Everyone is in need of salvation.

Romans 3:10, "As it is written, There is none

righteous, no, not one." Righteousness is simply doing right. By deduction, we all
must conclude that nobody consistently does that which is right from within
himself. Not because we are born with sin in us, rather we have all committed sin
because in our flesh, wherein no good thing dwelleth. Romans 7:18 For I know that
in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with
me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. Many take and use only this
one verse out of context, (Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin
did my mother conceive me.) just like another scripture verse namely Matthew
28:19. We all our born into a sin filled or sinful world. (And defined as the
following: A tainted with, marked by, or full of sin. There are three main sins.
And by them comes all sin and it's bad effects, upon us all. They are the lust of
the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. We are to deny them and
instead live soberly and righteously in this present world. This is found in 1
John 2:15-17 and Titus 2:11-15.) Adam and eve ate of the tree of knowledge between
good and evil. In Genesis 2:9-3:22. Not one of inheritance. In order to be
accountable for sin, one must commit it. James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth
to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. A baby is innocent of sin because
it does not have knowledge or beliefs. Therefore, until one has knowledge and
belief, they cannot sin. We will read on. The flesh is easily corrupted. Genesis
6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had
corrupted his way upon the earth. God told us there are two ways, to follow the
desires of the flesh to sin and death, or the spirit of God to life everlasting.
Galatians 6:7-9 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap
corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life
everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall
reap, if we faint not. One day we all reap what we have sown. God is not
unrighteous to forget the work you have done by faith in his name. This is found
in Hebrews 6:10. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of
love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the
saints, and do minister. How can one be saved then? Well, Christ the lamb of God,
(John 1:29 and Hebrews 9:15-22) died for all sin. Nobody contends the fact that
Jesus died in their place to remove all sin. All who believe in him will have
their sins removed from their lives. Unbelief will condemn the world. Roman 11:32
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
All sin is unbelief. Whosoever believes and obeys Christ by that that same belief,
(John 14:15/15:14 and 2 Kings 2:5:1-15) shall be saved. John 3:16-21 For God so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into
the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He
that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that
doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be
reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made
manifest, that they are wrought in God. The word sin has the letter "i" in at it's
center. Satan gave the five "I wills" in Isaiah 14. Sin is being self centered and
not God centered. Faith is being focused on God (Isaiah 26:3-4) and centering our
lives (Mark 12:29-30) on him. Faith is expressed or shown by the reaction that we
have to the message of God. It can be seen as the trust we have in his words.
Romans 3:24-27 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ
unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have
sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a
propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the
remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I
say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of
him which believeth in Jesus. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law?
of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Some say faith requires not work to show
it. These are not the words of Jesus nor his followers. Jesus replied to the
unbelieving Jews who just wanted him make more food for them. John 6:28-29 Then
said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus
answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom
he hath sent. Here Jesus said faith in of itself is or produces a work. Not a self
righteous one. But a faith based one. Mark 16:16 restates this idea. He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be
damned. James 2:18-26 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew
me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou
believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and
tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was
not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon
the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith
made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God,
and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of
God. You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received
the messengers, and had sent them out another way? For as the body without the
spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. In all of Paul's letters and
his preaching (Acts 13:38-39), he contrasts two ideas, or systems whereby someone
might be declared righteous before God. A person can choose to enter Christ and
rely upon what the salvation Jesus has provided in order to be counted righteous
or he can seek to obtain his own righteousness by fulfilling the demands of the
Law. The first is known as being justified out of faith while Paul refers to the
last as being justified out of the works of the Law. Paul and James both preached
the same Gospel. Paul's contrast is between the works of the Law verses faith in
Christ. In Romans 9:30-10:21, Paul explained why Israel had failed to receive the
righteousness which comes by faith. Israel had allowed an obstacle to block her
path (Romans 10:1-4). Paul used Deuteronomy 30:11-14 to teach that the
righteousness which comes by faith requires that "the message," namely Jesus,
becomes a belief in some one's heart and a confession upon his lips (Romans 10:8-
10). Since Israel had refused to acknowledge and internalized the message of
Jesus, she had not received the blessings which come from faith in Christ. But
since salvation is open to all who will call upon the Lord (Romans 10:11-13), that
is, to all who will respond by trusting in Jesus, even an Israelite would be saved
if he would overcome this obstacle and respond to the message of Christ with his
heart and his lips. Paul did himself called upon the name of the Lord Jesus (Acts
10:36 Jesus is Lord of all.) in his baptism. Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest
thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the
Lord. This agrees with the words of Peter in Acts 2:38. Peter said to them,
"Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission
(forgiveness) of your sins". The Eunuch also who believed with all of his heart
confessing this with his mouth, was baptized (in the name of Jesus) by Phillip in
the waters. This is found in Acts 8:26-40. That Paul did not understand faith in
Christ to be "just accept Jesus into your heart as your Lord and Savior by saying
a sinner's prayer." This is made abundantly clear. Having repeatedly upheld the
principles of faith and grace against works, Paul concluded that Christians are
not under the Law, but rather are children of God by faith in Christ as a result
of their being clothed with Christ in baptism. Galatians 3:26-27 Baptism is an act
