Book of 1 John Chapter 2 Vs. 25

Warning Concerning Antichrists

 

1 John 2:25 "And this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even] eternal life.”

And this is... If one allows Christ to remain in his life, then he receives eternal life. This term is used synonymously with Christ who is called eternal life in 1Jhn. 1:1-2. This eternal life is only in Him (1Jhn. 5:11-12). Life eternal is to know God and Christ (John 17:2-3; 1Jhn. 1:1-2; 5:20).

The promise (ἡ ἐπαγγελία)

The promise (ἐπαγγελίαν)

Signifying a free promise, given without solicitation. This is the invariable sense of the word throughout the New Testament, and this and its kindred and compound words are the only words for promise in the New Testament. Ὑπισχνέομαι, meaning to promise in response to a request, does not occur; and ὁμολογέω, Mat. 14:7, of Herod promising Salome, really means to acknowledge his obligation for her lascivious performance.

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life ...] Twenty-three conditions of eternal life:

1. Come to Christ (John 6:37, 6:44, 6:45, 6:65).

2. Eat His flesh—drink His blood (John 6:50, 6:51, 6:53, 6:58).

3. Labor (John 6:27).

4. Reap—win souls (John 4:35-38).

5. Hate (love less) the life in this world (John 12:25).

6. Know God and Christ (John 17:2-3).

7. Enter right gate (Mat. 7:13-14).

8. Cause no offense (Mat. 18:8-9).

9. Keep commandments (Mat. 19:17).

10. Forsake all (Mat. 19:27-29; Mark 10:28-30; Luke 18:28-30).

11. Live free from sin (Rom. 5:21; 6:16-23; 8:1-13; Tit. 2:11-14).

12. Continue in well-doing and seek eternal life (Rom. 2:7).

13. Sow to the Spirit (Gal. 6:7-8).

14. Fight the good fight of faith; lay hold on it (1Tim. 6:12, 6:19).

15. Be sober and hope to the end for it (Tit. 1:2; 3:7; 1Pet. 1:5, 1:9, 1:13 with Rom. 8:24).

16. Endure temptations (Jas. 1:12).

17. Let the promise of it remain in you and continue in God and Christ (1Jhn. 2:24-25; 5:11-20).

18. Love everybody (1Jhn. 3:14-15).

19. Keep yourself in the love of God, looking for eternal life (Jude 1:20-24).

20. Overcome sin (Rev. 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:26; 3:5, 3:12, 3:21)

21. Be faithful unto death (Rev. 2:10; Heb. 12:14-15).

22. Believe and obey the gospel (John 3:15-19, 3:36; 4:14; 5:24; 6:40, 6:47, 6:54; 2Cor. 5:17; Rom. 1:5).

23. Be born again, hear Christ, and follow Him (John 3:1-36; 10:27-29).

We get eternal life now and keep it forever if we meet the above conditions, but it does not become an unforfeitable eternal possession until we enter into it (Mat. 7:13; 18:8-9; 19:17; Rom. 6:22); receive it (Rom. 6:23; Jas. 1:12; 1Pet. 1:13; Rev. 2:10); reap it (Gal. 6:7-8); and inherit it in the world to come (Mat. 19:27-29; Mark 10:28-30; Luke 18:28-30), and at the end of this life (Rom. 6:22). See, John 3:16.

Look, with me, at the promise in the words of Jesus.

Eternal life (τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον)

Lit., the life, the eternal (life).

John 6:47 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life."

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."

We see from this that eternal life is in Jesus. To have Him is to possess eternal life.




They could also continue to rest on the divine promise of eternal life. As John later insisted (1Jhn. 5:9-13; cf. 5:20), they could be sure that they possessed this on the basis of God’s testimony to that fact.