This weekend, as we finish reading from John's chapter 6, Peter says to Jesus, "You have the words of eternal life." (6:68) In John's Gospel when Jesus uses the phrase "eternal life," he's not talking about after we die. Jesus shares with us his very own life here and now and forever. When Jesus is talking with Nicodemus in chapter 3, he says, "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." (3:16) Starting right now all we need do is surrender and Jesus lives and grow in us.
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