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Reprinted from the Standard Bearer December 1, 1939. “This is life eternal, that they may know thee, the only and true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” John 17:3 Eternal life. It is a boon unspeakably good. But just what is it? How is it to be described or defined? Is it heavenly felici
What comfort takest thou from the article of Life Everlasting? that since I now feel in my heart the beginning of eternal joy, after this life I shall inherit perfect salvation, which I hath not seen nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive, and that to praise Go
And when he wasn't casting the net or pulling that net out of the water, you can be sure when he had a few spare moments that he was thinking about eternal life. That was something that was near and dear to his heart. Deep down, he yearned for eternal life, about what would happen upon the day
Eternal life is resurrection life and cannot possibly be realized except through the death and resurrection of the Son of God. Since it is based on the righteousness of Christ, it is everlasting. It can never be lost therefore. We as believers, then, even now in principle, enjoy the beginning of eve
It is the opposite of eternal punishment, for "these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into eternal life." Matt. 25:46. The reward it is for those that have forsaken all for Christ's sake, for they shall "receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come
That life is and will be in perfection. a life of knowledge and fellowship with God, the highest imaginable good. In that life, we will appear before His presence. And there we will praise Him forever and ever. So the beautiful visions of the book of Revelation that prophesy of the glory of eter
Let's turn to Matthew chapter 25. We'll read beginning at verse 31. And you'll notice that there is some picture language that is used here by Jesus Christ. He speaks of some people in comparison to goats. He speaks of you and me in comparison to sheep. But remember that what Jesus says about
Smothered in the fog of human ignorance. Poisoned by the moral pollution of fallen humankind. And there grasping after immortality and divinity. Apart from God and in rebellion against God. And He shined as a light. In Him was the very light and life of the living God. Manifest. There is life eterna
It is life for the soul that will be everlasting life of the highest quality, the best life, the fullest life, the richest life that is possible; that life which God has worked out and prepared for us in the death and resurrection of His own Son, Jesus Christ. And that is so much more precious than
from all eternity elected some to everlasting life” (Westminster Shorter Catechism, A. 20, quoted in Funk and Wagnalls Dictionary!) Webster defines the word eternal: “without beginning or end of existence. ‘The eternal God is thy refuge.’ Dt. 33 . . . Unchangeable; existing at all times without ch