joh 10v28 I Give Unto Them Eternal Life
"I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE"
John 10:28
Eternal life is the gift of God's grace in Christ. It
comes to men freely, as a matter of pure grace. Man does not have eternal life
by nature. Eternal life does not evolve from man's sinful heart by some
mysterious process of "spiritual evolution". It is given to men. It
is performed in the heart by the power of God's sovereign grace. It is in no
way a matter of debt or reward. "The gift of God is eternal life."
There was nothing in our hearts, or conduct, which caused God to bestow eternal
life upon us (Jer. 31:3; Eph. 2:1-4). And there is nothing in the believer's
heart, or conduct which can cause God to take away the gift of eternal life
(Isa. 54:10). It is contrary to the nature of God to take away his gifts so
freely bestowed upon his people in Christ (Rom.
ETERNAL LIFE MUST, OF NECESSITY, BE ETERNAL. Any child, whose reason is not perverted with human religion, readily sees that eternal life cannot be temporary. It cannot come to an end. If I have received from God the gift of eternal life, it is not possible for me, by any act or upon any grounds, to lose it and perish.
THE BELIEVER'S LIFE MUST BE
ETERNAL, BECAUSE IT IS A LIFE IN