Benefit #7 - Eternal Life

"For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:6-8

Without a doubt the greatest benefit of saving faith is eternal life. After all, the byproduct of putting one's faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior is eternal life. As Paul states we were ungodly. That is, we live our lives contrarty to that of God's standard until Christ rescues us from our sins. We had no strength to save ourselves and Christ died for us poor sinners.

Paul mentions that men themselves will hardly ever die for "good" men. But Christ, the perfect God-man died for us sinners, evil men that we are. Praise God for is grace and persistance toward us, a created race that is disobedient.