life’s greatest question

How can you have Eternal Life?

Realize your hopeless state:

Man is born a sinner and chooses to sin, thus separating himself from a holy God (Romans 3:23; Ephesians 2:12). Man has violated God’s perfect standard of righteousness (Galatians 3:22-26; James 2:10). He is condemned, awaiting the judgment of God (Matthew 23:33; 25:46; John 3:18; Hebrews 9:27).

​Recognize the useless efforts to remove your sin:

​If man could remove his own sin by some good works (baptism, prayers, deeds, etc.), there would have been no need for Christ to come (Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5). He could have stayed in heaven, while man worked or earned his way there. But Christ became sin for man, dying for man’s sins on the cross (2 Corinthians 5:21). Jesus, as the perfect Lamb of God, met and satisfied the holy requirements demanded by God (Isaiah 53:10-12). Christ is the only bridge to God the Father (John 14:6; 1 Timothy 2:5).

Repent, believe, and receive the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ:

Repentance is a change of mind that leads to a change of action (Luke 13:3; Acts 20:21; 26:20; 2 Corinthians 7:10). The unsaved must change their mind about their own sin and futile efforts to remove it and turn to Jesus, believing Who He is and what He has done (Romans 10:9-10). Salvation is not a combination of faith and works, but faith alone (Romans 11:6). This conversion is instantaneous and immediate and results in a new spiritual birth and life (John 3:3-8; 5:24: 2 Corinthians 5:17). The demands for sin’s payment have been met by Christ. Since salvation is unearned or merited, it is called a gift (Romans 6:23). You need only to receive it (John 1:12; Acts 13:39; 16:31; Romans 10:13).

My friend, be saved now! Tomorrow may be too late.

“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2). Be assured of heaven (1 John 5:13) by trusting Christ alone (Colossians 2:10). By His own actions, seriously consider how much Christ loves you! Let the goodness and grace of God persuade you to become His child today!

My prayer for salvation to the Lord

“Dear God, I know that I have sinned against You. I believe You are holy and hate sin and that I deserve death and hell. I believe Jesus is God and became a man to be that perfect sacrifice to die on the cross for my sins. I believe that Jesus rose again from the dead that I might be forgiven and have eternal life. I am willing to turn from my sin and what I had hoped would get me to heaven and now I completely depend on Jesus alone to save me and make me acceptable for Heaven. Please come into my life as Lord and Savior and make me a new child of God. In Jesus’s name, I pray.”

Praise the Lord! You are now a Christian, not because you necessarily feel any different, but because you have been obedient to what the Bible says we are to do. Read 1 John 5:13.

As a newborn infant must drink milk to grow, so you, as a new child of God, must read the Bible to grow (1 Peter 2:2). Christians are to find a Bible-believing church to help nurture their faith and to learn how to please the Lord (Colossians 2:6-7).

For a personal Bible study or help from God’s Word please contact us. We want to help you get started in your new life with Christ.