I am a Christian because Jesus offered the free gift of salvation and eternal life. The only thing expected of me (a sinner) was to have faith in Jesus. That is all that was necessary. Eternal life is a free gift, freely offered, and freely received.
“I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can snatch them out of my hand.” John 10:28
As a Christian, I am totally forgiven, righteous, reconciled, redeemed, justified, sanctified, part of the body of Jesus, a citizen of heaven, and I have eternal life.
“Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31
All we have to do is claim it and accept it. Jesus made it THAT easy for us. So I am a Christian because I want eternal life, and Jesus is my reality.
Apart from simple faith in the loving Savior, Jesus Christ, there can be no salvation. John 14:6. Jesus is enough for me.
There’s nothing we can do to be saved except accept Jesus. There’s nothing we can do to be lost with no hope of eternal life except decline the free gift of Jesus’s grace.
