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Today is Monday November 01, 2010 and we are continuing our reading through the Bible. Today's message comes from the Book of John, chapters 1-3. In these chapters we will read about, the Deity of Christ, John the Baptist, Jesus as the Lamb of God, Jesus turning water into wine, Jesus cleansing the Temple, Nicodemus, and being born again, all Scripture quoted comes from the King James Version.

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Today's Message: Eternal Life
The book of John is the 43rd book of the Bible, the 4th book of the New Testament, and contains twenty-one chapters. The author of the book is John, a disciple of Jesus (not John the Baptist), and it was written to All believers, to whom John portrays Jesus as the Son of God, it is focused on the three and a half years of Jesus' ministry. The purpose of the book was to show All that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God, and the only way to everlasting life. What we are to learn from the book is Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, who is God in the flesh, and the only source of salvation and everlasting life. “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” - John 14:6.

The word eternal means without a beginning or an end, lasting forever, and always existing. Now, we can say that God without a beginning or an end, lasts forever, and always exists. The second a person calls upon Jesus Christ to save them, he receives eternal life, meaning, he lasts forever, and always exists. “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” - I John 5:13.

All of creation, every character from the Bible, the Gospels, the Commandments, the Old and New Testaments are all apart of the eternal God. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not....That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not....And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” - John 1:1-5,9,10,14.

Since God is eternal and God is the Word, that means God's Word is eternal too, meaning it is without beginning or an end, lasts forever, and always exists. God made everything, and what He did not make with His hands was made by the hands of others from the things that He made. Wood comes from trees, glass comes from sand, metal comes from rocks, gas comes from oil, plastic comes from oil, coal, and natural gas, everything that was made by man comes from things that God has made. Then God and the Word was made into flesh, who is also His only begotten Son, the word begotten means male offspring, Jesus was the only male offspring of God. Since God is His Word & Jesus is His flesh, that means He is one almighty God. “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” - Revelation 1:8.

So, how was God able to come down to earth in the flesh and make Himself like a normal person and still be in heaven? God is omnipotent, meaning He is almighty and has infinite power. He is also omnipresent, meaning He can be everywhere at the same time. “And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.” -Revelation 19:6.

God must truly love us if He was willing to bring Himself down to heaven in the flesh, endure pain He had never known, and live a beggars life in order to be the sacrifice that would save all mankind? It is truly a miracle to have eternal life through Him. Jesus performed many miracles here on earth, the first one was when He turned water into wine at a wedding. “And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.” - John 2:3-10.

The wine that Jesus made was not the alcoholic version that most people think it is, it was simply grape juice. How do I know? First, wine means, the juice, fermented or unfermented, of various other fruits or plants, used as a beverage, to ferment means to add things make it alcoholic. Jesus could not have made it alcoholic otherwise it would have gotten people drunk and that would have made people commit sin. Then He would have been committing sin and since Jesus had to remain sinless to save us He turned it into non-alcoholic grape juice. “It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.” - Romans 14:21.

Incidentally, Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding was a foreshadow of Jesus Himself, who is our bridegroom, those whom have received Him are His bride and when we drink of His wine we are blessed with eternal life. John the Baptist said, “He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.” - John 3:29. When we receive Christ into our lives we will be fulfilled with much joy as we are not only saved for a day, but for life eternal. “But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” - Romans 3:22,23. Praise God!

Enjoy the rest of your day/night and week.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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