...and we are in him
that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal
life. – 1Jn 5:20
There are millions of Christians today who do
not know the first thing about Christ. They smile, they go to church on Sundays
and they do nice things; and will insist that they are Christians.
However, Christianity is not about piety or
niceness; Christianity is about having a whole new nature from the inside,
through the working of the Holy Spirit. It’s about having a relationship with
Christ.
Incidentally, even among true Christians –
people who have come to trust in Christ – Christianity is something else. They
came to Christ not because they want to be with Him, but because they were told
it’s the way not to go to Hell.
Christ is thus a means to an end, not the end in itself.
They are in Christianity not for Christ but
because of a Crisis, present or future. They hope to attain Eternal Life in the
by and by when they die or at the Rapture – missing the whole point completely.
Because Eternal life is not avoiding Hell Fire, or even making Heaven.
In His High Priestly prayer just before His
crucifixion, our Lord said to the Father: “The
hour has come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you: As you
have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as
many as you have given him. And this is
life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom you have sent;” (Joh 17:1-3).
That, is what Eternal Life is: knowing God, and
knowing His Son Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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