How can I be saved?

"Because of our sin, we all deserve death" (Romans 6:23).

Because the just penalty for sin is infinite and eternal, only God could pay the penalty, because only He is infinite and eternal. But God, in His divine nature, could not die. So God sent his son Jesus Christ who took on human flesh, lived among us, and taught us. When the people rejected Him and His message, and sought to kill Him, He willingly sacrificed Himself for us, allowing Himself to be crucified (John 10:15). Because Jesus Christ was human, He could die; His death had an eternal and infinite value. Jesus’ death on the cross was the perfect and complete payment for our sin (1 John 2:2). He took the consequences we deserved. Jesus’ resurrection from the dead demonstrated that His death was indeed the perfectly sufficient sacrifice for sin.

“I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Luke 5:32). “But unless you repent, you too will all perish.” (Luke 13:5).

Repentance in the Bible involves a complete and irreversible change of mind, heart, and actions. Repentance recognizes that our sin is offensive to God. To repent means to make an about-face, heart-directed turn away from self to God, from the past to a future ruled by God’s commands, acknowledging that the Lord reigns supreme over one’s existence.

So what does that mean?

To be saved we must believe in Jesus Christ, believe that he died on the cross for our sins and repent of our sins meaning to turn away from anything that is not pleasing to God. It's not only just the "sinner's prayer" and all is good to go you have a free pass to Heaven. We have to strive daily to be Holy as he is Holy, In Luke 9:23, Jesus looks at his disciples and tells them, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.