You're going to. In touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley, reaching the world with the Gospel of Jesus

Christ. Next on in touch, Eternal Life, You Can Be Sure. If you were to die today. be sure you have eternal life. Does that question disturb you a little bit? Does

that question disturb you a little bit?

Does it make you feel sort of restless?

Maybe a little insecure, uncertain,

maybe a little doubtful, maybe a little fearful, maybe even a little defensive, or just plain angry.

Why would that question bother you?

Because you see, if you're really clear in your mind that you have the gift of

eternal life that if you were to die today that you'd go to heaven then that

question should not bother you at all but it just may be the fact that it bothers you is because you are not

sure, you are uncertain, you are a little restless about the whole idea.

Well if you are, it just may be that you need to make sure and if you're interested

in making sure about where you're going to spend eternity then I've got good news for

you and that's what I want to talk about in this message because I want to talk

about eternal life and the very fact that you can be sure that you have the gift of

eternal life and I want you to turn if you you will, to 1 John, Chapter 5.

In this 5th chapter of 1st John, he has been talking about the very idea of assurance, and

John has been saying this very clearly that if you have the son of God who is Jesus,

then you have eternal life and if you don't have him, you don't have the life.

And he makes it very clear. and then he ends by saying in

verse 13 these things I have written to you who believe in the name of the

son of God in order that you may know that you have eternal life. Not that you may hope so,

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