Life Uninterrupted by Death

Meditations for Seeking the Life in Christ

The Gospel of John 

July 15, 2024

Life Uninterrupted by Death

“I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.

John  5:24

Eternal Life is life uninterrupted by death. This is the promise Jesus offers the world in today’s passage.

It was commonly accepted in Israel that a time was coming when God would judge the world and make everything right. This judgment, through a general resurrection, would include the living and the dead. Those who had sinned against God, those who had oppressed God’s people, and those who chose the path of evil for the way of their lives would be judged and assigned to an eternity without God; those who had remained faithful to God would be vindicated and would enter the presence of God. (See Daniel 12)

In today’s passage, Jesus announced to the world that God the Father had sent him into the world to begin the work of birthing God’s New Creation. Those who believe and accept Jesus as God’s Son have life everlasting. This new life begins the moment you believe and is not diminished by mortal death. In God’s future, your new life in Christ will be completed by God giving you bodily resurrection, like Jesus’ resurrected body, when Jesus comes again to completely establish God’s Kingdom on earth.

Since the very first chapter, John has been pointing to this new life in Christ: “But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God” (John 1:12-13). John will put a huge exclamation point on this teaching in Chapter 11 when Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. God put His own exclamation on this truth when He crowned His everlasting achievement in Christ through the death and resurrection of Jesus.

My Takeaway: God in Christ has made it possible for you to experience eternal life, life uninterrupted by death. Will you join me in a shout?

Hallelujah!!

Sē’lah

 

(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

Copyright © 2024 by Alex M. Knight

 

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