What are you trusting in to get you into heaven? The answer to this should be Christ and Christ alone! Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved – Acts 16:31 (so a surrender of our lives to Jesus.)
Mark 16:16 “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned,”
Hearing the Gospel: Romans 10:17- 18 So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ. But I ask, “Did they not hear?” Yes, they did: Their voice has gone out to the whole earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”
John 8:32 (Christ said) “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Believe the Gospel: John 20:31 But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name. Hebrews 11:6 Now without faith it is impossible to please God, since the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.
Repent of sins: Acts 17:30-31 Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent, because He has set a day when He is going to judge the world in righteousness by the man He has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.
Confess faith in Jesus Christ: Matthew 10:32-33 (Christ said) Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will also acknowledge them before my Father in heaven. But whoever denies me before others I will also deny him before my Father in heaven. Romans 10:9-10,13 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. One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation. (Christ said) “For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Be baptized: Mark 16:16 (Christ said) “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.’
Sample prayer for salvation: Lord Jesus, I am a sinner, I repent of my sins, please forgive me, come into my life. I receive you as my Lord and Savior. I believe you died for my sins, arose on the third day and ascended into heaven. Help me to live for you the rest of my life.