People are obsessed with the future. In books and movies, the future is depicted in interesting ways.
“The Matrix,” for example, shows a future where a giant artificial intelligence system takes over people’s minds and creates an illusion of a real world. Then there’s “WALL-E.” which shows future humans riding around another planet in hovering machines while being blissfully happy doing nothing.
The Bible tells us that the future extends beyond earth, but not in the way sci-fi films often depict. God created us to exist forever (Ecclesiastes 3:11).
When we die and leave this earth, we will spend eternity somewhere. The Bible promises that everyone who asks Jesus into their life will spend eternity in heaven with Him (John 3:16).
While science fiction imagines all sorts of possibilities for the future, Jesus was much more concerned with helping us understand the reality of eternity.
Nine Things Jesus Said About Eternity
1. Heaven is real.
In John 14:1-3, Jesus describes heaven as a real place where He will live with disciples:
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 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.”
2. Hell is real.
Jesus also taught with authority on hell, describing it as a blazing furnace, a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth.
In Luke 16:19–31, Jesus tells the story of a rich man begging Lazarus to tell the man’s family not to choose hell as he did. In another conversation, Jesus describes the end of the world, saying, “The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 13:40-43).
3. You can choose where you spend eternity.
Jesus tells us we get to choose whether or not we’ll spend eternity with Him: “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life” (John 5:24).
Eternal life with Jesus starts the minute we ask Him into our lives. The life we start with Jesus on Earth will continue into eternity. And likewise, if we choose to live without Jesus on Earth, we’ll continue to live without Him in eternity.
4. Jesus is the only way to eternity in heaven.
In John 14:6, Jesus says, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
5. Eternity in heaven is an instant gift, not a lifetime achievement award.
We often think we have to earn eternity in heaven, but Jesus showed us otherwise. While Jesus hung on the cross, He told one of the criminals next to Him, “I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). This man didn’t have a lifetime of good deeds to point back to, and he never got a chance to turn from his life of crime. He simply believed in Jesus, and that was enough.
When Jesus returned to heaven, His disciples continued to drive this point home, writing, “For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9).
6. The church will last forever.
So much of what we experience on Earth will not last into eternity, but the church will! Jesus told Peter that He would build the church on Peter’s profession of faith “and the gates of Hades will not overcome it” (Matthew 16:18).
7. Living with eternity in mind isn’t always popular.
Following Jesus is the only way to live eternally in heaven, but it isn’t always easy. What Jesus values and what our culture values are rarely the same. And at times, the Holy Spirit will prompt us to do something vulnerable or to stop doing what everyone else is doing.
That’s why Jesus says the gate that leads to eternal life is narrow. Becoming a Christian is easy, but not everyone will choose the life that comes with following Jesus.
“Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it,” Jesus said. “But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” (Matthew 7:13).
8. You don’t get to change your mind once you step into eternity.
In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, the rich man learns that once in hell, it is too late to change your mind about Jesus. Abraham tells the rich man, “…between us and you a great chasm has been set in place so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us” (Luke 16:26).
9. Jesus invites everyone to spend eternity in heaven with Him.
“Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in Him” (John 3:14-15).
Heaven isn’t reserved for a select few. It’s open to everyone who will put their trust in Jesus.
Do you know where you will spend eternity? If you’ve got questions about what it means to be saved, we’d love to help. Reach out to someone on your campus and join us every week for “Eternity.”
What does the Bible say about eternal life?
God gives all of us a sense of eternity. Eternal life is a gift from God through Christ. When we think of eternal life we think about life after death but it’s more than that. For the believer, eternal life is now. God is eternal.
Eternal life is God’s life living in you. Do you struggle with assurance of your salvation? Do you struggle with the thought of eternal life? Let’s learn more below.
