…God has planted eternity in the hearts of men…
Ecclesiastes 3:11b
“Surely God would not have created such a being as man to exist only for a day! No, man was made for immortality.” —Abraham Lincoln
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
Genesis 1:26-28
And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
Genesis 2:25
“…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Romans 3:23
“For the wages of sin is death…”
Romans 6:23
“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
Mark 1:15
You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins.
Colossians 2:13
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
1 Peter 1:3
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
2 Corinthians 5:17
You have started living a new life. Your knowledge of how that life should have the Creator’s likeness is being made new.
Colossians 3:10
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
John 1:12
9 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. 10 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.
Romans 10:9,10
(Jesus said) 19 “Go then, to all people everywhere and make them my disciples, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, 20 and then teach them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
Matthew 28:19-20a
For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.
Colossians 2:12
31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.” 32 And they shared the word of the Lord with him and with all who lived in his household. 33 Even at that hour of the night, the jailer cared for them and washed their wounds. Then he and everyone in his household were immediately baptized.
Acts 16:31-33