Yet the Lord Jesus spoke of everlasting life a lot and He rarely spoke of salvation. The Gospel of John is often called The Gospel of Life since everlasting life is mentioned so often by the Lord Jesus. Sixty-four times in John’s Gospel the words life (46 times) and live (18 times) occur, often with the adjective everlasting (17 times). Repeatedly the Lord made it clear that the person who simply believes in Him has, present tense, everlasting life that can never be lost. See, for example, John 3:16;