The answer of course is: “Because the Bible says so.”

In the Bible, we find, “… there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven, that has been given among men, by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12).”

Just before Jesus died on the cross, He told His disciples to believe in Him, and that He was going away to prepare a place in His Father’s house for them.

He also said He would come again, and receive them and take them there. When questioned by Thomas about how to get there, Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me (John 14:6).”

The Bible also tells us what results when we trust in Jesus. First, it tells us that we are justified (acquitted of our guilt — forgiven of our sins) by faith, and we therefore have peace with God, which is a restored relationship, through our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:1).

Secondly, we are told that through Jesus we have also, by faith, obtained access to God’s grace (unearned favor) and that we stand in His grace, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God (Rom. 5:2).

Thirdly, the Bible says there is more certainty then “…having now been justifi ed (acquitted) by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him (Rom. 5:9).”

So we understand from the Bible that trusting Jesus brings us into a forgiven and right relationship with God and all the benefits He has planned for us. Trusting Jesus also removes the fear of being punished for our sins.

Jesus took the punishment for us, and when we trust in Him we are assured nothing can keep us from Heaven. That is good news!

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Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible. Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission (www.lockman.org).