The First Step: Salvation – Dr. Charles Stanley

The First Step: Salvation – Dr. Charles Stanley

Believing there is a God won’t bring us salvation, nor will good deeds.

In this challenging message, Dr. Stanley tells us we must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ to be saved. After all, salvation comes from God’s grace. He not only forgives our sins, but He bestows upon us the gift of eternal life.

Dr. Stanley explains that we are living in a world where people’s morals are changing. Many have decided that the Word of God just doesn’t work anymore. But despite this challenge, we must remember this one constant: Jesus’ sacrificial, substitutionary, and sufficient death on the cross paid for our sin debt in full. If we believe that Jesus is the Son of God and we trust Him for our salvation, we will be saved.

41 Comments

  1. @jesusandmygermanshepherdro7343 on July 11, 2025 at 11:11 pm

    Titus 3 KJV

    4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
    5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
    6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
    7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

  2. @billyrobinson6803 on July 11, 2025 at 11:13 pm

    Happy early Thanksgiving 2024 from Nikiski Alaska ❤

  3. @katethikim9126 on July 11, 2025 at 11:15 pm

    God, Lord, please clean me up. Make me your child! Amen!

  4. @jamesmcallister9645 on July 11, 2025 at 11:18 pm

    You won’t hear the meaning of salvation explained better by anyone else other than Jesus Christ himself. Glory to God.

  5. @Sapphireprincess8 on July 11, 2025 at 11:23 pm

    WHAT ABOUT THE TRUSTING IN THE BLOOD STAINED GOSPEL OF WHAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS ,FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS BY FAITH AN GRACE ALONE NO OTHER WAY. . THE BLOOD!!!!!!!!! THE BLOOD!!!!!!! THE BLOOD .!!!!!!! Pauls GOSPEL WAHT DID HE DO ???? HE SHED HIS BLOOD TWO PIECES OF WOOD AND 3 NAILS. ON THE CROSS HE SHED IT ALL IN HEBREWS without the shedding of BLOOD there is no forgiveness of sins. Wrong msg, wrong doctrine , unless he brings in the msg of the blood stained GOSPEL.

  6. @GeorgeLaha007 on July 11, 2025 at 11:24 pm

    English tribe want you all doing friendly to good new church friendly to baptist Chinese church go to China.i already remind to kachin baptist church doctor pastor la.htaw for gospel well business wine business animal business and perel business and Flowers business.

  7. @SobhagwateeNarain on July 11, 2025 at 11:26 pm

    I love this bro because he really preach from the holy bible

  8. @space2079 on July 11, 2025 at 11:27 pm

    Jesus is the LORD I Love You Jesus I Love You Holy Spirit I Love You Father Jesus is the LORD God is good Jesus is the LORD

  9. @keithdavis4683 on July 11, 2025 at 11:28 pm

    John 3:16 says it all

  10. @JosephMarks49 on July 11, 2025 at 11:28 pm

    Great Message

  11. @loganthrift11 on July 11, 2025 at 11:29 pm

    This sermon led me to realize that I needed a savior,I can gladly say I have asked God to forgive and trusted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior!!!

  12. @Richieclong on July 11, 2025 at 11:31 pm

    My name is rich will God be able to forgive me for what iv done iv been in jail iv lied had sex before marriage I swear I’m tired of the way in living I watched porn iv stole broke in a house in 20000 did a year in jail iv lost my job but I need help to change my life please help me

  13. @kelvintorrence5994 on July 11, 2025 at 11:34 pm

    A great teacher of God’s word

  14. @BrandonClark-hq9tk on July 11, 2025 at 11:34 pm

    I usually hate "TV Church sermons"! It never will replace going in person! I don’t care if you have to go underground hiding to meet up secretly as a rendezvous, it’s just not the same! Salvation is the absolute most important thing in the world anybody can ever do! Salvation isn’t a religion, it’s way beyond that! You can’t work your way to God, Jesus, heaven! I have known Charles Stanley to teach straight for decades! I just want to know if I have ever truly put my trust in the Lord without waiver genuinely! This has always been my plague on my mind and heart for so long! I did everything that they say that’s required, but somehow I still don’t believe it! I just don’t see it for myself! I see others getting saved, just not me!

