This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath
sent."--John 6:27.

"He that believeth on me shall never thirst."--John 6:35.

"To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name
whosoever believeth on him shall receive remission of sins."--Acts
10:43.

"Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved."--Acts 16:31.

"John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto
the people that they should believe on him that should come after
him, that is, on Jesus."--Acts 19:4.

"To him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the
ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness."--Rom. 4:5.

"Whosoever liveth and believeth in [into] me shall never die.
Believest thou this?"--John 11:26.

"We have believed in [into] Jesus Christ, that we might be
justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the
law."--Gal. 2:16 (R. V.).

"I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is
able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that
day."--2 Tim. 1:12 (R. V.).

If language can be made plain, if it can be used to express a fact
clearly, then God's word teaches clearly, unmistakably, that the one
who believes on Christ is going to Heaven. One may think it to be too
good to be true, when he reads what God's word says along this line;
he may be honestly tempted to suspect that there must be many hidden,
suppressed conditions, which, if expressed, would make the meaning
different; or from religious prejudice, he may warp the meaning or
bring in other conditions;--but God's word is plain.

"God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal
life."--John 3:16.

It does not say, whosoever believeth on him and unites with the right
church, or is baptized the right way, or lives the right kind of a
life; it simply says, "whosoever believeth on him"; and then the
promise is plain and absolute, "should not perish."

Jesus said, "he that believeth on me shall never thirst."--John 6:35.
He did not say, he that believeth on me and unites with the right
church, or is baptized the right way, or lives the right kind of a
life; he said plainly, simply, "he that believeth on me," and then
added "shall never thirst."

Peter to the household of Cornelius said, "To him give all the
prop