righteousness You demand of a person who wants to be with You in heaven forever. I agree that You were just and right to condemn me for my sins. I know that I have no way of earning righteousness by my good works, my baptism, my church membership, or my religious or moral deeds. And so, I turn away from my sinful ways and my efforts at self-righteousness, and I ask You to forgive me and to cleanse me from my sins. I ask you to be my Lord and Savior. Please make me your child and help me to live in obedience to Your Word. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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