John 12:50

“And I know that his commandment is life everlasting, etc.] By “his commandment” is not meant the law; that indeed is often styled the commandment; and it is the commandment of God; and many excellent things are said of it; and among the rest it is called “life”, (<053015>Deuteronomy 30:15), but not everlasting life: it only promised a continuation of natural life to man, on condition of obedience to it; more than this it did not promise to Adam, in innocence; and what it promised to the obedient Israelites, was only a prolongation of natural life in the land which God gave unto them: but it neither promises, nor gives spiritual life to the fallen sons of Adam; it leaves men as it finds them,…”

“Is life everlasting - Is the cause or source of everlasting life. He that obeys the commandment of God shall obtain everlasting life; and this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his only-begotten Son, 1 John 3:22. We see here the reason of the earnestness and fidelity of the Lord Jesus. It was because he saw that eternal life depended on the faithful preaching of the message of God. He therefore proclaimed it in the face of all opposition, contempt, and persecution. And we see also: That every minister of religion should have a deep and abiding conviction that he delivers a message that is to be connected with the eternal welfare of his hearers. And, Under the influence of…”

“His commandment - Kept, is life everlasting - That is the way to it, and the beginning of it. Next: John Chapter 13”

“his: Joh 6:63, Joh 6:68, Joh 17:3, Joh 20:31; Ti1 1:16; Jo1 2:25, Jo1 3:23, Jo1 3:24, Jo1 5:11-13, Jo1 5:20 Next: John Chapter 13”