John 8:51-59
"Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death." .... "Very truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!".....
The Lord Jesus said here, "before Abraham was born, I am!" It greatly confused the Jews then, yet Jesus said he already exists before his incarnation, He is the "I am who I am" God, not only He is "I am who I am", whoever obeys his words will never see death. The death here is not the death of the flesh. People live in sin and they will die as a consequence of sin; our flesh will perish.
The more important death is the spiritual death. People would fall into sin and die in transgressions if they do not follow Jesus. But if we turn back to the lord, accept Jesus as our personal saviors, just like Jesus said, "whoever obeys my word", when we obey God's words, His life is in power with us. When we welcome this I am who I am God in us, we'll have the eternal life, because our spiritual life and god's are connected together, we receive this eternal life such that we can live forever with our Lord, no more limited by physical death.
Brothers and sisters, although we'll see death, we are not afraid because death is not final. Physical death is just our rest against the toil of this world, but the lives of our lord and us are joined forever, this is our hope in Jesus Christ. When we live in this world, we need to hope for this eternal, victorious life, we have strength to walk with the Lord daily because of this hope. Do you have this hope today? If you have this hope, you have to depend on God daily to live a joyful life. If you do not have such hope, you need to ask the Lord to reward you this eternal life, remove your sins, let the power of Jesus Christ come into your life!
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