The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in 1 John 2:9-11,
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“Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.”
As we are born into God’s family, we receive what the Scriptures call “eternal life”, see verse 25. It is called “eternal” as a reference to time. We will live forever with God and one another in his kingdom.
But many commentators point out there is a fuller understanding in the Scriptures as to what is represented in this term “eternal life”. Since we know that those who do not embrace Jesus Christ in faith will suffer an eternity apart from God, they live forever as well.
For the believer, “eternal life” speaks to a quality of life, as well as duration of life. A life of joy with our Creator in the resurrection, deliverance from suffering, pain and death, no sorrow, sharing in the inheritance of Jesus Christ together with him. There are many wonderful things to understand as we speak of eternal life.
In 1 John 2:9-11, John speaks of one great aspect of the eternal life we now possess. We no longer walk around in “darkness”. We have been quickened to spiritual things and now begin to recognize spiritual realities that we had not been able to comprehend before. We begin to live “in the light” of a newly acquired perception. We begin to see the things we used to stumble over - things we never saw before.
Additionally, one sure aspect of eternal life that John points to, is that if we live in the light, we love our brothers and sisters in the Lord.
With our new life in Jesus Christ we now have new spiritual acuity, new dimensions of perception and insight. Paul calls this becoming a “new creation” in 2 Corinthians 5:17.
How wonderful our God provides us this!
As we are born into God’s family, we receive what the Scriptures call “eternal life”, see verse 25. It is called “eternal” as a reference to time. We will live forever with God and one another in his kingdom.
But many commentators point out there is a fuller understanding in the Scriptures as to what is represented in this term “eternal life”. Since we know that those who do not embrace Jesus Christ in faith will suffer an eternity apart from God, they live forever as well.
For the believer, “eternal life” speaks to a quality of life, as well as duration of life. A life of joy with our Creator in the resurrection, deliverance from suffering, pain and death, no sorrow, sharing in the inheritance of Jesus Christ together with him. There are many wonderful things to understand as we speak of eternal life.
In 1 John 2:9-11, John speaks of one great aspect of the eternal life we now possess. We no longer walk around in “darkness”. We have been quickened to spiritual things and now begin to recognize spiritual realities that we had not been able to comprehend before. We begin to live “in the light” of a newly acquired perception. We begin to see the things we used to stumble over - things we never saw before.
Additionally, one sure aspect of eternal life that John points to, is that if we live in the light, we love our brothers and sisters in the Lord.
With our new life in Jesus Christ we now have new spiritual acuity, new dimensions of perception and insight. Paul calls this becoming a “new creation” in 2 Corinthians 5:17.
How wonderful our God provides us this!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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