NO ORDINARY LIFE
And this is the record, that God hath
given to us eternal life, and this life is in
his Son. He that hath the Son hath life;
and he that hath not the Son of God hath
not life (1 John 5:11-12).
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Eternal life is the nature of God, and the Bible
says this life is in Christ Jesus. This is the life
Jesus referred to when He said, “For as the Father hath
life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have
life in himself ” (John 5:26). Jesus had that life, which
He received from the Father. It’s translated “eternal
life” in English because of the limitation of the English
language; this is the “God-life” or “the God-kind of
life.”
There’s the animal life; there’s the plant life; there’s
the human life, and then there’s the God-life: the life
of Deity. Anyone who has the Son of God, has this
life, and anyone who doesn’t have the Son of God
doesn’t have eternal life. That’s what we read in our
opening scripture.
It doesn’t matter that someone is your sibling, your
father, mother, friend, co-worker or classmate; if they
don’t have the Son of God, they don’t have eternal
life, and that’s serious trouble. It means they’re subject
to the darkness and depravities of this world; they’re
under the dominion of spiritual death. It’s the reason
we preach, and it’s the reason you must do everything
possible to ensure your loved ones receive eternal life
which is in Christ Jesus.
The Bible says, “…the gift of God is eternal life…”
(Romans 6:23); that gift is only available in Jesus Christ.
He came that we may have life to the full (John 10:10
AMP). The vibrant, glorious, transcendent life of God
in its fullness is what Jesus brought; it’s no ordinary life;
and if you believe in Him, that’s what you’ve received
into your spirit. You don’t have to “feel” it in your body
first to be conscious that you have eternal life; it’s in
your spirit.
Your consciousness of your divine nature and
origin is so important. Recall the words of the Apostle
John: “These things have I written unto you that
believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may
know that ye have eternal life” (1 John 5:13).
CONFESSION
I’m indestructible. Greater is He that’s in me than
he that’s in the world. The life in me is incorruptible
and indestructible, making me invincible. My life
is for the glory of God; I’m walking in preordained
pathways, fulfilling God’s purpose for my life, in
Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER S TUDY:
2 Peter 1:3-4; 1 John 5:11-12