The New Birth And Eternal Life
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).
Our opening verse, though a very popular verse in
the Bible, isn’t fully understood and appreciated
by many. It says anybody who believes in Jesus should not
perish, but have everlasting life. That’s a spiritual decree. If
you believe in Jesus, you’re automatically severed or
separated from those that should perish; you’re not
numbered amongst them. In addition, you receive something:
eternal life; the very life and nature of God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore if any man be in
Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new.” When you come to
Christ, you receive salvation, and are baptized into Him. He
becomes your abode, and in Him, you’re a new creature, a
new species of being; old things have passed away, and all
things have become new.
You’re not the same person you used to be; you’re
a new man, a new being in Christ Jesus! Your human life
was supplanted by eternal life, the life and nature of God.
Your body now houses a new type of life; this life in you
makes you indestructible and supernatural, being the very life
of God. John underscores this fact when he says, “And this is
the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life
is in his Son” (1 John 5:11).
The new birth and eternal life are present-hour realities
of the Gospel. If you’re born again, you have eternal life. It’s
not a promise; you have it in you now. If you don’t know
about it, you’ll never put it to work; you’ll be living the human
life even though you have a divine life. Be conscious of the
divine life in you, and enjoy its riches and benefits. 1 John
5:13 says, “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....”
PRAYER
Heavenly Father, I thank you for
sending Jesus to die for me, that
I may have eternal life! I declare
that this life is working in every
fibre of my being, repelling
sickness, disease, infirmity, death,
poverty and everything that’s
inconsistent with the provisions
of the Gospel, in the Name of
Jesus. Amen.
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
2 Thessalonians
2:1-17
Jeremiah 1-2
2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
John 6:22-29
2 Kings 3
FURTHER STUDY:
1 John 5:11-12
1 Peter 1:23
Romans 6:4
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