What are the min requirements to be "saved"

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Over the years since I first opened the pages of the New Testament, I have seen 2 types of people enter the baptistry. The first are those brought up in the church and related to someone in the congregation. The other type (includes me) are those that are few. They are the ones I have no doubt that are already 'born of the Spirit' .
These are the ones that have let the word (or received the word) into their core being and are being motivated by the Holy Spirit. These types of people are viewed with a certain suspicion in the kinds of congregations that I used to attend. The reason being that they believe that the word of God does not bring on an immediate and radical change of a person's nature (or charactor). Nor do they believe that the Holy Spirit operates on a person in such a way today. My conversion was immediate and radical while I read through the 4 Gospels. It was a result of having this occurred that I went to be baptized and to partake of the Lord's Supper and be amongst fellow believers! Born again Christians are always over-eager to do whatever the Lord wants His children to do.

So, I do believe that the minimum requirement to be 'saved' is to receive the word of God into one's core being and the Holy Spirit will take over from there.

 

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"If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord'. and you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, You will be saved."
Romans 10:9

The bare minimum that it takes to be saved is stated right there. Say outloud, shout it from the mountain top that Jesus is Your Lord, and believe in your heart that he was raised from the dead, and you shall be saved!!

That's not to say that good works and living a life striving to share the word of God and be the best that you can be, knowing right from wrong is not needed, that should be a way that we all lead our lives.

Well said. Works perfects the faith (James 2:22), and without it faith is dead (James 2:17, 20, 26).

Jesus himself said that any "branch" that does not bear fruit will be taken away:

[bible]John 15:1-6[/bible]

The Apostle Paul told us how to get this fruit:

[bible]Romans 6:22[/bible]