Question:
At first, getting saved seems so simple, but now that I know more about it, it’s getting more complicated. It’s giving me doubts that I didn’t really think I needed to have in order to be saved.

Answer:
We must go to God’s Word to answer this question and a verse that explains salvation in a very clear and concise way is Acts 20: 21. Paul is speaking and says: “Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.”

I understand that the Greeks in this verse included everyone who was not a Jew so this message is to everybody in the world. Repentance is telling God you are sorry for your sins and admitting you are wrong and He is right. Faith is believing or trusting on the Lord Jesus Christ as the One who bore your sins on the cross so that you do not have to suffer for them in hell. Other Scriptures such as John 3:16,36; John 5:24; Acts 16:31; Romans 6:23; 10:9,10 and many others show that repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ results in a salvation and eternal life for the person who believes. We are saved from hell so we can go to heaven, and we are granted eternal life (life that never ends) which we will spend with the Lord Jesus Christ. We will spend forever learning of and enjoying the glory of our Savior and we will have fullness of joy (Psalm 16:11). If a person refuses to repent and believe, they will spend eternity in the lake of fire (Revelation 20:15) and will suffer terribly, resulting in such agonies as “weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Luke 13:28). From what I read in God’s Word, this is the way of salvation and there is no other way (John 14:6, Acts 4:12). Our salvation is not dependent on what we do or don’t do; it is entirely dependent on what Christ did for us on the cross. The last part of 1 John 1:7 says “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.”