Read the first two chapters, each of us should continue to ask a question before: I have eternal life? I have received eternal life? This is the most important in our lives a problem, because the answer determines our eternal destiny. This is also the message of the Bible from beginning to end. It stressed that the day of the trial, to open the book, unless our name out in the Lamb's book of life - meaning that we have eternal life - or we will be destroyed, into the everlasting punishment in the. Clearly this is the most important thing. Of course, we should first of all from the eternal destiny of this point of view, because it is the most serious,Discount UGG boots, however, but we also need to present the position of life, from life, happiness and success of this perspective.
So we found that only the Lord Jesus Christ through the knowledge of God, we may get this kind of life. We also discussed, he through the Holy Spirit that we might partakers with Him, to know God, He into us, become our life, so that we know God, this is our starting point leading to the words of eternal life.
Maybe I need to emphasize [understand] the term - [know you, the only true God] - to indicate that the term not only refers to the unknown reason. [Knowledge] is a strong word. It not only means that you are familiar with or know a thing, not just accept that it is a series of rational inference, it has a deeper meaning. God through the prophet Amos spoke of the people of Israel, he said, [the families of the earth, I know you] (Mount c 2). Obviously that is not to say,UGG boots, the existence of God unaware of other countries; the [knowledge] mean, [look from the degree of intimacy, I know you. ] You're the only nation, in a sense, I have a special feeling for you. This is the Bible use the [know] the meaning of the term has always been here likewise. Lord mentioned here refers to knowledge of God is a practical, lively understanding of the nature and believe that God not only exists, and know that he lives in, lives in us. This is the living understanding, we define the word for this, do not lack this noble idea.
meaning it is actually going to see next. We have discussed ways of eternal life flies. If not one sense in that intimate knowledge of God, he has not eternal life. But we claim that life is what life? Must first be emphasized that it is a quality of life. Eternal life is based on the quality rather than quantity received the. This is not to say, it does not include the length and continuity. It is of course included. But more importantly, this is the issue of quality - that is, the Bible has always emphasized this point. Thus saith the Lord, [I have come that they may have life and have it more abundantly] (about ten 10). Visible according to the Bible, the Lord has given the kind of life, we now can get, and this life is not only the years until the rest of us, more importantly, it will transcend death and the grave, into eternity. This is the true meaning of eternal life.
to emphasize these aspects need to be added. In other words, the most wonderful thing is that Christians in today, here and now can accept this glorious life. The Apostle Paul in Romans Chapter VIII 第二十三节 mentioned that he himself is that by [the beginning of fruit] is one of many people, or that these people were pre-tasted the taste of eternal life. You understand what he means? It was like the first pick
crops. You go in the garden, a strawberry off the first, a large number coming later in the harvest, but this time you have the original sample. You have the first fruits, pre-tasted the taste of it, though you have not fully own it, but you already know what will ultimately have. Christians to eternal life is so obvious that we can understand this is the most wonderful things in the world, we can begin to experience the heavenly life, to enjoy the glory of life.
Now the time factor involved. Although we receive eternal life in this world, but because we still live in the flesh, because of sin invaded every part of our lives so that we can not fully, then to have a limit. Paul wrote a letter to the Corinthians was very thorough interpretation of this one o'clock, he said, [we now seem to see in a mirror, blurred] (I Corinthians Thirteen 12.) Some people say these words when translated, [we like the puzzle. ] Actually does not matter, both indicate that we are only a rough translation look. Please note that the difference later, [we now seem to see in a mirror, blurred; that time, face to face. ] Today we see things a certain degree of distortion, we see the real thing, but see not clear. We can only look at it this way, [then shall know, like to know I'm the same. ] Paul said, [I now know is limited. ] Apostle said, this distinction between children and adults as the difference between knowledge. In one respect, said the child's knowledge is true, but it is in a primary, not fully state. [When I was a child, talked like a child, thought like a child, ideas like a child, I became a man, I put childish ways behind me] (I Corinthians Thirteen 11.) Paul said, this is what we now enjoy eternal life, and in the future in glory of the difference between eternal life. Life is still the same, except that it now is limited, incomplete, [as if watching a mirror, blurred]. But thank God, we now live in the world, He has given us this life. We can start here and now this glorious life. A poetry writer says, [the fruit of heaven here on earth grow. ] Our Lord also we have this understanding.
