Saving Faith
Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8 states "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God." Many of us struggle with this it seems, due to us feeling that we have to do more than just have faith. Some people also ask "how do you know you are truly saved at all?" Whenever I explain how I know that I am saved, I go to scripture.
The Pauline letters do a lot of explaining when it comes to saving faith and the gospel. Read the books of Galatians and Ephesians, these books explain a lot in detail that it's by grace through faith that you are saved. In Galatians chapter 2 verse 16 it says "nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the work of the law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law; since by the works of the law no flesh will be justified." Believing and putting your faith in Jesus Christ is the only way to a saving faith.
Matthew chapter 27
Jesus Christ dies for us.
In Matthew chapter 27 Jesus Christ is crucified. He hung and died on the cross for the sins of man. He was perfect and sinless, being Gods only son. He made a way for us to receive salvation through Him. John chapter 3 verse 16 says "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."
Resurrection
The great thing about the gospel books is that they tell you about the life of Jesus from different view points. In Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24 and John 20, They all talk about the resurrection of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. Jesus rose on the third day by defeating death, He gave himself as the perfect sacrifice for sin so that is we put our faith in him and follow Him we will have eternal salvation.
Repent and Believe
In Mark chapter 1 verse 15 the bible says "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." You need to repent by leaving your old sinful life behind and follow Jesus. Whenever you become saved you become born again as the bible states in John chapter 3 verse 3 when Jesus says "truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." The bible makes it very clear, in order to be saved you need to Believe and put your faith in Jesus Christ.
Conclusion
In conclusion I just want to stress how important it is that you know the gospel. The whole reason we're here as christains is to spread the truth of Jesus Christ to everyone. The most important decision anyone will ever make is to put their trust in Jesus.