Salvation ( A long explanation)

        The God of the Universe has a Righteous Standard that humanity can not keep


THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;
¹¹ THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS,
THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;
¹² ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS;
THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD,
THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE.”
¹³ “THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE,
WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING,”
“THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS”;
¹⁴ “WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS”;
¹⁵ “THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
¹⁶ DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,
¹⁷ AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN.”
¹⁸ “THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES.”
                                                                                    Romans 3 : 10 -18 




         The consequence of unrighteousness is Sin and the wages of Sin is death(Romans 6 :23) , the death talked about is not a physical death , it is a spiritual death as described in the book of Revelation :

 ⁷ He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. ⁸ But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” 
                                                                                      Revelation 21 : 7-8


      Now I'm sure that between those 2 lists we all can acknowledge that we are all guilty , according to the Justice of our Creator all of us are doomed to burn forever and ever in the Lake of Fire which  is not the party that alot of  people make it out to be. In fact Mark describes Hell quite a few times with verses like : ⁴⁸ where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED. (Mark 9 : 48) , perhaps more scary is that Hell is not even the Lake of Fire , Revelation makes it clear that those in Hell get thrown into the Lake of Fire where clearly nothing dies and the fire never ends , imagine setting yourself on fire and not being able to stop it and not being able to die to escape it , that is the gist of what the Lake of Fire is going to be like , a Rock Party? , I don't think so.

 The Remedy ? Jesus :

 ¹⁶ “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. ¹⁸ He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.                                        
                                                                                                      John 3 : 16 - 18

God loves you and me so much that he sent Jesus to Earth to die in our place for our sins to satisfy his Righteous standard :  


²¹ He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 
                                                                                  2 Corinthians 5 : 21 




So if God sent his son to die in our place taking our sins and then raised him from the dead  three days later giving us the promise of eternal life , what do we need to do to be saved ?

 ⁹ that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; ¹⁰ for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. 
                                                                                                          Romans 10 : 9 - 10 


                         Ask Jesus to come into your heart today and save you , you don't have to pray a predetermined prayer just pray a heart felt prayer , I know for me it was , "Ok God you got me , I will stop running , yes I'm a sinner and I need a Savior , I believe Jesus died on the Cross for my sins and was raised from the dead 3 days later , I ask Jesus to come into my heart right now and Save me in Jesus name amen."




Now if you have accepted Jesus as your Savior , you need to get into a local church , this could be difficult to pick the right one , just try to make sure that they believe Salvation is by Grace through Faith in Jesus Christ alone . Here's a link that may or may not help you :  http://www.christianchurchtoday.com/locator/


It is also important to get a bible and read it everyday as well as praying to God , it may be hard when you start you can use some sample prayers such as the Lord's prayer (Matthew 6 : 9 - 13) , God Bless you and if all else fails search online there are quite a bit of materials as well