Eternal Life

Divine Life and Eternal Life

What are Divine life, eternal life, and resurrection life? How do we get them?

Related: Divine Life; Eternal Life New Birth. New birth refers to the sovereign action of God to impart spiritual life to a person where there was none before. Jesus taught on the subject of New Birth extensively in John 3. The Lord makes the following arguments: (vv.1-3) Man needs new birth in order to ever see (or perceive) the things of God. Without new birth man is totally helpless. (vv.4-6) The New Birth is caused by a sovereign action of the Spirit […]

John 3

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Manifestation of the Son of God to meet Man’s Need John 3 – 12 Two main Divisions. This great section of John 3 – 12 can be further divided into two smaller divisions. First, the Lord Jesus is presented as the surpassing replacement for Judaism in John 3 – 7. Then, in John 8 – 12 we have a tremendous dispensational outline in which we get the Lord rejected by the nation, a remnant called out, the […]

John 4:1-42

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Woman at the Well: Christian Satisfaction, Worship and Service John 4:1-42 Jesus Makes Room for John in Judea (4:1-3) CHAPTER 4 ¶ When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus makes and baptises more disciples than John v.1 Once the Pharisees learned of the proportion of the Lord’s ministry compared to John’s, they were going to use it to stir up rivalry between the disciples of the Lord and of John. John 3:22-36 […]

John 10

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk The Door & the Good Shepherd: Christ becomes the Gathering Center John 10 John 10. The events of this chapter took place in two parts; vv.1-18 took place in the fall, and vv.19-42 took place in the winter of the same year. The Spirit of God brings these two discourses of our Lord together in this chapter because both have to do with the Good Shepherd and His sheep. The chapter is divided into four parts; the […]

Main article: Divine Life and Eternal Life Related: New Birth; Divine Life Eternal life. The term “eternal life” is commonly translated “everlasting life” or “life eternal”. The word “eternal” does not define the duration of the life, but it defines the character of the life. It couldn’t be the idea of “living forever” because even the unsaved live forever in eternal fire. It is a life of love, holiness, peace, and joy. Above all, eternal life is characterized by […]