Christian quotes about eternal life
“What were we made for? To know God. What aim should we have in life? To know God. What is the eternal life that Jesus gives? To know God. What is the best thing in life? To know God. What in humans gives God most pleasure? Knowledge of himself.” – J.I. Packer
“Eternal life means more than mere future blessing to be enjoyed by believers; it is equally a kind of spiritual ability.” – Watchman Nee
“Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue of God’s grace.” Charles Spurgeon
“Eternal life is not a peculiar feeling inside! It is not your ultimate destination, to which you will go when you are dead. If you are born again, eternal life is that quality of life that you possess right now.” – Major Ian Thomas
“If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world.” – C.S. Lewis“
“You know, eternal life does not start when we go to heaven. It starts the moment you reach out to Jesus. He never turns His back on anyone. And He is waiting for you.” Corrie Ten Boom
“We who have Christ’s eternal life need to throw away our own lives.” — George Verwer
“At most, you will live a hundred years on earth, but you will spend forever in eternity.”
“Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift of God.” Oswald Chambers
“For the Christian, heaven is where Jesus is. We do not need to speculate on what heaven will be like. It is enough to know that we will be forever with Him.” William Barclay
“Three means by which God assures us that we do have eternal life: 1. The promises of His Word, 2. The witness of the Spirit in our hearts, 3. The transforming work of the Spirit in our lives.” Jerry Bridges
“I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination – the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.” Charles Spurgeon
“Since this life is God’s and cannot die, it follows that everyone born anew into possessing this life is said to have eternal life.”Watchman Nee
The gift of life
Eternal life is a gift from the Lord for those who put their faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. It’s an eternal gift from God and nothing can take it away. God is not like us. We can give gifts and when we are mad at the recipient of the gift we desire our gift back. God is not like that, but often that is how we picture Him in our mind.
We live under a false sense of condemnation and this kills the Christian. Have you been doubting the love that God has for you? Once again, God is not like us. If He says you have eternal life, then you have eternal life. If He says your sins are forgiven, then your sins are forgiven. Due to our sinfulness, we might bring up the past transgressions of others, but God says, “I will not remember your sins.”
God’s grace is so profound that it causes us to doubt it. It’s too good to be true. Now at least you get a glimpse of what the phrase “God is love” means. God’s love is unconditional. Believers have done nothing to deserve God’s grace and we can’t do anything to maintain what God said is a free gift. If we had to work it would no longer be a gift. Don’t allow your joy to come from your performance. Trust in Christ, believe in Christ, cling on to Christ. It’s Jesus or nothing!
1. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2. Titus 1:2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began.
3. Romans 5:15-16 But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.
4. Romans 4:3-5 What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.
5. Titus 3:5-7 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
6. Psalm 103:12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
7. John 6:54 “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
8. John 3:15 “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
9. Acts 16:31 “They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
10. Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.”
11. Romans 3:28 “For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.”
12. Romans 4:5 “However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.”
13. Galatians 3:24 “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.”
14. Romans 11:6 “But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, since otherwise grace is no longer grace.”
15. Ephesians 2:5 “made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!”
16. Ephesians 1:7 “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.”
God (so) loved you
Dr. Gage gave a brilliant sermon on John 3:16. We have no idea how powerful the word (so) is in John 3:16. The word so is probably the most powerful word in the entire verse. God so loved you. Scripture says that the world was created through and for Christ. It’s all about His Son. Everything comes from His Son and everything is for His Son.
If we put 1 billion of the most loving people on 1 scale it will never be greater than the love that the Father has for His Son. The only thing that we deserve is death, wrath, and hell. We’ve sinned against everything, but most of all we’ve sinned against the holy God of the universe and justice must be served. Though we deserved wrath, God poured out grace. God gave up everything for you!
The world was for Christ, but God gave up His Son for the world. You and I will never understand the depth of God’s love. Only God has eternal life, but through Christ He gives us eternal life. It would have been mind-blowing if God would have made us servants in His Kingdom, but God has made us ambassadors in His Kingdom.
Jesus took your grave and shattered it. Jesus took your death and poured out life. We were once far from God but God has brought us to Himself. What an amazing measure of grace. I once asked someone, “why should God let you in Heaven?” The person replied, “Because I love God.” Religion teaches that you must (so) love God so you are worthy to enter Heaven. No! It is God who (so) loved you. Demonstrating that love God sent His Beloved Son to take our place.
