How Can I Know I Have Eternal Life?

Text: Luke 23:35-43

I. The Mocking Thief ( Luke 23:35-39 )

II. The Honest Thief ( Luke 23:40-41 )

III. The Believing Thief ( Luke 23:42 )

IV. The Forgiven Thief ( Luke 23:43 )

• Who does he give the gift of eternal life to:   Romans 10:13  “For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
• What must I do to receive this gift. John 6:29  “Jesus replied, “This is the work of God—that you believe in the one he has sent.””
• Why can’t I earn my own salvation:   Ephesians 2:9–10  “...not from works, so that no one can boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.”
• Romans 8:37–39  “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”