March
15, 2003
TO
KNOW GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE
"Yoy
have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give
eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is
eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and
Jesus Christ whom You have sent" (John 17:2, 3, NKJV).
To know
and believe in God and Jesus Christ is to have eternal life,
"As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal
life" (John 3:14-15). Jesus confirmed the importance
of getting to know Him when He said, "You
search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal
life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are
not willing to come to Me that you may have life"
(John 5:39, 40). Searching the scriptures without getting
to know it's Author is hopeless. Getting to know the Author
of the scriptures is everything.
Speaking
of His followers, Jesus said, "And
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither
shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has
given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able
to snatch them out of My Father's hand. I and My Father are
one" (John 10:28-30). Paul confirms that "the
gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord"
(Romans 6:23). Paul provides a little more detail as to how
Jesus became our Saviour and life giver when he wrote, "Though
He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which
He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author
of eternal salvation to all who obey Him" (Hebrews 5:8,
9).
"God
has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He
who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of
God does not have life. These things I have written to you
who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know
that you have eternal life" (1 John 5:11-13).
My
Prayer Today: Lord, help us to truly know You that we
may experience the eternal life that You came to give.
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