What is Everlasting Life?

The term everlasting life in John 3:16 refers to a life that continues on after death with God in heaven and that becomes the possession of the believer in the here and now.

This everlasting life has both a quantitative and qualitative aspect. The life is eternal in quantity. It never ends. It is also qualitative in that it entails: fellowship with Christ, partaking in Christ’s love, partaking in Christ’s peace, partaking in Christ’s joy.