Christians believe that after death a person's immortal soul will exist in either Heaven or Hell for all eternity. In a nutshell, Heaven is a paraside where God resides and Hell is a place of torment separated from God.

Sin, the term for disobedience to God's laws, drives a wedge between a person and God. God made the rules so that we would be holy, but we still break them, and as with any system with laws there is a punishment for violating them: exclusion from Heaven. You could say that mankind is imperfect due to our nature to prefer short term pleasure over long term gain. Unfortunately, only perfection is allowed beyond the gates of Heaven. Thus mankind has no chance of ever entering Heaven of our own accord.

This may appear to be a dim future for humanity, but there is hope. God sent His only son, Jesus Christ to pay the punishment we rightfully deserve. His death at our hands and His later resurrection opened the gates of Heaven to anyone and everyone who would believe in Him.

You see, God does love every single one of His creations, and simply wants us to return this love and spread it to others.

This is the promise of Salvation: those that have faith in God will be spared (saved) from the punishment our sin has earned us.

God has also promised that nothing can forfeit your salvation. A saved person is still human and will still sin, but the debt has still been paid in full by Christ's blood. This doesn't mean you have free reign to ignore the law: sin is still to be avoided. Keeping one's self holy by avoiding sin is one of, if not the, most profound ways to return God's love -- after all, how can disobedience to authority be considered a sign that you love them?


As the famous verse the Bible, John 3:16, summed it up:

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.