The Promise of Chist

John 3:16-18
16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
17: For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
18: Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son."
(NIV)

John 1:12-13
12: "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God--
13: children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God."
(NIV)

John 10:9
9: "I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture."
(NIV)

John 10:14-15
14: "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me--
15: just as the Father knows me and I know the Father-- and I lay down my life for the sheep."
(NIV)