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Monday, February 13, 2017

At the Cross, Jesus Gave Us the Gift of Everlasting Life!


Do you want immortality and everlasting life, to live free of pain and sorrow, sickness and death throughout eternity?  If this is something you desire, then be assured that you can receive everlasting life the moment you accept JesusChrist as your savior. 

John 5:24 says “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hear my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”; 3:36 says “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.”; and 4:14 says “But whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”.

If you believe in Jesus, you will receive everlasting life and the character of Jesus.  This will be displayed and shown by how you act, appear, and how you live your life.   “And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.  He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” (1 John 5:11-12). 

This is a privilege that a Christians receives through the saving grace of Jesus but it does not exempt one from death in this mortal dispensation.  The apostle John writes, “And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, said the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. (Revelation 14:13).

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, the hour is coming, and now, is when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.  For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.  Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” (John 5:25-29).

The righteous who have died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and were persuaded by them will come forth to eternal life.  (Hebrews11:13).

Christians are subject to the sleep of death.  They die in Christ but, are not subject to the second death.   Christ will awaken His people at His coming, and they will then receive their glorified immortal bodies suited for the privilege of being in the presence of God and of everlasting life.  “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.  But every man in his own order: Christ the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.” (1 Corinthians 15:22-23).

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