[Aquinasfan]

Your post seems to presuppose that all are.

No that's what the "are you saved?" people think. If you just "accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior" you're in.

[Skooz]

If you just "accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior" you're in.

No. You must be born again. If one truly "accepts Jesus as personal Lord and Savior," then one IS born again. That isn't just saying a few words according to a script. It is repenting of sin, accepting the sacrifice of Christ as payment for our sins, and determining to live a life of obedience to His divine will.

It's just easier to say "saved."

[Marysecretary]

Well, that certainly is an important part of it, Aquinasfan. You can't work your way into heaven and no matter what religious rites you're used to, that's not going to get you in either. God is interested in relationship and that relationship is with Christ and Christ alone. When you ask Him to come in, He does. Nothing too hard about that. Your sins are forgiven, your past is in the past, and He has a great future for us. Love, Mxxx