• God's love, mercy, and grace (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8ff)
• Jesus Christ's redeeming sacrifice on Calvary (John 12:32; Romans 3:21-26)
• Jesus Christ's triumphant resurrection from the dead (Romans 1:1-4)
• The hearing of this Good News (Romans 10:17)
• Faith in Jesus Christ as Risen Savior and Lord (Mark 16:16; John 8:24)
• Confession of Christ as God's Son (Deity) (Matthew 10:32, 33; Romans 10:9, 10)
• Renunciation of sin and sinful living (repentance) (Luke 13:3, 5; Acts 2:38)
• Baptism (immersion in water) as a burial with Christ into His death and our own to sin (Matthew 28:18ff; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; Romans 6:1-7)
• Love for Jesus as expressed in obedience to His commandments and also those whom He commissioned, inspired, and empowered by the Holy Spirit to reveal in the New Testament (John 14:15; 15:20)
• Love of those who are our brothers and sisters in Christ (John 13:34, 35;

   1 John 3:11-15)

• Faithful devotion and service to God in life unto death (Revelation 2:10)