SWORD OF THE SPIRIT 1142
“Eternal Life”
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. – John 17:3
Have you ever pondered what eternal life is?
Is eternal life something we have to wait for and do not experience until our physical bodies die?
Is eternal life an unending conscious existence year after year?
God’s Word instructs us that eternal life is available to us now. It comes from the moment we exercise our faith in God and in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord. This eternal life is an ever increasing and growing knowledge and personal relationship with the Triune God, The Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life… Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. – John 3:36 – John 5:24 – John 6:47
Jesus states in our reference Scripture that eternal life is the knowledge of God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.
We may know of God through His creation and we may know of Jesus as a historical figure but do we know them through a personal relationship with God as Abba, Father and Jesus as fully God and fully man who came to redeem us and die for our sins?
Jesus said…“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. – John 11:25 – Romans 6:23
Do you desire to grow in the grace and knowledge of God?
…take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. – 2 Peter 3:17-18
Study and pray the Word of God. Seek the presence of Jesus continually. Walk with Him. Talk with Him. Learn to hear his voice speaking to your heart about avoiding sin, how to forgive, and how and when to bless others in His Love and for His glory.
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! – 1 Chronicles 16:11
The assurance of salvation and eternal life is yours now through the personal and continually growing relationship and knowledge of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This knowledge and relationship is worth more than anything you can possess of this world.
…I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. …that I may know him and the power of his resurrection… – Philippians 3:7-14
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