It is no marvel therefore that the New Testament should teach us that the first and cardinal point of this new faith was that we should believe on the “Messenger of the Covenant”—the Lord Jesus Christ bearing glad tidings of salvation to all men.
This is done in the clearest and most precise manner.
“God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
“For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved” (John iii. 16, 17).
“This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent” (John vi. 29).
“This is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent” (John xvii. 3).
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John iii. 36).
“He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life” (John v. 24).
“He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John iii. 18).
“But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name” (John i. 12).