let our hearts remember these two points. It is the quality of life is the heavenly quality of life, that life itself is glorious. We already started this life in the world, we can have this life now, and will increase gradually thrive, and finally bursting out with a perfect life, then we will open the face to eternal life, and [to know all, as to know I'm the same]. I think this is a person can learn in his life the most exciting thing, so I summarized it as follows: We Christians in the world can now accept the Lord Jesus Christ Himself when enjoyed eternal life. He had the right time in the world and this life, he tells us, he hath given to us is this life, [name He will give eternal life to which you have given Him. ]
Gave a general description, let me try to learn from the personal aspects to make and see what this life in the end. I want to make this life under the New Testament a few definitions. The Bible tells us that the consequences of this life, we become children of God. Paul in Galatians Chapter III sixteen, said, [you ... ... are the sons of God. ] In addition, John also said in his letter, we are [born of God] (I John v. 1), he was in John Chapter VIII, that we are [born of the Spirit]. The apostle Peter describes this life that we become [the divine nature and partakers] (Pet-4) - This is how amazing it! He told us in another place, he [rebirth of our] (Pet-3), we were updated. New Testament use of these words and other words of eternal life is to make us be aware of the quality and nature. The purpose of the Lord Jesus Christ came to earth, that is, under to give this wonderful life. To this end, he died on the cross, was buried. On the third day rose from the dead, so you, I have to become children of God, born of God, and partakers of His nature, that we be updated and become a new creation, a new life. I must add that, for these great, noble words, we must not have any misunderstandings.
none of these words means you and I have the divine. We still are people. We can not become God. We can not impose this kind of interpretation of these words on the New Testament. He did not point out that injection of the divine within us. Negative attitude I point this out because there are some false teachings have crossed this line - you can find traces of the Roman Catholic Church - that God's nature has been injected into us. Speak of this often have deterioration of (transubstantiation) background. The Bible does not teach this, which is a blend of asceticism and the product of Greek philosophy, we must be careful not to explain these words as we actually become God. Although we are partakers of God's nature, but still people.
Further, when we go to heaven, in glory, our glorified bodies, clues have been cleansed from sin, we meet face to face with Him, and be like Him, but even in the At that time, we are still people. Jesus Christ is God - man. We can never become God - man. We remain human, but it is glorified and perfect man, we are not into God.
Obviously this is very noble, difficult to understand the truth, I would like this life, we can not completely understand. Most appropriate to say that when we accept the eternal life, our lives and experiences will have some completely new things come. Principle to a new life, in us a tremendous change to our lives to bring a new quality. The new principles created in us a new nature, new perspectives, so that once we accept it, could, like Paul said, [the old has gone, the new has come] (Corinthians 17). All this change is because the new life into our principles.
At this point, I could not help but think people on this new principle and the natural relationship between the quality and ability to say a few words, because people often have difficulties in this regard. They do not understand when a person is receiving new life, rebirth, when what will happen. He received it is a totally new capabilities? The answer is no. But he have received all the capacities that affect his new principles. Let me explain further. This new principle is the ability to separate us, but it can affect them. After it active to make these capabilities, we are able to use a completely different way to use them. It is very important: the Christian life, who receive the eternal life, it is absolutely independent of our ability and quality of natural outside. Let us thank God. For example, we naturally have a very different intellectual, there is born has a higher understanding, a better mind than others. Tendency and capacity from the point of view, the difference in human nature is inexhaustible. The glory of eternal life is that it can enter into any kind of people inside, and not subject to their personal qualities and abilities. Results of the most retarded people and the world's most intelligent people, can accept the principle of new life. What is more, he can, like spiritual intelligence. This principle has nothing to do with human natural endowments.
, of course, who can use the principles of natural ability. Therefore, teachers need a great God to preach the Gospel, he chose such a person as the apostle Paul. Yes, but Paul's role as a Christian, they do not Bi Gelin most obscure more than one church believers high. Important principle - we can not only from the perspective of understanding and ability to it, it is more wonderful than these, more glory. So Paul in I Corinthians chapter says in the twenty-first, [the world through its wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe. ] He said that God has chosen foolish things of the world, to shame the wise; has chosen the weak world, called to shame the strong - because of this principle's sake. So, the impact of this principle is it? I have said, and this life can affect the whole person. If this life and how it affects a person's understanding of spiritual things, this observation is particularly interesting. This method of observation is a non-updated non-Christians and a Christian for comparison. According to the Bible, the natural man is spiritually dead. Let me dare to say: I'm talking about these things if it is meaningless to someone, then according to my understanding of the Bible, which people in the spiritual sense is dead, he has not yet received eternal life, because Paul said, [the natural man does not understand spiritual things of God, and have actually thought foolish] (II Corinthians 14). For them, these things are meaningless, as if a foreign language, will only make them boring.
Paul in I Corinthians chapter in a very detailed explanation. He said that we have received these Christians [not the spirit world,UGG boots cheap, but the Spirit of God], if not receive the Holy Spirit, we can never understand these things. He said, [God loves His people ready, the eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived] (9). Paul said these things does not mean the sky, but refers to the earthly things. He went on to say, but we can understand, because [the Spirit searches all things, the deep things of God, understood what] (10). Here I see a wonderful and glorious thing. These things right there was a world that no one who knows. Let us remember that Paul mentioned refers only to those who do not necessarily Sheriff dignitaries, including the world of the philosopher, who said he was seeking the wisdom of the Greeks worship. Paul said there was the world's people do not have the right to know Jesus Christ, he means that they do not understand this truth, because they are spiritually dead. They live in their own natural power and ability, the use of natural intelligence to see spiritual things, the results could not see anything. He added that if they do not receive the Holy Spirit of light, can never understand these things. He said that, [people can see through all things spiritual] - that they understand, assess everything - [no one can see through him] (15). For non-Christians, Christians like a puzzle, it is difficult seem to understand! They are ordinary people without insight and understanding.
