John 3:16
Words to Eternal Life
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.
John 5:24
Hear The Words of Jesus and Have Eternal Life
24 “I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.
John 6:46-47
Believe to Have Eternal Life
46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.
John 6:53-54
Eternal Life Through Following Jesus
53 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."
John 6:67-69
Jesus Has the Words of Eternal Life
67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
John 17:3
Now This is Eternal Life
3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
Matthew 25:44-46
Those Helping Others Will be Righteous and Have Eternal Life
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
John 11:25-26
Jesus is the Resurrection and Eternal Life
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; 26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 14:1-3
Trust in God, but Trust also in Jesus
1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In 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. 3 And 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.
John 14:6
The Only Way to the Father is Through Jesus
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Jesus teaches us the eternities...He knows about eternal life and talked about how to reach and get eternal life in the four gospels...He has been with God from the beginning...When Jesus teaches us about eternal life, He tells us to believe in the One who sent Him, as well as believing in Him...Jesus wants us to trust God, but also He asks that we trust Him...Jesus has this unique relationship with God...Jesus has this Special Relationship with God...If God became Man, or sent Someone to earth to teach we would and should expect some great things...We should expect that Person to be Special...That Person from God would know about such things about how to live a good life on earth and they would know about life after death and eternal life...Teachings such as that would be very believable, if you believe in God and His Son -and if you believe that Jesus is Divine -and that He was sent from God...
Jesus teaches us that if we believe in His Father and the One He sent, then we shall have eternal life...In fact, He says THAT IS eternal life...When we believe in the One who sent Him, then we will not be condemned, but we will be saved from death and have eternal life...When we closely follow Jesus and His teachings, then we will have eternal life and be raised on the last day...The Twelve knew and Peter even said that Jesus had the words of eternal life, and was the Holy One of God...Peter realized his limitations and that his thinking and his mind were only finite...But Peter knew the Great Knowledge and Wisdom of his Teacher...Jesus is unlimited and His Words and His teachings are the Golden Key to life after death...Peter realized this when he said Jesus words are eternal...We learn from Jesus this -Now this is eternal life, to know that there is only One True God and to know the One He sent...And when we love our neighbors and help others, love God, and have Jesus in our hearts, we will be considered righteous and have the keys to eternal life...
He says He is the resurrection and the life...Whoever believes in Him will live, even though he will die -but after his death (if you believe) you will live again and will never die...Jesus asks us the question, "Do you believe this?"...We are given a choice to believe or not to believe...Jesus teaches us to trust not only in God, but also to put our trust in Him...Very bold words for a Rabbi teaching others...And then He adds the only way to God is through Him even bolder words...Now His question of "Do you believe that He is the Resurrection?" is put very curtly and bluntly out there but in a generous and very thoughtful way...A way that only God can and would ask us, "Do you want to believe in Me?"...It is up to you, to both believe in Me and love Me -I think He is telling, but yet asking us...
Jesus stood up and told us that He is Truth (as well as the Way and the Life)...So if you are a believer and believe Jesus is Truth He cannot lie...Then when He tells us that if we believe in Him then we can somehow pass-over over from death to life -after we leave the earth...When we believe in Him, them we never die...He will raise us up again on the last day...He has defeated death...
As we read through these verses we see that Jesus is the Source of eternal life...He teaches us the eternal life is knowing His Father and the Son...We must get to know (both of) them so we can have life after death...And the most important thing is to believe in Him and also believe in the One that sent Him...When we get to know the Father and the Son and believe in them and have faith in them, we have eternal life...