1. Eternity in Time John 5:24-27
The Gift of Life
Spiritual Descent
Life Abundant
Resurrection Life

2. Eternity in Time John 5:24-27
The Gift of Life
Possession of spiritual life begins with God’s action not man’s
Not a sequence – hearing = believing
Verb is present tense (has) not future
Teaching of whole of Scripture – Abraham
God always comes to man first – Joshua 24:2 and Acts 7:2

3. Eternity in Time John 5:24-27
Spiritual Descent
Not all of Abe’s physical descendants are spiritual descendents; John 8:42-44
Isaac and Ishmael
Jacob and Esau
Romans 9:6-13
Moses
John the Baptist
Disciples

4. Eternity in Time John 5:24-27
Life Abundant
The call of God is not the whole story
dead = spiritually dead; life = future
God plants His life within us
Because of the new life within, the child of God now hears the Word of God and believes
The child of God increasingly enters into the experience of that life by believing

5. Eternity in Time John 5:24-27
Life Abundant
We are to live now in an abundant way
2 Peter 1:4
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
Romans 11:29

6. Eternity in Time John 5:24-27
Application
Is your life abundant?
Why not?
What are you going to do about it?
Perhaps you do not fully comprehend the gift of God you have been given!