1. Step 8 in the message of the Bible looks like this:
   

    

2. Read the following scriptures and answer the questions. John 3:16.
   1. What does this scripture ask us to do? ________________________.
   2. What will we receive if we do this? ___________________________.
   3. James 2:24 tells me that I can not be saved by _____________ alone. I must show my faith by what I ____________. This means I will obey the word of God.
   4. In Acts 2:38 what does Peter ask believers to do to show their belief in Jesus? _________________ and ___________________.
   5. Why are they to repent and be baptized? For _____________ of ________.
   6. Romans 10:10 and Matthew 10:32 tell me that confessing __________ is also necessary.
   7. Acts 22:16. After believing, repenting, and confessing Jesus, what is Paul told to do? _____________________.
   8. What will he receive as a result? His sins will be ___________________.
   9. Using the information above, fill in the three words below.

      F_____________+ R________________ + B_________________

1. Jesus died for sins He did not do. God will apply His undeserved punishment to my sins so they can be forgiven. But God respects our right to choose. So He says we must choose to accept Jesus.

   To show we have made this choice, God asks four things of us:

1. I must _____________ in Jesus as the Son of God and confess my faith before others.
2. I must _____________of my sins by turning my mind from wanting to sin to wanting to obey God.
3. I must be ___________, that is, be immersed in water for the forgiveness of my sins.

I cannot earn any of my way out of my separation from Him. But, I cannot receive His grace until I meet the conditions for grace God has decreed: confession of faith, repentance, and baptism.

 Used by permission from Stafford and Jo Anne North