3 Steps to Eternal Life

Step 1: Acknowledge Man’s Problem Sin Separates Man from God

Ephesians 2:1 - Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. Isaiah 59:2 - It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore. Romans 3:23 - For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. John 17:3 - And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.

Step 2: Accept God’s Verdict

Man’s Best Efforts Fall Short of God’s Standard

Step 3: Receive God’s Solution Faith in Jesus Christ is the Only Way to Eternal Life

John 3:16-18 - 16 For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. 18 There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. John 3:36 - And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment. Ephesians 3:12 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. John 17:3 - And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth. Romans 8:9-10 - 9 If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.