Jesus is the only claim that any believer has to Heaven. Whoever believes in the gospel of Christ shall not perish but have everlasting life. If Jesus had to, He would do it all over again. God’s love destroys our false condemnation, shame, and doubt. Repent and trust in Christ alone. God doesn’t want to condemn you but reassure you of His great love for you.
17. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
18. Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
19. Jude 1:21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
20. Ephesians 2:4 “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy.”
21. 1 John 4:16 “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”
22. 1 John 4:7 “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”
23. 1 John 4:9 “This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.”
24. 1 John 4:10 “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
Do you know God?
The Father reveals Himself through the Son. Jesus describes eternal life as knowing God. We all say we know God. Even demons say they know God, but do we truly know Him? Do you know the Father and the Son in an intimate way?
John 17:3 is talking about more than an intellectual knowledge. Do you have a personal relationship with the Lord? Some people know all the best theology books. They know the Bible front and back. They know Hebrew.
However, they don’t know God. You can know everything about Christ but still not know Christ. Do you read the Bible for a new sermon or do you search the Scriptures to get to know Christ in His Word?
25. John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent
26. John 5:39-40 You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
27. Proverbs 8:35 “For he who finds me finds life And obtains favor from the LORD.”
Your salvation is secure in Christ.
Believers cannot lose their salvation. Jesus always does the will of the Father. In John 6:37 Jesus says, “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never turn away.”
Then Jesus tells us He has come down to do the will of the Father. In verse 39 Jesus says, “And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.”
Jesus always does the will of the Father, those who the Father gives will come to Him, and Jesus will not lose any. He will raise that person up on the last day. Jesus is not a liar. If He says He will not lose any, then it means He will not lose any.
28. John 6:40 For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
29. John 10:28-29 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish—ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
30. John 17:2 For You granted Him authority over all humanity, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
Those who put their trust in Christ immediately have eternal life.
There are some who might say that eternal life is something that occurs after death, but Jesus says those who believe have eternal life. He is not referring to the future. These verses below clearly show that He is referring to the present.
31. John 6:47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.
32. John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”
33. John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
34. John 17:2 “For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.”
God wants us to be confident of our salvation.
35. 1 John 5:13-14 I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
36. John 5:24 I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.
37. John 6:47 “Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.”
Having eternal life is not a license to sin.
Those who truly put their trust in Christ will be regenerated by the Holy Spirit. They will be new creatures with new desires. Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice.” If you are living in rebellion and you are deaf to the words of the Lord that is evidence that you are not His. Are you living in sin?
Scripture makes it clear that many people who profess faith in Christ are going to one day hear the words “I never knew you; depart from me.” Christians don’t desire to live in sin. Examine your life. Does sin affect you? Do you see God working in you?
38. Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
39. Jude 1:4 For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
40. 1 John 3:15 “Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.”
41. John 12:25 “Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.”
42. 1 Timothy 6:12 “Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”
43. John 4:36 “Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.”
44. 1 John 1:2 “the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us.”
45. Romans 2:7 “To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life.”
46. John 6:68 “Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.”
47. 1 John 5:20 “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.”
48. John 5:39 “You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me.”
Our home is in Heaven
If you are a believer your citizenship has been transferred to Heaven. In this world, we are sojourners awaiting our true home.
We were rescued from this world by our Savior and we were transferred into His Kingdom. Allow these truths to change the way that you live your life as a believer. We must all learn to live in eternity.
49. Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
50. Ephesians 2:18-20 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
51. Colossians 1:13-14 For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Do you know if you have eternal life? I encourage you to read this salvation article to learn how to be saved. “How can I become a christian?”
Matthew 19:29
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life (Mt 19:29).
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life (Jn 3:16).
John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him (Jn 3:36).
John 4:14
But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life (Jn 4:14).
John 5:24
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life (Jn 5:24).
John 5:39
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me (Jn 5:39).
