Some people say, "If I were only as good as that minister I should feel so safe" or, "If I were only as good as that mother in Israel who has been praying fifty years for the poor and unfortunate, should I not feel very safe? " My friends, if you are behind the blood, you are as safe as any man or woman who has been praying for fifty years. It is not their righteousness and good works that are going to save them. They never saved any one. God says, "When I see the blood I will pass over you." And when I am sheltered behind the blood, then I am saved; and if I am not sheltered behind the blood, I am not saved. That was instantaneous, was not it?

A great old salvation truth.

Come inside the ark!

You can be saved now. Instantaneously.

Choose Jesus now.

Amen! and buuump!

PEOPLE STILL CRY OUT, WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?

The Bible provides a clear answer. Here are the logical steps from God's Word, the Bible, that all must take to be saved.

ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SIN

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)

First, see yourself for what you are . . . a sinner. Sin is tragic, vile . . . it blights, degrades, destroys. It has dire consequences: 'The soul who sins is the one who will die." (Ezekiel 18:4) For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eernal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23)

REPENT OF YOUR SIN

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out . . . (Acts 3:19)

You must also repent. Repentance is not making a resolution to do better. It is not just conviction of sin, for a person may be convinced that he is wrong and still not repent. D.L. Moody liked to describe repentance this way: "Man is born with his back toward God. When he truly reprents, he turns right around and faces God. Repentance is a change of mind, a change of heart, and it results in a change of action."

As the Bible says, "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him turn unto the Lord . . . for He will abundantly pardon." (Isaiah 55:7) You must change your mind about sin and want God to end its mastery over you. After all, sin is so bad it took Christ's death to make forgiveness possible for you.

BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

Believe in the completed work Christ accomplished on the cross. You must believe that Christ substituted Himself for you, that He died for your sins (though He never sinned), and that He was resurrected from death. "The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him." (Isaiah 53:5) Our sins nailed Him to the cross, and "by His wounds we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5) "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved." (Acts 16:31)

MAKE YOUR DECISION

That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and beleive in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9)

You must believe in Christ and receive Him personally into your life by faith if you are to be saved from the power of sin and its consequences. "To all who received Him, to those who believed on His name, He gave the right to become children of God." (John 1:12)

Will you pray to God something like this? "God, I'm convinced I am a sinner, and that Christ alone can save me. I willingly repent of my sinful life and believe Jesus Christ died for me. I want to receive Him as my personal Savior."

It is not looking to the wound; it is looking to the remedy. Christ is the remedy of sin. What you want is to look from the wound to the remedy - to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith.

Indeed, it is not in looking at how depraved we are (because we certainly are), it is in looking at how good and holy God is.