"I don't have the time to give a whole catechism class..."
Consider this...
"...if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame." For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." - Rom 10
Seems like a fairly simple set of requirements for salvation.
Seems like a fairly simple set of requirements for salvation.
Consider:
1 John 2: 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
A mere profession of faith is not enough. We must keep His commandments and walk in Him.
SD