Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6, NIV).

The Way to Salvation

The Following is an excerpt from "The Way to Salvation"
by Dr. Youssef

Acknowledge that you have fallen short of God’s standards (The 10 Commandments).

Realize that your own efforts will never enable you to escape the judgment of God over your failure to meet His standards.

Profess that Jesus Christ paid with His own blood on the cross for your sins and failures.

Affirm that you receive His payment on the Cross to be for you personally.

Repent of your sins and ask for His forgiveness.

By faith, receive that forgiveness.

Begin immediately to walk with Him everyday by reading His Word.

Finally, find a Bible-believing church and become a member of the visible body of Christ.

Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6, NIV).

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16, NIV).

It's that simple! "Whoever" means you.

"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great power for us who believe" (Ephesians 1:17-19, NIV)

"The Offending Cross"
by Michael Youssef, Ph.D.
http://www.leadingtheway.org

(Reprinted with permission.)
Some people will take offense to what I am about to say.

You see, at the foot of the cross, the ground is leveled. Regardless of social status, nationality, or ethnic background -- everyone must come to God through the cross of Jesus Christ. And that offends many people.

The Apostle Paul said, "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God" (1 Corinthians 1:18, NIV).

Those who reject the cross of Christ as the only way to forgiveness and eternal life view the cross as nonsense. Human wisdom cannot understand -- let alone accept and submit to -- the fact that the cross is the only way to God. But it is true: There is no other way to God and heaven but through the cross of Christ.

Everyone on earth belongs to one of two categories: those who are being saved and those who are perishing. There is no third category. And whatever category you fall into depends on your view of the cross.

Anyone who rejects the cross is like a drowning person refusing a lifeline. And what could be more foolish? Whether we recognize it or not, from the moment we are born, we are drowning -- and Jesus Christ is the only one who can pull us to safety and to eternal security. It might not be the way we like it, but it's the only way that God provided.

“Because of the Cross”
Michael Youssef, Ph.D.

We'd like to try to rescue ourselves, but the drowning person has only one place to go -- to the cross of Christ. If you have never given your life to Christ, I urge you to let Him rescue you from the self-sustaining life, to the life of peace and contentment. Find out how by reading "The Way to Salvation."