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."
Open the door, beloved, and He will come into your souls. He has long been knocking, and all with this object, that He may sup with you, and you with Him. He sups with you because you find the house or the heart, and you with Him because He brings the provision. He could not sup with you if it were not in your heart, you finding the house; nor could you sup with Him, for you have a bare cupboard, if He did not bring provision with Him. Fling wide, then, the portals of your soul. C.H. Spurgeon
You can be saved now. Instantaneously.
How does that fit (in your opinion) with post #5?
Post #5 says to "ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SIN"; "REPENT OF YOUR SIN"; "BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST"
Isn't that not an instantaneous thing, but rather an ongoing process one does for ever and ever (while we are all here at least)?
Do we have to just repent once, or should we keep on repenting and following what Jesus taught?