Claim. Eternal life is not located in life itself but in love; because love requires an eternal object partner for the eternal God, the human object of God’s love logically must also live eternally.
Elaboration. SMM derives eternal life from the logic of love rather than vitalism: “When God looks for a partner of absolute love, that object partner will certainly be humankind; thus, we have the ancient adage, ‘Among all creation, human beings are most precious.’ This brings about the logic that the partner of love who unites with the creator’s eternal love lives forever. Eternal life is a natural product of this logic. Eternal life begins from here. The problem of how to establish a theory of eternal life based on the relationship of love sets up an extremely precious debate in religion. Eternal life cannot be found in either the man or woman. Eternal life is not found in God, but in His love” (5.2.6. What is the theory of eternal life?, 218-210, 1991.7.29). The doctrine is derived — not posited — from the necessity of a permanent object for divine love. This reframes immortality as relational, not metaphysical.
See also. csg-love-is-air-of-spirit-world