Eternal Life: Do You Have It?

10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath a witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his son.

11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

13 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, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

You will call Jesus your Lord.

If the Holy Spirit is not helping you, you will not be able to call Jesus your Lord.

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works lest any man should boast.

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

That faith is not of yourself.

That faith is a gift of God.

If you brag that you have earned eternal life through any work that you have done, it indicates that you likely do not have eternal life.

• If you do not have a witness within yourself.
• If you have never invited the Son of God, Jesus Christ, into your life.
• If you don’t know if you have eternal life.
• If you don’t have the confidence that God hears your prayers.
• If you never had prayers answered.
• If your speech dishonors God, or Jesus Christ. This includes swearing, cursing, using God’s name in vain.
• If you cannot say that Jesus is your Lord.
• If you do not have faith that Jesus Christ can get you into heaven.
• If you are trying to make it into heaven based upon the good things that you do.
• If you are boastful and proud of your accomplishments, and think that they earn you favor with God. Proverbs 27:1-2 says, “Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

The Bible is Full of Warnings

The entire intent of the Bible is to point the way to eternal life and salvation for all that would receive it. The essay I have written about Romans chapter 1, Reversing Direction on the Reprobate Road, gives another list of indicators that are clearly spelled out by the word of God. They include:

• Refusal to acknowledge God as Creator.
• Looking for an excuse.
• Being unthankful.
• Becoming captivated with vain imaginations.
• Having a heart that is given over to darkness.
• Professing to be wise, but being foolish.
• Worshipping nature, idols, the works of your hands.
• Giving over to lust and sexual sin.
• Not liking to retain God in your knowledge.

Are You In Need of Salvation? Here’s How.

16 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.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the ligth, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

God does not want you to perish.

God wants you have eternal life.

God has made a way, and that way is to believe on his Son.

If you do not believe on Jesus Christ, you are condemned already. (Everyone has violated even their own personal standards some time in their life).

Man naturally gravitates toward the darkness as the result of sin in their lives.

“Jesus, I acknowledge that I am a sinner and I cannot save myself. I ask you to be my Lord and Savior. Come into my life. I put my trust in you completely.”

10 There is none righteous, no, not one:

11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all have sinned.

10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my father.

13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

The New Life: The Start of Something Wonderful by Dave Williams

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