The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in John 6:38-40,
" For I [Jesus Christ] have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day."
For us mortals, the answer to the question, "What is God's will?", Jesus provides it right here. The premier will of God for us is expressly that those who look to Jesus Christ and embrace him in faith "shall have eternal life". Some might ask, "What is it God wants?" Here it is. Believe in Jesus Christ and gain eternal life in him.
Later in John 14:6 Jesus says, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." The only access to eternal life is through Jesus Christ.
The thing that strikes me in this passage is Jesus' strong words about keeping all us believers safe in him. Because it is the Father's will that all who embrace the Son will have eternal life, Jesus says that he will not lose one single soul. Not one. Here is more definition to the will of God. Jesus said, "this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day." All those!
" For I [Jesus Christ] have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day."
For us mortals, the answer to the question, "What is God's will?", Jesus provides it right here. The premier will of God for us is expressly that those who look to Jesus Christ and embrace him in faith "shall have eternal life". Some might ask, "What is it God wants?" Here it is. Believe in Jesus Christ and gain eternal life in him.
Later in John 14:6 Jesus says, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." The only access to eternal life is through Jesus Christ.
The thing that strikes me in this passage is Jesus' strong words about keeping all us believers safe in him. Because it is the Father's will that all who embrace the Son will have eternal life, Jesus says that he will not lose one single soul. Not one. Here is more definition to the will of God. Jesus said, "this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day." All those!
God has given to his Son all of us who embrace him in faith, and it is the responsibility of the Son to not lose a single one of us! Not one! Jesus Christ will raise every last one of us believers "at the last day"! I have no question in my mind about Jesus executing just exactly what he says here he will do. It is something that is as good as done!
Now if this doesn't make you assured and secure, I don't know what possibly could!
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