John 6:27
Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal (Jn 6:27).
John 6:40
For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day (Jn 6:40).
John 6:47
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life (Jn 6:47).
John 6:54
Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day (Jn 6:54).
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John 6:68
Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life (Jn 6:68).
John 12:25
Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life (Jn 12:25).
John 17:3
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent (Jn 17:3).
Romans 5:20-21
Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Ro 5:20-21).
Romans 6:22
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life (Ro 6:22).
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Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Ro 6:23).
Galatians 6:8
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life (Ga 6:8).
Titus 3:7
So that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life (Tit 3:7).
1 John 1:2
The life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us (1 Jn 1:2).
1 John 2:25
And this is the promise that he made to us eternal life (1 Jn 2:25).
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1 John 3:15
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him (1 Jn 3:15).
1 John 5:11
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son (1 Jn 5:11).
1 John 5:13
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life (1 Jn 5:13).
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life (1 Jn 5:20).
Jude 1:21
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life (Jude 1:21
1 John 2:25
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This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
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in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,
1 John 5:11
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And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
1 John 5:13
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These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
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And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
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“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
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Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
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For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”
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but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
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Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”
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Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.
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For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
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Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
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Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.
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but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.
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and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
Christ » Words of characteristics of » Eternal life
John 8:51
Verse Concepts
Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death.”
Endowments » Spiritual promised » Eternal life
James 1:17
Verse Concepts
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
John 10:28
Verse Concepts
and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
Endowments » Seven gifts of Christ to believers » Eternal life
John 10:28
Verse Concepts
and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
Eternal life » What is eternal life
1 John 5:20
Verse Concepts
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
John 17:3
Verse Concepts
This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
John 12:49-50
“For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. “I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”
Romans 6:23
Verse Concepts
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Eternal life » God promising eternal life
Titus 1:2
Verse Concepts
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,
1 John 2:24-25
As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.
1 John 5:11
Verse Concepts
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Eternal life » Who shall not receive eternal life
1 John 3:15
Verse Concepts
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
1 John 5:12
Verse Concepts
He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
John 3:36
Verse Concepts
He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
Eternal life » Some awaking to everlasting life
Daniel 12:1-2
“Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued. “Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.
John 5:26-29
“For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. “Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, read more.
Eternal life » Laying hold on eternal life
1 Timothy 6:12
Verse Concepts
Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Faith » Through it is » Eternal life
John 6:40
Verse Concepts
For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”
John 3:15
Verse Concepts
so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
John 6:47
Verse Concepts
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.
Gifts » Presents to men spiritual » Eternal life
James 1:17
Verse Concepts
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
John 10:28
Verse Concepts
and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
Gifts » Seven gifts of Christ to believers » Eternal life
John 10:28
Verse Concepts
and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Eternal life
Romans 6:23
Verse Concepts
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
God » Spiritual promised » Eternal life
James 1:17
Verse Concepts
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
John 10:28
Verse Concepts
and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
God’s Promises » To believers » Eternal life
John 3:14-15
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
John 5:24
Verse Concepts
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
God’s Promises » Of spiritual gifts » Eternal life
James 1:17
Verse Concepts
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
John 10:28
Verse Concepts
and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
Hope » Objects of » Eternal life
Titus 1:2
Verse Concepts
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,
Titus 3:7
Verse Concepts
so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Jesus Christ » Names of » Eternal life
1 John 5:20
Verse Concepts
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
Eternal life » General references to
Matthew 25:46
Verse Concepts
These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Romans 6:22
Verse Concepts
But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.
John 10:28
Verse Concepts
and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
1 Timothy 6:19
Verse Concepts
storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.
Jude 1:21
Verse Concepts
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
More verses: Daniel 12:2 John 6:27 Titus 1:2 1 John 2:25 Romans 2:7
Eternal life » Saints » Have promises of
1 Timothy 4:8
Verse Concepts
for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
2 Timothy 1:1
Verse Concepts
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
Titus 1:2
Verse Concepts
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,
1 John 2:25
Verse Concepts
This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.
