Eternal Life: Now or Future?

The eternal life that is ours in Jesus Christ is the beautiful truth that we will live forever in the presence of God Himself. But it’s so much more than that! It is also the abundant, spiritual life that we live in the here-and-now that affects every aspect of who we are as followers of Christ. Our eternal life isn’t merely the fact of our destination when we die, but it is the intimacy we enjoy with God the Father and with Jesus Christ and His Spirit right here on earth. Today. This moment. Right now. Eternal life IS a relationship with the One Himself who IS eternal. Eternal life IS the spiritual realization of being forgiven and so loved that our only right response is a deep desire to know this personal God who would forgive and love this much. Eternal life is finally having the blinders removed, and seeing clearly for the first time that it is not only possible to know that there is a God, but a 100% guarantee to know this God!