Christ is all and in all

John 16:33 (New American Standard Bible)

"These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world."

Notice, the peace is in Christ Himself. He is our peace. He is the author of our faith (Heb 12:2). He is our hope (1Ti 1:1). He is love (1Jo 4:8). In Christ the believer finds all that he/she needs, ultimately everything he/she will ever desire. He is our sufficiency.

In Christ we find life eternal. When a believer accepts Christ's lordship and forgiveness, that believer becomes a vessel (2 Co 4:7). Contained within this vessel is the Holy Spirit (1 Co 3:16-17), Christ Himself (Jo 15:4), and where Christ is, there the father is also (2 Co 5:19). We believers have the entire trinity indwelling us. Inside of each of us is a little slice of heaven, where our Godhead lives. A byproduct of this indwelling is eternal life. Christ is life, He is eternal as the Godhead is eternal, so now we believers will be eternal. Eternal life has started now. If Christ comes tomorrow, then we will be caught up in the clouds with Him. If perchance we should die physically, no worries, absent in the body present with the Lord (2 Co 5:8).


Eternity has started now......