Eternal Life

"Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.  And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life."

I John 2:24-25

There are many temporal blessings and benefits available to the child of the living God but there is one that lasts forever outside of time and that is eternal life.  Our health on this earth will fade and our days here doing Gods work are numbered but to those who acknowledge the Son He gives life everlasting.

The requirement is that we obey the gospel of Jesus the only begotten Son of God.  Jesus died on the cross to atone for the sins of many and God the Father draws His people to the Son that they will obey Him who couldn't before, and will live who were dead before.  The Son's redemptive blood provides that those who obey may forever fellowship in the presence of God.  Obey the commands of Jesus through faith that you too may be able to fellowship with God forever.

Consider also: Matthew 25:31-46; John 3:14-21; I John 5:12-13

 

Who Is A Liar?

"Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?  He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.  Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also."

I John 2:22-23 

We all understand the definition of a liar to be someone who speaks or acts in such a way as to contradict truth.  John, removing all doubt, makes it clear that the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ is a liar, for he denies the only truth by which all truth comes.  To deny that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God by whom only man can be saved is to deny the greatest truth and to be separated from God.

Many want access to God the Father but they do not want it through the blood of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.  They fail to see that the Father and Son are one.  No one can get to the one without going through the other.  One is an antichrist by denying Jesus but by doing so he also denies the Father, and is an enemy of God.

Just as those who deny are in darkness, those who acknowledge the Son have the Father in light and all the blessings which are thus promised. How do we claim these promises and blessings before the men of the world?  We claim them by obeying the commandments of our Lord Jesus before them.  It is by this obedience that God's children are known.

Consider also: John 6:47-65; John 10:27-30; Romans 3:19-26

Good Remembrance

"I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth."

I John 2:21 

All of these things John has been admonishing his children in are things they already knew.  He is not saying that they know and understand everything but they know by the Spirit what the works of darkness are.  It is good for us to be reminded often of the goodness of God and His mercies.  That is why he wrote to them, and why God has preserved those words for us.

So we as believers today must understand the importance of sitting under the sound preaching of God's Holy Word.  We often, as Peter said, need to be stirred in remembrance because our imperfect minds are forgetful and still tainted by sin.  We who are in Christ should not forsake the assembling together for worship nor the continual reading of our Lord's Word.  It is the strength for the body.

Consider also: II Peter 1:1-17; Psalm 18:1-2