Salvation: When I Die, How Can I Know For Sure That I Will Be Saved So I Can Be With God For Eternity Instead of Cutoff From Him; Ending Up In Hell? 1. I must understand and admit my spiritual need. 2. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ of the Bible and accept the fact that He died on the cross to pay for my sins; He took the death penalty in my place. 3. Receive Him as Savior. God is holy and I am not. He is just so He demands punishment for my sins. I’m in a heap of trouble and can’t undo it myself. I can’t earn it because no work by me can attain it. Praise God that He was gracious to allow His Son to take the punishment in my place and I believe in that. I am trusting by faith in the fact that He did that work for me. That’s what it means to receive Christ as your Savior. If you believe this, you have Christ as your eternal Savior. And it can’t be lost. How can that which is eternal, become not-eternal? How can that which is born again become unborn? How can that which is a gift be taken away. If so, it wouldn’t be a gift.