By T.M. Moore - Posted at The Fellowship of Ailbe Eternal life - not what you do, but Whom you know. “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” - John 17.3 Wherefore we beseech Thee that we may know the thing we love, since we pray for nothing other than Thyself to be given to us; for Thou art our all, our life, our light, our salvation, our food, our drink, our God. - Columbanus, Sermon XIII, Irish, 7th century[1] A certain amount of confusion exists among the followers of Christ these days as to the nature of eternal life. Every believer agrees eternal life is a good thing, but just what eternal life consists of is not alike clear to all. Some consider that eternal life means going to heaven when they die. Considering the alternative, this is of course a very good thing. Others would say it’s that glorious sense of having the burden of guilt lifted off their backs, together with the knowledge they are f
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