The path to a personal relationship with God is clearly outlined in Scripture. According to Acts 2:38 and Mark 16:16, repentance and baptism are essential steps in becoming a follower of Jesus. Romans 10:9-10 teaches that confessing Jesus as Lord and believing in His resurrection are also crucial, while 1 Peter 3:21 highlights the importance of a good conscience and faith in God's power to save. Ultimately, as Matthew 7:21 emphasizes, it is not just about words, but about living a life that reflects a genuine commitment to doing God's will.
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Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every 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.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every 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.
Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.