Embracing Eternal Life Through Faith in Jesus
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1. "We all know, don't we, that there is a vast difference between surviving and living, a great difference between existing and living. And the Bible takes the distinction even farther to suggest that real life is the life of the spirit. Our text calls it eternal life in verse 11, and this eternal life embodies a lot more than just an everlasting or never-ending aspect to it. That is, it's not merely quantitative but it is qualitative in nature. It's a spiritual quickening that enables us to know God." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "The Bible tells us that in his son God has given us eternal life, spiritual life, abundant life, real life. Like the great art collector in our story, eternal life is a gift that the father has offered us through the son. We don't have to earn it; in fact, we can't earn it. It comes through the son. It comes through by accepting the son. It's Grace. You know what Grace is. We've talked about Grace many times. Grace is a gift of God that comes to us without merit." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Do you want a purpose-driven life? That's Rick Warren's book. If you want your best life now, that's Joel Osteen's book, though I'm not sure I would recommend that you read it. Do you want the life you've always wanted? That's John Ortberg's book. The Good Life, that's Chuck Colson. A Life God Rewards, that's Bruce Wilkinson. Living the Extraordinary Life, that's Charles Stanley's book. Everyone's favorite, Oprah Winfrey, has a book, Live Your Best Life. But the Bible tells us he who has the son has life. That's where life is found." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "Why is it that he who has the son has life? Because as it says in verse 11, this life is in God's son. He is life. Jesus spoke to Martha at the grave of Lazarus. He told her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die.' Jesus told his disciples in John 14:6, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.' You can't have a relationship with the Father unless you receive the son." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "A wise man once said, 'Fear not that your life shall come to an end but rather that it shall never have a beginning.' Perhaps in your search for life, you've been distracted by all of the masterpieces that God has displayed in his created world and somehow you've overlooked the son. Take the son. Do it today because the one who takes the son gets all the rest besides." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
### Quotes for Members
1. "We all know, don't we, that there is a vast difference between surviving and living, a great difference between existing and living. And the Bible takes the distinction even farther to suggest that real life is the life of the spirit. Our text calls it eternal life in verse 11, and this eternal life embodies a lot more than just an everlasting or never-ending aspect to it. That is, it's not merely quantitative but it is qualitative in nature. It's a spiritual quickening that enables us to know God. Knowledge in scripture is interactive relationship. Eternal life is knowing God in that interactive relationship." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "The Bible tells us that in his son God has given us eternal life, spiritual life, abundant life, real life. Like the great art collector in our story, eternal life is a gift that the father has offered us through the son. We don't have to earn it; in fact, we can't earn it. It comes through the son. It comes through by accepting the son. It's Grace. You know what Grace is. We've talked about Grace many times. Grace is a gift of God that comes to us without merit. Grace, as Dallas Willard says, is opposed to earning. You can't earn something and say you received it by Grace. You earned it. The wages of sin is death. It's wages. You earn that by virtue of your sin. But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. It is Grace." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Though God gives us eternal life in his son, we still have to express effort in our discipleship if we're going to grow into what God intended when he created us to live in relationship with him. We don't want our growth to be stunted because all we do is soak up that Grace and sit and wait for whatever eternal life means to us. We have to invest in what God has given us. If you want to experience everything that God intends when he gives you eternal life in his son, you have to put effort into your discipleship. And that is spiritual formation in Christ. It is, as it says in Romans, it is being conformed to the likeness of God's son. That is God's desire for us." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "Why is it that he who has the son has life? Because as it says in verse 11, this life is in God's son. He is life. Jesus spoke to Martha at the grave of Lazarus. He told her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die.' Jesus told his disciples in John 14:6, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.' You can't have a relationship with the Father unless you receive the son. That's the point of our text this morning." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "Perhaps in your search for life, you've been distracted by all of the masterpieces that God has displayed in his created world and somehow you've overlooked the son. Take the son. Do it today because the one who takes the son gets all the rest besides." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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1. "We all know, don't we, that there is a vast difference between surviving and living, a great difference between existing and living. And the Bible takes the distinction even farther to suggest that real life is the life of the spirit. Our text calls it eternal life in verse 11, and this eternal life embodies a lot more than just an everlasting or never-ending aspect to it. That is, it's not merely quantitative but it is qualitative in nature. It's a spiritual quickening that enables us to know God." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "The Bible tells us that in his son God has given us eternal life, spiritual life, abundant life, real life. Like the great art collector in our story, eternal life is a gift that the father has offered us through the son. We don't have to earn it; in fact, we can't earn it. It comes through the son. It comes through by accepting the son. It's Grace. You know what Grace is. We've talked about Grace many times. Grace is a gift of God that comes to us without merit." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Do you want a purpose-driven life? That's Rick Warren's book. If you want your best life now, that's Joel Osteen's book, though I'm not sure I would recommend that you read it. Do you want the life you've always wanted? That's John Ortberg's book. The Good Life, that's Chuck Colson. A Life God Rewards, that's Bruce Wilkinson. Living the Extraordinary Life, that's Charles Stanley's book. Everyone's favorite, Oprah Winfrey, has a book, Live Your Best Life. But the Bible tells us he who has the son has life. That's where life is found." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "Why is it that he who has the son has life? Because as it says in verse 11, this life is in God's son. He is life. Jesus spoke to Martha at the grave of Lazarus. He told her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die.' Jesus told his disciples in John 14:6, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.' You can't have a relationship with the Father unless you receive the son." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "A wise man once said, 'Fear not that your life shall come to an end but rather that it shall never have a beginning.' Perhaps in your search for life, you've been distracted by all of the masterpieces that God has displayed in his created world and somehow you've overlooked the son. Take the son. Do it today because the one who takes the son gets all the rest besides." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
### Quotes for Members
1. "We all know, don't we, that there is a vast difference between surviving and living, a great difference between existing and living. And the Bible takes the distinction even farther to suggest that real life is the life of the spirit. Our text calls it eternal life in verse 11, and this eternal life embodies a lot more than just an everlasting or never-ending aspect to it. That is, it's not merely quantitative but it is qualitative in nature. It's a spiritual quickening that enables us to know God. Knowledge in scripture is interactive relationship. Eternal life is knowing God in that interactive relationship." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "The Bible tells us that in his son God has given us eternal life, spiritual life, abundant life, real life. Like the great art collector in our story, eternal life is a gift that the father has offered us through the son. We don't have to earn it; in fact, we can't earn it. It comes through the son. It comes through by accepting the son. It's Grace. You know what Grace is. We've talked about Grace many times. Grace is a gift of God that comes to us without merit. Grace, as Dallas Willard says, is opposed to earning. You can't earn something and say you received it by Grace. You earned it. The wages of sin is death. It's wages. You earn that by virtue of your sin. But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. It is Grace." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Though God gives us eternal life in his son, we still have to express effort in our discipleship if we're going to grow into what God intended when he created us to live in relationship with him. We don't want our growth to be stunted because all we do is soak up that Grace and sit and wait for whatever eternal life means to us. We have to invest in what God has given us. If you want to experience everything that God intends when he gives you eternal life in his son, you have to put effort into your discipleship. And that is spiritual formation in Christ. It is, as it says in Romans, it is being conformed to the likeness of God's son. That is God's desire for us." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "Why is it that he who has the son has life? Because as it says in verse 11, this life is in God's son. He is life. Jesus spoke to Martha at the grave of Lazarus. He told her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die.' Jesus told his disciples in John 14:6, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.' You can't have a relationship with the Father unless you receive the son. That's the point of our text this morning." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "Perhaps in your search for life, you've been distracted by all of the masterpieces that God has displayed in his created world and somehow you've overlooked the son. Take the son. Do it today because the one who takes the son gets all the rest besides." (60 seconds)(Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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