QUESTION:
How does one get Eternal Life?
ANSWER:
"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]
“These things have I written unto you that believe on the Name of the Son of God; and ye may know that ye have Eternal Life, and that ye may believe on the Name of the Son of God.” [I John 5:13]
“I wonder if there's such a person here this morning who is really in the sleeping virgin. You've never woke up to the realization that you've got to save SOULS, you've got to do something, and you want God to remember you as a soul saviour, you want to be one who will go out and try to get SOULS saved. Would you raise your hand, say, "God, remember me"? God bless you.” [The Lamb's Book Of Life, Jeffersonville, IN 56-0603]
“If I get a soul saved for Christ, brother, as long as there's an eternity, the glory of God will rest on that soul. So what is value anyhow? What good does it do when the struggles is in your throat, and the doctor sees the pulse coming up your sleeve. What good's all the money and all the popularity? People to pat you on the back, or you become a great person, what good does that do you? Not a bit. It vanishes and stays here on the earth. But one soul saved, you'll see your name wrapped into it as long as the morning star shall glitter in...?... So let's save SOULS, brethren. Each one. You housewives, you don't have to be a preacher. You do something for the glory of God. Remember, eternal things is what lasts forever, and that's getting SOULS saved. Let that be the first thing of all your work, and all your ideas, and all your motives.” [The Lamb's Book Of Life, Jeffersonville, IN 56-0603]
“Nothing but lost SOULS, is the only thing that's got any value in it. Money passes away. Homes decay and go away. Everything in the earth moves away. The only value, lasting value, I'd rather have one soul in glory, that I won to Christ, to know and see that that Light of God circles around that soul, through all eternity, my name to be associated with that, than to have every penny of money in the whole earth, 'cause I'd have to lose--lose it all. But what you send up there, is Eternal. And that's the reason we're trying.” [Love, Shreveport, LA 56-0726]
“Our heavenly Father, today it's with grateful hearts, as we quietly and reverently approach this sacred moment, that when... How do we know but what this very hour, may determine the eternal destination of a soul setting present? And the value of that soul is compared with many thousands of worlds.” [The Impersonation Of Christianity, Jeffersonville, IN 57-0120M]
“Our heavenly Father, we so humbly come to Thee this morning. God, I'm glad that I woke up about twenty-five years ago to the fact that--that happiness does not consist of the things of this world. It consists of the eternal things, what makes us happy in our soul. And how thankful I am this morning, and grateful to You, for Your salvation and Your grace that's permitted me, Lord, to see around a million SOULS kneel at the altar.” [The Lamb's Book Of Life, Jeffersonville, IN 56-0603]
“There's men, woman, boys, and girls in here, perhaps, Lord, that's never yet accepted Thee as their Saviour. They don't know what it means to have peace in their soul. And all these old things of the earth pass away. And the soul, the immortal part that goes beyond every sphere of atom, goes on beyond cosmic light, petroleum, goes on into the spiritual realm. That's the eternal part. That's the part that cannot perish, when it's believed on the Lord Jesus. How simple You made it. Just come, receive. "Ask, ye shall receive." [Elijah, Phoenix, AZ 55-0301]
“This may be the moment when some precious soul finds its eternal destination right there. And the last knock may be knocked at the door of the heart of the persons here. "My Spirit will not always strive with men." So it behooves us to pray, Christians. And now you're saying... I'm going to ask this to these sinners, the one that knows that he couldn't--not have someone to stand for him. Do you want Him to stand for you? If you do, would you just raise your hands to Him at this time, and say, "God, this is my hand as a sign. I want Jesus to stand for me in the hour of my death." [Blind Bartimaeus, Lima, OH 57-0127E]
“You let God tell you what to do. See? And when God tells you that Mrs. Jones over there is a widow woman, and needs some--some clothes, and He speaks to you to go, help that widow woman, you go help her. You--you do that. Because, listen, friends, all the money that we have will pass away someday. That's right. It won't be no more. It's just the eternal things. That's the things that we have in our soul.” [Faith Without Works Is Dead, Cleveland, OH 50-0822]
“You'll never be satisfied until you know Him, as the forgiveness of your sins, where the sin question is settled, and you have that lovely, peaceful, quiet, eternal, everlasting fellowship with Him, when the peace of God that passes all understanding has sanctified your soul, and has made you a new creature in Christ Jesus.” [Life, Jeffersonville, IN 57-0602]
“Few nights after that, about eight or ten sinners came to the altar. I said, "I have more pleasure in that in one minute than you could have in the world in ten years." Lost coming to God! That's where we have pleasure, Christians, seeing newborn babes in Christ coming in the Kingdom, soul that is eternal, something that's real.” [A Prodigal, Cleveland, OH 50-0827]
