How Do I Receive Eternal Life?

God loves you very much and wants you to live with Him forever! He has known you since before you were born. He knows everything you have done - yes, the bad things as well as the good - and He still loves you. Everything He has, including eternal life, He wants to give to you. The great love that God has for you is called grace - it's undeserved, unearned, and totally FREE.

God pours this love, this "grace," out on us in His means of grace through which He works faith in our hearts by the action of His Holy Spirit.

His Word, the Bible, is one of those means of grace and contains all that you need to be transformed into His child.

 

God's Plan for You

Click on the Bible passages below and read carefully the message God has for you. When finished reading, click the "BACK" button on your browser and select the next verse.

You, like everyone else, are a sinner. That means that no matter how hard you try, you cannot live a good enough life to please God and earn eternal life (heaven). Author Max Lucado illustrates it this way: It is as if our goal was to jump from earth to the moon. Some people can vertically jump over six feet! Others can only manage a few inches. But, in terms of the goal, both are failures. So it is with trying to live a good life. Some people certainly live better, more noble, lives than others, but in terms of the goal God demands -- perfection -- both fall far short.

Knowing this, God sent us a substitute -- His Son, Jesus -- who lived a perfect life for us and who took upon Himself the punishment our failures deserved! Is that "justice"? Is that "fair"? No, it is not. It is GRACE.

God loves you so much that He wants to consider Jesus' perfection as yours! It is His gift to you, given when you trust in His promise (see above: John 3:16). Do you?

Perhaps you would like to pray the following prayer, or one like it in your own words:

My Father in heaven, I realize I am a sinner and fall far short of what You want for my life. I cannot of my own power save myself or earn eternal life with You in heaven. Thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus, to die for me and, by the power of Your Holy Spirit, to create faith in my heart. Help me to resist temptation and sin and follow You. And when I do sin and fail You, forgive me in Jesus' name. Thank You for Your gift of faith and eternal life in Jesus. Amen.

Rejoice With Your New Brothers and Sisters!

You are saved, and a child of God. Now God would have you join with your brothers and sisters so that you might be supported and strengthened in your faith. We can help you join with other members of your community who are your brothers and sisters in Jesus. Just send an e-mail to Lutheran Hour Ministries and they will help you make that connection. Or you can call them toll-free at 1-800-876-9880, or write:

Lutheran Hour Ministries
Referral Processor
2185 Hampton Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63139

Welcome to God's family!
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