Eternal Life Blessings

~ Some Benefits of Being a Child of God ~

Eternal blessings we now have…

We Possess Eternal Life  ~  “Whoever believes in Him [Jesus Christ] should not perish but have [not “hope” or “might” but “have”] eternal life” (John 3:15). 

Secured By An Eternal Covenant  ~  “Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen” (Hebrews 13:20-21). 

Saved With An Eternal Salvation  ~  “And having been perfected, He [Jesus Christ] became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him” (Hebrews 5:9). 

Liberated By An Eternal Redemption  ~  “Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His [Jesus Christ’s] own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption” (Hebrews 9:12). 

We Have An Eternal House  ~  “For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” (2 Corinthians 5:1). 

We Are Called To An Eternal Glory  ~  “May the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.  To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever.  Amen” (1 Peter 5:10-11).  

We Are Encouraged By Eternal Comfort  ~  “Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word” (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17). 

Eternal blessings to be fully secured in the future…

We Are Kept For An Eternal Inheritance  ~  “For this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance” (Hebrews 9:15). 

An Eternal Glory  ~  “Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory” (2 Corinthians 4:17).

We Shall Dwell In An Eternal Home  ~  Jesus said, “And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home” (Luke 16:9).   

Abundant Entrance Into An Eternal Kingdom  ~  “Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 1:10-11). 

Do you have eternal life?  Are you sure?  You can be absolutely confident! 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

Eternal Life, 2

~ 10 Aspects of Eternal Life ~

God Is Its Source  ~  Jesus said, “For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself” (John 5:26). 

The Risen Christ Is Its Channel  ~  “Who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life” (Hebrews 7:16). 

The Holy Spirit Is Its Power  ~  “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:2). 

Faith Is Its Receiver  ~  “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him” (John 3:36). 

Fruit Is Its Evidence  ~  “But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life” (Romans 6:22). 

Christ Himself Is Its Embodiment  ~  “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ.  This is the true God and eternal life” (1 John 5:20).

Glory Is Its Manifestation  ~  “When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory” (Colossians 3:4).   

Eternity Is Its Duration  ~  Jesus said, “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand” (John 10:28). 

Union With Christ Is Its Meaning  ~  “Then Jesus said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.  Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day’” (John 6:53-54). 

Its Secret Is Knowing God And Christ  ~  Jesus said, “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent” (John 17:3). 

Do you have eternal life?  Are you sure?  You can be absolutely confident! 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

Eternal Possessions

~  4 Present Eternal Possessions Of All Believers ~

God’s Everlasting Love  ~  “The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you’” (Jeremiah 31:3).   

Everlasting Life  ~  Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life” (John 6:47).   

Everlasting Salvation  ~  “But Israel shall be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; you shall not be ashamed or disgraced forever and ever.  For thus says the Lord, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: ‘I am the Lord, and there is no other’” (Isaiah 45:17-18). 

Everlasting Strength  ~  “Trust in the Lord  forever, for in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength” (Isaiah 26:4).   

If the one is eternal, enduring forever, so are the others.  To limit one is weaken all. 

Do you have eternal life?  Are you sure?  You can be absolutely confident! 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

Christ—Jehovah, 1of9

~ The Name “Jehovah” ~

Jesus said, “I and My Father are one” (John 10:30). 

There are quite a number of Jehovah titles.  This series will focus on seven Jehovah titles which embrace the fullness of Jesus Christ for His people.  These titles include the completeness of Jehovah’s name as it is manifested in the life of Jesus Christ for His people.  These titles show how the Messiah completely meets His people’s need from their guilt to their future glory.  But first it is essential that we consider the name “Jehovah.”

Background and Meaning  ~  The name “Jehovah” is erroneously transliterated from the Masoretic Hebrew.  The meaning of our word “Jehovah” (Yahweh, Jahveh) is “to be” or “I AM that I AM.”  This is what “God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM’” in Exodus 3:14a.  This word “Jehovah” appears nearly 7,000 times in the Word of God. 

The Hebrew word consists of the consonants JHVH or JHWH—with the vowels being a separate word “Adonai” (Lord).   What the original vowels were is partly a matter of speculation because the scribes of that day considered texts such as Exodus 20:7 and Leviticus 24:11 to sacred for verbal expression. 

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain” (Exodus 20:7, see also Leviticus 24:10-23).

Later “Jehovah” became the standard rendition by the Hebrew translators since they did not realize what had been done by the scribes. 

The result of their reverence for the name is that they began substituting the word “Lord” and transliterated the vowels into the consonantal expression JHVH. 

Emphasis  ~  The emphasis of the original word contains the thoughts of  “being,” or "He who is" (or self-existence).  Jehovah is the One who in Himself possesses essential life, or permanent existence.  Jehovah is “our eternal God.”  Jehovah is the holiest of all the names of God.  It was considered to be such a holy name that following the Jewish exile from Babylon it was removed from Scripture and replaced with the tetragrammaton “YHWH.”    

Pronounciation  ~  Cases can be made for either “Jehovah” or “Yahweh.”

Usage  ~  The name is used as a proper noun for God as a person and how He relates Himself to all of Creation.  For example consider “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7). 

“Then Moses said to God, ‘Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, “The God of your fathers has sent me to you,” and they say to me, “What is His name?” what shall I say to them?’  And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.’ And He said, ‘Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, “I AM has sent me to you”’” (Exodus 3:13-15).

Significance  ~  Remember that the word has roots in the Hebrew verb “to be” and the tense used is the indefinite which combines past, present, and future (without time).  In other words God says, “I have always been, I am, and I always will be.”  God is always with us.  God has been with us all along.  God is with us now.  God will always be with us.  There never has been, is not now, and never will be a time in which God is not with us!  What a wonderful comforting thought.

Comment  ~  Please keep this background in mind as we look at future posts in the series of seven specific titles of Jehovah.  

the key question: “Who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15). This is the most important question you will ever answer. If you do not answer it, or answer it incorrectly, you have made the biggest mistake anyone can make!

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW