Each of us must receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

John 1:12

• How do we receive Jesus?
• Believe in Him!
• Do our good works do anything?

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

• What does it mean to have faith?
• Faith is belief and trust in and loyalty to God
• How do we know we can trust God? (He has a plan for us, nothing can separate us from His love...)
• Our faith is a gift from God. Remember how we learned about the wages of sin? Let's look at the rest of that verse...

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23

• Eternal life is a gift from God!
• What is eternal life? (living in Heaven forever with God)
• What else do we remember about eternal life? (Remember John 3:16)

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

• By faith - which is a gift from God - we can believe in Jesus and when we believe in Jesus, we have eternal life - which is a gift from God!
• Do you like getting gifts?

Summary questions

• Do you know that God loves you?
• How do you know God loves you?
• Do you know that you are a sinner?
• Do you know that Jesus died for your sin?
• Do you know that Jesus is the ONLY way to God?
• Do you personally believe in Jesus - trust in Jesus - as your Lord and Savior?