LIFE EVERLASTING

(See also Immortality)

basis for gaining: ijwbq article 147; g 8/13 9; rk 30-31; my story 116; w99 4/15 13-14; g95 10/22 10-11; pe 250-255; rs 306-308

“coming to know” God and Christ (Joh 17:3): ijwbq article 147; wp17.2 6-7; jy 280; w13 10/15 27-28; w12 6/1 9; w05 4/15 4-7; lr 255; gt chapter 116; w90 9/15 8

“exercising faith” in God’s Son (Joh 3:16; 6:40): ijwbq article 147; ijwbv article 8; w24.12 13

Jesus’ authority (Joh 17:2): gt chapter 116; w90 9/15 8

Jesus’ death and resurrection: w15 3/1 6-7; w13 3/1 7

ransom: w25.01 21; ijwbq article 120; wp19.3 10; w06 10/1 4-5; w98 12/15 14-15

spiritual need satisfied: it-2 247-248

blessings: w25.01 28

discussion: w22.12 2-7; wp18.2 12-13; it-2 249; w09 8/1 23; w09 8/15 3-16; w06 10/1 3-7; g 5/06 8-9; w04 11/15 3-7; w99 4/15 4-14; w98 2/15 17-22; w90 5/1 23-28; w86 2/15 10-20

immortality differs: it-1 1189-1190

in heaven: it-1 1139, 1197; w09 8/1 22; w90 2/15 13

Jesus ‘sheds light upon’ (2Ti 1:10): it-1 1197; it-2 783

Jesus “the Chief Agent” (Ac 3:15): it-2 60-61; nwt 1695

Jesus’ use of term “everlasting life”: w09 8/15 9-10; w90 5/1 24; sh 250-251; w86 2/15 10-11, 17-19

not earned: jv 293; rs 306-307

obtaining: w24.12 8-13; it-2 249-251; si 186

promise of: mwb24.01 4; w16.07 24-25; w14 3/1 5-6; w10 1/1 29; jd 139-151; sh 249-251

“rightly disposed for” (Ac 13:48): w00 7/1 12; w91 1/15 15-17

On Earth

Adam and Eve: w22.12 3; wp19.3 6-7; it-2 784; w14 9/15 23; w89 8/1 13; rs 245

all races: ijwbq article 147

animals not created for: g 5/06 8; g04 2/22 6, 9

appreciation for:

helping others develop: w98 2/15 24

Bible Students’ view: w19.09 27-28; w09 8/15 14-15; w98 2/15 19; jv 161-163

blessings: w25.01 28-29; w23.10 21-22; cl 319; gf 31; w99 4/15 12-13; kl 190-191; g89 2/8 27

Christendom’s view: w09 8/15 12-13

desire natural: w22.12 4; w14 1/1 4-5; g 8/13 7-8; g 12/07 6; w06 10/1 4; la 29; w99 4/15 5-6; g98 6/22 8-9; g95 10/22 5; pe 10

evidence man designed to have: g 8/13 8; g 12/07 6; g 5/06 7-8; w04 11/15 3-4; g04 8/8 11-12; w99 4/15 4-7; ct 180-181; g98 6/22 9; g95 10/22 4-8; rs 247; g88 10/8 23-27; tp 101-102

gift: ijwbv article 42; w98 2/15 24; w92 8/1 6-7

God’s purpose for man: ijwfq article 44; w22.12 3-6; wp19.3 6-7, 10; it-2 784; g95 10/22 5; g90 4/22 6-9; pe 8-14; rs 245-246; g88 10/8 25-27; tp 102-103

hope of: w22.12 2-7; lff lesson 2; it-2 248; w13 7/1 16; w12 10/1 16-17; la 29-31; w00 10/15 19-20; w99 10/15 6-7; g99 7/22 11-13; kl 7-10

focusing on: w25.07 24-25; w14 4/15 6-7; w09 3/15 11-15; w04 4/1 20-23

historical development: w09 8/15 13-16; w98 2/15 19-20

not a dream: ct 189-191; w97 8/15 13-14; pe 7-15

not selfish: w04 11/15 6-7; w03 8/1 22

not throwing away: w92 8/1 7

pre-Christian: it-2 248; w09 8/15 3-7; w90 2/15 13

prevalence: w06 10/1 5

reasonableness: wp17.4 5; w04 11/15 3-4; la 21; w99 6/1 3-4

Jesus’ promise that some “will never die at all” (Joh 11:26): w05 4/15 5; ie 30; w89 1/15 31; rs 246-247

Law covenant unable to provide: it-2 248; w09 8/15 6

“like the days of a tree” (Isa 65:22): w18.12 5; kr 236-237; w09 8/15 16; ip-2 386-387; w95 3/1 32

objections to idea of:

boredom: ijwbq article 147; w22.12 13; w11 5/1 27; w06 10/1 7; w04 11/15 4-5; w99 10/15 6-7

loss of appreciation: w04 11/15 4-6

obtaining: wp19.3 12-13; w13 7/1 16; w03 5/15 32

passing of time: si 283-284

provisions for: it-2 249-251

stream from New Jerusalem (Re 22): ijwbq article 145; it-2 251; rr 204; w10 2/15 14-15; w08 6/1 14-15; re 310-312, 318; w90 12/15 10-15

stream from visionary temple (Eze 47): rr 152-153, 202-210; w88 9/15 27

resurrection to (Da 12:2): w22.09 21-22

scientists’ promises: ijwbq article 147; w12 6/1 29; w06 10/1 3, 5; g00 7/8 20-22; g00 12/8 18-19; w99 4/15 4-6; w99 10/15 5; g98 5/22 32; g95 10/22 10

survey:

whether appealing (U.S.): w99 4/15 12

when granted: w07 1/1 25; re 290; ws 187

why yet future: w99 6/1 4-7