With the world being full of all kinds of religions and ideologies, sometimes it appears as if religion is just some type of Russian roulette. The Bible is the our manual on getting to heaven. The Bible has stood the test of time again and again. There’s no book as rich with content as the Bible.  With around 100 million copies sold every year, the Bible continues to be the number one worldwide best-seller hands down.  The Bible speaks of Jesus Christ being the only Savior for mankind. Jesus is the only Savior of man now and forever. Amen, amen, and amen!  [. . . For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. —James 4:14; ESV]  See the steps below if be saved and go to heaven.

1. The main reason you need to be saved is because of sin. 

[ . . . but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear. Isaiah 59:2; ESV] The Bible states on a number of occasions that everyone has sinned (Romans 3:23; I Kings 8:46).  Whether it’s a white lie or first-degree murder, sin is sin.  The first step is to acknowledge that you have sinned and are in need of a Savior.  More on this later.

2. You must believe that Jesus Christ is the Savior.

The Bible makes this clear. [Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. — John 14:6] You must believe that Jesus is the Messiah.  [I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. — John 8:24] Jesus is the son of God (John 20:31). Also, see Romans 10:9-10, Acts 4:12 & John 14:6. Actually, Jesus as God in the flesh is the second person in the trinity.

3. You must believe that Jesus died for us and that he rose again from the dead.

[For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. — I Thessalonians 4:14; ASV] [Also, see Romans 5:8; I Corinthians 15:3-4.] The blood of Christ is what washes away our sins (Ephesians 1:7; I Peter 1:19). After Christ’s death, he rose again (I Corinthians 15:3-4). However, many doubt Christ’s resurrection.  It has been said the best proof of the resurrection of Jesus Christ is the existence of the church in the modern era.  This would basically be due to the church of Jesus Christ withstanding the test of time (almost 2000 years). It can be added that the existence of the church in the first century is just as powerful an argument. People in the first century needed proof of the resurrection of Jesus just they do today, and it’s clear that just on one occasion, over 500 people in the first century saw the resurrected Christ (I Corinthians 15:6).  The disciples initially did not believe (Luke 24:11), but after ample proof, they did believe (Luke 24:34).

4. Being good and doing good deeds cannot get you to heaven.

As good as going to church and reading your Bible are, these good deeds will not get you to heaven.  Further, it’s easy to look in the mirror and think of yourself as good. The Bible says that our righteous deeds are as filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). This is not to say that God does not want us to do good, but rather the passage in question is referring to our deeds of righteousness not being able to get us to heaven (Ephesians 2:8-9). When we are saved, the righteousness of Jesus Christ is given to us, which merits us the grace and salvation to go to heaven.

5. You must repent of your sins in order to go to heaven (Luke 13:3).

Acknowledging that you have sinned is not good enough.  Confession has to be coupled with genuine repentance. Now is the time to repent and be saved.  Continually resisting the Holy Spirit is very, very dangerous. Those who will take the mark of beast will not repent because they will not be able to repent (Revelation 14:9-10; Revelation 16:9-11).

You may have heard of the sinner’s prayer.  The sinner’s prayer is comprised of core Christian teaching as it pertains to men confessing and repenting of sin and believing in Jesus to the point of salvation. Praying the sinner’s prayer without meaning it won’t get you saved. Read and understand what you are doing as you pray through the sinner’s prayer. “Dear God in heaven: I am a desperate sinner in need of your grace. I acknowledge that I have sinned before you, and I repent of this sin. I believe that Jesus is the son of God, and I believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sins.  I believe in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day. I believe that Jesus as God became man. Thank you Jesus for shedding your blood for me. I am opening my heart for Jesus to be my Savior.  I am not trusting in any of my good deeds to get me to heaven.  By simple faith, I here and now trust in Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross for the forgiveness of sins. In Jesus name, amen.”

The next step is to get into a solid, gospel-preaching church. The LSD, the Mormons, and Roman Catholic congregations are not gospel-preaching congregations.

The gospel proper is best defined in I Co 15:3-4. Paul brings up the topic of the gospel and then clearly states what the actual gospel is, as in, the gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. “(1) Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, (2) and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. (3) For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, (4) that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, (ESV, I Co 15:1-4).”

