Receiving Christ

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“And hereby do we know that we know Him…” 1 John 2v3 (KJV)

What a wonderful thing it is to have a relationship with the living God and to have the eternal life that comes as a result of it. You look around and wonder how people survive without knowing God, or you see people act in certain ways and you think, they need Jesus. One reason we know that we know God is that we receive Christ. 1 John 5v10-13 (KJV) says “He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar; because He believeth not the record that God gave of His Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” Child of God, know that you have eternal life, rejoice in it, say it out loud, I have eternal life! Indeed John 10v10 explains that “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).” Eternal life is in Christ Jesus and we have that life because we have Him. Amen.

Supplementary Text

“He came to that which belonged to Him [to His own – His domain, creation, things, world], and they who were His own did not receive Him and did not welcome Him. But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on His name – Who owe their birth neither to bloods nor to the will of the flesh [that of physical impulse] nor to the will of man [that of a natural father], but to God. [They are born of God!]” John 1v11-13 (AMP)

Prayer

Father, thank You for this eternal life that we have in Christ in Jesus name, amen.