Jesus said that whoever keeps His word will never see death. This is the secret of abundant life; that is obeying the teachings of Jesus. Physical death is just a transition from this life to higher life just like student transits from one class to a higher class.
How much of Jesus teachings do you know and how much do you obey. The teaching of Jesus is found in the gospels and the epistles.
Study the new testament to obey it's teaching and you'll have abundant life.
The Jews said that Jesus had a demon for the patriarchs and the prophets died; and Jesus claims that whoever obeys Him will never die.
They asked Him; who do you think you are? They said He was not greater than Abraham or the prophets and Jesus replied that if He honors or glorifies Himself, that is worthless.
This we need to learn also, that if we praise ourselves saying how good people we are, all that is worthless. It's God honour that counts and that is the only honour we should seek; not what we think of ourselves or what others think about us, but what God thinks about us is what counts.
He told them that they didn't know God as a Father but He knew Him.
Do you know God your heavenly dad to whom you can go with childlike confidence because you are convinced that He loves you deeply and He is willing to help you and give you everything that is good and has perfect wisdom and perfect power to help you out of every circumstance you maybe in. Knowing God as Father who loves and cares drives out all fear from our hearts. Do you have fear in your heart? It's because you don't know a Father who is in heaven. Seek to know Him. The more you know Him the more peaceful and at rest your life will be.
The fact the He knew the Father made Him obey all His commands. In the same way, the more we know the Father, the more we will love Him and we will obey all His commands. We can conclude that sin in the lives of believers is the proof that they don't know God as Father. Making excuses for sin and justifying it is the evidence that we are very far from God, but by confessing and forsaking sin, we come closer to God.
The more we know God the more we will obey Him and the more we'll overcome sin.
Abraham rejoiced to see Jesus day. He longed to be at the time of Jesus. This shows what a privilege these Jews had but they were blind. Even today, there are so many things that we are privileged to but the devil blinds us to the glorious life in Christ we can live and makes us concentrate on things that have no eternal value.
Have your eyes been opened to see the glorious privilege we have today in life in Christ and living the life in the Holy Spirit?
There is a higher life in Christ that you are yet to experience. Seek for it.
They said He was not even 50years and claimed to have seen Abraham, Jesus said that even before Abraham was Born, He existed. He said ""I am"". This shows that there is no past tense in Jesus. As He was, He still is.
Jesus didn't bother to explain to them simply and they picked up stones to kill Him. Even today when Jesus speaks, He does not always explain to us why. We must obey Him in faith that whatever He commands us is for our very best.
Jesus hid Himself and went from the temple and went to the mount of olives. We learn hear that when we see danger, we must hide from it not expose ourselves to it.
Jesus went to pray and so should we. Whatever difficulties we face during the day we must learn to always find time to pray about them. Don't just assume that it will be ok, but always pray about it. No matter how busy your schedule is, always find time to pray about the situations and temptations that we face during the day.
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