Eternal Life And You
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Welcome to this Article where we are going to discuss the subject of Eternal Life And You. We begin our journey by going to the New Testament in the days of John the Baptist.

 

"John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?  Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, `We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that out of these stones GOD can raise up children for Abraham.  The axe is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."  "What should we do then?" the crowd asked.  John answered, "The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same."   Tax collectors also came to be baptized. "Teacher," they asked, "what should we do?"  "Don't collect any more than you are required to," he told them.  Then some soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?" he replied, "Don't extort money and don't accuse people falsely-- be content with your pay." Luke 3:7-14

JESUS spoke to a Pharisee named Nicodemus -

"Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to JESUS at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from GOD. For no-one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if GOD were not with him."  In reply JESUS declared, "I tell you the truth, no-one can see the kingdom of GOD unless he is born again."  "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" JESUS answered, "I tell you the truth, no-one can enter the kingdom of GOD unless he is born of water and the Spirit.  Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the SPIRIT gives birth to SPIRIT.  You should not be surprised at my saying, `You must be born again.'  The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going.  So it is with everyone born of the SPIRIT."  "How can this be?" Nicodemus asked.  "You are Israel's teacher," said JESUS, "and do you not understand these things?   I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.  I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?  No-one has ever gone into heaven except the ONE who came from heaven--the SON OF MAN.  Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the SON OF MAN must be lifted up,  that everyone who believes in HIM may have eternal life. "For GOD so loved the world that HE gave his ONE and ONLY SON, that whoever believes in HIM shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:1-15

On the topic of Eternal Life And You, where are you today?  Are you like the ones who came to John the Baptist for a religious blessing?  Are you like Nicodemus, who was religious in all of his ways but did not know the things of GOD'S SPIRIT?  If you are in any way like these people who are living by your own standards or by legalistic standards, then look into your heart and see that the Word of GOD has opened your heart and you find yourself wanting before JESUS this very minute.



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