Eternal life » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
John 5:24
Verse Concepts
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
John 6:40
Verse Concepts
For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”
John 4:35-36
“Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. “Already he who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for life eternal; so that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
Eternal life » Conditions of receiving » Faith in Christ
John 3:14-15
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
John 4:14
Verse Concepts
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
John 3:36
Verse Concepts
He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
Eternal life » Given » To those who believe in Christ
John 6:40
Verse Concepts
For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”
John 3:15
Verse Concepts
so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
John 6:47
Verse Concepts
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.
Eternal life » Saints » May have assurance of
1 John 5:13
Verse Concepts
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
2 Corinthians 5:1
Verse Concepts
For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Eternal life » Saints » Should lay hold of
1 Timothy 6:12
Verse Concepts
Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:19
Verse Concepts
storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.
Eternal life » Cannot be inherited by works
Romans 2:7
Verse Concepts
to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;
Romans 3:10-19
as it is written, “THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE.” read more.
Eternal life » Revealed by Christ
2 Timothy 1:10
Verse Concepts
but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
John 6:68
Verse Concepts
Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.
Eternal life » Saints » Shall reign in
Romans 5:17
Verse Concepts
For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
Daniel 7:18
Verse Concepts
But the saints of the Highest One will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, for all ages to come.’
Eternal life » Given » Through Christ
Romans 5:21
Verse Concepts
so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23
Verse Concepts
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Eternal life » Given » By God
Psalm 133:3
Verse Concepts
It is like the dew of Hermon
Coming down upon the mountains of Zion;
For there the Lord commanded the blessing—life forever. Cross references: Psalm 133:1 : Gen 13:8; Heb 13:1 Psalm 133:2 : Ex 29:7; 30:25, 30; Lev 8:12 Psalm 133:2 : Ex 28:33; 39:24 Psalm 133:3 : Prov 19:12; Hos 14:5; Mic 5:7 Psalm 133:3 : Deut 3:9; 4:48 Psalm 133:3 : Ps 48:2; 74:2; 78:68 Psalm 133:3 : Lev 25:21; Deut 28:8; Ps 42:8 Psalm 133:3 : Ps 21:4 end of crossrefs
Romans 6:23
Verse Concepts
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Eternal life » Christ is
1 John 1:2
Verse Concepts
and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us—
1 John 5:20
Verse Concepts
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
Eternal life » Saints » Shall rise unto
Daniel 12:2
Verse Concepts
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.
John 5:29
Verse Concepts
and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.
Eternal life » Given » By Christ
John 10:28
Verse Concepts
and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
John 6:27
Verse Concepts
Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”
Eternal life » Saints » Have hope of
Titus 1:2
Verse Concepts
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,
Titus 3:7
Verse Concepts
so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Eternal life » Results from » Eating of the tree of life
Revelation 2:7
Verse Concepts
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’
Eternal life » Conditions of receiving » Renunciation of the world
Luke 18:28-30
Peter said, “Behold, we have left our own homes and followed You.” And He said to them, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times as much at this time and in the age to come, eternal life.”
Eternal life » Conditions of receiving » Sowing in the spirit
Galatians 6:8
Verse Concepts
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Eternal life » Saints » Shall reap, through the spirit
Galatians 6:8
Verse Concepts
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Eternal life » Saints » Are preserved unto
John 10:28-29
and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. “My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
Eternal life » Saints » Shall inherit
Matthew 19:29
Verse Concepts
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.
Eternal life » Saints » Shall go into
Matthew 25:46
Verse Concepts
These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Eternal life » Results from » Eating the bread of life
John 6:50-58
“This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. “I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.” Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” read more.
Eternal life » The wicked » Have not
1 John 3:15
Verse Concepts
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
Eternal life » Given » In Christ
1 John 5:11
Verse Concepts
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Eternal life » Conditions of receiving » Self-sacrifice
John 12:25
Verse Concepts
He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.
Eternal life » The wicked » Judge themselves unworthy of
Acts 13:46
Verse Concepts
Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
Eternal life » Given » To those who hate life for Christ
John 12:25
Verse Concepts
He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.
