John 6:54, “Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.” John 11:25-26, “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
Dear reader, Eternal Life and Eternal Security are not two separate doctrines in the Bible. They are one and the dame teaching. The man who has Eternal Life has Eternal Security. The only type of life which God gives is eternal life. God does not give temporal life or probationary life, He only gives eternal life. John 6:54, “Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” Jesus said that the person who believes on His name “HATH” eternal life. The Lord didn't say we “SHALL” have eternal life; but rather, He promised that the one who believes “HATH” eternal life. I love that!
According to Jesus' Words in John 11:25-26, no saint will ever die spiritually. The moment that we got born-again, we possessed eternal life. That means we cannot die. Matthew 22:32, “I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” This is why we know there is no such thing as “Soul Sleep.” Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh-Day Adventists believe in Soul Sleep. That is, they believe that when the human body dies, we lie dormant in the grave until some future time when God will resurrect us. It is true that out physical body will remain in the earth until it is resurrected, but our soul and spirit immediately return to God at death. Ecclesiastes 12:7, “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
If you're born once, you die twice; if you're born twice, you die once! In other words, “Ye must be born again” (John 3:3b). Once you are born anew from above, God seals you with His blessed Holy Spirit. Ephesians 1:12-14, “That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.” The indwelling Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are born of God. 1st John 3:24, “And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.”
If you are saved, you have eternal life, which is eternal security. How could a saint not be secure in his eternal life? I was saved at age 13. My security is that God PROMISES to give eternal life to anyone who trusts in His only begotten Son. John 20:31, “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.”
As believers we are not sinless, but we ought to sin less. Amen! God is good. But if we do sin, GRACE DOTH MUCH MORE ABOUND (Romans 5:20). Friend, you don't have to turn away from your sins to enter into Heaven, you have to be 100% sinless!!! Even one sin is enough to keep you out of Heaven (James 2:10). All God asks for you to do to go to Heaven, is to believe that HE DID IT FOR YOU! Christ paid for your sins. Jesus already did it for you! All God wants you to do is accept Jesus as your personal Savior. Simply receive Christ's sacrifice on the cross as payment for your sins.
Pastor Jack Hyles teaches “How To Go Soul Winning.” Here is a wonderful soulwinning sermon by one of my favorite preachers, Pastor A. Ray Stanford...
Pastor A. Ray Stanford (1916-2012), “Master Soul-Winner”
If you'll simply take God at His Word as recorded in the Scriptures, He will save you this very moment forever!!! God will give you the everlasting gift of eternal life. Philippians 3:9, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:” I love that phrase, “AND BE FOUND IN HIM.”
Revelation 14:13, “And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.” My mother died in the Lord in 2001. My father died in the Lord in 2010. My youngest sister died in the Lord in 2016. I will die in the Lord at some future time. Only God knows WHEN our time is up on earth (Hebrews 9:27).
The important thing is to make sure that you are ready Freddie! I am ready. I 100% KNOW that I have eternal life, because my faith is solely in Jesus Christ, because of what He did through the cross to pay for my sins with His precious blood. Jesus died on the cross. He was buried. Jesus miraculously raised up bodily three days later as my intercessory High Priest (Hebrews 4:14-16; Romans 8:34). My faith is only in Jesus. I am wholly resting in Jesus' sweet name!!!
My hope is built on nothing less, than Jesus Christ, my righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name. On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand. My hope is built on nothing less, than Jesus' blood and His righteousness. Amen and amen! I don't hope I have eternal life, I have a hope of God's promise of eternal life (Titus 1:2).
That is why read read in 1st Timothy 6:12, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.” To LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE simply means that every saint already has it! So God says make the best of it! Good night, if you are a born-again believer, you already have eternal life. Your name is written in the Book of Life in Heaven. So we ought to get busy preaching the Gospel, trying to win lost sinners to Christ by faith.
Jesus exhorted believers to LAY UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES IN HEAVEN (Matthew 6:19-20). That is why I am sitting here right now typing earnestly to reach others for Christ with THE TRUTH. I labor by faith on my website ministry day and night. I usually go to bed early, by 9 pm. I couldn't sleep last night. I was up working at 3 am until late morning. I stay busy for the Lord, redeeming the time. Colossians 4:5, “Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.” Ephesians 5:16, “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Kindly said, how do you make use of your time? Time is so precious.
I encourage other believers to write blogs to share the Gospel. It's free. I encourage believers to get actively involved in a soulwinning church. If you have a pulse, God has a plan and purpose for your life dear reader. I don't care if you are 70 years old and just got saved, God has something for you to do, but you have to get involved with other believers in a local Bible-believing New Testament church.
(Pastor Hank Lindstrom, 1940-2008)
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