THIS HOLY SPIRIT - 7

'ETERNAL LIFE'

There are many other subjects we would have discussed about the Holy Spirit, but due to time and space, we will end it in this lesson.

In this final lesson, I want us to look closely at something we might not be paying attention to. This is the 'eternal life' we receive at salvation. The bible made us understand that the crux of what happened to us at salvation is the gift of eternal life. Now, if that is the case, what exactly is this eternal life? 

Some have preached or believed eternal life to be a life we experience after death. But is this so?

Lets consider some few passages of the bible that talks about eternal life...

Matthew 25:46 "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."

(righteous people are said to be those who will have it, this show that believers are the ones who should have it. Believers are the righteousness of God)

Mark 10:17 "And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"

Luke 10:25 "25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? "

(it is something that one inherit. The word "inherit" as used here is the word "kleronomeo", meaning to be an heir. So it means one can be an heir of eternal life, that again refers to believers, we are heirs and joint-heirs with Christ).

John 10:28 "And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand"

(this eternal life that is meant for righteous people and is to be inherited is administered by Jesus Christ only, and as a result, we who have it shall never perish.)

Lets take two more verses...

Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord"

(this eternal life is a gift of God through Jesus Christ)

One more verse...

1 John 1:2 "... and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us"

(the eternal life was with the Father at first but was later manifested unto us.)

All these tells us that eternal life has begun, or has manifested already and not a future thing. Eternal is therefore a person. This person is the Holy Spirit.!

But you may say how do we know?

See it further...

1 John 5:11 "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son."

The eternal life is the same as the Holy Spirit which can be received only in Christ. When you have the Holy  Spirit in you, you have eternal life. This means that the Holy Spirit is your guarantee of perpetual experience of the life God on earth. The life of God is the Holy Spirit, when it is in you, you are bound to experience God in your life.

The reason why we are saying this is to let you know that, you have the very life of God (eternal life) in you as a believer. And this life of God is the solution to your imperfections. The Holy Spirit is in you is an eternal life, you are not meant to experience death in any area of your life. The spiritual strength you receive from him is what you need to impact the world around.

And if we carefully check for the meaning of "eternal" in Greek as used in all these bible verses, it means "perpetual" ...a life that is constant. This is the Holy Spirit, enjoy him always.

Amen.