dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:4-6).
In light of all that, I would say for all of us who have received Jesus, the best is yet to come.
When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead after he had been in the tomb three days, He said, “ I am the resurrection and the life . He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live . And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die ” (John 11:25-26).
After He said that, He asked the people watching, “Do you believe this?”
He still asks the same question of us today.
Do you believe Him? Do you believe He is the resurrection and the life, and if you receive Him you will never die?
Was He crazy? Or is He the Son of God?
One of the best-known verses in the Bible by those who believe in Him is something Jesus said. “ God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life ” (John 3:16).
The word “loved” here means a love that desires only the greatest good for us. The promise of life forever with Jesus cannot be minimized. God gave us Jesus because He loved us. He gave us Jesusso we could be restored into a relationship with Him. God’s love is expressed to us by giving us His best.
When You Receive Jesus, You Receive More Than You Can Imagine
It takes a lifetime of growing in the Lord in order to truly understand all that Jesus did for you. I know this because I have been walking with Him for decades, and still He lets me see more and more of Him and the extent of the gifts He has given me in His sacrifice of love.
The thing is, we need spiritual eyes to see it all. The Bible says, “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God” (1 Corinthians 2:9-10).
Jesus gives you an eternal fountain of living water that springs up inside you . It is from the indwelling Holy Spirit who provides a continual source of life .
When Jesus asked for a drink of water from the woman at the well in Samaria, she questioned why He, a Jew, would have anything to do with a Samaritan woman. Jesus told her that if she knew who He really was, she would have asked Him for living water (John 4:7-10).
He said, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life ” (John 4:13-14). Little did she know that this eternal fountain of life would come from His Spirit dwelling in her.
This fountain of life dwells in you by the same Holy Spirit.
Jesus referred to Himself as “the true bread from heaven” or “the bread of life.” “Jesus said to them, ‘Moses did not give you the breadfrom heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. The bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world .’ Then they said to Him, ‘Lord, give us this bread always.’ And Jesus said to them, ‘ I am the bread of life . He who comes to Me shall never hunger , and he who believes in Me shall never thirst ’ ” (John 6:32-35).
Without Jesus and the Holy Spirit, even if you believe in God, you will only have “a form of godliness” but you will be denying its power” (2 Timothy 3:5). You do not want faux godliness. You want the real deal. You want the true and living power of God to penetrate your life.
When we become so wrapped up in ourselves instead of wrapped up in Him, we forget the good news of what He came to earth to accomplish. That’s why, even if we have walked with the Lord for a long time, we must continually be reminded of all we have
In light of all that, I would say for all of us who have received Jesus, the best is yet to come.
When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead after he had been in the tomb three days, He said, “ I am the resurrection and the life . He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live . And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die ” (John 11:25-26).
After He said that, He asked the people watching, “Do you believe this?”
He still asks the same question of us today.
Do you believe Him? Do you believe He is the resurrection and the life, and if you receive Him you will never die?
Was He crazy? Or is He the Son of God?
One of the best-known verses in the Bible by those who believe in Him is something Jesus said. “ God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life ” (John 3:16).
The word “loved” here means a love that desires only the greatest good for us. The promise of life forever with Jesus cannot be minimized. God gave us Jesus because He loved us. He gave us Jesusso we could be restored into a relationship with Him. God’s love is expressed to us by giving us His best.
When You Receive Jesus, You Receive More Than You Can Imagine
It takes a lifetime of growing in the Lord in order to truly understand all that Jesus did for you. I know this because I have been walking with Him for decades, and still He lets me see more and more of Him and the extent of the gifts He has given me in His sacrifice of love.
The thing is, we need spiritual eyes to see it all. The Bible says, “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God” (1 Corinthians 2:9-10).
Jesus gives you an eternal fountain of living water that springs up inside you . It is from the indwelling Holy Spirit who provides a continual source of life .
When Jesus asked for a drink of water from the woman at the well in Samaria, she questioned why He, a Jew, would have anything to do with a Samaritan woman. Jesus told her that if she knew who He really was, she would have asked Him for living water (John 4:7-10).
He said, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life ” (John 4:13-14). Little did she know that this eternal fountain of life would come from His Spirit dwelling in her.
This fountain of life dwells in you by the same Holy Spirit.
Jesus referred to Himself as “the true bread from heaven” or “the bread of life.” “Jesus said to them, ‘Moses did not give you the breadfrom heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. The bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world .’ Then they said to Him, ‘Lord, give us this bread always.’ And Jesus said to them, ‘ I am the bread of life . He who comes to Me shall never hunger , and he who believes in Me shall never thirst ’ ” (John 6:32-35).
Without Jesus and the Holy Spirit, even if you believe in God, you will only have “a form of godliness” but you will be denying its power” (2 Timothy 3:5). You do not want faux godliness. You want the real deal. You want the true and living power of God to penetrate your life.
When we become so wrapped up in ourselves instead of wrapped up in Him, we forget the good news of what He came to earth to accomplish. That’s why, even if we have walked with the Lord for a long time, we must continually be reminded of all we have
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