Eternal Life

The Bible states that God loves us and wants a personal relationship with each of us.

• “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16–17)
• “But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.” (John 1:12)
• “This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.” (1 John 4:10)

We are sinful and therefore separated from God. We can neither experience God’s love directly nor have a personal relationship with Him.

• “As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous— not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.”” (Romans 3:10–12)
• “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.” (Romans 3:23)
• “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)

Jesus is God’s Son and He is the solution to the separation we experience from The Father.

• “But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” (Romans 5:8)
• Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)
• “I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.” (1 Corinthians 15:3–4)

We must accept God’s only solution to the problem of sin and separation. We do that by confessing our sins and accepting His forgiveness.

• “God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.” (Ephesians 2:8–9)
• “Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.” (Revelation 3:20)
• “But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.” (John 20:31)