By Kathy Schiffer, National Catholic Register - Catholics believe that salvation is a gift from God, received through faith and baptism, and lived out through charity and good works... But members of many Protestant denominations have a different idea. They believe that you need only to believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved (that is, you will be welcomed into heaven). As evidence, our Protestant brothers and sisters rely on a few notable Scripture verses: In Acts 16:31, for example, Paul and Silas explain to the Philippian jailer, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”