“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them to me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand” – John 10:28-29
LIGHT FOR NOW: You have the very life of God in you as a believer. You will not have eternal life, you have eternal life already.
When the bible speaks of eternal life, it refers to a gift of God that comes only “through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23). The gift is in contrast to the “death” that is the natural result of sin. The gift of eternal life comes to those who believe in Jesus Christ, who is Himself “the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25). The fact that this life is “eternal” indicates that it is perpetual life; it goes on and on with no end. It is a mistake, however to view eternal life as simply an unending progression of years. A common New Testament word for eternal is “aionios”, which carries the idea of quality as well as quantity. In fact, eternal life is not really associated with years at all, as it is independent of time. Eternal life can function outside and beyond time, as well as within time. For this reason, eternal life can be thought of as something that believers experience now. Believers don’t have to wait for eternal life, because it’s not something that starts when they die. Rather, eternal life begins the moment a person exercises faith in Christ. It is our current possession. John 3:16 says, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life”. Note that the believer “has” (present tense) this life (the verb is present tense in the Greek).
The bible also inextricably link eternal life with the person of Jesus Christ. In John 17:3, Jesus prays, “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent”. Here, Jesus equates eternal life with knowledge of God and of the son. There is no knowledge of God without the son, for it is through the son that the father reveals Himself to the elect (John 17:6; John 14:9). Eternal life is thus a person; the person of Jesus Christ and faith in Christ is equal to eternal life of salvation. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: Walk in your eternal realities.
For more light; get the message, “The Gift of Eternal Life”
CONFESSION: I declare that I live the life of God; not futuristically but right now, in Jesus Name, Amen.
QUOTE: The focus of eternal life is not on our future, but on our current standing in Christ.
DAILY READING: MORNING: COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 2; EVENING: COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 3
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 