the end of this chapter there is a compelling case, [who has known the mind of the Lord to teach him? ] Provides a surprising answer to Paul - [But we have the mind of Christ. ] He is not to say that we have full knowledge of Christ. What he meant is that we have spiritual knowledge of Christ. He has given us this understanding as a gift. It is part of eternal life - the mind of Christ. Therefore, a new creation received the gift of eternal life, began to see themselves in a new way. He knows he is not just a bad into the world of biological, living only to eat, drink, sleep, make money. No! He knew he was a spiritual person. He knew he had something inside him to raise, beyond the universe, God has a specific purpose for him, in him the Spirit of God. He did not know before, now he knew that he die, students have a brand new point of view, he used a completely different way to face his life in the world.
dear friend, If you want to know whether you have eternal life, there is a very simple way to judge. When you think of yourself, you stop Liuzaishishang the people a place to stay, or do you remind yourself every day, you have a soul, a spirit; your value is not present short life, but in the future with God In that glorious life? Christian spiritual heart is to see himself, he faced a completely different way of God.
Christians living on the world he also has a completely different point of view, it is a spiritual point of view. What is your view of the world today? Are you troubled world, blue? Are you hurt by it? Paul said that Christians, [we are in this tent, groan, being burdened] (Corinthians 4). Although we [the beginning of the fruit of the Spirit, but also ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of sons, the redemption of our body] (Rom. 23). World makes you grow old it? If you eternal life, and can become the style of Jesus. He is also more time in the world by suffering, grief, because he saw how dirty the crime of the beautiful world Heavenly Father created because he saw the men and women of the world enslaved by sin, by Satan dominion. A spiritual person who saw the scene and the world present the case of men and women, must also worry long, Rufen.
other words, the spiritual things in terms of receiving eternal life is true. In his view these things is not a theory, not a philosophy or Introduction. He does not think this is that he must force yourself to accept things. They are the center of his life, is the most important. Do we have to force myself thinking of these things? We have to say, [but also to Sunday, I better go and do this, or for that matter]? Or we happily go for, can not wait for each day? We want justice? These are our most important center of things? A spiritual person, the answer is yes, because they have experienced in the past. Christian principle of life came to him, he would become like Christ himself.
Finally, noting that his understanding of spiritual things, which he previously failed to understand. Warning letters in the first volume of John early generation of Christians to beware of dangerous and heretical. He said that in fact he does not have to remind them, because they [have an anointing from the Holy One] (I John ii 20). Christians do is this: his spiritual things with spiritual insights, he knows the truth about the Lord Jesus Christ. Some people often argue about Jesus the man's problem. They often feel confused, want to know this, know that. But the spiritual person is not the case. I'm not saying that he will be able to explain everything. Look at the Corinthian believers, Paul said that they [have the mind of Christ]. They are not the great philosopher, as Paul said, [called the ... ... have the ability to very little. ] A way they can know Jesus Christ, it is a bit of the world have the right people for the unattainable. Christians, not by intelligence to understand things, but in the spiritual insight into things, because he has the principle of life - he lives to understand life.
the knowledge God has given Christians an almost intuitive perception. I think the best analogy is to compare it to a man fall in love, fall in love with a woman. He could not sit down and write a paper with philosophical, describing his love, he can not explain the reason to love: he knows [love] exists, but his reason was poor in the analysis. Great love is hard to know through reason and knowledge of. We know it because our hearts there is love, love to recognize love, love can also attract love. Newborn lambs can not say why it picked out from the flock of sheep, the mother the truth,cheap UGG boots, but it is to know who its mother. Christian understanding of God is true, he knows! He also knows the way of salvation. Some people say that [I do not understand why there must be a person died on the cross for all,] but Christians understand. He may not fully understand the truth of salvation, but he is easy to accept this fact: the sins of the world was on the innocent Son of God's body. He has the mind of Christ, the anointing of the Holy Spirit can use to understand all things. Spiritual truth is no stranger to him, they are the life of the universe. He loved the truth, but also live according to truth, his only desire is more to understand the truth. You may have received the [eternal life]? It is a gift, he has become to all, so that you can have eternal life. You will find that once cherished, now treated as dirt; past the light to see, and now all feel priceless.
one accepts this life a moment, in this world becomes a stranger. They are aliens, strangers, day passengers and, although they are still living in this sin, shame the world has looked at the little attention will be revealed in glory.
I hope God to let us know you have eternal life. If you have not eternal life, to acknowledge God, ask Him to give you through His Holy Spirit. As you have to enjoy eternal life, thinking it to take to make you the grace of God and knowledge grow, and can be changed from glory to glory.
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