1st John 5:10 He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself: he that believes not God hath made him a liar; because he believes not the record that God gave of his Son.
The word eternal generally refers to something, or someone that lasts forever, which has no beginning, and no end, and which exists entirely outside of the constraints of time. And when used in the context of Jesus’ life, it refers to His existence before time, and His eternal nature. The prince of darkness hates this fact, and thus he seeks to bring Christ down to the level of a created being, thus stripping of Jesus of His right to worship.
The right to receive worship and honor rests upon the fact that all things and all persons were created by Jesus Christ. This is the reason given in the 4th commandment, because, of the mere fact that He created all things, sets Jesus on an entirely different level than created beings. All of satan’s efforts to try to overthrow the government of God are squarely centered around the Creatorship of Christ, for if there is no Creator, there can be no Redeemer.
That’s why the elephant in the room is worship and not merely a professed love to God. Revelation 13 and 14 deal with the issue of worship, and the fact that Christ created all things, is cited as the main reason why He is to be worshipped. The devil broods and whines over this unchangeable fact, and he often imbues human agencies with his own sophistries, to try to chip away at this specific truth, that in Christ, there is, and has always been eternal life, also known as immortality, and as such He was never ever created.
1st John 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!