The Promise Of Eternal Life Fulfilled
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot
lie, promised before the world began; But hath in
due times manifested his word through preaching,
which is committed unto me according to the
commandment of God our Saviour
(Titus 1:2-3).
Some Christians refer to eternal life as though
it’s still a promise from God; something to
be experienced in the sweet-by-and-by. Yes, it was a
promise before the world began, but it has now been
fulfilled. God’s plan was to make eternal life available
to men through the preaching of the Gospel. When
you hear the Gospel, you’re given the opportunity to
believe, and receive eternal life into your spirit.
John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.” If you believe in Jesus, you have
eternal life. Jesus said in John 5:26, “For as the Father
hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to
have life in himself.” John tells us in his epistle, “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).
Did you notice that it doesn’t say, “God shall
give to us eternal life”? Rather, it says, “God hath
(past tense) given to us eternal life.” Eternal life is the
present-hour possession of the one who has Jesus: “…
this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life.”
You have eternal life NOW. What’s eternal life?
For many, it means the life that goes on and on
forever; but that’s only a part of it. Eternal life is the
superior life of God; the God-life. It’s the essence of
divinity. It’s translated from the Greek word “Zoë.” This
life in you makes you superior to Satan, impregnable to
sickness and disease; you become secure and unfailing.
It’s the supernatural life; it’s the life and nature of God,
and it supplanted your human life when you were born
again. Glory to God!
Prayer
Blessed Father, I thank you for eternal life in my spirit. I’m not
ordinary; divinity is at work in me. The divine life surges
through my being! As the Father has life in Himself, so do I,
because I’m an associate of the God-kind; as Jesus is, so am I.
Blessed be God!
Further study:
John 17:3; 1 John 5:13
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Matthew 23
Exodus 24-25
2-YEAR BIBLEREADING PLAN
Acts 14:19-28
Job 36-37