The phrase, everlasting life, is found in the Old Testament.
Of those who lie sleeping in the dust of the earth many will awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting disgrace. - Dan. 12:2 -
The idea of eternal life is implied by the prophets in their pictures of the glorious future promised to God's people. The majority of references to eternal life in the New testament are oriented to the future. The emphasis, however, is upon the blessed character of the life that will be enjoyed endlessly in the future.
Jesus made it clear that eternal life comes only to those who make a total commitment to Him.
A member of one of the leading families put this question to him, 'Good Master, what have I to do to inherit eternal life?' Jesus said to him, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments; You must not commit adultery; You must not kill; You must not steal; You must not bring false witness; Honour your father and mother. He replied, 'I have kept all these from my earliest days till now'. And when Jesus heard this he said,'There is still one thing you lack, Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me'. But when he heard this he was filled with sadness, for he was very rich. - Luke 18:18-23 -
St. Paul's letters refer to eternal life relatively seldom, and again primarily with a future rather than a present orientation.
Don't delude yourself into thinking God can be cheated: where a man sows, there he reaps: if he sows in the field of self-indulgence he will get a harvest of corruption out of it; if he sows in the field of the Spirit he will get from it a harvest of eternal life. - Gal. 6:7-8 -
The phrase, eternal life, appears most often in the Gospel of John and the Epistle of 1John. St. John emphasizes eternal life as the present reality and the present possession of the Christian.
Anyone who believes in the Son has eternal life,
but anyone who refuses to believe in the Son will never see life:
the anger of God stays on him. - John 3:36 -
I tell you most solemnly,
whoever listens to my words,
and believes in the one who sent me,
has eternal life;
without being brought to judgment
he has passed from death to life. - John 5:24 -
I have written all this to you
so that you who believe in the name of the Son of God
may be sure that you have eternal life. - 1John 5:13 -
St. John declares that the Christian believer has already begun to experience the blessings of the future even before their fullest expressions:
"And eternal life is this:
to know you,
the only true God,
and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. - John 17:3 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
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