Eternal salvation is available to every living human being on earth by God’s grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. This salvation consists of an instantaneous aspect and an ongoing, continual aspect...
  —Church of the Lutheran Brethren Doctrinal Statement of Faith, Paragraph H (first section)

The entire Bible is organized around the arrival of eternal salvation in the person of Jesus Christ. The purpose of the Bible is that people would believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing they might have life in his name (John 20:31). The Bible is the story of the way God planned, provided, and continues to provide this salvation.