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).
