“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

The diagnosis is universal.

“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”Romans 3:23

“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”Romans 3:10

All means all. That's the entire human race, the religious and the respectable right along with the especially bad, and it includes the man writing this page. If that offends you, hold on to the offense for one more step, because the diagnosis is the door to the cure.

Sin has a wage, and it comes due.

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”Romans 6:23

“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”Hebrews 9:27

Death is a payday, and judgment follows right behind it, and nobody gets a second lap, and no séance or reincarnation story can renegotiate it... one life, then the reckoning. That's the bad news, and it's very bad, which is exactly why what comes next is called good news.

God acted first, and he acted in blood.

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”Romans 5:8

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”2 Corinthians 5:21

While we were yet sinners... before we cleaned up, and before we'd proved we were sincere about anything. The sinless Son of God took the sinner's wage and offers the sinner His righteousness in return, and that's the exchange of Calvary: your sin on Him, His righteousness on you.

He died, was buried, and rose. That is the gospel.

“...how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”1 Corinthians 15:3–4

Twice in one sentence: according to the scriptures. The gospel comes anchored to the written Word, and that's why this whole site bothers defending the Word at all, page after page. The empty tomb is the receipt: the payment was accepted.

It cannot be earned. It can only be received.

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”Ephesians 2:8–9

“But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”Romans 4:5

Every false gospel on this site sells you something, whether it's a seed, a ritual, a program or a feeling. The true one is a gift. It's paid for by Someone else and handed to people who don't deserve it... or it isn't grace at all.

So call on him. Believe on him. Today.

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”Romans 10:9

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”Romans 10:13

Whosoever is the widest word in the Book, and your name's inside it. There's no ceremony for this and no magic words. It's a sinner telling God the truth... that you're the sinner Christ died for, and that you're trusting His death and resurrection, and nothing else, to save you. “Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:37).

And then: know it. He said you can.

“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life...”1 John 5:13

“He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”John 5:24

Hath. Is passed. Present tense, written down so you may know. Assurance doesn't come from a feeling, and this site has already shown you why feelings can't be trusted with something this big; it comes from the same place everything else here comes from... it is written.