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Once we accept God as our creator and the God of our lives, and we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Redeemer, we receive by grace the gift of eternal life, but is that gift absolute? Is it a firm commitment on God's part? How about on ours when we receive it? The discussion of topics such as this can either divide us or bring us together.
Many Christians take pride in the successes they have in life, and use those to gauge the strength of their faith, but is that a true measure? If we believe as we should, and do those things that God desires of us, is our reward an earthly one? Well, earthly treasure is not the measure that a person of faith should use, and we are warned that we are to look elsewhere. God tells us that He gives us life, but even as we are reading His Word Satan tries to twist our understanding of it.
We fell from grace in the Garden of Eden, and yet God didn’t give up on us. He was merciful towards us, and continued to lead us, and teach us of the way to righteousness, and Himself; He showed us His love. Then, He sent His Son Jesus Christ to redeem us, and to defeat the sin that had found its home in us. Through Jesus, God returned to us the fruit of the tree of life which we lost long ago when driven from Eden. This tree is Jesus; It’s fruit is His body and the blood which we consume, and they restore to us the eternal life we once lost… we are given life through our faith, His grace, and the love of God.