According to the Lord Jesus all who simply believe in Him have everlasting life. He said, “He who believes in Me has everlasting life” (John 6:47; see also 5:24). I well remember when it first hit me that eternal life is a present possession. As a senior in college it thrilled me to know that

by Dick Peik I assumed that good people go to heaven and bad people go to hell. I felt it was impossible to be certain where you were going when you died. Nobody I knew ever claimed to be saved. That would have been rather audacious—like bragging! Getting to heaven took work! That made sense