Eternal life » Given » In answer to prayer
Psalm 21:4
Verse Concepts
He asked life of You,
You gave it to him,
Length of days forever and ever.
Eternal life » The self-righteous think to inherit, by works
Mark 10:17
Verse Concepts
As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
Eternal life » They who are ordained to, believe the gospel
Acts 13:48
Verse Concepts
When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
Eternal life » Conditions of receiving » Knowledge of God
John 17:3
Verse Concepts
This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
Eternal life » Results from » Drinking the water of life
John 4:14
Verse Concepts
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
Eternal life » Saints » Look for the mercy of God unto
Jude 1:21
Verse Concepts
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
Eternal life » Given » To those who believe in God
John 5:24
Verse Concepts
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
Eternal life » Given » To all given to Christ
John 17:2
Verse Concepts
even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.
Eternal life » Revealed in the scriptures
John 5:39
Verse Concepts
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me;
Eternal life » To know God and Christ is
John 17:3
Verse Concepts
This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
Eternal life » Exhortation to seek
John 6:27
Verse Concepts
Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”
The promises of God » Subjects of » Eternal life
Titus 1:2
Verse Concepts
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,
1 John 2:25
Verse Concepts
This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.
Seven » Gifts of Christ » Eternal life
John 10:28
Verse Concepts
and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
Spiritual » Gifts spiritual, promised » Eternal life
James 1:17
Verse Concepts
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
John 10:28
Verse Concepts
and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
Words » Kept words of Christ » Eternal life
John 8:51
Verse Concepts
Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death.”
Words of Christ » Promises concerning » Eternal life
John 8:51
Verse Concepts
Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death.”
Topics on Eternal life
eternal life, experience of
John 5:24
Verse Concepts
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
eternal life, gift of
John 5:39-40
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me;
eternal life, nature of
John 17:3
Verse Concepts
This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
100 Bible Verses aboutEternal Life
Matthew 25:41
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:1-15
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. …
1 John 3:15
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
1 Peter 3:18-22
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
Philippians 3:20-21
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
John 1:12
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
Revelation 21:3-4
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Romans 8:18
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
Romans 2:7
To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
John 6:54
Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
Psalm 139:23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
1 John 5:11-13
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.
John 17:2
Since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
John 3:16-17
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Matthew 10:28-29
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Psalm 37:28
For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
Matthew 18:8-9
And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.
Psalm 86:13
For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
1 John 2:27
But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.
2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.
Many children of all ages still love Buzz Lightyear’s favorite catchphrase. “To infinity and beyond,” indeed! Jumping from children’s fiction to reality, we land on 3 huge questions:
According to the Bible, do “infinity” and “eternity” describe (1) everything that’s true about who God is? (2) everything, some things, or nothing about what God says? (3) everything, some things, or nothing about what God does?
The answers to these questions matter a great deal—and will definitely bless you!
“Infinity” in the Bible
The Lord God, the maker of heaven and earth, repeatedly describes Himself as infinite in power (almighty), dominion (everywhere-present), and understanding (everything-knowing). These terms speak of His infinite sovereignty, authority, grandeur, and majesty. To say the least, no one can out-power, sneak behind, or surprise God.
In addition to “infinite” and “infinity,” the Bible uses the synonyms “all,” “immense,” “fullness,” “supreme,” “great,” “vast,” “absolute,” “no end,” “without end,” “unlimited,” “limitless,” “without limit,” “no limit,” “no limitation,” “inexhaustible,” “unbound,” “boundless,” “fathomless,” “can’t be grasped,” “beyond comprehension,” “beyond telling,” “innumerable,” “measureless,” “beyond measure,” and “cannot be measured.”
3 “Infinity” Bible Verses
My three favorite “infinity” Bible verses are Psalm 147:5, Ephesians 3:20, and Philippians 3:8.
Psalm 147:5 says our Lord is vast in power and infinite in His understanding. What foundational truths about our God’s greatness and glory.
