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"Eternal life."

Text: 1 John 2:25

A MOST PRECIOUS PROMISE

What would constitute a great promise? The Apostle John must have treasured this special promise from the lips of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. The most well-known text is arguably the verse below.

“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.”
John 3:16

What a thrill to the soul to hear these words from the mouth of the Lord Jesus Christ. Many years later John wrote these words, remembering this glorious promise.

“And this is the promise that He has promised- eternal life.”
1 John 2:25

1. “And this is the promise”

a) “This”

i) This particle is called a demonstrative pronoun.

ii) Its function is to highlight the noun it is associated with.

b) The conjunction “and”

i) The conjunction joins this verse to the one above (1 John 2:24).

ii) This was the word that must abide in the heart of the believers.

iii) The word of God may indeed be seen as the promise of God.

iv) Every word that God has given will be fulfilled.

2. A special way of highlighting a truth

a) John used the word “promise” twice over in the same verse.

b) The word promise

i) It is used as a noun.

ii) It is used as a verb too.

c) The same word used in two different ways serves to highlight the idea of a “promise”.

3. “Eternal life”

a) We may have taken this promise of eternal life for granted.

b) Because our nature as finite human beings, we may fail to understand its significance.

c) But eternal life is something that we must learn to treasure much more.

d) Our eternal life will be spent in the very presence of God.

e) The doctrine of eternal life was meant to abide in our hearts with profound effects.