There is no Salvation without Gods Word and The Holy Spirit.
What is Salvation?
Salvation is saving humans from sins and its consequences.
“The recognition of sin is the beginning of salvation.” ~ Martin Luther
What must we do to be saved?
“A man is not saved against his will, but he is made willing by the operation of the Holy Spirit. A mighty grace which he does not wish to resist enters into the man, disarms him, makes a new creature of him, and he is saved.”~ Charles Spurgeon
Ephesians teaches us that Christians are saved through faith but not from what we do or what we have done in the past.
2 Corinthians teaches us to repent our sins without regret so that we can achieve salvation.
What is to repent?
To repent is to:
Admit your Sins
Change of Heart
Change of Mind about Christ
Is it enough if we repent ourselves?
We always remember and also we knew that there is not even a single person on the Earth who is righteous in the eyes of God. So what happens after we repent our Sins? Can we maintain the same relationship with God after repenting ourselves? Even before realizing, these questions bother us because repentance is an honest way of admitting our sins without regret and living a Holy Life thereafter.
Bible Verses about Repentence:
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV).
“Godly sorrow brings REPENTANCE that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings DEATH” (2 Corinthians 7:10 NIV).
About “Repentance” from The Gospel of Matthew
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” (Matthew 3:2 NIV).
Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. (Matthew 3:8 NIV).
“I baptize you with[b] water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[c] the Holy Spirit and fire. (Matthew 3:11 NIV).
From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” (Matthew 4:17 NIV).
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[a] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Matthew 9:13 NIV).
Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. (Matthew 11:20 NIV).
41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here. (Matthew 12:41 NIV).
For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him. (Matthew 21:32 NIV).