WHAT IS ETERNAL LIFE?

Eternity and the related concept of infinity have long been associated with strong emotional overtones, serving to astonish, weary, or confound those who attempt to grasp them.

Eternity, timelessness, or the state of that which is held to have neither beginning nor end.

The first Adam, forfeited that life when he lost his way to the tree of life in the garden of Eden. The Lord Jesus Christ the last Adam came proclaiming; I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)

Whosoever understands the Lord Jesus Christ understands life.

There is a true God, the creator of Heaven and Earth and his undying Love for mankind that he gave his only begotten son Jesus Christ to be the propitiation of sins that whoever believes in him will not perish but have Eternal 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)

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. (John 5:39)

 Revelation 22:19

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

This life is called “eternal” because it is from the eternity which is past to the eternity which is to come. It is the Life of God revealed in Jesus Christ who is God. (John 1:4, 5:26, 1 John 1:1-2)

This life of God which is revealed in Christ is imparted in a new birth by the Holy Spirit, acting upon the Word of God, to every believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. (John 3:3-15)

The Life that is imparted is a new life. It is “that which was from the beginning” The recipient is a new creation. Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. (Galatians 6:15)

The life of God which is in the believer is an unreserved part of the life which eternally was, and eternally is, in Christ Jesus; one life in him and the believer; Vine and branches, Head and members.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. (John 15:1-5)

But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. (1 Corinthians 6:17)

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also, is Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:12)

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Col 1:27)

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. (Col 3:3-4)

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)

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Shalom!