Ephesians 3:20 says God is able to accomplish infinitely more than we could ask, think, or imagine. No surprise! So, let’s imagine, think, and ask the Lord to do the impossible.
Philippians 3:8 says everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Jesus Christ as our Lord. No other life purpose compares. So, let’s make it ours!
3 “Infinity” Synonym Verses
My three favorite “synonyms of infinity” Bible verses are Isaiah 40:12, Luke 1:37, and Colossians 1:19.
Isaiah 40:12 says God can hold the earth’s waters in His hand, use His hand to measure the precise length of the universe, put all the earth’s dirt into a planet-sized container, and then weigh every mountain. Nothing is too hard for God.
Luke 1:37 says nothing is impossible with God. What He can do is infinite, indeed!
Colossians 1:19 says all the fullness of God the Father dwells in Jesus Christ, His Son (The same is true for the Holy Spirit, too.).
We’ll get back to the 3 questions, but let’s first look at…
“Eternity” in the Bible
The Lord God, the maker of heaven and earth, describes Himself with three metaphorical names. The first and third appear three times each in the book of Revelation only. The second appears three times each in the books of Isaiah and Revelation.
All three are captured on the last page of the Bible in Revelation 22:13. First, He says: “I am the Alpha and the Omega.” Second, He says: “[I am] the First and the Last.” Third, He says, “[I am] the Beginning and the End.”
These terms speak of the Lord’s eternal existence, nature, and being. And by eternal, God means from all eternity past to all eternity future. Anyone who isn’t that kind of eternal isn’t the Lord God, creator of heaven and earth.
In addition to “eternal” and “eternity,” the Bible uses the synonyms “lasting,” “everlasting,” “evermore,” “forevermore,” “forever and ever,” “forever,” “ever,” “immortal,” “indestructible,” “imperishable,” “unfading,” “abiding,” “enduring,” “unceasing,” “always,” “endless,” “never-ending,” and “without end.”
5 “Eternity” Bible Verses
My five favorite “eternity” Bible verses are John 3:16, John 17:3, Romans 1:20, Romans 6:23, and 2 Peter 1:11.
John 3:16 says God so loved the world that He gave his only unique Son, Jesus, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. It’s the gospel message in a nutshell.
John 17:3 says eternal life is knowing the only true God the Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ. That eternal life begins the moment the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within us, and the angels rejoice in heaven!
Romans 1:20 says God’s invisible attributes, including His divine nature and eternal power, can be clearly perceived in what He has made. What He made, of course, is the heavens and earth.
Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin is eternal death, but the gift of God is eternal life in our Lord Jesus Christ. When God gives that gift to us, everything changes.
2 Peter 1:11 tells how we can look forward to a rich, wonderful, vibrant welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
5 “Eternity” Synonym Verses
My five favorite “synonym of eternity” Bible verses are 1 Chronicles 16:34, 1 Chronicles 29:10, Psalm 90:2, 1 Corinthians 15:53-54, and 1 Timothy 1:17.
1 Chronicles 16:34 (and 11 more nearly identical verses) call us to give thanks to the Lord for He is good and His lovingkindness is everlasting. (The other 11 are 2 Chronicles 5:13, 7:3, 7:6, 20:21; Ezra 3:11; Psalms 100:5, 106:1, 107:1, 118:1, 118:29, 136:1; and Jeremiah 33:11.)
1 Chronicles 29:10 (and 39 more verses) say our Lord God lives and deserves all praise forever and ever. Amen! (The other 39 stretch from Exodus 15:18 to Revelation 15:7.
Psalm 90:2 says God is from everlasting to everlasting. That is, God has no beginning and no end. He always and eternally exists. He sees all of space/time in the eternal now.
1 Corinthians 15:53-54 says at the climax of history we will receive imperishable, immortal bodies. That way, we can live with the Lord forever on the New Earth—and beyond!
1 Timothy 1:17 says, and here I must quote verbatim: “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen” (NIV).
3 Huge Questions, Revisited
From what we’ve read above from the Bible…
(1) Do “infinity” and “eternity” describe everything that’s true about who God is? The answer is… yes!
