Think about people who find themselves in religious ruts. They discover a number of things about themselves. They will find that they are getting older but not getting any holier. Time is their enemy, not their friend. The time they trusted and looked to is betraying them, for they often said to themselves, "The passing of time will help me. I know some good old saints, so as I get older I'll get holier and better. Time will help me, purify me and revive me." They said that the year before last, but they were not helped any last year. Time betrayed them. They were not any better last year than they had been the year before.
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#1 · September 5, 2014, 2:22 pm

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The Burning
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Classic
from 2001

 

 

09.05.14

 

 

Eternal
Living

 

 

I have come that they may have
life, and that they may have it more abundantly. - John 10:10b.

 

 

For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but
have everlasting life. - John 3:16.

 

 

Most assuredly, I say to you, he
who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and
shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. - John 5:24.

 

 

When does eternal life begin? When you think
of eternity what comes to mind? Heaven? But Heaven is not where or when eternal
life begins. Eternal life begins at the moment of our believing upon Jesus for
our salvation. At that moment in time we have “passed
from death into life.”

 

 

Emerson makes a statement,
which appears to be true for most people. He says, “People
are always getting ready to live but never living.” The psychologist
William Marston confirmed that when he asked
3000 people, “What have you to live for?” He found that 94 percent of them were just
enduring the present while waiting for something to happen.



As Christians many of us appear to be planning to really live only after
arriving in Heaven. It is true that our quality of life will be many times
better in our glorified bodies, however, Jesus came to give us life “more abundantly” not just in Heaven, but in
the here and now.

 

 

How can you live the abundant life today? Try
living like Jesus. As we begin to truly follow in His steps, we will experience
the life eternal.

 

 

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