"Martha said, "Master, if you'd been here, my brother wouldn't have died. Even now, I know that whatever you ask God he will give you." Jesus said, "Your brother will be raised up." Martha replied, "I know that he will be raised up in the resurrection at the end of time." "You don't have to wait for the End. I am, right now, Resurrection and Life. The one who believes in me, even though he or she dies, will live. And everyone who lives believing in me does not ultimately die at all. Do you believe this?" (John 11:21-26 MSG)
"Jesus said these things. Then, raising his eyes in prayer, he said: Father, it's time. Display the bright splendor of your Son So the Son in turn may show your bright splendor. You put him in charge of everything human So he might give real and eternal life to all in his charge. And this is the real and eternal life: That they know you, The one and only true God, And Jesus Christ, whom you sent." (John 17:1-3 MSG)
"This is the testimony in essence: God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son. So, whoever has the Son, has life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life. My purpose in writing is simply this: that you who believe in God's Son will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you have eternal life, the reality and not the illusion." (1 John 5:11-13 MSG)
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Eternal life, it starts now
Not in the sweet by and by
It's a God quality of life
Not length of days
It's what I received
When I put faith in Christ
Inviting Him to dwell in me
Immediately baptised in the Spirit of Christ
Right here, right now
In the sweet here and now
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Eternal life, it starts now
Not in the sweet by and by
"Now, we have eternal life", His word declares
I am now, a new creation in Christ
The old is gone, the new is here
As He is, so am I in this world
Now, I am a child of God
Manifesting His life
As I live on this earth
In the sweet here and now
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Eternal life, it starts now
Not in the sweet by and by
Relationship with the Most High
Made possible by my new nature
The spirit of life in Christ
A new and living way, opened by His blood
I find pleasure in His presence
Without guilt or fear
As I bask in it, right here
In the sweet here and now
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Eternal life, it starts now
Not in the sweet by and by
Knowing Him, as He knows me
Growing in intimacy
He can into me see
I can into Him see
To see as I am seen
A love that lasts forever
Starting right here
In the sweet here and now
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Eternal life, it starts now
Not in the sweet by and by
He waited all eternity for this
A family in His love
Currently spanning heaven and earth
He starts now to lavish His grace on me
Later He will get us all together in one place
To enjoy fellowship without end
Starting right now
In the sweet here and now
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Eternal life, it starts now
Not in the sweet by and by
A lot has been said about the long wait
To see our mansions and walk the streets of gold
Where all pain will cease and the light will shine bright
All in the sweet by and by
The true beauty of heaven, is the one, who dwells therein
The very lover of our souls
Take heaven off hold
Start enjoying it, this side of heaven
In the sweet here and now
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Selah
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