Jesus Is Strong Enough

“And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, Whom Thou hast sent.” John 17:3 “Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him.” 1 John 3:6 “For He says, in the time of favor (of an assured welcome) I have listened to and heeded your call, and I have helped you on the day of deliverance (the day of salvation). Behold now is truly the time of a gracious welcome and acceptance [of you from God]; behold now is the day of salvation!” 2 Corinthians 6:2 Amplified Bible

Take these three verses together along with Hebrews 9:15 and what do we see? “[Christ, the Messiah] is therefore the Negotiator and Mediator of an [entirely] new agreement (testament, covenant), so that those who are called and offered it may receive the fulfillment of the promised everlasting inheritance-since a death has taken place which rescues and delivers and redeems them from the transgressions committed under the [old] first agreement.”

We see that eternal life, or eternal inheritance, for us is to know God and to know Jesus. We see that Jesus is the One Who gave eternal life to us, through His death and sacrifice we have eternal life, only by His death do we have freedom. We do not have freedom and an eternal inheritance by us keeping a set of ordinances or laws, it’s not by our works that we have all of the fullness of God; it’s just a free and gracious gift that has been offered to us! The time of that gift is right now, it’s not a future promise, it’s a now promise! We see that this promise has rescued us from sin and Jesus has delivered us from it. How did He do it? He did it by fulfilling all of the requirements of the Law for us. That responsibility has been taken away from us, Jesus was the only One Who could do it and He did it; Jesus succeeded! We see in the Word of God that if we abide in Jesus we do not sin, and if you read on in 1 John 3 you will see that we don’t sin because Jesus is within us, it’s all His power, not ours. Jesus is strong enough, He is willing, and He is more than able to fulfill His calling of rescuing us completely from sin and all of its destructive powers!