Throughout history individuals have tried many ways to gain or earn eternal life, but every attempt has been unsuccessful. The Bible says...

"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."

Proverbs 14:12

"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us" Titus 3:5a

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8,9