GOD'S PROMISES AND ETERNAL LIFE PART 4

1 JOHN 2:25 AND THIS IS WHAT HE PROMISED US--EVEN ETERNAL LIFE. (NIV)

INTRODUCTION


THIS  MORNING  I  AM  GOING  TO CONTINUE WITH MY SERIES  OF MESSAGES ON THE SUBJECT, "THE PROMISES OF GOD."

OUR  TEXT  IS FOUND IN 1 JOHN 2:55 AND THE TITLE OF  MY  SERMON  IS,  "GOD'S  PROMISES AND ETERNAL LIFE."

WITHIN  THE  RELIGIOUS  WORLD  THERE  IS CERTAIN TERMINOLOGY  THAT  IS  COMMONLY USED, BUT NOT SO COMMONLY UNDERSTOOD.

ONE SUCH TERM IS THE PHRASE, "ETERNAL LIFE".

NO  MATTER WHAT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION YOU MIGHT LISTEN  TO,  ALL  OF  THEM,  SOMEWHERE  IN THEIR VOCABULARY USE THE TERM "ETERNAL LIFE".

THE  ONLY  PROBLEM  WITH  THIS IS THAT THERE ARE JUST  AS MANY DEFINITIONS FOR THIS TERM AS THERE ARE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.

WHAT  WE  OUGHT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT HOWEVER IS NOT  WHAT  MAN  SAYS, BUT RATHER WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS,  BECAUSE AS WE HAVE ALREADY LEARNED, GOD'S WORD IS DEPENDABLE.

THIS  MORNING  I  WOULD  LIKE US TO EXAMINE WHAT THE  BIBLE  SAYS  CONCERNING  GOD'S  PROMISES AND ETERNAL LIFE.

IN  ORDER  FOR  US TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THIS PROMISE  I  WOULD  LIKE  US  TO  LOOK  AT FOUR ASPECTS OF ETERNAL LIFE.