"For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man." (John 5:26-27 KJV)
"But those who die in the LORD will live; their bodies will rise again! Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy! For your life-giving light will fall like dew on your people in the place of the dead!" (Isaiah 26:19 NLT)
Maybe the most spectacular point of this journey, if you want to call it that, is the fact that we have not only been given the promise of eternal life in Christ, but that we are able to experience the power, right now, from knowing that eternal life is ours. It is this hope of what is to come, that brings joy in sufferings, and pronounces peace in the storms; the harder it gets, the greater the benefit can become!
Notice that I said, can become, because in every situation that we encounter, there must be the same reaction applied; regardless of what that situation might become, or what might have brought it on, or who it is that might have been responsible for it happening: we must trust in God, knowing that He loves us, and uses all things to benefit and strengthen our relationship with Him. If there is anything that makes this a two-way street, it would be that we trust Him, no matter what! Even then, we still blow it, time and time again!
To be frank, I know that I cannot love God as I should; so the principle of following His commands are pretty much broken, every time I fail to love Him as I should. That said, I know that He still loves me, regardless of this short-fall and inability to love Him as I should. How do I know that this is the case? Well, (no pun intended,) there is proof throughout His word, in every persons life, from the beginning to the very end; all except One was a sinner!
Take that for whatever you want, because there are also many situations where God makes a covenant with anyone, they might not keep it, but He always keeps it! His love is unconditional! Without a doubt, we seriously cannot understand that, we cannot duplicate that; and we surely cannot make it happen in our lives! It is Him loving others through us, which gives us even a snow-balls chance to experience how to love; let alone understand it.
Strange way to get this message to match to topic; but life does not exist without love...
''All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God's paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all. He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly justly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man's grave." (Isaiah 54:6-9 NLT)
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