1 John 1:2, “the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us–”
The word “eternal” in the above verse means, ‘without beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be.’ The Greek root means ‘perpetually, incessantly.’ His life energy is perpetual, constant and incessant in us. And we don’t have to conjure it up. Thank God. If I conjure something then it is me ‘trying.’ In doing so, I may be rebuilding the old me and its attachments which are dead, Gal. 2:18. This trying also reflects motive.
Man, do I ever see this life energy thing about the Lord. It is good. I perceive and feel it a work, at the mall, with my friends, reading the word, thinking about Him, praying, looking at nature, and so on. It is by grace and revelation. This life does not stop or cease, but is ever existent in us! It it exponential. It has to be if it is His life. He is the Life, John 14:6, Col. 3:4. He is the hope of glory in us. He is, he is, he is. This energy life comes with motive. The motive is His willingness. This willingness and life diffuses into our essence making our flesh and being intrinsic righteousness, Rom. 3:21-22, by the regenerative work of the Holy Spirit, Rom. 8:2,4,6,10,11.
Romans 8:13, “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
Quote from I forgot, “I believe this is why I forgot I quit smoking because it was no longer important to me. Something dead is dead. It cannot come back to life unless I actively remember it. If I actively try to forget then I am not forgetting, but trying to erase a memory.” Another blog, No wonder I keep remembering.
I believe we are not called to crucify our flesh, Kicking a dead horse. Simply put, how can something dead be killed again? It is dead. I believe through the Spirit our motive changes by His life in us, 2 Tim. 1:1. In Him, we are not who we were or even who we thought we were, but are new creatures in Him according to the unveiled truth of Him in us, Gal. 1:16. This is who we really are and always have been by this awesome life He has freely given us! Eternal life is not necessarily future tense, but also present and past tense.
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