"What must I do to be saved?"

The thief died prior to the institution of the NT. The NT rebirth experience was made available on the Day of Pentecost when Jesus poured out the Holy Spirit. Jesus prophesied that repentance and remission of sin would be preached in His name to all nations BEGINNING in Jerusalem. (Luke 24:47)

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls." (Acts 2:38-39)

If you harden your heart and refuse to repent, that is exactly where you shall go. Salvation is not a ticket to do your own thing ever-after. We are called to walk in the light and in the Spirit of thankfulness and humility. That means we confess our sins with a penitent heart.

Revelation 2:
16Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

Revelation 3:
19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

When a born again child of God commits a sin, they separate themselves from God's fellowship, temporary until they repent, but not from their eternal inheritance, for God will not fellowship sin, even turning his back on his own Son during the three hours of darkness on the cross, as he bore the sins of those that God gave him. God did not disown his Son, neither does he disown his children.

I do not know what version of the bible you are studying from, but the KJV does not have the word "being" before the word sanctified.

I do not know what Greek concordance you are using, but Strong's concordance says: Hallow, be holy, sanctify.

I've been saved at least five or six times. I stopped counting.

So I can walk away and only have to worry about losing a few rewards. Good to know.

No. Doesn't work that way. The Holy Spirit enters a man when He is born again, not when he "walks into a church."


The passage I am using is addressed to "those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost".

Hebrews 6:
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

The scripture cited defines only one of the requirements of salvation, that of belief. When all pertinent scriptures are taken into consideration as they should be and not just cherrypicking only one, you end up with the following composite list of requirements for salvation.
1. Belief and faith
2. Confession of belief
3. Repentance
4. Water baptism

You must comply with all the requirements, not just one

The scripture cited defines only one of the requirements of salvation, that of belief. When all pertinent scriptures are taken into consideration as they should be and not just cherrypicking only one, you end up with the following composite list of requirements for salvation.
1. Belief and faith
2. Confession of belief
3. Repentance
4. Water baptism

You must comply with all the requirements, not just one

The thief died prior to the institution of the NT. The NT rebirth experience was made available on the Day of Pentecost when Jesus poured out the Holy Spirit. Jesus prophesied that repentance and remission of sin would be preached in His name to all nations BEGINNING in Jerusalem. (Luke 24:47)

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls." (Acts 2:38-39)

The thief died prior to the institution of the NT. The NT rebirth experience was made available on the Day of Pentecost when Jesus poured out the Holy Spirit. Jesus prophesied that repentance and remission of sin would be preached in His name to all nations BEGINNING in Jerusalem. (Luke 24:47)

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls." (Acts 2:38-39)

The thief died prior to the institution of the NT. The NT rebirth experience was made available on the Day of Pentecost when Jesus poured out the Holy Spirit. Jesus prophesied that repentance and remission of sin would be preached in His name to all nations BEGINNING in Jerusalem. (Luke 24:47)

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls." (Acts 2:38-39)

When God quickens a person to the new spiritual life, he exchanges their heart of stone to a heart of flesh, that can be pricked to feel spiritual guilt (Ezk 11:19).

These Jews in Acts 2:37, already had their heart exchanged, by evidence that they were "pricked" in their heart. In contrast of their response, those with the heart of stone, in Acts 7:54, had a much different response, of gnashing on him with their teeth, after hearing Stephen preach the same sermon as Peter preached in Acts 2.

The gift of the Holy Spirit are his fruits (Gal 5:22-23).

Its not about what we do but what Christ did

Matthew 9:2 KJV
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

When you are baptised you are saying, symbolically, that you are united with the Lord Jesus Christ in His death, burial and resurrection.
It’s very clear in scripture that water cannot wash away sins.

As the Lord Jesus Christ said…
Matthew 26:28 KJV
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

And John the Baptist would not baptise those who had not yet repented. He said “bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.”

What if someone commits some sins and before they have a chance to repent the next day or so they pass away?

Well since the kjv is not perfect. You should study

Again the Greek said one is completed the other is ongoing. It does not matter what a translation says that’s what the author wrote

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved" (Acts 16:31).