DAY 12: WHEN I DIE, HOW CAN I BE SURE I’LL GO TO HEAVEN INSTEAD OF BEING CUT OFF FROM GOD AND SUFFERING FOR AN ETERNITY IN HELL? First, you must understand and admit your spiritual need. Second, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ of the Bible and accept the fact that He died on the cross to pay for your sins; He took the death penalty in your place. Third, receive Him as your Savior. God is holy and we are not. He is just. Therefore, He demands punishment for our sins. Because of that, at your and my first sin, we got into a heap of trouble with God, and we can’t undo it ourselves. We can’t earn salvation (heaven) because no work by any of us can attain it. Praise our glorious God that He allowed His Son to take the punishment in our place. And we only need to believe that with our hearts and confess it—that’s it—then we will be bound for heaven from that moment on. We must trust by faith in the fact that He did that work for us. That’s what it means to receive Christ as your Savior. If you believe this, you have Christ as your eternal Savior. And salvation can’t be lost—period! 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 would not be a gift.