John 3:16-17
God's Love for the World
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
John 17:3-4
Jesus on Eternal Life
3Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
John 16:33
Jesus Overcomes Death
33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Luke 12:4-7
Killing the Physical Body
4 “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
John 14:1-4
Jesus Comforts His Followers
1"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4You know the way to the place where I am going."
Jesus teaches us about the eternities...He teaches us that God so loves us that He would send His only Son to die for us...And if we believe in Him, we shall have eternal life...God did not come down to earth to condemn us...He very well could have, because we are great sinners...Jesus teaches us that to understand eternal life is as simple as just "knowing God" (if that in itself is simple)...Jesus came to earth to teach us about Himself and God...When He completed the work His Father gave Him, He died on the cross...Then He was resurrected, and thus overcame this world...
Jesus teaches us that there are two types of death in His ministry...One is physical death, and the other is spiritual death...Jesus taught more about His Father than anyone who walked the earth...Jesus knew God as a Father, His Father...He knows that without God, there is this spiritual death...And although there is great fear, and anxiety about our physical death, it is worse to have a dead soul...Jesus tells us not to fear those that can kill the body, because after that the killer can do no more...But God can...God cannot only kill our body, He has the authority to kill our soul and throw it into hell...
Believers believe that Jesus overcame both physical death and spiritual death with His resurrection...Jesus would not have been resurrected by God, if His claims on eternity and Himself were not true...Since Jesus teaches us that God loves us He has ascended to heaven and went to His Father's house that has many rooms...He was went there over two thousand years ago and prepared a place for us...Jesus died on the cross for our sins...This is what our sins did to Him...Our sins caused His physical death, just like it will cause our physical death...But God loves us and let His Son takes our sins and forgive us...Our Father is a merciful Father...He did not send His Son to condemn us, but to forgive us...And through all the forgiving, God LOVES us...