When we hear the word "Eternal life", What comes to our mind?. Is it something related to an unending life? or Is it a life that will be without pain and agony, tensions and frustrations? or will it be a life devoid of death? Whatever we may think of it so far, It is very essential to understand the correct meaning of eternal life.
Let us see what the word of God says about this. John 17:3 "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"(NLT).
Does it seem contrary to what we have been thinking?, To understand this, let us go back to the book of Genesis and recollect the events that occurred during the creation. God's primary purpose to create "everything" was to benefit "us", and the purpose for which He created "us" is to have fellowship with Him. In simple terms, God wanted a companion with whom He could have communion all the time, and that companion happened to be Adam and Eve to start with and through them all of us are included as well.
Now, due to the deceit of Satan, Adam and Eve lost that unique fellowship with God by their disobedience and were sent out of the "paradise", which is the garden of Eden. Thus the entire humanity plunged into a state of despair and was waiting for someone to liberate them out of the bondage of sin. This lost relationship was rebuilt when God sent Jesus Christ to the earth and thereby connecting us back to God to that "original" fellowship or communion that existed when we were created. This re-connect with God and the privilege to know Him personally is "Eternal life" and that God is none other than "Jesus Christ".
Remember this always, Eternal life is the pursuit of knowing a magnificent God through His revelation to us in the form of His word and Spirit and it starts the very moment we are saved. When we are born again through the act of the Holy Spirit by having faith in Jesus Christ, and when we are passionate to know God, God reveals Himself to us in many ways. This, then is eternal life. May God grant us the desire to Know Him more and more.
Let us see what the word of God says about this. John 17:3 "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"(NLT).
Does it seem contrary to what we have been thinking?, To understand this, let us go back to the book of Genesis and recollect the events that occurred during the creation. God's primary purpose to create "everything" was to benefit "us", and the purpose for which He created "us" is to have fellowship with Him. In simple terms, God wanted a companion with whom He could have communion all the time, and that companion happened to be Adam and Eve to start with and through them all of us are included as well.
Now, due to the deceit of Satan, Adam and Eve lost that unique fellowship with God by their disobedience and were sent out of the "paradise", which is the garden of Eden. Thus the entire humanity plunged into a state of despair and was waiting for someone to liberate them out of the bondage of sin. This lost relationship was rebuilt when God sent Jesus Christ to the earth and thereby connecting us back to God to that "original" fellowship or communion that existed when we were created. This re-connect with God and the privilege to know Him personally is "Eternal life" and that God is none other than "Jesus Christ".
Remember this always, Eternal life is the pursuit of knowing a magnificent God through His revelation to us in the form of His word and Spirit and it starts the very moment we are saved. When we are born again through the act of the Holy Spirit by having faith in Jesus Christ, and when we are passionate to know God, God reveals Himself to us in many ways. This, then is eternal life. May God grant us the desire to Know Him more and more.
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