That means His knowledge, insight, understanding, wisdom, and ways are infinite and eternal. It also means His marvelous, amazing mercy and grace are infinite and eternal. So is every other attribute or characteristic of who God is.
There’s nothing true about who God is that isn’t infinitely and eternally true. That’s why the Bible emphatically says He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
(2) Do “infinity” and “eternity” describe everything about what God says? The answer is… both yes and a qualified yes.
Yes: The words of God, with an emphasis on His thoughts (Psalm 40:5 and Psalm 139:17-18), are infinite and eternal.
Qualified yes: The words of God, with an emphasis on His written Scriptures (Psalm 119:89, Psalm 119:160, and Isaiah 40:8), are eternal, but definitely not infinite. The Bible has a crystal-clear beginning (Genesis 1:1) and end (Revelation 22:21).
(3) Do “infinity” and “eternity” describe everything about what God does? The answer is… a qualified yes and a definite no.
Qualified yes: Everything God does was planned from eternity past.
No: God isn’t a perpetual motion machine. Past: He created the heavens and earth. Present: He governs the heavens and earth. Future: He will create new heavens and a new earth, which will be enjoyed by God (and us!) forever.
Summary
The next time you hear someone say, “To infinity and beyond,” remember “To infinity and eternity” describes everything about who God is, mostly describes what God says, and only partially describes what God does.
Let’s Make It Real
1. If someone tells you that God is somehow less than infinite and eternal, gracefully and truthfully correct them. You might say, “Actually, by definition, God is both infinite and eternal. Everything about God is infinitely and eternally true. To say the least, no one can out-power [flex your muscles], sneak behind [roll play], or somehow surprise God, wouldn’t you agree?”
Then stop talking, no matter how long they’re silent. Remember, they’re thinking. Honor that by not saying a word. Even if it takes a minute.
When they say “yes,” please don’t act surprised. Instead, smile, wait 5 seconds, and then ask how you can best pray for them. Be sure to pray daily and then follow up with them a week or 10 days later. Then ask how you can best pray for them over the next week or two.
The more you pray for them, the more likely they’ll grow closer to God.
2. If someone suggests the Bible isn’t authoritative or isn’t everything God has put in writing, kindly and truthfully correct them. You might say, “Actually, God has gone on record saying the Bible is both authoritative and complete. The Bible has a definite beginning and end. Anything else isn’t God’s written word. Yes, I read widely, but only the Bible speaks God’s love and truth directly into my heart and mind. Would you like to read a chapter of the Bible with me and see what it says to you?”
When they say “yes,” nod your head, wait 5 seconds, set a day/time/place to read/discuss Mark 1 together and thank them for pursuing this brief adventure with you. After you discuss half of Mark 1, you may want to suggest meeting again to finish the chapter. Promise you’ll finish this brief adventure next time. Of course, if they want more, say yes!
The more you read Mark’s Gospel with them, the more likely they’ll fall in love with Jesus.
3. If someone says God is doing a rotten job running the universe, graciously and truthfully correct them. You might say, “Actually, everything God does He planned from eternity past.
When God created the universe, He designed it to be perfect. Sadly, sin and evil corrupted the human race and all it’s touched here on earth. But that’s not the end of the story…not by a long shot. Someday, God will create new heavens and a new earth, which will be enjoyed by Him and us forever. In the meantime, God wants us to actively promote what is good, true, and right. In your heart, you feel the same way, don’t you?”
When they say “yes,” wait 5 seconds, and then ask if you can bless your city in prayer. Nod your head toward them, close your eyes, and immediately start praying briefly for God to bless your city. In particular, ask God to make righteousness and justice roll like a river through your city (see Amos 5:23-24). Then quickly say amen, open your eyes, and thank them so much for praying with you.
God Bless you everyone have a nice day .
By:http://biblegateway.com By:Crosswalk.com Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Eternal-Life By: https://biblereasons.com/bible-verses-about-birthdays/