The New Covenant - The Promises to Those Who
Believe and Obey
"And
everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters
or father or mother or children or farms for My
name's sake, shall receive many times as much, and
shall inherit eternal life." Matthew 19:29 (NAS)
"Then He will answer them,
saying, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you
did not do it to one of the least of these, you did
not do it to Me.' "And these will go away into
eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal
life." Matthew 25:45-46 (NAS)
"And as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of
Man be lifted up; that whoever believes may in Him
have eternal life." John 3:14-15 (NAS)
"He who believes in the Son has
eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall
not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
John 3:36 (NAS)
"...but whoever drinks of the
water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but
the water that I shall give him shall become in him
a well of water springing up to eternal life."
John 4:14 (NAS)
"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 5:24
(NAS)
"Do not work for the food which
perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal
life, which the Son of Man shall give to you, for on
Him the Father, even God, has set His seal." John
6:27 (NAS)
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he
who believes has eternal life." John 6:47 (NAS)
"My sheep hear My voice, and I
know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal
life to them, and they shall never perish; and no
one shall snatch them out of My hand." John 10:27-28
(NAS)
"He who rejects Me, and does
not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the
word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.
"For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the
Father Himself who sent Me has given Me commandment,
what to say, and what to speak. "And I know that His
commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I
speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me." John
12:48-50 (NAS)
"I have come as light into the
world, that everyone who believes in Me may not
remain in darkness. "And if anyone hears My sayings,
and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I
did not come to judge the world, but to save the
world. "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My
sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is
what will judge him at the last day." "For I did not
speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself
who sent Me has given Me commandment, what to say,
and what to speak." And I know that His commandment
is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I
speak just as the Father has told Me." John 12:46-50
(NAS)
"...to those who by
perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor
and immortality, eternal life; but to those who are
selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but
obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation." Romans
2:7-8 (NAS)
"But now having been freed from
sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit,
resulting in sanctification, and the outcome,
eternal life." Romans 6:22 (NAS)
"For the wages of sin is death,
but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ
Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23 (NAS)
"Do not be deceived, God is not
mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also
reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall
from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows
to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal
life. And let us not lose heart in doing good, for
in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary.
So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good
to all men, and especially to those who are of the
household of the faith." Galatians 6:7-10 (NAS)
"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 6:12 (NAS)
"in the hope of eternal life,
which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,"
Titus 1:2 (NAS)
"He saved us, not on the basis
of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but
according to His mercy, by the washing of
regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom
He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ
our Savior, that being justified by His grace we
might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal
life." Titus 3:5-7 (NAS)
"And this is the promise which
He Himself made to us: eternal life." 1 John 2:25
(NAS)
"Everyone who hates his brother
is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has
eternal life abiding in him. We know love by this,
that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to
lay down our lives for the brethren." 1 John 3:15-16
(NAS)
"And the witness is this, that
God has given us eternal life, and this life is in
His Son." 1 John 5:11 (NAS)
"These things I have written to
you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in
order that you may know that you have eternal life."
1 John 5:13 (NAS)
"And we know that the Son of
God has come, and has given us understanding, in
order that we might 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." 1 John 5:20 (NAS)
"But you, beloved, building
yourselves up on your most holy faith; praying in
the Holy Spirit; keep yourselves in the love of God,
waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ to eternal life." Jude 1:20-21 (NAS)
Question:
According to the scriptures above, what is the
promise that God makes to those who abide by the
terms of the new covenant? |