15 that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

36a Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life.

— John 3:15-16; 36a

12 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

13 children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

— John 1:12-13

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

— Galatians 3:26

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

— 1 Peter 1:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

— Romans 8:32

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and salvation from Christ to you.

Once we believe in Jesus and are saved, we have eternal life. How long does eternal life last? Eternal means forever. If salvation could be lost, God would have called it temporary or short-term life. Instead, the Bible insists salvation is eternal and that all believers have everlasting life. When you were born into this world, your mother did all the work. Similarly, when you were born-again, God gave you new birth by the action of the Holy Spirit at the moment you believed in christ. Birth is one direction event that can never bear reversed. Once we are born again, you are God’s offspring and forever a member of His family.

Peter said, “You have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is through the living and enduring word of God.” God gave us new birth by means of imperishable seed. God’s seed cannot be corrupted. Figuratively we now possess divine DNA. And just as it is impossible to remove your parent’s DNA, it is impossible to remove God’s spiritual DNA or His imperishable seed, from within us. If God did so much for us by sending Jesus to die for us when we were guilty and dead in our trespasses and sins, Children of Satan, what makes us think He will do less for us now that we are His own children? Hallelujah! God’s free gift of salvation makes us secure eternally.