What does it mean to receive Jesus. According to Romans 10:1-3 Paul said that he prayed for Israelites that they might be saved. Though they had a zeal for God but whatever they were doing they were doing it not according to knowledge. I want to believe that these guys would pray and fast as they did in the times of Jesus. Yet Paul said that he was praying for them that they might be saved. And for them to be saved they needed Jesus. The bible says that they did not submit to the righteousness of God hence they established their own righteousness which is through the law. So, we have to acknowledge the righteousness of God. Receive it and allow it to manifest in our lives. So to answer the question what is to be saved. We can say it is when you replace/substute the I ego and replace it with Jeus. Whatever we do its for his glory of God for it is not us who does it but Christ. When you replace yourself from the centre of your life and replace it with Christ then we say you have received him. That point he becomes the Lord of your life meaning you stop doing what you want but doing what he wants. Infect you become dead to those things and when you are dead the desire for sinning ceases. Meaning the will of God becomes your will.