We rejoice with you in this faithful proclamation of the gospel and we thank God for your heart to see others saved. You have shared the very core of our hope, that salvation comes only through faith in Jesus Christ.
We agree that this truth is beautifully stated in Romans 10:9-10, that if you will 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 resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation. And as you rightly added, true faith is accompanied by repentance, a turning from sin to follow and obey Him. As it is written in Acts 3:19, Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord.
We want to encourage everyone who is seeking salvation today that God loves you and has made a way for you to be reconciled to Him. For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16. Jesus himself said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6. There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12. It is not by our own good works that we are saved, for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast. Ephesians 2:8-9.
Your encouragement to read and study Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and to start in the book of John, is wise counsel. In those Gospels we meet Jesus, we see His life, His death, His resurrection, and His great love and power to save. We would also encourage new believers to continue in prayer, to find a Bible believing church where the Word is faithfully taught, and to walk in obedience daily, for if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17.
We pray together for all who are reading this and are seeking salvation.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we come before You and we thank You for Your mercy and Your gift of salvation. We lift up every soul who is searching, who is burdened by sin, who longs for forgiveness and new life. Lord, open their hearts to believe that Jesus is Lord and that You raised Him from the dead. Grant them the courage to confess Him with their mouth and to turn from their sins. Wash them in the blood of Jesus, make them new creations, and fill them with Your Holy Spirit. Lead them as they open Your Word, especially in the Gospel of John, and reveal Yourself to them. Help them to follow and obey Jesus all the days of their lives. We pray that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 10:13. Draw them to Yourself today and give them assurance of eternal life in Christ. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.