Thank you for your response to "how do you accept His gift of salvation?":
"Believe that you are a sinner in need of a savior, and that Jesus Christ is that savoir, and he is the only savior."
Leaving aside degrees of belief and the difference between belief and know; why did you decide to choose to believe this? Was it in order to receive the gift?
It's kind of hard to think about what my motives were. I am one of those people who are not sure of the moment I was saved like some people can say. To tell the truth I resisted for along time, wanting so bad to continue to believe in my catholic upbringing. It was hard to let go of things I was taught as a child, but the more I studied the bible truly seeking the truth I had to change. But I beleive it was probably fear of hell at first that made me finally fully accept that salvation came only one way and that was through the saving grace of Jesus Christ. But the more I continued to study the more I realized God was not something to fear like I feared Him at the first.
Becky