  15. @LanguiYang on July 11, 2025 at 11:36 pm

    40:35

  16. @mikethomas5237 on July 11, 2025 at 11:37 pm

    There is No salvation for the gentles nations because they are living in there salvation right now ! They have the whole earth , great wealth that they have passed down to the children. God said through my people fall the whole earth got rich .Christ coming is to restore what the disciples was asking him when will he come and restore the 12 tribes of isreal . John 4:22 makes that abundantly clear who the salvation is for and when Christ made that statement he knew for sure who the real true Jews are . A lot of nations gone be said and confused when they truly see the salvation they thought they had listening to these pastor have deceived them .

  17. @israel9294 on July 11, 2025 at 11:40 pm

    A simple prayer will not save you don’t be deceived. Jesus said difficult is the way and few will be saved. If it was just a prayer then Jesus would have said it is easy! Just say a prayer.
    But No he said it’s difficult!

  18. @adzzone4934 on July 11, 2025 at 11:41 pm

    Salvation – The work of GOD’s grace by which He pardons us of our sins and bestows upon us the gift of eternal life.

  19. @JonathanWilcox71 on July 11, 2025 at 11:41 pm

    Hallelujah

  20. @Chris-py4ty on July 11, 2025 at 11:42 pm

    Brilliant preacher, I strayed a bit in my walk ,Brilliant sermon, the foundation of christ stands firm and when I see the blood I’ll pass over helped me, would like full lordship in my life, we’re all a work in progress

  21. @mr.nobodyhere on July 11, 2025 at 11:42 pm

    Whats the Gospel?

    Believing that Jesus already forgave our sins according to scripture, he was buried, and arose again according to scripture, equals  Salvation

    2 Corinthians 5:18,19
    Ephesians 1:7
    1 Corinthians 15:1-4 king james Bible

    Have you tried reading and believing the Bible for a change?

    In your forgiveness videos you have the same praoblem with the topic of forgivenss. The problem is you have NO CLUE what Jesus accomplished for you on the cross.

    Today is the day of SALVATION!
    All your sins were forgiven on the cross. Not when you agreed with a prayer.

    Read the proof from the king james Bible:

    "And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

    To wit, that *God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them;* and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation." – 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 KJV

    Salvation isnt about getting your sins forgiven, its BELIEVING they already are! Just read what Jesus says through the pen of your apostle Paul:

    "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

    By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

    For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, *how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"* – 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV

    THATS THE GOSPEL you need to BELIEVE to be found righteous in Gods eyes.

    Just believe the gospel, and heaven is forever your home. Do it not, and you risk everlasting hell.

    Your apostle Paul says:

    "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: *for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;* to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." – Romans 1:16 KJV

    God wrote those verses, friend. I didn’t.

    Do you BELIEVE them?

    Im here for you if you have questions. Please dont wait. None of us are guaranteed a tomorrow.

    Also consider Truth Time Radio channel on yt to learn how simple it is to understand your Bible

    Grace and peace

  22. @KeithGeorgeSR on July 11, 2025 at 11:44 pm

    If you understand and agree with my first statement give me a thumbs up. That way i can see how many Americans get it.

  23. @Alco.Bipo.Believer_Sarah on July 11, 2025 at 11:44 pm

    Forgiven PAST PRESENT FUTURE ❤️

  24. @follow_the_way on July 11, 2025 at 11:44 pm

    The gospel that is taught by many people today has been reduced down to just "faith alone". This false gospel of "faith alone" has made following the commandments of Christ null and void. Obeying His commandments have been eliminated from the gospel and have been made subsequent and optional to salvation. Walking in the Spirit has been made optional as well. This false gospel of "faith alone" changes what Jesus said in Matthew 7:14 – For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

    By teaching that we do NOT need to keep the commandments(plural) of Christ as the gospel, the saving power of the gospel has been neutralized. The end result is that millions of people have been deceived by the devil into thinking that they are saved. They were taught that "faith alone" saved them apart from them having to keep the commandments of Christ. This has become the devil’s masterpiece and has deceived millions of people into thinking they have eternal life in Christ when they actually remain lost.

  25. @angloaust1575 on July 11, 2025 at 11:45 pm

    Salvation is of the Lord
    Acts13v48
    Acts2v47

  26. @natalienaidoo8285 on July 11, 2025 at 11:49 pm

    Jesus loves you and gave His lofe for you to be reconciled with God and spend eternity with the only true living God

  27. @JillSmith-e6i on July 11, 2025 at 11:50 pm

    Have Mercy on us Jesus ! Thank you Jesus for dying on the cross for my sins and our sins ! Amen

  28. @5flapjacks468 on July 11, 2025 at 11:51 pm

    If you have not as yet been saved by Jesus, consider some of the benefits of Jesus’ shed blood… 1)Precious in value. Acts 20:28 2) In rarity. Only Jesus’ blood was sinless 3) Because it saves. Nothing else does. 4) Under the blood there is no condemnation! 5) It removes your sins completely. 6) It cleanses. Rev. 1:5. 7) It replaces sin with His righteousness. 8) Your sins are in remission, as if you never committed them. Matt 26:28. 9) Release of payment. Your sin debt is paid in full! Ephesians 1:7. Colossians 1:14.

