Simply put, receiving means accepting. A gift is always free. There is nothing you could do to obtain eternal life, and there is nothing you could do to lose it since you did nothing to earn it. We are saved by grace through faith. Going to church and being a good person cannot save a person. It is only when we, by faith, trust Christ alone to save us.
Romans 6:23: “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Romans 10:9-10: “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
Romans 10:13:
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
We deserve eternal death. Jesus came that you might experience real abundant life now and eternal life with Him. But there's only one way!
Confess
your sins, and he'll forgive them all once and for all.
Believe
on what Jesus did for you for salvation.
Receive
and accept the gift of God through Jesus Christ by asking God to do it. He said He would. God never makes a promise He can't keep.
Salvation is a one-time life choice that only you can make. Will you trust Christ to save you today?