What is eternal life?
I wonder at one point eternal life became all about going to heaven. That is such a reduction of what Jesus preached! Check out John 17:
1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
There is a lot in that short prayer of Jesus, but we'll focus on what he says about eternal life. It is knowing God and Jesus. We come back once again to "knowledge" and what exaclty this means. It is an intimate engagement. The amplified Bible provides some more details about what Jesus is saying:
3 And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.
Clearly, eternal life is not just about going to heaven. How do we come to know God? experience Him?
1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
There is a lot in that short prayer of Jesus, but we'll focus on what he says about eternal life. It is knowing God and Jesus. We come back once again to "knowledge" and what exaclty this means. It is an intimate engagement. The amplified Bible provides some more details about what Jesus is saying:
3 And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.
Clearly, eternal life is not just about going to heaven. How do we come to know God? experience Him?
posted by TILT at 7:20 AM
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