Believe in Him for Eternal Life

Believe in Him for Eternal Life
(with supporting scripture)

God's Design: God created us to know Him and enjoy life with Him forever.

• Genesis 1:27 — "So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female."

• John 17:3 — "This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent—Jesus Christ."

Our Condition: Sin separates every person from God. We cannot bridge that separation by our effort.

• Romans 3:23 — "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;"

• Romans 6:23 — "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

The Penalty: Jesus willingly went to the cross and paid the full penalty for our sin. His death and resurrection secured everything needed.

• 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 — "For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,"

• Romans 5:8 — "But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

His Promise: Jesus guarantees eternal life to everyone who simply believes in Him for it.

• John 3:16 — "For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." 

• John 5:24 — "Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life."

• John 10:28 — "I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand."

The Invitation: Everyone is invited to receive eternal life; it is received the moment you believe His promise.

• John 1:12 — "But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name,"

• Ephesians 2:8-9 — "For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift—not from works, so that no one can boast."

Assurance: At the moment of saving faith, you know that you are eternally secure by faith alone in Christ alone.

• John 6:47 — "Truly I tell you, anyone who believes has eternal life."

• John 20:31 — "But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name."

• 1 John 5:13 — "I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life."