Do you ave eternal life?
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1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,
2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
What does our passage say about God?
5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
First and foremost Jesus is eternal.
2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
Second Jesus has been given all authority. And what does that mean for us?
13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
You have a choice this morning of who will you serve?
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
You can’t serve two masters.
Do you long to hear?
Do you even realize there is a y in the path?
13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
The last point about God look at verse 1
1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,
What does our text say about us?
2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
We all need eternal life. We are born dead.
What does God want us to do in response to this passage?
3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
He wants us to know, to pursue Him. Eternal life isn’t praying a prayer so we can avoid hell and live for ever in eternal bliss enjoying the best things of this world forever.
What else are we called to?
4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
We are called to imitate Jesus and how do we do that? We follow the path that He has made which is what?
What hope do we have from this passage?
3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
You can know the one true God! Eternal life can begin today!