Put succinctly, the gospel in the Bible is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The difference between the real gospel and a fake gospel (Gal 1:6-8) is not the difference between one denomination and another one or even the difference between Christianity and the Messianic movement. The difference between the real gospel and a fake gospel is the difference between heaven and hell.

In Luke 24:44, Jesus spoke himself being in the law, the prophets, and the Psalter and then went on to explain the important aspect of this, namely, his death and resurrection. See Luke 24:46-47. Then Jesus linked his own prophecies in the law, the prophets and in the Psalms to repentance and forgiveness of sins. While the word gospel is not in Luke 24, the content of the gospel, as displayed throughout the New Testament, is presented.

Also, see John 3:15-18, which conveys the gospel and salvation very clearly.
“(15) that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. (16) “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (17) For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. (18) Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God (ESV, John 3:15-18).”
Simple faith in Jesus grants us the salvation. You have to believe, and thereby you can escape the judgment of God on sin. You come to Christ with nothing with a simple faith in him.

By design, the Bible was written like a very, detailed tapestry, with all sorts of necessary doctrines woven into the tapestry in various places. While the Bible is called life’s instruction manual, the Bible was not written like an instruction manual written by man or like a Systematic Theology book. What man needs is in the Bible, but it is not easy reading. You can read a newspaper article once, and you grasp it, but you have to read the Bible many times, and even then, it is not guaranteed that you will completely grasp the original message. Further, it’s common for one author to set out to prove a point, only to put one verse in the same section that seems to contradict the original argument.

I’ve got an example below regarding the justification of man apart from works by two different authors in the New Testament. Paul clearly writes many times that justification takes place apart from works. (See Romans 4:5; Galatians 2:16 and Ephesians 2:8-9.) Then, he comes in with Romans 2:13: “For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified (ESV, Romans 2:13).” Here, Paul is referring to the outward manifestation of a true faith, not that works actually had anything to do with the attaining of the forgiveness of sins. James seems to say that a man is justified by works. “You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone (ESV, James 2:24).” It seems as if he is hammering the message. Then he comes in with the well-known verse in Genesis regarding the attaining of salvation by faith. “And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God (ESV, James 2:23).” So James, in the very passage where he is emphasizing works, he also acknowledges that we are saved by faith. It seems to be contradictory. You have to look at the verses as a whole and not just rip a verse out of context or twist a verse to make it say what you want it to say. Your overall message needs to line up with the main theme in the Bible.

“And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness (ESV, Genesis 15:6).” Genesis 15:6 is quoted in the New Testament by Paul and James. Faith in God is what saved Abraham even though the gospel as we understand it in the 21st century had not arrived yet.

Paul speaks of the doctrine of circumcision, introduced in Genesis 17, in light of that day.
“(9) Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. (10) How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. (11) He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, (12) and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised (ESV, Romans 4:9-12).”
In this passage, Paul clearly spells out that Abraham was saved and declared righteous before he was circumcised, which clearly was apart from works, and he argues it as such.

Looking at the bronze serpent took faith, not works.
“(5) And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.” (6) Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. (7) And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. (8) And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” (9) So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live (ESV, Numbers 21:5-9).”
In the days of the Old Testament, the law was emphasized, and they were under the law, but they were saved by the same means as today. Believing and faith was required in that day just as it is today, and it was free.

“But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews (ESV, Galatians 2:14)?”

In the first century, as the Jews were winning the Gentiles to Christ, in the process, they were actually leading them to live as Jews at the same time. This came out in this verse. That is not to say that living as a Jew will save you, but the end goal for men to be saved is just this, which will be brought out in the upcoming era. In this last era, the Gentiles, who have been taking the gospel to the nations, have been doing this without a Jewish flavor. (The Jew has been absent in God’s work in the earth during what has been called Christianity.) In the upcoming era, the Jews, with whom the covenants were made (Romans 9:4), will be taking the lead (Isa 49:6; Acts 13:47), and they’ll be putting the Jewish flavor back in God’s work in the earth. As it is, the pure, saving gospel, the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, can and does save, with or without the presence of the Jew, which was proved when the Gentiles were taking the gospel to the nations. Gentiles left to themselves do not carry a Jewish mindset, which is why the Jewish flavor, which was present in the first century, left the scene. The Jews had left the scene.

