Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 6:46-47

"Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he that is from God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life." — John 6:46-47 (ASV)

Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life (John 6:46–47).

One of the richest passages, surely, of all holy Scripture. It is all marrow and fatness, but here you seem to have the quintessence.

We have eternal life if we are believers; not that we shall have it, but we have it now. We have a life that is eternal. It is idle to talk of our losing it, because it would not be eternal if we did. We have a life within us that can by no possibility ever die, but must live on forever.

He that believeth on me—though he hath many tremblings, though he may be the subject of many infirmities—yet he that believeth on me hath everlasting life. O my soul, exult in that glorious truth! You have everlasting life as surely as you have faith in Christ.

Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

Let me read those precious words again, catch at them, you timid and trembling ones: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath – now, in present possession, – everlasting life.