HE THAT BELIEVETH HATH EVERLASTING LIFE

 
 
 FEBRUARY 15
 
He that believeth hath everlasting life.
John 5:24
 

EVERLASTING life is the highest privilege to which we can aspire.
 
It is not mere existence,
 but it is existence suited to our nature
  in its most perfect state, and
  reaching to the height of our most exalted desires.
 
It is life in the presence, favour, and enjoyment of God.
It is life with Christ, a life like the life of Christ.
It is life without disease.
It is life without trouble.
It is life without fear.
It is life without death.
It is life in the possession and enjoyment
  of all God has promised,
  Christ has purchased, or
  the Holy Spirit has revealed in the gospel.
It is life that goes beyond the highest
   expectation of men, or
  the power of an angel to describe.
 
And this life is promised to every believer; yea,
  not only promised, but the pledge,
  the earnest, the principle of it is possessed.
 
Every believer is entitled to everlasting life.
 
Every believer has the commencement of eternal life in his heart.
 
The sentence of condemnation is repealed,
  he is quickened from a death
    in trespasses and sin,
  and he is united to Jesus who is
    the resurrection and the life.
 
Blest with the faith that works by love,
Blest with eternal life thou art,
Thou hast the life of those above,
The seed of glory in thy heart;
Jesus in thee will ever live,
And thou shall all his life receive.
 
James Smith 1849