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Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. John 5:24
D.L. MOODY
Note that the difference between a believer and unbeliever is right here. An unbeliever is living in his day, and he has nothing but a long dark eternal night to look forward to; a Christian is now living in his night, and he has a grand morning that he is looking forward to. The day is ahead, the glory is ahead, the best of life is ahead, it is not behind. That is the teaching of Scripture. For a man whose life is hid with Christ in God, judgment is already passed; he will not come into judgment. Christ was judged for me, and judgment is behind me, not before me.
ERWIN LUTZER
If you have come under the shelter of Christ’s death and what He did on the cross for sinners, then there is no eternal condemnation for you (Romans 8:1). We will die physically, but we will really not “see” death. God uses many ways to bring a believer into glory, but they will not see an eternal death. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8).
As believers, we are looking forward to the morning, an eternal morning that leads to noonday, forever. “The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day” (Proverbs 4:18). The older we get, the more physical challenges we may have, but spiritually, we are being renewed. Our eternal destiny in God’s presence is assured. Visualize a string that goes from Earth to the farthest star; in comparison, our lifespan would be, at best, a hairline.
Trials are momentary; death will be momentary. He who does the will of God abides forever (1 John 2:17).
PRAYER
Father, thank you that judgment is past and your glory awaits me!REFLECTION QUESTIONS
Since believers have passed from death into life, how should we look at physical death?
This is as hard as life will be for the believer. How should this truth affect how we live now?