    If anybody desires to further look into this matter, the bible teaching youtube channel…. ‘Faith Cometh By Hearing’…. has a fine beginners series on salvation titled, ‘change of mind’. It really helped me understand all the ins and outs of salvation in Jesus.

  29. @v.upablovuyo1419 on July 11, 2025 at 11:52 pm

    Amen and Amen!!!

  30. @WarrenStwart-z1x on July 11, 2025 at 11:53 pm

    It is 2025 & Dr. Charles Stanley’s messages & sermons are just as relevant today as they were 10 years ago! I watch his sermons almost everyday. I might suggest his book to anyone reading this. That book is : How to Listen to God, I read it in 2017 & sometimes still read it now & then and learn something new. Amen to that, Warren

  31. @JohnMartim-sy9yf on July 11, 2025 at 11:54 pm

    It is obvious that God loves Man and wants his salvation. But it was man who sinned, not God. It is normal to think that the person who should take a significant step to repair this error is the man despite the cross of Christ. Otherwise, Man will not feel worthy of entering Paradise again.
    The narrative of salvation made only around the cross of Christ is incomplete and is not enought. But someone will say:«But we do not know anything else!» Of course you don´t!

  32. @hopefaithlove5165 on July 11, 2025 at 11:55 pm

    Thankyou God Lord for giving me a new beginning in life ❤

  33. @Sapphireprincess8 on July 11, 2025 at 11:56 pm

    CHARLES STANLEY WHY ARE YOU NOT PREACHING : TRUST IN THE BLOOD ATONEMENT OF WHAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS , DEATH ,BURIEL, RESURRECTION BY FAITH ALONE . THROUGH GRACE ALONE , NO WORKS , NO SINNERS PRAYER . YOU HAVE TO TRUST IN THE BLOOD TO SAVE . JESUS BUILT A BRIDGE TO HEAVEN BY TWO PIECES OF WOOD AND 3 NAILS . PREACH THE BLOOD STAINED GOSPEL. BY ROBERT BREAKER

  34. @JoseRodriguez-pq5sz on July 11, 2025 at 11:57 pm

    Amén. Yet the truth is we don’t even take a first step. BEHOLD HE LOVED US FIRST HE CHOSE US NOT WE HIM. ALL GLORY TO YESHUA MESSIAH JESUS CHRIST MY Lord and God John 2028. Amen. Shalom. Peace. ASALAM malaikum. Paz. We pray for peace. Lord Jesus help us

  35. @conradbulos6164 on July 11, 2025 at 11:58 pm

    Uh, guys, the idea of the need for salvation is first to make you feel guilty in the eyes of God, then they teach you not to worry cuz someone else died for your sins but only if you repent. So, you spend the rest of your life feeling guilty letting sombody else die for you when you know you deserve the punishment. The only way to avoid this deserved punishment is to atone for your sin by an act of restitution or some form of repayment. If you killed a parent of a helpless, dependent child, you must replace the parent ‘s role and become its nurturer and provider. That’s how your sens

  36. @euginjunior3260 on July 11, 2025 at 11:58 pm

    Thank you jesus❤

  37. @lovethelord2501 on July 11, 2025 at 11:59 pm

    My Family Misses You ! Thank the Lord We Will See You In Heaven!

  38. @KK-AA-YY on July 12, 2025 at 12:00 am

    Is everyone saved?
    NO.
    Only those who OBEY Christ, will be saved.

    HEBREWS 5:9
    (King James Bible)
    "And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;"

  39. @Generationofjustice1111 on July 12, 2025 at 12:04 am

    Who else misses this man of God? I do!

  40. @Sapphireprincess8 on July 12, 2025 at 12:07 am

    Blood stained Gospel vs the bloodless gospel most pastors preach today. Not the gospel. Of salvation.

  41. @diegnadedesherrn7399 on July 12, 2025 at 12:08 am

    Thank you Jesus for Your Word, heal our heart and us walk in Your Word and Way, God bless you all

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