The biggest mistake we can make when we don't know the way is to not admit we are lost! This is very simply called "pride." In order to find the way to eternal life with God, we must admit we are lost in sin.

 

Romans 5:12 teaches us that since Adam and Eve, the first man and woman on earth, a sin nature has been present in all people. Romans 3:23 says, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." 

 

SIN IS ANY ACT CONTRARY TO GOD'S LAW AND COMMANDMENTS. Those sins that we have committed separate us from a loving God.

 

Whenever we are lost and refuse to admit it there is always a high price/penalty. Maybe it's being late to a special event, receiving a speeding ticket, running out of gas, or worse, getting into an accident. Sin also has a penalty. Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death; but  the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." The "wage" or payment for our sin is spiritual death and eternal separation from God.

 

Religion and good works cannot bridge the gap created by our sin.

Religions try to create their own ways to God. Their systems may seem logical, but they cannot bridge the gap created by our sin.

 

Proverbs 14:12 says, "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” 

 

In other words, our thoughts and ways are not what matters. God’s Word, the Bible, provides true answers of grace and forgiveness.

The Bible says in Ephesians 2:8–9, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” 

 

Through His death on the cross, Jesus Christ paid for our sins and delivers to us the way to eternal life in Heaven.

Even though we were lost and separated from God, He loves us, and because He is love, He sent His only Son to die on the cross and raise from the dead three days later. John 3:16 explains, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Through the death and resurrection of Jesus, He became the payment for our sin.

 

Now we do not have to pay for our sin ourselves. By God's grace, salvation is provided. The Bible continues to say in Romans 5:8, "But God commendeth [meaning proved or demonstrated] his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." 

 

We must place our full trust in Jesus Christ alone for forgiveness and eternal life.

In order to have a relationship with God and an eternal home in Heaven, we must stop trusting ourselves, our works, and our religions, and place our full trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of our sin and eternal life. 

 

The Bible says in Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." That is a promise directly from God that if you will pray and believe in Him, confess that you are a sinner, ask Him to forgive your sins, and turn to Him alone to be your Saviour, He promises to save you and give you the free gift of eternal life.

 

You can make that decision today, right now—by praying in belief from your heart, something like this:

"Dear God, I know that I am separated from you because of my sin. I confess that in my sin, I cannot save myself. Right now, I turn to you alone to be my Savior. I ask you to save me from the penalty of sin, and I trust you to provide eternal life for me. In Jesus name—Amen."