The Holy Nation
Today’s Focus: The Economy of Eternal Life in the Earth
Scripture: John 17:1-3
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
We last look at the scripture in John 17:1-3 where Jesus tells us what eternal life is and where it is given. Here is that scripture again:
John 17:1-3: These words spake Jesus, and lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: As thou hast given Him power over all flesh, that He SHOULD GIVE ETERNAL LIFE TO AS MANY AS THOU HAST GIVEN HIM. AND THIS IS LIFE ETERNAL, THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THEE, THE ONLY TRUE GOD, AND JESUS CHRIST, WHOM THOU HAST SENT.
Now we may ask why would God gives us eternal life down here if when we die we will go to be with Him in Heaven? In order to fulfill your purpose in the Kingdom of God it requires eternal intervention and eternal power. To receive this eternal power and intervention you must be connected to the eternal source who is Abba, Father! Now we are connected by Holy Spirit abiding in us and testifying with our spirit which confirms us to be children of God (Romans 8:16). So in order to fulfill an eternal destiny and purpose, it requires an eternal being, being empowered by an eternal source. Now how is this eternal life sustained in the Earth in the realm of time?
We know that natural life in this earth or our flesh is sustained by bread. Natural foods sustain our flesh but remember we are not flesh first, we are spirits enclosed in flesh. Hence there is another food that we need for our spirit. It is an eternal food because the spirit is an eternal being. Our spirit is sustained and nourished by the bread from heaven who is the Word of God. Let me show you this popular scripture:
Matthew 4:4: “But He (Jesus) answered and said, It is written (Deuteronomy 8:3) Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
So it is the proceeding word of God from the mouth of God that comes from the eternal, through the eternal, to the eternal in the realm of time. Christ gives life and supports eternal life in this world. Jesus said that He is the bread of life come down from Heaven.
With all of that said, where we struggle is the fact that all of that is invisible and because of the fall in the garden our view of reality is the things that are natural instead of the things that are eternal impacting the natural. In the next message we will look at this complex issue.
At Our Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
