Christ is God as His word carries authority with eternal consequences

John 5v24 

The authority of His word

 

“Verily, verily I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life.”

 

With the sole rights to judge every human being, His word alone can save us from condemnation, this is the absolute authority of His word.  Hearing His word, believing that God has sent Him and that He carries all the authority of heaven, is the sole way of salvation for all.  There is no one excluded from this except those that exclude themselves.

 

Note the certainty of the declaration: “hath everlasting life”-a permanent possession; “shall not come into judgment”-a priceless promise; “but is passed from death unto life”-a judicial change from the judge of all the earth.  The only one who can countermand the judgment of a high court judge is one who is higher.  There is none higher, and so His word is final.  Peter said when asked in the context of defection of others, “To whom shall we go, thou hast the words of eternal life?”- John 6v68; Jesus said Himself in prayer to His Father “The hour is come, glorify thy Son, that thy Son may also glorify thee.  As thou hast given Him power over all flesh to give eternal life to as many as God has given Him”-John 17v1-2.