What it means to "be saved?"
Death isn't the end of the story because after we die, scripture teaches we'll face one of two locations ~ heaven, or the other place. Scripture teaches that we're all born in sin ~ that is to say, my mother didn't have to teach me to lie, cheat and steal. It came naturally ~ I was born with it. Scripture also teaches that sin separates us from God. So we need some way of getting cleaned up from sin if we want to enjoy God's presence in our lives. The problem is that in and of ourselves, we don't have the ability to get cleaned up. Worse, merely "being religious" isn't nearly enough to make God happy with us. So God provided His solution to our sin
in the death and resurrection of His son, Jesus Christ. Christ took the hit for us. If we accept Christ's death as paying the price of our sin, if we repent of our sin and invite Christ to be our Lord and Savior, then on the merit of Christ's payment of our debt, God forgives our sin, considers us cleaned up, and better yet, God considers us family ~ His sons and daughters. When Christ
comes into our lives he sweeps out the cobwebs and gives us a brand spankin' fresh new life. (See Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23; Romans 5:8; Romans 10:9-10; II Corinthians 5:17.) Being saved
by Christ is the best way to live; and the only way to die.