The Bottom Line

The Fork in the Road of Life

“He who has the Son has Life; and he who has not the Son has not Life” (1 John 5:12).

The Gospel of John tells us that “In Him was Life and that Life was the light of men. All “Life” comes through Christ and what He accomplished at the Cross. Without Him, we are dead in our sins and without hope in this world. We have a fallen nature and are unable to  save ourselves from ourselves. It took the Father’s love in sending His Son to point the way to the “Life” He graciously offers to us through Calvary.

We have a choice in this life. Do we continue in the way we have lived our lives, or do we admit that we have lived our lives without the God Who loves us and come to Him in repentance for our sins and faith in Christ and His sacrificial death at Calvary. Should we choose the former, we will die in our sins and  out of the presence of God for eternity. If we choose the later, we will be born spiritually and become children of God with an inheritance in the Kingdom of God.

The “Life” that the Father gives us through His Mercy and Grace is in His Son. Calvary stands as a beacon of light to all those who will harken to the clarion call. He calls out to whosoever will come through His death at Calvary. His “Life”, the Life of God, comes to us by the Person of the Holy Spirit the minute we come to Him in faith.

Eternal Life is defined as God’s Life in us by faith in His provision. The sin debt was paid at Calvary bring Life to all those who believe. The work God requires of us for our Salvation is that we believe in the One He sent. That’s it!

Jesus said, “I come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” Faith in the “Son” is the only path to Eternal Life and faith in the Son will result in life more abundant. In other words, we are saved by faith in the Son, and we are kept by our continued faith in Christ and His finished work at Calvary.

In conclusion, there is a fork in the road for all those who walk out this life. Do we go the way the Lord has provided for us and find Eternal Life in the presence of the God that loves us, or do we go our own way which will result in eternal puishment away from the presence of God for all eternity. God’s Word tells us that we can know that we have Eternal Life today. Our closing verse clearly states that those that believe in the Son have Eternal Life.

“These things have I written you who believe on the Name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have Eternal Life, and that you may believe (continue daily believing) on the Name of the Son of God” (1 John 5:13 w/ commentary mine).

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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