The Most Important Thing in This Life Is Where You Will Spend Eternity
You will be told that the most important thing in life is to be happy. Not true. The most important thing in this life is whether or not you have accepted the gift of eternal salvation and forgiveness of sins by placing your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We will all die one day, and will either spend eternity with God in Heaven, or spend eternity in hell separated from Him. It’s really that simple. Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? Do you know with 100 percent certainty that, if you died today, you would spend eternity in Heaven forever? “… behold, now is the accepted time; behold, today is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2).
•Everyone needs salvation, because we have all sinned.
“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).
•The price (or consequence) of sin is death.
“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 Christ died for our sins.
“But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners” (Romans 5:8).
•We receive salvation and eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.
“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. 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… ” For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:9-10, and 13).
•Salvation through Jesus Christ brings us into a relationship of peace with God.
“Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us” (Romans 5:1).
“So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1).
“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39).