This is eternal life

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. – John 17.3

When we think about eternal life we tend to think about what is going to happen to us after we die. We think that ‘eternal life’ has a start sometime in the future.

But eternal life is much more than that. Eternal life is knowing God and knowing Christ.

I realise that they are the same, but Jesus points out a difference here so I think there is an application.

Everyone likes to know someone famous. Most of us will never know anyone truly famous but that doesn’t stop us from letting people know when we know someone who is only ‘sorta’ famous. It is nice to be associated with ‘somebody.’

But we get to know not just ‘somebody’ but the ultimate somebody. Not only that, in some mysterious way, we get to know Father and Son not only in eternity but in this life.

Knowing God. Wow! What a blessing.

‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.’ Hey, I know Him!

‘For God (I know Him) so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son (I know Him too!) that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

When the ‘does God exist’ debate pops up we can gladly say ‘Sure there is a God. I know Him!’