ETERNAL LIFE
Most people understand the importance of planning for the future. They plan for college, for family, for housing, for retirement, but few seem to place the same importance on planning for eternity. Perhaps people don't like thinking about death, even though everyone will eventually die. Shouldn't life in eternity be one of the things you take a serious look at? Please read on to find out God's plan for your future.
Born into Sin
Sin = Death
Christ = Life
Only Believe
Peace with God
All humans are born into sin because Adam sinned and we are all descendants of Adam. Romans 3:23 makes it clear that “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Your sin separates you from God.
Being born into sin and cut off from God means you are spiritually dead. Romans 6:23 says that the wages of sin is death. In other words since we are all born sinners, we all will sin, and sin leads to death. Romans 5:12 explains how this happened and its consequence. “Just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned.”
We are all born into a hopeless condition and no one is able to do anything about it on our own.
Fortunately, God made a way for us to come to Him through Jesus Christ. He paid the penalty of our sin by dying in our place on the cross. Romans 5:6, 8 says that “While we were helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. [This is how] God demonstrated His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
His death, burial and resurrection made it possible for us to come to God through Jesus Christ.
The only way for you to receive the gift of salvation is by believing what God says in the Bible. According to 1 Corinthians 15:1–4, it is by this good news (gospel) that you are saved. “That Christ died for our sins according to the Scripture, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scripture.”
When you believe in the Person of Jesus Christ and His work on the cross, then you will be given eternal life. Believing is trusting and as soon as you completely trust Jesus Christ, and Him alone, you will be saved. There is nothing more that you can add to what Jesus Christ has done.
Once you have completely transferred your trust for eternal life to Jesus Christ, you are given the Holy Spirit as a seal and a helper. Ephesians 1:13 says that “having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise.” This is your assurance that you do have eternal life. You are no longer an enemy of God but instead you now are at peace with Him. Romans 5:1 says that now that we have been justified (declared innocent) by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
If you made a commitment to believe and are wondering what your next steps should be, or if you have additional questions, please contact us for more information.