It is important to see that in the same passage, two verses after the said verse to be exact, in Galatians 2:16, Paul reminds the reader that no one is justified by the works of the law. “yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified (ESV, Galatians 2:16).”
Living as a Jew will not get you to heaven.

The end goal is for God’s people to live as Jews, which will be brought out clearly in the upcoming era as Israel and the Jews gain more influence in the world. (See Isaiah 49:6; Acts 13:47; Ezekiel 36:25-27; Zechariah 14:16-19; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9.)

“(12) remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. (13) But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ (ESV, Ephesians 2:12-13)”
Israel, by default, is not part of the gospel. During the first era after the first coming of Jesus, Israel was not. This was by design. Not only was Israel not, but this first era lasted over 1900 years before Israel’s emergence onto the scene. Again, in the first era after the coming of the first advent of Jesus, the gospel went out to the nations without Israel’s presence to show that the gospel is not dependent upon Israel.
Israel is going to play a great role in history! A great role! However, the gospel comes from Jesus Christ, not from Israel.
In the first 2000 years, all saints, including Gentile believers in Christ, were added to the commonwealth of Israel, even without their knowing of it, but even in this passage, Paul makes it clear in 2:13, the verse following the verse on the commonwealth of Israel, that our hope is in Christ, not Israel.
If Israel is not part of the gospel, what is Israel’s role? People are enamored by the seen world. Israel is going to be in the seen world for a very, very, very long time as a light to the nations, but that light is Jesus, not Israel. (See John 8:12.)

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek (ESV, Romans 1:16).” The purpose of the gospel is save man from his sin. According to Romans 1:16, the gospel brings salvation to man. The gospel was established to save man.
“and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, (ESV, 2 Tim 1:10)” Death here means eternity in hell. Physical death is sure, but man has the opportunity to escape hell, fire and brimstone by receiving the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The results of the gospel include escaping everlasting damnation to the lake of fire, but not only can this be escaped, but man can go to heaven forever.
“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him (ESV, John 3:36).”

The cost is free.
“(6) That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: (7) Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power (Ephesians 3:6-7).”
The gospel is presented as a gift. A gift is free.
“(8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (9) Not of works, lest any man should boast. (10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them (ESV, Ephesians 2:8-10).”
The Ephesians 2:8-10 passage is an excellent passage when it comes to proving that the gospel is free. Salvation and works are put in the same passage, with the place of works mentioned thereafter. God wants man to serve him after salvation.
“The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price (ESV, Revelation 2:17).”
The water of life is free. Salvation is free.
On the Gentile side, it’s easy to add baptism, works, culture, or something else to the gospel, but nothing can be added to the gospel, which would give credit to the thing that was added to the gospel. On the Jewish side, the ongoing temptation is going to be to add Israel, the law of Moses, or something in the Jewish domain to the gospel. It was for this reason, before the time of the Jews surfaced, the gospel was separate from the Jewish domain in order to show what the gospel is and what the gospel can do. It’s easy for some denominations in Christianity to say that man has to go through them in order to get to heaven. The Jews are going to have the same temptation. You do not have to go through the Jews to get to heaven. You have to go through Jesus Christ and him alone. “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (7) If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” (John 14:6-7.)” John 4:22, “for salvation is from the Jews,” refers to Jesus having been born in Jewry.

Israel, by default, is not part of the gospel. During the first era after the coming of Jesus, Israel was not. This was by design. Not only was Israel not, but this first era lasted over 1900 years before Israel’s emergence onto the scene. Again, in the first era after the coming of the first advent of Jesus, the gospel went out to the nations without Israel’s presence to show that the gospel is not dependent upon Israel.

(2) For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. (3) For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” (4) Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
(5) And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, (6) just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: (7) “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; (8) blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin (ESV, Romans 4:2-8).”
The word “gospel” is not in the said passage, but righteousness is dealt with clearly. The problem is sin. A man is justified not by works, but by faith. This man’s faith is counted as righteousness.

“Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God (ESV, Romans 5:9).”
“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, (ESV, Ephesians 1:7)”
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin (ESV, I John 1:7).”
“and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood (ESV, Revelation 1:5).”
“Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins (ESV, Hebrews 9:22).”

The shedding of the blood of Jesus was required for salvation to be made available to man.

It’s very clear that baptism plays a big role in our faith. The main doctrine regarding baptism is in Romans 6:3-6. This said passage presents baptism as a picture of Christ’s death and resurrection, with believers conveying an outward sign and testimony of your salvation that is inward by getting baptized.
“(3) Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? (4) We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. (5) For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. (6) We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin (ESV, Romans 6:3-6).”
Baptism is a visible testimony of what has happened to your soul. Baptism is a picture of what Christ has done for us, namely his death of the old body and then the resurrection of his new body.
“Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned (ESV, Mark 16:16).” This verse goes on to state that those who do not believe will be condemned.
“And Peter said to them, “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 (ESV, Acts 2:38).” First, you must repent. Baptism comes after repenting. Baptism is a visible sign of what has taken place on the inside of a man.
“Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, (ESV, I Peter 3:21)” In his commentary, Adam Clarke says: “There are many difficulties in this verse; but the simple meaning of the place may be easily apprehended. Noah believed in God; walked uprightly before him, and found grace in his sight; he obeyed him in building the ark, and God made it the means of his salvation from the waters of the deluge. Baptism implies a consecration and dedication of the soul and body to God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He who is faithful to his baptismal covenant, taking God through Christ, by the eternal Spirit, for his portion, is saved here from his sins; and through the resurrection of Christ from the dead, has the well-grounded hope of eternal glory. This is all plain; but was it the deluge, itself, or the ark, or the being saved by that ark from the deluge, that was the antitype of which St. Peter speaks? Noah and his family were saved by water; i.e. it was the instrument of their being saved through the good providence of God. So the water of baptism, typifying the regenerating influence of the Holy Spirit, is the means of salvation to all those who receive this Holy Spirit in its quickening, cleansing efficacy. Now as the waters of the flood could not have saved Noah and his family, had they not made use of the ark; so the water of baptism saves no man, but as it is the means of his getting his heart purified by the Holy Spirit, and typifying to him that purification. The ark was not immersed in the water; had it been so they must all have perished; but it was borne up on the water, and sprinkled with the rain that fell from heaven. This text, as far as I can see, says nothing in behalf of immersion in baptism; but is rather, from the circumstance mentioned above, in favor of sprinkling. In either case, it is not the sprinkling, washing, or cleansing the body, that can be of any avail to the salvation of the soul, but the answer of a good conscience towards God – the internal evidence and external proof that the soul is purified in the laver of regeneration, and the person enabled to walk in newness of life. We are therefore strongly cautioned here, not to rest in the letter, but to look for the substance.”
“For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power (ESV, I Co 1:17).” Paul, the premier author in the New Testament regarding the gospel and salvation, never once equated baptism with getting saved. In this said verse, he specifically distinguishes the gospel from the baptism.

To get to heaven, you have to go through the gospel of Jesus Christ and only through the gospel of Jesus Christ. With man being mesmerized by the seen world, it was necessary for the New Testament and Jesus’ ministry to be implemented while Israel was NOT enjoying nation status. Yes, Israel is going to be a light to the nations, a blessing in the midst of the Earth for a very, long time, but Israel is not the primary aspect of the gospel. It was imperative that Israel was NOT enjoying nation status when Ephesians 2:12 was written. This was to keep anyone from confusing the gospel and Israel.  Solomon played a big role in Old Israel getting rent in two, but whether it was him or someone else, it was meant that Israel as a nation was going to be off the scene during Jesus’ ministry and during the time that the New Testament was written.  You do not have to understand Israel or even believe in Israel to get saved, but those who got saved during the time that has been called Christianity or anybody that gets saved will be added to Israel.  (See Ephesians 2:12.)

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