“Eternal Life”

 “Eternal Life”

 

“And this is the way to have Eternal Life—to know You, the only True God, and Jesus Christ, the One You sent to earth.”   John 17:3

 

This is part of Jesus’ Prayer for His Disciples.  Many people have different ideas about ETERNAL LIFE and what it means.  Jesus, in His Prayer, to His Heavenly Father, explains what ETERNAL LIFE is.  This is IMPORTANT because, ETERNAL LIFE is not JUST the continuation of LIVING FOREVER, which EVERYONE will do.  Some will LIVE ETERNALLY in HEAVEN, they are the ONES who have come to JESUS CHRIST for the FORGIVENESS of their sins, and to be able to have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with God, the FATHER, and also with JESUS CHRIST, His SON.  This can ONLY come about through the ACCEPTANCE of JESUS as your SAVIOR and LORD.  And, sadly to say, there will be those who have REJECTED JESUS and have NO DESIRE to enter into a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD, they will spend ALL of ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once they are there.  

 

However, ETERNAL LIFE is MORE than a CONTINUATION of LIFE.  For the BELIEVER, it is experiencing the REALITY of the PRESENCE of God.   ETERNAL LIFE is about RELATIONSHIPS.  To have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, you MUST HAVE a RELATIONSHIP with JESUS and GOD, our HEAVENLY FATHER.  This RELATIONSHIP should develop into an INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP, a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP made possible through JESUS CHRIST, and will CONTINUE to GROW DEEPER throughout ETERNITY.  It is an UNENDING, DEEPENING KNOWLEDGE and EXPERIENCE of the HEAVENLY FATHER.  You CAN NOT have an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN without a TRUE RELATIONSHIP with JESUS CHRIST. 

 

If you do NOT have a RELATIONSHIP with JESUS, then you DO NOT have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD.  But you have a RELATIONSHIP with the devil, who CONTINUES to BLIND you to the TRUTH.  And you are on your way to an ETERNITY in HELL, because you have no TRUE RELATIONSHIPS with GOD, the FATHER or His SON, JESUS CHRIST.  You can have those VERY IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS if you will come to JESUS and ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your SOUL.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  Then you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and ENJOY YOUR RELATIONSHIPS with the FATHER and the SON.  And be ASSURED of and ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  This is ETERNAL LIFE!!!  So, you NEED to do the above information NOW while you STILL CAN, because He is WAITING and COMING SOON!!! Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!