How is a person saved?

People are saved by God's grace, through faith in Jesus, and not by earning it (Ephesians 2:8-10). Salvation is God's rescue: Jesus died for our sins and rose again, doing what we could never do for ourselves. The faith that receives this gift is more than agreeing that certain things are true. It trusts Jesus and gives him its allegiance. In the New Testament that faith turns from sin, confesses Jesus as Lord, and is baptized into him (Acts 2:38; Romans 10:9-10), and it keeps following him. We are saved for obedience, not by it.

These answers explain grace, faith, repentance, baptism and the new birth, along with the questions that follow, such as whether a person can be sure of salvation.