Eternal Life
The decision of where to spend eternity is the single most important decision in this life.  The Bible is the only source of truth about Eternal Life.  It says there are two options:  Eternal Life or the Lake of Fire.  The default is the Lake of Fire.  The free gift of Eternal Life is available for all who want it.  It requires no effort on our part.  A simple decision can make a big difference.

 
 

Jesus Christ is the Only Way of Salvation
		Spiritual Death	Redeemer
Sanctification	Regeneration	Fellowship with God	Heaven

The Cross
Jesus Christ paid for the sins of the world on the cross.  The way is now open to have Eternal Life.  "For God loved the world so much that He gave His uniquely born Son that anyone who believes in Him shall never perish but have Eternal Life" (Jn 3:16).  With our sins paid for, there is nothing to separate us from God.  Jesus Christ settled the debt of sin against us.  When Jesus Christ was on the cross, God the Father poured out the sins of the world on Christ and judged them.

Faith Alone in Jesus Christ
Anyone can have Eternal Life through a simple act of faith.  "Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved" (Acts 16:31).  Salvation is received by believing in Jesus Christ, and nothing else.  "For by grace you have been saved, and this not from yourselves.  It is the gift from God.  Not by works that no one should boast" (Eph. 2:8-9).  He who believes in the Son has Eternal Life, and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him" (Jn 3:36)

The Problem of Spiritual Death
Mankind is born into this life spiritually dead and separated from God.  At the moment of birth God judges us with Adam's original sin, which leaves us spiritually dead.  Spiritually dead people cannot communicate with God because God is a Spirit.  The Lord Jesus Christ, however, has provided a solution to the problem of spiritual death.  "For as in Adam all die, even so by agency of Christ shall all be made alive" (1 Cor. 15:22)  Jesus Christ died as a substitute for us.

Redeemer from the Slave Market of Sin
The Lord Jesus Christ redeemed us from the slave market of sin through His substitutionary spiritual death on our behalf.  "In Him we have redemption through His blood: the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace" (Eph. 1:7).  Knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ" (1 Pet. 1:18-19)

Christ Our Sanctification
Those who believe in Jesus Christ are purified from their sins.  They are consecrated to God.  "He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit" (Titus 3:5).  Those who are purified are called saints, and they can never lose that status.  "For by one offering He brought to completion for all time those who are being sanctified" (Heb. 10:14).

Spiritual Regeneration:
At the moment of faith in Christ, the Holy Spirit enters the believer into union with Christ.  "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit" (1 Cor. 12:13).  Those in union with Christ share Christ's Righteousness, Eternal Life, and inheritance.  There is no way for the believer to ever lose his salvation.  God cannot condemn Jesus Christ, and the believer is in union with Christ.

Fellowship with God:
Those who are spiritually dead cannot have fellowship with God because He is a Spirit.  "But the soulish person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for to him they are foolishness. In fact, he is not able to acquire knowledge because spiritual things are investigated in a spiritual manner" (1 Cor. 2:14).  At salvation the believer receives a human spirit.  He is spiritually regenerated and able to communicate with God.

Going to Heaven:
Jesus Christ said, "In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also" (Jn 14:2-3).  When we die, we will "be absent from the body" and "at home face-to-face with the Lord" (2 Cor. 5:8).