of faith whereby someone relies upon Jesus for salvation. Today there are many
people who run into problems with the terms faith, works, and obedience. It is
because they falsely assume that when Paul condemned works that he was condemning
all forms of human action and obedience to God; and conversely when he praised
faith he was lauding mere but genuine belief in Christ. Accepting such a framework
will cause a person to encounter many contradictory statements within the
Scriptures. Furthermore, when these unbiblical definitions are taken to their
logical conclusions, they demand that someone must believe God which enables him
to believe, (And without any action, their faith is dead.) otherwise people would
be saved by their works (namely, their decision to believe). Why are people driven
to this conclusion? Given their definitions of works, since even believing in
Jesus requires the human initiative of responding to God's actions (and is
therefore by their definition "a work"), those who want to be consistent with
their definitions are forced to the
erroneous conclusion that God must enable a person to believe. Paul himself
wasn't denouncing "obedience" and elevating "just believing." Instead Paul reminds
the Galatians ( Galatians 3:2-9 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the
Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish?
having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered
so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. He therefore that ministereth to you
the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law,
or by the hearing of faith? Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to
him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same
are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify
the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In
thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with
faithful Abraham.) that their reception of the Spirit by faith and the fact that
God had performed miracles among them was not because they are following the Law
of Moses, but rather because they had believed. The contrast is between relying
upon the Law instead of relying upon Jesus. As Paul himself said in Phillipians
2:12. "Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence
only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and
trembling." Hebrews 11:1-7 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through
faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things
which are seen were not made of things which do appear. By faith Abel offered unto
God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was
righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. By
faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found,
because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony,
that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that
cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet,
moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he
condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. We
read in 1 Peter 2:20-21 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the
longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing,
wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. The like figure whereunto
even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the
flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ. Baptism now saves us by our active belief or faith. Getting wet or
dunked in titles ( The name of the father, singular, and of the son, singular, and
of the Holy Spirit, and again, singular.) never will do it. Acts 4:10-12 Be it
known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him
doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at
nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there
salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved. Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do
all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. We
are to live by every word of God and not be simply one verse wonders. Jesus came
in the name of the father. John 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive
me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. Jesus was the
son. Matthew 1:20-21 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of
the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not
to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy
Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he
shall save his people from their sins. The comforter or Holy Ghost, which is the
Holy Spirit of God came in the name of Jesus. John 14:26 But the Comforter, which
is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all
things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
The spirit of God enters in our lives after our baptism by faith in the operation
of God. John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
born of water (Not the natural birth as false teachers say, but the water baptism
commanded by Jesus in Luke 24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should
be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Jesus was
speaking here. And Mark 16:16, already shown.) and of the Spirit, (Matthew 3:12-17
describes the spirit of God coming upon Jesus after his baptism. 1 John 5:8
describes the process of salvation. And there are three that bear witness in
earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. You
must have in this earth the water baptism in Jesus name. Which is made valid,
because of our active belief of the price that Jesus paid in blood for our sins.
Afterwards, we receive the Holy Ghost. Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness
which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.) he cannot enter into the kingdom of
God. Romans 6:1-6 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may
abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized
into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like
as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also
should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the
likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might
be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. Colossians 2:12. Buried
with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the
operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. This is the true grace and
faith that saves us. Ephesians 2:8-10. For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. This is the straight street of
salvation. Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we
should walk in them. We are created unto good works but not by them. Scriptural
and true faith is not based on our working ourselves into salvation, (By works or
deeds of the law. Nobody could ever meet the requirements of it except Christ, who
did so.) but one of active faith to it. Acts 9:11-12 And the Lord said unto him,
Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house
of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, And hath seen in
a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might
receive his sight. Acts 9:17-18 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the
house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that
appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest
receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell
from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose,
and was baptized. May your eyes be enlightened and opened by Christ Jesus, who is
the Lord of all and the King of kings. He is the prince of peace and freely gives
it to all who really trust in his name. Walk in the peace and liberty of Christ
now.