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Eternal Life and How to Obtain it

 

What precious promise has God made in His children?

 

“And this is what he promised us – even eternal life.” 1 John 2:25.

 

How may we obtain eternal life?

 

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16.

 

Who has eternal life?

 

“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.” Verse 36.

 

Where is this everlasting or eternal life?

 

“And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is his Son.”

1 John 5:11.

 

What therefore follows?

 

“He who has the Son has life, he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.”

Verse 12. 

 

What does Christ give His followers?

 

“I gave them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.” John 10:28.

 

The Tree of Life, Past and Future

 

“Why after the Fall, was man shut away from the tree of life?

 

“And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like on of us, knowing good from evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” Genesis 3:22.

 

What has Christ promised the overcomer?  

 

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him that overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.” Revelation 2:7.

When Saints Become Immortal

 

When will immortality be conferred upon the saints?

 

“Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed – in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead in Christ will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.”

1 Corinthians 15: 51-53. 

 

Note – In accepting Christ the believer receives “that eternal life, which was with the Father,” and this eternal life he retains as long as Christ dwells in the heart by faith. This wondrous gift may be lost to failure to maintain faith that holds Christ fast. At the resurrection, immortality is conferred upon those who have fallen asleep in Christ, and thus the possession of eternal life becomes a permanent experience.

 

God’s Purpose In Creation

 

For what purpose was the earth created?

 

“For this is what the Lord says – he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but he formed it to be inhabited.” Isaiah 45:18. 

 

To whom has God given the earth?

 

“The highest heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth he has given to man.”

Psalm 115:16.  

 

“For what purpose was man made?

 

“You made him the ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet.” Psalm 8:6.  

 

Satan, and Man’s Lost Dominion

 

How did man lose his dominion?

 

Through sin. Romans 5:12; 6:23.

 

When man lost his dominion, to whom did he yield it?

 

“They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity – for man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.” 2 Peter 2:19.

 

Note – Man was overcome by Satan in the Garden of Eden, and there yielded himself and his possessions into the hands of the captor.

 

In tempting Christ, what ownership did Satan claim?

 

“The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said unto him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.” Luke 4:5,6.

 

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