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- III. Man’s Nature (cont.)
- B. What Does The Bible Say About Eternal Life?
- 4. What Is The Source Of Eternal Life?
- Romans 6:
- 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- 1 John 5:
- 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
- Colossians 3:
- 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
- 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
- John 10:
- 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
- Romans 5:
- 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Hebrews 5:
- 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
- John 3:
- 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.
- 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
- John 11:
- 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
- 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
- John 6:
- 40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
- 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
- 51 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, which I will give for the life of the world.
- 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
- 57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
- 1 Corinthians 15:
- 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
- Jude 1:
- 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
- Titus 1:
- 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
- 1 John 2:
- 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
- John 10:
- 10 The thief cometh 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 14:
- 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:
- 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
- 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 4:
- 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
- 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
- 1 John 1:
- 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
- NOTE:
- Christ is the one who was with the Father and then manifested to us. Right?
- 2 Timothy 1:
- 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
- TEXTS OF INTEREST
- Acts 17:
- 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
- 28 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.
- Revelation 1:
- 18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
- 5. Is Eternal Life A Gift?
- Romans 6:
- 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- John 17:
- 2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
- 1 John 5:
- 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- John 10:
- 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
- NOTE:
- Even though God has given the gift of eternal life to us, this gift is in His Son. It is held in trust until the last trump. (see III. 6. below)
- 6. When Can The Righteous Expect To Receive The Gift Of Eternal Life?
- 1 Corinthians 15:
- 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
- 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
- 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
- 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:
- 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
- 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
- 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
- John 6:
- 40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
- 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
- Mark 10:
- 30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
- Daniel 12:
- 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Luke 20:
- 35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
- 36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
- Revelation 21:
- 1 AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
- 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
- 7. Does Satan And His Angels Have Eternal Life (Immortality)?
- Hebrews 2:
- 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
- Revelation 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.
- 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.
- 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
- Ezekiel 28:
- 17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
- 18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
- 19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
- 1 John 3:
- 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
- Matthew 25:
- 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
- NOTE:
- Hell fire was “prepared for the devil and his angels.” Man was never intended to burn, and will only do so because he chooses to ally himself with the devil.
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