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God’s Love is……….. Pt3 Eternal
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Eternal – Forever, continuous, unceasing, timeless, unending, perpetual.
Rom 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (N.I.V.)
We’ve seen in Pt’s 1 & 2 that God’s love is unconditional and unchanging; we must now add to that, that God’s love is also eternal. Why is this important to know, because some people would have us believe that once we come to know Christ we must live a holy life to have an assurance of God’s eternal love. This is a complete misunderstanding of the cross. When we come to Christ at salvation the Holy Spirit baptises us into the spiritual body of Jesus Christ so we are now’in Christ’; and because we are in Christ we are perfect, holy and righteous before the Father.
Therefore our salvation and relationship with God are not predicated on what we have done or will do but on what Christ has done for us and will continue to do for us throughout eternity. Our relationship with God is now absolutely secure for all time and eternity. Therefore I can rest in who I am in Christ and allow Him to express His holy life through me; this brings with it peace and joy. I am not constantly walking around with a holiness checklist to see if my life measures up. This leads to a joyless, condemning, legalistic and religious form of Christianity.
In John’s Gospel ch 17 Jesus is praying to his Father about what will happen to His disciples prior to Him going to the cross and He says this: John 10:28-30 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone pluck them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to pluck them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.” (NKJV)
Jesus and the Father are in complete unity regarding the eternal security of all the saints: They shall NEVER PERISH and NON shall PLUCK them out of their hands. We can be at peace knowing we will always receive the Father’s eternal love.
Meditation Point: My eternal security is not reliant on what I have done or will do but on what Christ has done for me.
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