Do you need a ritual, a church, or a special procedure to be saved?

Les explains that the gospel is simple, with no strings attached, no prescribed ritual, and no particular way you have to do this. A person can believe it at the kitchen sink, driving down the road, or waking in the middle of the night, and say, “Yes, I see it. For me, the sinner, there is only one remedy: Christ died for my sins and arose from the dead.” Then God does all the rest—God saves us and sets our feet on a rock. Les stresses that salvation is not a process but an instantaneous event; Christian growth and Bible understanding are processes. He also notes it is never taught in this age of grace that we have to beg God to forgive us our sins. The context presents no church requirement; it centers on believing the gospel.