John 12:47-50
47 And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. 49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. 50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”
Jesus has the authority as God to command we have life that cannot end - not just existing forever in hell, but eternally in God's very presence with joy instead of the torment we deserve. If we believe Him, we receive life; if we reject Jesus, we receive completed justice, the sentence on our sin from birth. We can therefore but turn and live by believing He died in our place by grace to find life.
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