WILL I GO HEAVEN?
Not sure if you are headed for Heaven? Learn about salvation and how you can receive the gift of eternal life through accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Pray to bring Jesus into your life and heart.
Salvation is a gift from the Lord. If you want absolute certainty that you are going to Heaven, praying for salvation is the first step. It is not only about escaping Hell and going to Heaven, but also about being able to spend eternity with a loving God who wants to have a deep and intimate relationship with you.
He created you in His own image, specifically to be His child. You are the child of a king. He is a king who knew you before you were in your mother’s womb, who knows you now, and wants the best for you.
The Bible tells us in 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.”
Until you have been saved by Jesus, your ultimate destiny is suffering the consequences of sin. The best news ever is that God does not want that for you or for any of His children. He sent His one and only son to take your place against the wages of sin. Jesus came to Earth, taught the word of God, died on the cross, and was raised to life again to rescue you from sin, bring you new life, and create an eternal relationship between you and God.
Salvation is not earned through good works, being perfect or reserved for only those labeled “good” people. Jesus came for the sinners, the hurting, and those needing to be healed.
Your salvation is God's gift to you. It is not earned by the things you do.
When we believe, we are given eternal life. The Bible says that the gift of salvation is for all people; all of humanity. Jesus desires salvation for all of God’s children. We all feel that we are unworthy of God’s forgiveness, but the word of God tells us that we are deserving. He intended this gift especially for you. Your sins and your past are not greater than God’s grace.
Jesus gives believers the Holy Spirit, which gives us a desire to become new, change and live for God. The Holy Spirit gives us discernment and the ability to recognize God’s voice and calling for our lives.
Jesus is calling you to believe in Him and trust that He has given His life for your salvation. Through His death, burial, and resurrection you are forgiven and able to live an abundant life with God here on Earth and in eternity.
When you are saved, you will begin to feel differently. You will have a desire to know God and follow Jesus; to seek and enjoy His presence. You will begin to listen for His voice through scripture and feel the conviction of sin along with the need to repent.
God desires a deep and intimate relationship with you that lasts an eternity. He knows the desires of your heart. He hears your thoughts, your prayers and knows your sins. He asks that you seek Him first each and every day. He is inviting you to develop your relationship with Him. You can do this through prayer, reading the Bible and talking to Him. Building a personal relationship with God is a lifelong journey that leads to everlasting life with Him.
BIBLE VERSES ABOUT SALVATION
The primary tenet of the Christian faith is based on the fact that Jesus is the son of God, the Messiah; that He lived, died, and rose again to bring the gift of salvation to believers. This is what sets Christianity apart from all other worldly religions. As such, it is not surprising that there are numerous Bible verses that refer to salvation as a gift and the ultimate sacrifice paid by our Lord and Savior. Some verses that share this truth are outlined here.
Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
2 Peter 3:9 NIV
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Matthew 1:21-23 NIV
"She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means “God with us)."
Romans 10:9-10 NIV
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame. For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile-the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
1 John 5:12 ESV
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
Isaiah 12:2 NIV
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.
Luke 3:6 NIV
And all people will see God’s salvation.
Titus 3:5 ESV
He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 4:12 ESV
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
John 14:6 ESV
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 6:44 ESV
“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.”
Acts 16:30-33 NLT
Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.
Psalm 37:39 NIV
The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
Psalm 62:1 ESV
To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
Mark 16:16 ESV
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Romans 6:23 ESV
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 15:1-27 ESV
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
1 Peter 1:8-9 NIV
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Acts 2:38 ESV
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 1:16 ESV
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Acts 28:28 ESV
Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.
John 3:36 NASB
He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
Romans 5:8 NIV
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
John 3:16-21 ESV
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Luke 19:10 NIV
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
Romans 6:14 ESV
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
2 Timothy 1:9 ESV
Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
Hebrews 7:25 ESV
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
2 Peter 3:9 ESV
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
Acts 13:47 ESV
For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
Acts 17:30 ESV
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
Acts 3:19 ESV
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,
Psalm 18:35-36 ESV
You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
Revelation 3:5 ESV
The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
Acts 2:21 ESV
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Hebrews 9:28 ESV
So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
John 1:12 ESV
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
1 John 1:9 ESV
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 10:13 ESV
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
1 Thessalonians 5:9 ESV
For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Titus 2:11 NASB
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
Psalm 60:5 ESV
That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us!
John 5:24 ESV
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.”
Acts 2:36-41 ESV
Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”
Matthew 7:13-14 ESV
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
Hebrews 6:4-6 ESV
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
1 Peter 2:24 ESV
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Romans 8:38-39 ESV
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Peter 3:21 ESV
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Romans 5:7-8 ESV
For one will scarcely die for a righteous person-though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die-but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Luke 18:27 ESV
But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
1 Corinthians 15:22 ESV
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
John 6:37 ESV
“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.”
Titus 2:11-12 ESV
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
1 John 5:11-12 ESV
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
1 John 5:13 ESV
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.
John 10:9 ESV
"I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture."
Acts 16:31 ESV
And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
