Why Did God Create Me and How Can I Have Eternal Life?
• To Glorify Him "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." (1 Peter 2:9)
• To know Him "I have made you known to them, and they will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them." (John 17:26)
• To have a satisfying life "...I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (Jesus - John 10:10)
• To Glorify Him "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." (1 Peter 2:9)
• To know Him "I have made you known to them, and they will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them." (John 17:26)
• To have a satisfying life "...I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (Jesus - John 10:10)
Because we have sinned (disobeyed God's commands), we have severed our relationship with God and have fallen short of His intended purpose for our lives. This separation will lead to eternal death unless we are reconciled to God. "..for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23) "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23)
How can we be reconciled to God? How can we bridge the canyon and make things right with our Creator? Many have tried various ways to get across the canyon without success.
God loves us! Jesus said, " For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).
He gave His Son to pay the debt we owe. "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).
He gave His Son to pay the debt we owe. "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).
You have a decision to make!
Which side of the canyon are you on? Are you still on man's side trying to get across by your own efforts? Or, have you made the decision to use the bridge created by the cross of Christ? If you haven't crossed over, what should you do?
The Bible teaches that if you believe Jesus is the Christ, God wants you to:
Which side of the canyon are you on? Are you still on man's side trying to get across by your own efforts? Or, have you made the decision to use the bridge created by the cross of Christ? If you haven't crossed over, what should you do?
The Bible teaches that if you believe Jesus is the Christ, God wants you to:
- Receive Jesus and God's free gift of grace. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9).
- Repent of your sins. "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing might come from the Lord" (Acts 3:19).
- Confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father" (Matthew 10:32).
- Be baptized (immersed) into Christ. "Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit'" (Acts 2:38).
Be assured! God will accept you! If you have done what God has asked of you, you are the possessor of eternal life. "God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; and he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life” (I John 5:11-13).