In the beginning, we had eternal life (Adam and Eve had eternal life}. But when they disobeyed the Lord, their eternal spirit died and separated them from God, as well as all future mankind; bringing sin and corruption into the world. To fast-forward. The Father had a plan to save mankind from eternal death. Man lost our eternal life, so it would have to be a man to get it back. But, it would have to be a sinless man. So the Holy Spirit impregnanted a virgin maiden highly favored of God. The babe, Jesus, would grow and become God’s man that would give his life for the sins of the world and get His man back. The most outstanding truth of the Gospel is that Jesus came to give man back eternal life. Of all the truths concerning the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, this great truth outweighs them all. Nothing strikes the heart of the gospel more than the truth of possessing eternal life. Jesus had eternal life in him (John 1:4). He had in him the same life that the Father had in Him . Jesus said, “I am come that you might have life, and that you might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). The main reason He came and died on the cross was that you and I could have eternal life. The purpose of God more than any other one revelation, is that God came to give man his life back. There is much we could say about eternal life. The fact that the word eternal draws attention to the quality of that life and not to its duration, is an outstanding revelation. Eternal life answers the cry and the hunger of man’s spirit. We see that fact in John 4 with the woman at the well. Eternal life is the solution to the sin problem; it repels sin, sickness and satan., frees us from satan’s dominion.. Eternal life even effects our personality, enhancing our quality of life, and causing us to have a greater love for God and mankind. Puts us in union with the Lord Jesus Christ. Of all of these great truths, the one thing that outweighs all of the revelation about what eternal life is, is the fact that eternal life gives us the assurance that we know we are saved and that we are truly going to live with God for all eternity. Praise the Lord! Every child of God has the witness on the inside of him that he is saved, that he is born again; the witness of the Holy Spirit that we truly belong to Him again. Romans 8:16 says, “The Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.” There is nothing more valuable to the child of God as having that witness, that knowing on the inside that nobody can take away. We know we have eternal life because we have the witness of God on the inside of us. Terribly wicked men have persecuted Christians in unspeakable ways all through the centuries, trying to get them to deny that Jesus Christ exists. But those that had the witness within, knowing death was imminent, never gave in. God gave his only Son, and in the Son is life everlasting. He that hath the Son has life and he that has not the Son has not life. This represents the simplicity of the gospel. Nothing could be more easily understood, even by the most wicked. Without eternal life a man is destined to eternal punishment. Without the Son there is no life. How do I possess eternal life? You must possess the Son. You must believe in, cling to, rely upon and trust in the Son of the living God. When your heart is completely and totally given over to the Lord, then eternal life comes into you. The Spirit of God re-creates your inner being and you are born again. The new birth experience produces an assurance inside that makes knowing God unquestionable. You know that you know, that you know, and nobody can take that from you. It is settled forever. You have the witness and that witness is the Holy Spirit. Men can testify of knowing God. They can stand up and give all the tangible proof and evidence that God is real, and that Jesus Christ is alive, but nothing of men’s witness can equal the witness of God when that witness is in your own heart. I can’t give you life and I can’t live this life for you. Only you can benefit from this life by making sure you have asked Jesus Christ into your heart for yourself today. If you have any doubt or if you are unsure of the witness of God within your heart as to whether you are saved, then you need to be sure today! The Lord can put the witness inside you that will forever settle your questions . And should you face death sooner than expected, you can with all confidence know that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord; and in His presence is fullness of joy and pleasure forevermore.u “And this is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.” - I John 5:11 2 GLAD TIDINGS JUNE 2026 Non-denominational Christian Newspaper Sharing the Gospel of Jesus the Christ MAIL P. O. BOX 1116 - DOUGLAS - GA 31534 E- MAIL Editor@GladTidings.news OFFICE PHONE (912) 384- 6896 ADMINISTRATION EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.........Quinnelle McRae VOLUNTEERS CARTOONS/JoyfulToons...................Mike Waters EDITORIAL WRITERS .......... Gary Toole, Peggy Clark, Sara Goldstein, Mark Hankins PROOF READER.. .............................Peggy Clark PHOTOGRAPHY.... ................. 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QUINNELLE MCRAE QUOTE “Stop speaking against yourself—God calls you His child, His masterpiece, His home. Acknowledge every good thing He’s put in you and let go of yesterday’s mistakes. When you’ve repented, it’s gone. Period”. Joyce Meyer
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