Is accepting Christ enough to be saved?

The one time mere confession of "accepting Christ" from the non-Christian and the Christian is far from enough!

Then just explain what this means: Jesus said unto her [Martha], I am the Resurrection, and the Life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:25,26)

Martha knew Jesus well, she knew and confessed he was the messiah, the son of God, she believed in him. When you love someone with all your heart, you will try your best to imitate them to better yourself. Jesus followed the commandments of eternal Life and love as given to us. He was teaching the commandments to the people and disciples, and all who would listen. He wants for us to sin no more, He wants us to know the truth, he is sinless and is the perfect example that we need to follow.

The one time mere confession of "accepting Christ" from the non-Christian and the Christian is far from enough!

The one time mere confession of "accepting Christ" from the non-Christian and the Christian is far from enough! It only puts you in the same category as Satan who believes! If you are a Christian what should your attitude be about doing the right thing? Are you saved? 1John 3:9 says “No one born of God commits sin; for God’s nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God.” Many translations say "continue" in sin, a habit of sinning. Matthew 7:21 says: “Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” Christianity is about doing God’s will. Rev 20:13: "... and they were judged every man according to their works."

What Jesus do you believe in? The one who gave himself to redeem us from all iniquity? The one who gave us a new nature, who enabled us to do what’s right? Shall you continue in sin that grace may abound? (Rom 6:1). What you do is directly related to what you believe.
You have the power to walk the way he walked.

Does obeying God's just commandments mean that it has to be a hard, white knuckled, teeth clenching event as a Christian? No! You can love Him and really want to do what is right, because you seek to please God with all of your heart, all of your mind and all of your soul. Many have felt the return love of God which cannot be replaced by anything on this Earth. Out of the abundance of love for God you will want to worship Him because he first loved you by His sacrifice. When you know Him even more you will see who He really is, His power, beauty, His gentleness, His tenderness, (and a long list of other superlatives) plus his continued forgiveness for the rare times you fall. Then you will want to worship Him even more!

While the op is correct. Mere belief has never saved anyone.

We must be careful when we try to add our acts of obedience as a requirement to be saved. As paul said when the jews tried to add circumcision to the gospel of grace. If your going to do that, your indebted to obey the whole law. As as Moses said (in deut 27: 26) , and paul re-terates in his letter the the Galation church in the 3rd chapter, Whoever is under that law is cursed. because cursed is everyone who does not obey every word.

We need saved because we are guilty
We need rescued from the curse of death (the penalty of sin is death) and this is only done by the gift of God (but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus)

The issue is do you trust God at keeping his word. Do you believe Jesus when he said it is finished (literally paid in full or completed) when it came to the payment of sin. Do you trust when he said whoever believes is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already.. That as moses lifted the serpent, so to must the son of man be lifted up that whoever believes will not perish. but have life eternal or forever?

or do you lack this faith. as the jews who thought yes, I believe Jesus, But I can;t believe all I must do is receive this gift. I have to do my part (circumcision and other works of the law) in which case, they really did not have faith. they had mere belief. Much like those James confronted. who also had mere belief. but did not think they sinned or were bad. hence why the continued to live in sin as they lived before they supposedly had faith.

Then just explain what this means: Jesus said unto her [Martha], I am the Resurrection, and the Life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:25,26)

None of that is expressed in the quoted words of Christ. And none of that was found in that thief who was invited to Paradise. So once again, what exactly did Jesus say?

None of that is expressed in the quoted words of Christ. And none of that was found in that thief who was invited to Paradise. So once again, what exactly did Jesus say?

Salvation is not by "accepting": salvation begins with the grace of God working in the heart of the believer to produce a deep-seated faith that clings to Jesus because of a deep need. Salvation is through faith in the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Saving faith is not intellectual belief in a set of facts: too often this is all that is "required" to make one a Christian in many churches in America today.

Where do works come in? They spring out of faith and are a part of the package of salvation. They are not an extra optional add-on that the sincere believer uses to stick a feather in his hat.

The scripture has to be taken as a complete work. It is possible to quote one verse to prove a point but not have the correct idea.

The one time mere confession of "accepting Christ" from the non-Christian and the Christian is far from enough! It only puts you in the same category as Satan who believes! If you are a Christian what should your attitude be about doing the right thing? Are you saved? 1John 3:9 says “No one born of God commits sin; for God’s nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God.” Many translations say "continue" in sin, a habit of sinning. Matthew 7:21 says: “Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” Christianity is about doing God’s will. Rev 20:13: "... and they were judged every man according to their works."

What Jesus do you believe in? The one who gave himself to redeem us from all iniquity? The one who gave us a new nature, who enabled us to do what’s right? Shall you continue in sin that grace may abound? (Rom 6:1). What you do is directly related to what you believe.
You have the power to walk the way he walked.

Does obeying God's just commandments mean that it has to be a hard, white knuckled, teeth clenching event as a Christian? No! You can love Him and really want to do what is right, because you seek to please God with all of your heart, all of your mind and all of your soul. Many have felt the return love of God which cannot be replaced by anything on this Earth. Out of the abundance of love for God you will want to worship Him because he first loved you by His sacrifice. When you know Him even more you will see who He really is, His power, beauty, His gentleness, His tenderness, (and a long list of other superlatives) plus his continued forgiveness for the rare times you fall. Then you will want to worship Him even more!

You showed a thumb down to the words of Christ. So you will also show a thumb down to John 3:14-17 which says exactly the same thing. And I could add many more verses but you would not accept them for what they are. Which means that you DO NOT BELIEVE.

You showed a thumb down to the words of Christ. So you will also show a thumb down to John 3:14-17 which says exactly the same thing. And I could add many more verses but you would not accept them for what they are. Which means that you DO NOT BELIEVE.

Jesus told us that, "Many will call Lord, Lord and will not be saved. Only those that do the Will of My Father in heaven will be saved." The road to perdition is wide, many will try and take the short cut, the easy way. But the road to eternal life is narrow, few will find it.

Then just explain what this means: Jesus said unto her [Martha], I am the Resurrection, and the Life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:25,26)

Yes, the justice of God requires the sacrifice of His own dear Son so that we may be saved from our sins. Because our offenses are against God, He has made the condition that we believe that His sacrifice covers our sins, and we are forgiven by that. The results of being born again is that we have a heart that loves God and doesn't continue in sin. It's hard to make the case that it's OK to continue to commit adultery, lying, theft etc. because we are believers, and we are forgiven. It's hard to make the case that we should not do good works. If we continue to do these sins and don't do good works, it says:

Luke 13:23
Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?”

And He said to them, 24 “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ 26 then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ 27 But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.

It's OK to do good and not to sin! (Ok I am having a bit of fun here!)

It's not OK to say (for example) way back in 1995 I went to a Billy Graham crusade I was saved..... since then I have committed every sin I did before and basically never did anything for the Kingdom or the King, but sure I'm saved. Your life has to be consistent with that confession of faith.

I am encouraged!

Jesus told us that, "Many will call Lord, Lord and will not be saved. Only those that do the Will of My Father in heaven will be saved." The road to perdition is wide, many will try and take the short cut, the easy way. But the road to eternal life is narrow, few will find it.