Claim Your Possession

John 11:25-26 says ¡§Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?¡¨

1st Corinthians 15:53-54 says ¡§For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory¡¨. The process is completed when our bodies are changed from this mortal into immortality. Romans 8:23 ¡§And not only [they], but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body¡¨. Once the adoption of our glorified body happens this will be the final step of the process of eternal life.

You Got To Fight for Eternal Life: The Bible says in Matthew 11:12 ¡§And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.¡¨

Remember Claim: - is a transitive verb, which means something is being done to something else- it literally means to ask for especially as a right, to take as the rightful owner of. The word taking/take is to get into one’s hands or into one’s possession, power, or control: to seize or capture physically to get possession of by killing or capturing: to move against to acquire by eminent domain: to catch or attack through the effect of a sudden force or influence: to catch or come upon in a particular situation or action.

Lay: - to beat or strike down with force.

Claim your possession/Lay hold of eternal life is a command given by a general to the soldiers in this spiritual warfare. It is the mission statement for those on the battlefield of the Lord and what they must do in order to be victorious.

Romans 8:7 says ¡§Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be¡¨. 2nd Corinthians 4:3-4 says ¡§But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them¡¨.

Remember you gain eternal life when we hear the Word of God and BELIEVE (process). The god of this world, the devil, has blinded the minds of them which believe not. He has literally impeded the process of laying hold on eternal life. The Word of God still goes forth and is drawing people, but because their minds have been blinded that they believe not causes the struggle called spiritual warfare.

When Paul told Timothy to lay hold on eternal life he understood that there is a battle going on. It is not a physical battle that is fought with fist, or weapons, but is a spiritual battle that is being fought in the minds of men, women, boys, and girls.

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