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“Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live” (John 5:25).
It is a very humbling thing for us to have to realize that in God’s eyes, we are really dead before we are saved. Yes, we do have a natural life in this world, but we are spiritually dead. It is only when we hear the voice of the Lord Jesus, telling us of His love and our need of salvation, that we can receive true life—eternal life. In our chapter (John 5), the Lord Jesus is presented as the Giver of life.
Have you come to the Lord Jesus to receive that eternal life? Many of the Jews to whom the Lord Jesus presented Himself thought that they could obtain eternal life through their own efforts. But this is impossible, for a dead person cannot do anything. If they are to be given life, it must come from someone else who is able to give them life. Have you heard the voice of the Son of God, and received eternal life from Him?
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