"Brother, it's your soul. You can say, "Well, I belong to... " That ain't--that ain't It. If you haven't got the Holy Ghost, brother, I don't care how many churches you belong to, you're lost. If you are not born again of the Spirit of God, by the baptism of the Holy Spirit, you're lost; 'cause you haven't got Eternal Life, and Eternal Life is the only thing that God will raise up, because It's the only life that's left.” [The Pergamean Church Age, Jeffersonville, IN 60-1207]
“Dear God, we bring to Thee tonight, in the visible and invisible audience, all those who are seeking Eternal Life, all those who wants to be filled with Thy Balm. There is a Balm in Gilead for the sin-sick soul. There's a Physician there also to heal.” [Balm In Gilead, Cleveland, TN 59-0707]
“Father God, we believe that we don't know one thing, a lot of times criticized; washing feet, baptizing in Jesus Christ's Name, forbidding women preachers, believing in eternal security of the soul as Paul taught. Told the Ephesians they were predestinated before the foundation of the world to sons and daughters of God.” [The Unfailing Realities Of The Living God, Jeffersonville, IN 60-0626]
“Here comes another, coming down. That's right. Just... I just love it. It just thrills my heart. This does me better than seeing God heal the sick when He heals the soul, because I know that's eternal; that'll last forever. It's God's truth.” [Blind Bartimaeus, San Jose, CA 59-1127]
“How do we get it? We are potentially there right now, see, because God said so. It has to be. When He raised Lazarus there, said, "Don't think this is strange, for the hour is coming when all that's in the grave will hear the Voice of the Son of man, and shall come forth; some to shame, and some to Life." What is it? Transforming, transforming by the Word of God, making us sons and daughters of God, and will also give us Life in the world to come.” [Power Of Transformation, Prescott. AZ 65-1031M]
“If we'd just be as much concerned about our soul tonight; that man was about his life and his ear condition. There's only One that can save us, only one Way, and Jesus is that Way. No other way that we know but through Jesus Christ. He is the Way to God. He's the Way to Eternal Life. Now, He is the only Way.” [To Whom Would We Go, Chautauqua, OH 60-0606]
“I'm an heir of salvation. What is salvation? Something that's given to you. It's a gift. I'm heir of salvation. What kind? For Eternal Life. Salvation for my soul, salvation for my body, salvation for my weariness, salvation for everything. God made me heir of everything through Christ, and He died, rose, and returned back and brought the evidence, and poured It out upon us.” [Possessing All Things, Jeffersonville, IN 62-0506]
“Kind Heavenly Father, these are now coming as Your children. They have already come. The moment that the Holy Spirit spoke to their soul, they stood and accepted You, and You gave them Everlasting Life. God, bless them. Walk with them through life, Father. Some of them have been Your servants, times gone by, but have fallen away; and tonight, the Holy Spirit, by the preaching of the Word, come down and anointed them. And they now stand, accepting You, and giving You thanks for their Eternal Life that they now possess in Jesus Christ.” [God Has A Provided Way, Louisville, KY 54-0404E]
“The soul that sinneth, it shall die. But when we're born again of the Spirit of God, we have Eternal Life and not associated anywhere with death. See? Death cannot associate with Life. Life cannot associate with death.” [Questions And Answers, Jeffersonville, IN 61-1015M]
“Tonight we're safely, completely resting in the atonement that our Lord made for us, knowing this, that when the judgment comes, that we'll float above the judgment. We'll be taken out of the world and will not have to stand the judgment, for our Lord promised us in St. John 5:24, "He that heareth My words, and believeth on Him that sent Me, has Eternal Life, and shall not come into the judgment; but has passed from death unto Life." Not a wandering soul when we die; we're in the Presence of God. Not a wandering through a endless eternity, lost, to know we have to return back and be judged according to the deeds done in the body, but, Father, tonight we have settled that at the altar, and our sins has gone on before us, and been justified by the Blood of Jesus Christ, with the proof of it, God poured back the Holy Spirit upon us, and we're sealed now unto our eternal destination.” [Have Not I Sent Thee, Phoenix, AZ 62-0124]
“We know that when a--a body is healed, that makes us all happy, because we know that it definitely shows that our God heals the sick. But that sick person, if they live long enough, will perhaps be sick again, maybe with the same disease that they were healed of. And that doesn't take away healing. The doctor will give medicine for pneumonia, and maybe two days later they'll die with pneumonia after he's pronounced them well. It reoccurs again. But when that soul is healed, you have then in you Eternal Life. And I believe that we are so close to the coming of the Lord Jesus, that it behooves us to do all that we possibly can to bring every soul to the Kingdom and to bring the Kingdom to the people, that we might be healed of our Spirit.” [What Is The Holy Ghost, Jeffersonville, IN 59-1216]
Bible References: John 3:16; 1 John 5:13
[Answer provided by Bro. Ken Andes, Minister, Lynden, WA, USA]