Eternal Life

12/23/1998

“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent” (Jn. 17:3). Eternal life is not some substance or commodity. Eternal life is the Person of God Himself. It is not a ticket we are holding. Eternal life is our relationship with the Father and the Son. It is that current of life between the Father and the Son in the flow of the Spirit. Eternal life is that current which has been flowing for eternity between the Three in the Godhead. And God has given Their relationship to us. He has given us Their flow. He has put within us Their reciprocal relationship one with another. He has included us in that flow because we are the Body of the Second in the Godhead. We are the Body of Christ. He is the Head, and we are the members. He is the Anointed, and we are the anointed ones. He is the Christ, and we are the Christians. We are one with His in our union with Him. (excerpt) 6:17 p.m.