“And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:25‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

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So how many times did John write in his gospel about eternal life? 21

“so that everyone who believes in Him will have eternal life. “For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3:15-17‬ ‭HCSB‬‬
https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.3.15-17.hcsb

“The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who refuses to believe in the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3:36‬ ‭HCSB‬‬
https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.3.36.hcsb

“But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again — ever! In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up within him for eternal life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭4:14‬ ‭HCSB‬‬
https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.4.14.hcsb

“Don’t you say, ‘There are still four more months, then comes the harvest’? Listen to what I’m telling you: Open your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ready for harvest. The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life, so the sower and reaper can rejoice together. For in this case the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from their labor.”
‭‭John‬ ‭4:35-38‬ ‭HCSB‬‬
https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.4.35-38.hcsb

“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.”
‭‭John‬ ‭5:24‬ ‭HCSB‬‬
https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.5.24.hcsb

“You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, yet they testify about Me. And you are not willing to come to Me so that you may have life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭5:39-40‬ ‭HCSB‬‬
https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.5.39-40.hcsb

“My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me. 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. The Father and I are one.”
‭‭John‬ ‭10:27-30‬ ‭HCSB‬‬
https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.10.27-30.hcsb

“Jesus spoke these things, looked up to heaven, and said: Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son so that the Son may glorify You, for You gave Him authority over all flesh; so He may give eternal life to all You have given Him. This is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and the One You have sent — Jesus Christ. I have glorified You on the earth by completing the work You gave Me to do.”
‭‭John‬ ‭17:1-4‬ ‭HCSB‬‬
https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.17.1-4.hcsb

Jesus did promise eternal life to us. Eternal life is extended to everyone but not everyone will take it. 

We must:
Believe: 3:15-17, 3:36
Drink from Jesus: 4:14
Be ready: 4:35-38
Hear and believe:5:24
Come to Jesus:5:39-40
Hear and follow:10:27-30
Accept it from Jesus 17:1-4

All too often we take eternal life for granted, but this should not be so. Life on the earth is but a short vapor in the bing timeline of eternity. God has existed from eternity past and is present with us today and wants to celebrate with us into eternity future. 

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1:1‬ ‭HCSB‬‬
https://www.bible.com/72/gen.1.1.hcsb

“He who testifies about these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭22:20-21‬ ‭HCSB‬‬
https://www.bible.com/72/rev.22.20-21.hcsb

These are the first and last verses of the Bible Everything in between are instructions on how to live for God while we are here on the earth so that we may enjoy eternity with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 

“A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.”
‭‭John‬ ‭10:10‬ ‭HCSB‬‬
https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.10.10.hcsb


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