1. Discover that God created you to be like Him. Gen. 1:27
2. Discover that when sin entered the human family through Adam and Eve, Gen. 3 God did not want you to die for your sins, 2 Pet. 3:9 though His law prescribed that the wages of sin is death. Rom. 6:23
3. Discover that He loved you too much to let you die. Jn. 3:16 He gave His Son, Jesus Christ, to assume all of the legal punishment, judgment and condemnation for every sin you ever committed. 2 Cor. 5:21
4. Discover that since Jesus suffered all the punishment for your sins and paid all of your debt when He died in your place on the cross, you were freed from all guilt and judgment, Rom. 8:32-33 because no crime can be judged twice and no debt can be paid twice.
5. Discover that God paid that supreme price for you to prove how much He values you and how much He wants to share His life with you. Eph. 2:13-16; Isa. 53
6. Discover that since your sins are punished and your debt is paid in full by the life and blood of Jesus Christ, Rev. 1:5 you are free, and no longer guilty —if you only believe that Christ died in your place. Col. 1:20-22; Rom. 3:22; Psa. 34:22
7. Discover that since your sins are remitted forever Ac. 10:43; Mat. 26:28 and since there is nothing to separate you from God, Isa. 59:12; Rom. 8:38-39 now when you confess and receive Jesus Christ, Rom. 10:9-10 you are allowing God to come home to you—you and He are able to walk together again Eph. 2:13 like Adam and Eve walked with God in the garden of Eden before they sinned against Him. Gen. 3:8
8. Discover that through what Christ suffered on your account, there is nothing left for you to suffer; no judgment, no guilt, no condemnation. Tit. 3:5-7; Gal. 2:16; Eph. 2:8-9 You are justified before God. Rom.5:1 A child said: “I am just-as-if-I’d never sinned!”
9. Discover that now, the moment you accept these facts in your heart and believe them and confess Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and Lord, you are saved, converted, redeemed, restored, made whole, uplifted, blessed, accepted, renewed, regenerated, reborn to the same kind of God life for which you were originally created. Ac. 2:21; 4:12 All of that is what the Bible calls salvation. 1 Th. 5:9; 2 Tim. 2:10; Heb. 5:9