» Recognize your sinfulness and your need for a Savior

            Genesis 6:5—The extent of your sinfulness

            Then  the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the
            thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.  And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the
            earth, and He was grieved of heart.

            Romans 3:23—All have sinned

           For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

            Romans 6:23—The result of sin

            For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

            Romans 5:8—Christ’s death showed God’s love

           But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us,

 

»   Receive Jesus Christ as your Savior accepting God’s only provision for sin made available by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
 

            Ephesians 2:8-10—We cannot earn God’s grace.  Good works are the result of salvation not a requirement
for salvation.

            For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God,
            not of works, lest anyone should boast.  For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for
            good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

            John 1:12-13—Since Salvation is a gift of grace, it must be received.

           But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who
           believe in His name:  who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God

 
            1 John 1:8-10—We must confess our sins and receive God’s forgiveness.

            If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not, in us.  If we confess our sins,
            He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  If we say that
            we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

            Romans 10:9-13—We must confess and believe and place our hope in    Christ’s provision for sin.

           If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from
           the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth
           confession is made unto salvation.

            2 Corinthians 5:17-21—We are made new in Jesus Christ.

           Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have 
           become new.  Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has
           given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not
           imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

 » Repent of your sins, and turn toward God

            Acts 2:37-39

            Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,
            “Brothers, what shall we do?”  And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in
            the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
            For this promise is for you and for your children and for all whom the Lord calls to Himself.

            Acts 3:19-20

            Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come
            from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send Christ, appoint for you, Jesus, whom heaven must
            receive until the time for restoring all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets
            long ago.