[[Christ said “come to me” not come to me after you have participated in an approved ceremony of a Roman sect that hasn’t even been invented yet.]]
Exactly- excellent post- Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved- the bible doesn’t say ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Chr5ist AFTER you have received a reconciliation verdict by the church’- the bible simply says “Believe on Christ’
Sadly many sects take the ‘Believe’ part and make it into a works based salvation- claiming that in order to ‘truly believe’ one must do such and such before they becoem acceptable to Christ- go through this or that ritual before God will take them seriously- renounce all sins before Christ will accept them, as in lordship salvation etc-
All that is necessary for salvation is to have a change of mind about Christ- who He is, and what He has accomplished- ie- believe that He was sent By God to die four our sins=- and simply come to the point where we accept that and believe it- Believe in Him and His salvation work- that invitation is open to everyone everywhere-
Takes a lot more than that. Read Hebrews 6. Repentance is called the “foundation”, which means something is built on it.