If someone told you they could give you eternal life--guaranteed--for a thousand dollars, you would dig up the money in a heartbeat.  But when a man by the name of Jesus offered it to people, it was free--with a hitch.  He said, "If any will come after me, let him take up his cross daily and follow me."

1.  It doesn't cost anything.  It is a matter of the will.  If anyone "will."

2.  "Come after me."  You come second, He comes first.

3.  "Take up your cross." (He had a  cross: death to himself.  He asked God, "If there is another way to do this, please do it.  However...not my will but yours be done. )  You also have a cross.  Pick up the cross of dying to your own selfish nature.  Give yourself over to the will of God.

4. "Daily."  Every day for the rest of your life, God's will becomes yours as well.  Luke was the only Gospel writer that used the word "daily."  He was a physician.  He was specific in the prescription he gave to us from the words of Jesus.

5.  "Follow me."  You go where he goes.  He has left a path to follow.   You probably need to look into the book of Luke and read the directions of the path.

That's it.  A five step plan for eternal life.  Free for the taking.

And you need to read the four gospels on a regular basis.  They are not like other books--they are inspired by God, and every time you read them you get something new.  Something you didn't see before.   Most of the men who wrote those books spent three years with Jesus.  Their account is very personal and compelling.