What actions ensure you are among those who "awake to everlasting life"? The Promise in Daniel 12:2 “Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.” Embrace Saving Faith in Christ - “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31). - Everlasting life is granted to “whoever believes in Him” (John 3:16). - Trust His substitutionary death and bodily resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). Respond With Repentance - “Repent therefore, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away” (Acts 3:19). - Repentance is a decisive break with sin and a turning to God (Isaiah 55:7). Publicly Confess and Receive - “If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9). - Baptism follows faith as an open declaration of allegiance (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:38). Walk in Daily Obedience - Genuine faith produces obedience (John 14:15; James 2:17). - “We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works” (Ephesians 2:10). Persevere to the End - “The one who perseveres to the end will be saved” (Matthew 24:13). - Hold fast your confidence (Hebrews 10:23) and resist apostasy (Hebrews 3:12-14). Cultivate Righteous Living and Witness - Live “blameless and pure, children of God… shining like stars” (Philippians 2:15). - Share the gospel; “those who turn many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever” (Daniel 12:3). Rest in God’s Assurance - “He who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life… he has crossed over from death to life” (John 5:24). - “These things I have written to you who believe… so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13). Living faith, marked by repentance, confession, obedience, perseverance, and witness, positions a believer confidently among those who will awake to everlasting life. |
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