Peggi Tustan
“Will you give me a drink?” Jesus asks a Samaritan woman.Nothing satisfies thirst like cool, clear water—especially after a long hike. Jesus and his disciples were on a 70-mile trek from Jerusalem to Galilee. About halfway, they stop in Sychar, Samaria to rest. While the disciples enter the town to...
We were brought to initial salvation because of God’s mercy and we come forward to the throne of grace to seek mercy and grace throughout our Christian life in this age. Then Jude 20-21 admon…
Have you ever realized that there was an eternity before what we have now on Earth? Think about this: when God placed man in the Garden of Eden, it was perfect. There was no sickness, no hurt, no p…
Anthony Taylor
The profound truth of Christianity is encapsulated in the promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ. Despite the consequences of sin, God offers us the free gift of salvation, underscoring His boundless grace and love for humanity.
We are uncomfortable relying on anyone but ourselves, particularly when it comes to salvation.What must I do to inherit or obtain eternal life?
Ways people approach ultimate life questions. There are different ways people approach ultimate life questions. Here are four of them.
Image by Frank Meitzke from Pixabay My father loved to tell jokes. He was almost like a standup comedian who didn’t go on tour. But whenever someone came over to visit, he was on. He had his materi…
Eliezer Gonzalez
The disciples were worried. If a most respectable man like the rich young ruler can’t enter eternal life, then what hope do they have? As usual, Peter was the one who spoke on behalf of the rest. Jesus just asked a rich man to leave everything he had and to follow him. That’s why Peter says to Jesus, “We have left everything to follow you.” Jesus’ answer is a powerful one. He assures the disciples that there will never be any loss in following him.
Eliezer Gonzalez
Jesus welcomed the children and gave an important lesson in what God is like. Jesus gave us an important lesson in how to be saved. This seems to be a pretty straight-forward question, doesn’t it? But Jesus knows that for these people, it’s far from simple. This was, in fact the central question of the Jewish religion, which was all about being worthy of eternal life through doing. The Jewish religious teachers were always arguing about what exactly you had to do, and coming up with lists and rules for things to do, so that God might consider you worthy of eternal life.
The death of a Christian is a blessing in disguise. There is no need to be afraid or lose hope. Embracing the promises of our Lord Jesus Christ gives hope
The prior post is about the three Greek words usually translated “life” in an English New Testament. These lives are that which is eternal, the soul-life or self, and the physical life …
A prior post is about man’s spirit, the most important of the three parts of man—”your spirit and soul and body” (1 Thes. 5:23). Corresponding to these three parts, the Greek voca…
The Lord gave the Apostle John a revelation of things that would happen in the end times. While in heaven, God allowed him to enter into His Throne Room. In
By Elizabeth Prata But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. (Romans 6:21) Paul is asking this rhetorical ques…
The proper, Biblical seeing of New Jerusalem depends on a heavenly, eternal viewpoint. Colossians 3:2 exhorts us to set our mind on heavenly things. Second Corinthians 4:18 says “we do not r…
Several religious principles, cultures, and natural laws point to the reflective end to whatever we do here on earth in the afterlife. It means what we do
Peggi Tustan
“I wish I had done more for God when I could, when I was strong and healthy,” my sister Theresa told me. She was in hospice care and contemplating the day she would stand before God and give an account of her life.Rather than contemplate this day of reckoning—some unknowable...
The Gospel of Jesus Christ Part 2. God offers salvation, peace with God, and eternal life in heaven as a gift. Why are there so many people that are not saved ?
Revelation is a book of life, the eternal life. In Revelation 1:17-18 the Lord Jesus proclaims, “I am the First and the Last and the living One; and I became dead, and behold, I am living for…
By Elizabeth Prata Today is a pause for a moment in the progression of verses showing the Life of Jesus from inception to second coming, in order to ponder the incredible gift of eternal life his w…