If I believe in Jesus, am I saved?

Nope, here's how it works: If you believe in Jesus, I'M saved, and if I believe in Jesus, YOU'RE saved. Unfortunately for you, I don't believe in Jesus

Jesus set the record straight

Jhn 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 

Jhn 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 

"Born again" is Greek gennaō anōthen (another birth) meaning reborn from above - meaning spiritually. Its a spiritual rebirth in the image of Christ who is the exact image of God. 

Colossians 1:15 KJV — Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Heres what happened 

1- God made Adam in Gods spiritual image. He gave Adam a flesh body also so he could interact in earths physical environment. 

2- Adam betrayed God's spiritual image by choosing to live for flesh gratification rather than for the Spirit of God 

3- God cursed Adam and all his seed with death and decay, ruining our chances at eternal life here on earth. 

4- Later God sent his only begotten Son to die a one time atoning death for all men who would accept his offer. Prior to the crucifixion Jesus showed us how to live in Gods spiritual image again. He was humble, obedient and submissive. 

5- So Jesus who is the image of God regenerates us spiritually one by one back into the spiritual image of God and saves our souls. He does this through his word the Holy Bible.

1 Peter 1:23 KJV — Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

6- If this spiritual transformation never takes place in our lives here then we will die in Adams sinful flesh image. And then there is literally hell to pay. 

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When we consider the NT Greek word that is translated as "believe" it is.

Acts 16:31 KJV — And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.

The Greek word is pisteuo which means total commitment. It does NOT refer to simple intelligent acknowledgment. Judas had that, and was not saved. He was not fully committed to the Lord (pisteuo).

Easy believism is a satanic lie from the pits of hell. Embrace that lie, and hell will be your eternal destination.

Salvation: The Lie of Easy-Believism and the Truth of the Bible

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Debunking “Easy-Believism”

by Joe Heschmeyer

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A Critique Of “Easy Believism”

Posted March 4, 2008

Faith Pulpit

Faith Baptist Theological Seminary

Ankeny, Iowa

March—April 2008

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Christian means Christ-like. 

Salvation: The Lie of Easy-Believism and the Truth of the Bible 

"Easy-believism" is a lie. The truth of the Bible is that it is not easy to be saved. As Peter puts it in 1 Pet 4:18, "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?" There are several major problems with easy-believism: Firstly, it ignores a large number of verses which contradict it. Secondly, even the verses it selectively picks up (mainly the ones which make salvation/ having eternal life dependent on believing) make them mean what they don’t mean (that it is easy to believe). They abuse the original Greek meanings. 

According to the Bible, "Believing" and "Having faith" are themselves not easy things. 

A right heart and a sincerely active godly life are what God desires. An intellecctual belief in Jesus’ vicarious atonement is not sufficient for salvation – there is not a single verse or passage from Jesus’ lips which justify that claim. 

http://akw.faithweb.com/bLieEasy.htm 

GOD ALWAYS HAS THE FINAL WORD 

19 You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror. 20 How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless? 26 Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works. 

James 2  

If you have believed in Him for the free gift of eternal life, then you are indeed saved. However, based on the "updated" comments you posted, it seems you are confused. Each individual human being is responsible to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.

The Bible is very clear that no one can earn their way to heaven since good works do not pay for sins. See Gal. 2:16, Rom. 3:23-28, 4:4-5, Eph. 2:8-9, Tit. 3:5. The only way to heaven is by believing in Jesus for His free gift of eternal life. Jesus shed His blood on the cross as the full payment for our sins. He did all the work; all He requires of us is that we believe in Him. Once you believe in Jesus Christ to save you, you are secure forever!

Because we have all sinned against a perfectly holy and righteous God, we all deserve eternal separation from God in hell (Rom. 6:23). However, God loves us so much that He sent His only Son Jesus to die on the cross as our Substitute so we don't have to go to hell. Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose from the grave three days later (1 Cor. 15:3-4). He gives eternal life freely to anyone who simply believes in Him for it. No one can be saved by doing good works. Salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone (Eph. 2:8-9).

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life" (John 6:47).

Depends on what you mean by "believe in". Just believing He existed won't save you. Even atheists believe that, since it is a documented historical fact.

Saved from what his father created. Saved from the nature of wildlife, God's masterpiece. How can a man be saved from himself or from what God intended him to be? Is Jesus saying that his father's image is unacceptable? Do you see? His story does not check out? If Jesus came to earth in this day and age, he would appropriately be characterized as the cult leader that he is.

If you believe the Magic Jeebus Man is still alive, then you have an insanity problem.

To be saved, one must accept Jesus Christ as their savior by exercising faith in him and his ransom sacrifice and doing God's will. One must give up a sinful way of life and repent of their sins, one must take in accurate knowledge of God and Jesus Christ and of the Kingdom. Then one must dedicate his/her life to the doing of God's will and then be baptized as a public display of that dedication, being baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy spirt. Then one must stay on a course leading to life by doing one's best not to sin anymore. We must not forsake the gathering of ourselves together as some have the custom, but to love and incite one another to love and fine works. We must share the hope we have with others, making disciples of people of all the nations.

there is a lot more to the Salvation process than just "believing in Jesus"... if you have not cpome to God in The Way He prescribes... and received from Him His gift of Salvation... you are not "saved", and you will not be entering Heaven......

Why are you asking if you already think you know the answer?

The correct answer is that salvation is a false concept.

There is no real evidence that Jesus ever existed, and the Jesus story is totally bizarre.  

Only 1/3 of the world considers themselves to be  Christian, but it's unclear how many of those *really* believe.

YES, and it says so in the Bible! 

Jesus Christ continues to proclaim it *himself* 

that no person will ever enter Heaven, or ever be in 

the presence of their very own creator, unless he is there too. 

Read the Bible!  Believe in Jesus!  Go to Heaven!  YES!