Salvation in a nutshell is Going to Heaven when we die instead of hell. Being forgiven for those things which you really have no right to be forgiven for and escaping God's wrath that will come to all mankind at the end of these final earth's days. Therefore, since God is willing to forgive us (who are utterly unworthy to be even be looked upon by Him), we should be accepting of His free gift of eternal life, thankful, obedient, patient in all things, and especially quick to forgive other of their sins towards us personally.

The Bible says that the time for your salvation is right now. This simply means that you may not have 5 more minutes to live. We do not get second chances on salvation. We must be saved before we die or we will spend eternity separated from God. This separation is hell. It is described in the bible as tormenting flames, total darkness, gnashing of teeth and lasting forever. What is wroth this? we go through enough on this earth, in this life to  duffer needlessly for ever. It will never end.

How does a person get saved or obtain salvation? Believe and place your trust in Jesus Christ. It is the most simple thing in the world yet sadly, many will spend eternity in hell. To be saved the bible says you must believe on The Lord Jesus Christ and what He did by His own will on the cross for our sins as our atonement. We must simply believe on Christ Jesus that He was the only one who could be the sacrifice for our sins since He was a perfect man, and that He alone committed the act that is restitution for our sins and nothing we can ever do besides believe this fact can save our souls. Not of works, lest you should boast.

Salvation is not Jesus plus anything else. It is Jesus Christ alone.

There is a lot of new ideas and old ideas in this world as a way to salvation or heaven. In fact there is only one way. Jesus said that No man comes to the Father but by me. If anyone tries in another way to get to heaven he is a thief and a liar.

Some out there try to make a show about Jesus and faint or laugh uncontrollably or some other strange, so called supernatural experience. Salvation normally is you being honest with God and Him forgiving you, lifting the penalty of sin from your soul. It is a feeling of releif, as if a burden, a weight is lifted from your being.

We need to realize that we do in fact need a savior and that we have transgressed against The Lord.

Have you kept the Ten Commandments your entire life without messing up even one time? Do you think that you're a good person?

Lets take a look...

     If you are not sure, PLEASE get out a Holy Bible and read the book of John beginning with the first chapter. After that short book, read the short book of Romans. Before you read, ask God to show Himself to you, ask Him to show that He is real, He will do this for you. He will make it perfectly clear that He is real and alive and loves you. For it is God's will that none perish. (Matthew 18:2-14) What is the Will of God The Father ?

What else must you do to be saved?

     After you realize that you do in fact need to be saved, you need to confess your sin to God, ASK God to forgive you and repent. Repent simply means to acknowledge that you're wrong, God is right and turn from your owns ways and adopt God's ways as your guidance through the rest of your life. No one can be prefect even after salvation but we must press on to be Christ like. This is why Jesus Christ of Nazareth, a perfect man who never sinned once had to be born in the flesh body of mankind and be the sacrifice for our sins. No other sacrifice is holy enough for God to accept. No works of ours are ever good enough. - God says in Isaiah 64:6 that our righteousness is as filthy rags to Him. The words filthy rags here means "menstruous rag". This is compared to Him. He is Holy, perfect, blameless and He demands the same from His people. If our good deeds are as filthy rags to God, then how can God even look at us? Because when we are saved, we are clothed in Christ Jesus who IS perfect, Holy and Blameless thus we become perfect, Holy and blameless in the eyes of God the Father.

And then what?

     Once you ask for forgiveness you must Believe in the promise that God will do as He says He will do! and that is it. It really is as simple as that. Trust in the Lord with all your being and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Acts 16:31-And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shalt be saved, and your house.

The old testament speaks of Abraham believing in God and it was imputed to him as righteousness. There are others that are spoken the same about. You can read about these in Chapter 11 of Hebrews. This chapter is known by believers as one of the main chapters on Faith.

Is it really worth the risk to NOT be saved? I know today's culture, people do not want to believe in God. They think He is out to rob them of their joy when this is a pure lie of the devil. the devil has come to rob, kill, steal and destroy and God is author of joy, peace and love.

John.10:10 - The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. Jesus said this in His words! He loves us!

Galatians 5: - 19 -21 speak of the unrighteous fruits of darkness and the natural man who is not saved - 21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

...they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God

The fruits of Holy Spirit are:
in Galatians 5:22-23 God's Word tells us what the fruits of the Holy Spirit are: 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
[23] Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

...against such there IS NO LAW