Paul Nethercott
The Promise Of Eternal Life
"For as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens them; even so the Son quickens whom he will" John 5:21.
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from [out of] death unto life" John 5:24.
"For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself" John 5:26.
"Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." John 5: 28, 29.
"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life" John 5:39, 40.
"Labour not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you" John 6:27.
"From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life" John 6:66-68.
"And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst" John 6:35.
"And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which sees the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day"' John 6:40.
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die" John 6:47-50.
"I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh [Myself], which I will give for the life of the world" John 6:51.
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh [Hebrews idiom for believing and receiving] of the Son of man, and drink his blood [blood, symbol of life], ye have no life in you. Whoso eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day" John 6:53, 54.
"As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eats me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eats of this bread shall live for ever." John 6:57, 58.
"It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life" John 6:63.
"I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life"
John 6:12.
The Source Of Life
1. Jesus Christ is the source of all life
9 Who knows not in all these that the hand of the LORD has wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Job 12:9, 10.
For with you is the fountain of life: in your light shall we see light. Psalm 36:9.
8 O bless our God, you people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 9 Which holds our soul in life, and suffers not our feet to be moved. Psalm 66:8, 9.
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. Jeremiah 2:13.
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. Acts 17:24, 25, 28.
2. Life came from God at creation
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 2:7.
The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life. Job 33:4.
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. Isaiah 45:12.
I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my out stretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. Jeremiah 27:5.
3. This life was forfeited through sin
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die. Genesis 2:17.
In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return unto the ground; for out of it was you taken: for dust you art, and unto dust shall you return. Genesis 3:19.
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, has abounded unto many. Romans 5:12, 15.
4. Jesus came to save man
In him was life; and the life was the light of men. John 1:4.
21 For as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens them; even so the Son quickens whom he will. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. John 5:21, 25.
For the bread of God is he which comes down from heaven, and gives life unto the world. John 6:33, 47-51.
The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10, 27, 28.
Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6.
As you has given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you has given him. John 17:2.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23.
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory. Colossians 3:4.
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 1 John 1:1-3.
5. Life is acquired through Jesus Christ
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:15, 16
He that believeth on the Son has everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abides on him. John 3:36.
But whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. John 4:14.
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which sees the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:40.
But these are written, that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through his name. John 20:31.
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. 1 Timothy 1:16.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 1:1.
11 And this is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God. 1 John 5:11-13.