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eternal life

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    Does "zōēn aiōnion" mean eternal life?

    I'd like to get a Universalists view on the meaning of "zōēn aiōnion" if it is temporal or eternal in it's duration. Considering Jesus Christ himself is called eternal life. 1 John 5:11-12,20 : "And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.Whoever has...
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    The Book of Revelation (eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn) contra Universalism

    Universalists I have come across commonly state that the lake of fire is not a place of eternal duration but of temporal duration. It may last an age and then those in it will get out as they have come to faith in Christ because the fire is not a punishment but a correction. John uses “forever...
  3. L

    John 3:36 and Universalism

    John 3:36 : “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” I have seen some Universalists claim that John 3:36 doesn’t affect their doctrine at all. Instead they agree with it because they agree that...
  4. Christsfreeservant

    Please Know This

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    What Does it Take to Receive Eternal Life (Lessons from the Rich Young Ruler)?

    SCRIPTURE: Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good. But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder...
  6. Christsfreeservant

    Who by God's Power

    “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, “To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: “May...
  7. Christsfreeservant

    How to Know We Have Eternal Life?

    1 John 5:11-13 ESV “And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you...
  8. Christsfreeservant

    I Will Not Keep Silent

    Isaiah 62:1-4 ESV “For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be...
  9. Christsfreeservant

    For Whatever One Sows

    Galatians 6:7-8 ESV “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” Do not be deceived. Do not be led...
  10. BrotherJJ

    Justification by Faith

    Rom 3: 21 But now the righteousness of God has been clearly revealed [independently and completely] apart from the Law, though it is [actually] confirmed by the Law and the [words and writings of the] Prophets. (MY NOTE: The righteousness of God is clearly revealed independently & completely...
  11. Christsfreeservant

    Don't Give Up Hope!

    Luke 12:42-48 ESV “And the Lord said, ‘Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will set him...
  12. Christsfreeservant

    Faith and Obedience

    Hebrews 4:1-3a,11 ESV “Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those...
  13. Christsfreeservant

    You Reap What You Sow

    Galatians 6:7-8 ESV “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” In America, in our day and time...
  14. Christsfreeservant

    Don't be Deceived by Empty Words

    Ephesians 5:1-2 ESV “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” If we are imitators of God, this is not a fake thing, like we have people who professionally imitate and mimic...
  15. Christsfreeservant

    Do You Love Jesus? Obey Him!

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love John 14:15-17,21-24 ESV “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the...
  16. BrotherJJ

    Hebrews chapter 9

    The 1st physical/temporal old covenant Tabernacle (blueprints are given to Moses Ex chapters 25-31 & 35-40) for building the Tabernacle. It was a foreshadow/glimpse of the heavenly Tabernacle. Ex 25:40 See that you make them [exactly] after their pattern which was shown to you on the mountain...
  17. Christsfreeservant

    Are You Ready to Meet Him?

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Isaiah 25:6-9 ESV “On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of...
  18. BrotherJJ

    Rom 7, marriage, sin, death & eternal life

    The Romans & Corinthians epistles cited, are both written to believers (Rom 1:7 - 1 Cor 1:2) Rom 1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her...
  19. BrotherJJ

    The Fountain of Eternal Youth

    Jn 7: 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. (MY NOTE: In the last day means this event occurred on the last day (Day 8). During the Feast of Tabernacles, the last feast of the year.) 38 He that...
  20. BrotherJJ

    Warning! Don't Mix the Old - With the New Covenant

    Matt 9:16-17 Old cloth/old covenant - New cloth/new covenant (17) Old wineskins/new covenant. Don't mix um! (Also see: Mk 2:21-22, Lk 5:36-17) Rev 3: 15 I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm & neither hot nor...