Everlasting Life In Christ
Paul Nethercott
Is eternal life a gift bestowed to the wicked by spending eternity alive in hellfire? According to the Bible only the righteous have everlasting life. This is clearly taught in the Old and New Testaments. God has never promised eternal life to the wicked.
The Salvation of the Righteous
Revelation 2:7 "Give to eat of the tree of life."
Revelation 2:10 "Give thee a crown of life."
Revelation 3:5 "Not blot out his name out of the book of life."
Revelation 11:11 "The spirit of life from God entered into them."
Revelation 13:8 "Written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."
Revelation 17:8 "Names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world."
Revelation 20:12 "Another book was opened, which is the book of life."
Revelation 20:15 "Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
Revelation 21:6 "I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely."
Revelation 21:27 "They which are written in the Lamb's book of life."
Revelation 22:1 "A pure river of water of life, clear as crystal."
Revelation 22:2 "The tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits."
Revelation 22:14 "That they may have right to the tree of life."
Revelation 22:17 "Let him take the water of life freely."
Revelation 22:19 "God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city."
The Destruction of the Wicked
The Book Of Revelation
2:11 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said unto the churches; He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death.
2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searches the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, and devours their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascends up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receives the mark of his name.
16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightning; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. 16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
19:16 And he has on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
19:18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. 19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
New Testament Testimony on "Eternal Life"
Matthew 19:16 "What good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"
Matthew 25:46 "The righteous ["shall go"] into life eternal."
Mark 10:17 "What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"
Mark 10:30 "Receive an hundredfold now; and in the world to come eternal life."
Luke 10:25 "What shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
Luke 18:18 "What shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
Luke 18:30 "In the world to come life everlasting."
John 3:15 "Not perish, but have eternal life."
John 3:16 "Not perish, but have everlasting life."
John 3:36 "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life."
John 4:14 "Springing up into everlasting life."
John 4:36 "Gathers fruit unto life eternal."
John 5:24 "He that believes shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."
John 6:27 "Labor for that meat which endures unto everlasting life."
John 6:40 "Everyone which believeth may have everlasting life."
John 6:47 "He that believeth on me hath everlasting life."
John 6:54 "Whoso eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life."
John 10:28 "I give unto them ["my sheep"] eternal life."
John 12:25 "Shall keep it his life unto life eternal."
John 12:50 "His commandment is life everlasting."
John 17:2 "He should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him."
John 17:3 "This is life eternal, that they might know thee."
Acts 13:46 "Ye judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles."
Acts 13:48 "As many [Gentiles] as were ordained to eternal life believed."
Romans 2:7 "Seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life."
Romans 5:21 "Through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord."
Romans 6:22 "And the end everlasting life."
Romans 6:23 "The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
1 Corinthians 15:53 "This mortal must put on immortality."
1 Corinthians 15:54 "When this mortal shall have put on immortality."
Galatians 6:8 "Shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."
1 Timothy 1:16 "Should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting."
1 Timothy 1:17 "Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God."
1 Timothy 6:12 "Lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called."
1 Timothy 6:15, 16 "The King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality."
I Timothy 6:19 "That they may lay hold on eternal life."
2 Timothy 1:10 "Hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel."
Titus 1:2 "In hope of eternal life promised before the world began."
Titus 3:7 "Heirs according to the hope of eternal life."
1 John 1:2 "Eternal life [the Word], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us."
1 John 2:25 "This is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life."
1 John 3:15 "No murderer hath eternal life abiding in him."
1 John 5:11 "God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son."
1 John 5:12 "He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life."
1 John 5:13 "That ye may know that ye have eternal life."
1 John 5:20 "This [Jesus Christ] is the true God, and eternal life."
Jude 1:21 "Looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life."