Hi! I’m glad you are taking the time to look further into this vital matter of eternal life. Life on earth is short, at best, so it is of utmost importance that we know where we are going when we die. That’s what I want to talk about here. So let’s just “jump in with all four feet” and get started.

We are told in the book of Romans that when Adam disobeyed God by taking the forbidden fruit, he became a sinner. “Wherefore as by one man sin entered the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” (Romans 5:12) and verse 19 adds, “For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners.” Since Adam’s sin has passed upon all, we are sinners from day one. It is further stated in Romans 3:10, “There is none righteous, no, not one.” (Righteous means in right standing with God; without sin.) This passage refers back to Psalms 14:1-3 where God says what He sees when He observes man and his doings. Also Romans 3:23 states, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” In other words, even the very best we can do is just not good enough. When we consider the holiness and perfection of God, we quickly see that we fall short, (miss the mark), by an enormous distance. It is not a matter of what we think sin is or is not. The Word there says “ALL” (none excluded) have sinned. You see, we sin because we are sinners; we are not sinners because we sin. God says in Isaiah 64:6, “All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.” In other words, all the good and right things we try to do to make ourselves pure and improve our standing with God is, in comparison, as the filthy bandages the poor leper removes from his bleeding, putrefying flesh. Well, at this point we have gotten ourselves down mighty low and in a very hopeless condition, especially when we also come to understand that we must be perfectly clean (righteous) to enter into heaven where God dwells and where we want to dwell also.

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