“The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.” – 1 John 1:2
Mark Batterson wrote: “I preached my first sermon at National Community Church on January 14, 1996. The only thing I remember about that message is my opening illustration. I can’t remember the original source, but I think I stumbled across it in a Reader’s Digest . It was a survey of fifty people who were over the age of ninety-five. Add it up and that’s about five thousand years of combined life experiences. They were all asked the same question: IF YOU COULD LIVE YOUR LIFE ALL OVER AGAIN, WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY? Three answers emerged as a consensus. One, they would reflect more —stop and smell the roses. Two, they would risk more —the greatest risk is taking no risks. And three, they would do more things that live on after they died . Are you living for time or eternity?”
All who trust in Jesus Christ have eternal life. Today in prayer, praise the Lord for His gift of eternal life.
“For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.” – William Penn
God’s Word: “so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.” – Titus 3:7
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DEVOTIONS IN LETTERS OF JOHN