Gota Question?	How do I get saved? Complete Listing of Topics/Questions To get saved indicates that you have realized that you are lost (no one knows where to find you and you don't know how to find your own way to safety), or you have been discarded (no one wants to find you). Since God sees all, He knows exactly where you are. The Bible says that the unsaved are "dead in your sins"(Col 2:13). Additionally, God knows all, this is the good part, and God wants to find you. Jesus said that He "came to seek and save that which is lost" (Luke 19:10). You may have been thinking that you have been seeking God when in actuality He has been seeking you. Spiritually the lost (unsaved) are "dead" in their sins (Col 2:13). God often uses the physical to teach us about the spiritual. Let's take that same approach just for a moment and look at the physically "dead." Have you ever been to a funeral and looked in the casket? What do you think would happen if you poked the "dead" with your finger? Nothing! Why? The "dead" can not respond to stimuli of any manner. You can't poke them into action and you can't scream them into sitting up. Therefore, if they did respond it would be because of some supernatural intervention. That is same reason why the preacher knows that he can't make a person respond by ranting and raving about being lost, dying, and going to Hell. This is a good message but unless there is supernatural intervention the message will fall on deaf ("dead") ears. Does that mean I don't preach it? No it doesn't! God called me to preach even if I don't know whom God has prepared to receive the message. He will have mercy on whom He will have mercy (Rom 9:18). He is probably showing you mercy at this moment if you are interested in salvation. In John 6, starting at verse 44, Jesus taught about the "bread of life." Some of the teaching became hard and prompted His disciples to ask, "who can hear it"? In verse 65 Jesus again said, "no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father." What does Jesus' statements tell us? Unless God gives us supernatural understanding, we can never hear (accept) the gospel message. That is why there are so many that are lost and will remain lost - they can't hear (accept) the truth. Acts 4:12 tells us that there is salvation is no other - there is no other name by which man may be saved. If man is going to be saved - Jesus must save him. Jesus himself said that He is "the" way (John 14:6). Being "the" way removes all possibility of other ways. Since Jesus is the "way", then that also removes the possibility that I can save myself. In other words, I can't preach enough, I can't teach enough, I can't pay enough tithes, I can't give enough to good causes, I can't build enough hospitals, I can't do anything to earn my way into Heaven. Why? The Bible gives us two reasons that immediately come to mind. One, Isaiah the Prophet said my righteousness is nothing but filthy rags (Is 64:6). And two, Ephesians 2:8-9 tell us "by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of ourselves: it is the gift of God not of works, lest any man should boast." So how does one gain this free gift of salvation? Now this is the Gospel message. We have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Rom 3:23). In fact, we were born into sin because of our lineage with Adam (Rom 5:12). Jesus' lineage is sinless and from God the Father (Mat 1:23). Sin causes us to be separated from God. God demands justice for sin and the consequence of sin is very severe. The Bible tells us that the wages for our sin is death - a death sentence is the consequence! (Rom 6:23). But, Christ Jesus, being without sin took ours upon Him and died in our place (2 Cor 5:21). He died so we don't have to (Rom 5:8). He also arose and is alive today (Rev 1:18). Jesus stressed that all men needed to repent (Luke 13:1-5). He defined His ministry in terms of calling sinners to repentance (Luke 5:32). Somewhere in the process of salvation, the sinner becomes totally aware of how lost he is and how dependent he is upon God's sovereign grace and holiness. At that point, true repentance takes place. The sinner is not bartering with God - he is not trying to hold onto anything and he has every intention of turning from his sinful ways. This is so total and so complete that it occurs instantaneously and possibly simultaneously with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Now if you can hear, accept all of this, then you can be saved. Rom 10:9-10, 13 says 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. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." How can you act upon this truth? If you want Jesus in your life today, if you want peace with God the Creator, you can have it today - at this moment! Pray this prayer, or a similar prayer, from your heart to the Lord God. Dear God, I know that I'm a sinner and in need of a Savior. I know that Jesus is your only begotten Son of a virgin birth. I know that the price of sin is death and Jesus paid this price for me. I know that He arose and is in heaven today. I turn from my sinful ways and trust Jesus for my salvation. The best way I know how, I ask you Lord Jesus to come into my life and be my Savior. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. If you prayed this prayer send an email to IGotSaved@whatagod.com so we can rejoice with you. Tell your closest friend! Tell your pastor! If you don't have a pastor, find a Bible believing church and get a pastor. May the Lord of grace strengthen you as you walk under His wing. PASTOR DAVID L. 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