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XVIII.
The Kingdom Restored
Chapter 196
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Eternal Life
1. WHAT precious
promise has God made to His children?
"And this is the promise that He hath
promised us, even eternal life." 1 John
2:25.
2. How may we obtain
eternal life?
"For God so loved the world, that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life." John 3:16.
3. Who has everlasting
life?
"He that believeth on the Son
hath everlasting life." Verse 36.
4. Where is this
everlasting, or eternal life?
"And this is the record, that God
hath given to us eternal life, and this life
is in His Son." 1 John 5:11.
5. What therefore
follows?
"He that hath the Son hath life;
and he that hath not the Son of God hath not
life." Verse 12.
6. What does Christ
give His followers?
"I give unto them eternal life;
and they shall never perish." John 10:28.
7. Why, after the fall,
was man shut away from the tree of life?
"Lest he put forth his hand, and
take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live
forever." Gen. 3:22.
8. What has Christ
promised the overcomer?
"To him that overcometh will I give
to eat of the tree of life, which is in
the midst of the paradise of God." Rev. 2:7.
9. To what is the life
of the redeemed compared?
"For as the days of a tree are
the days of My people, and
Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their
hands." Isa. 65:22.
10. When will
immortality be conferred upon the saints?
"We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed, in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead
shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
changed. For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must put on
immortality." 1 Cor. 15:51-53.
NOTE.-In accepting Christ the believer
receives "that eternal life, which was with
the Father," and this eternal life he
retains as long as Christ dwells in the
heart by faith. This wondrous gift may be
lost by failure to maintain the faith which
holds Christ fast. At the resurrection,
immortality is conferred upon those who have
fallen asleep in Christ, and thus the
possession of eternal life becomes a
permanent experience.
TOIL
on a little longer here,
For thy reward awaits above,
Nor droop in sadness or in fear
Beneath the rod that's sent in love;
The deeper wound our spirits feel,
The sweeter heaven's balm to heal.
Faith lifts the veil before our eyes,
And bids us view a happier clime,
Where verdant fields in beauty rise,
Beyond the withering blasts of time;
And brings the blissful moment near,
When we in glory shall appear:
Then
let us hope; 'tis not in vain;
Though moistened by our grief the soil,
The harvest brings us joy for pain,
The rest repays the weary toil;
For they shall reap, who sow in tears,
Rich gladness through eternal years.
ANNIE R. SMITH. |
