God's Plan for Your Salvation - Believe

We must then BELIEVE what we read in the Bible. Merely hearing the word of God doesn't save. We must believe what we hear or we are not likely to obey the Bible's commands. In John, Jesus says -

"if ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins."   John 8:24 (KJV)

But belief is not enough! Notice another verse in John -

"But as many as received (believed) him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God...."   John 1:12 (KJV)

In other words, belief allows us to become children of God but does NOT by itself accomplish the task. In Matthew we learn that just declaring our belief is not enough - we must DO what God requires of us -

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."
  Matthew 7:21 (KJV)

So, believing is NOT enough! Please go to STEP 3 by clicking the Repent link above.

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