Mt 16:16, Jn 20:31, Jn 3:16-17, Jn 19:30
How do we believe in Jesus to receive eternal life? First, we must believe in Jesus as the Son of God. Second, we must believe in Jesus as the Christ. (Mt 16:16, Jn 20:31)
Mt 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Jn 20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
God entrusted the work of Christ to Jesus, the Son of God. (Jn 3:36, Jn 3:16-17, Jn 19:30)
Jn 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Jn 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. Jn 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.