ONLY JESUS GIVES ETERNAL LIFE

DECEMBER 24, 2025

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 (John 3:16).

In our previous study, we began discussing three

important things we got from Jesus, and we reviewed

righteousness as number one. In today’s study, I’ll explain

the second one which is eternal life. Until Jesus Christ

died and resurrected, it wasn’t possible for anyone to have

eternal life. But what is eternal life? It’s the organic and

existential attributes of deity.

Eternal life is the very essence of divinity, the divine

life of Deity. That divine life is what Jesus made possible

for us. This is what every religion in the world yearns to

have. Everyone in the world, whether they believe in God

or not, somehow or another, all want this divine nature.

They're looking for that life, but they don't know how to

get it or what it’s all about. They have the intuition within

themselves that the human person was created to be much

more. The human being isn’t supposed to merely exist,

die like an ordinary animal and be forgotten forever. They

believe there's something about the human person that

lives forever, and they're looking for that “thing.”

Yes, they are right, but the only way to get it is to know

Jesus and receive Him into your heart. He is the true God

and eternal life: “And this is life eternal, that they might

know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom

thou hast sent” (John 17:3). 1 John 5:20, “...and we are

in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This

is the true God, and eternal life.”

Then in John 10:27-28, He said something most

remarkable, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them,

and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life;

and they shall never perish....” Ponder again what we

just read! You have to have or be something to be able to

give it. Jesus Christ gives eternal life because He is eternal

life and He imparted that life to you when you were born

again. Blessed be God!

Now that you’re born again, you’ve passed from death

to life (John 5:24). 1 John 5:11-12 says, “And this is the

record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this

life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and

he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.”

Notice the tenses; it’s in the past: God’s testimony,

His witness is that He has given to us eternal life, and this

life is in His Son, Jesus. Anyone who has Jesus has life.

Anyone who hasn’t received Jesus doesn’t have that life.

Only Jesus gives eternal life. Hallelujah!

PRAYER

Dear Father, I thank you for the gift of eternal life, the

very life and nature of God that’s in my spirit. I live above

sickness, disease, defeat and death, because your divine

life is at work in me. I walk in victory and glory every day,

knowing that I’ve been made a partaker of your divine

nature, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:

John 6:47; Romans 6:23; 2 Peter 1:3-4

1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Revelation 16 & Haggai 1-2

2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Acts 3:1-11 & Ezra 2