(Originally posted by Jan "Justice" Boshoff, aka, FinalCall07)
Eternal life is to know God and His Son Jesus Christ but sadly very FEW BELIEVERS who profess to be Christians KNOW GOD. Very few of them KNOW JESUS, they KNOW ABOUT JESUS and they KNOW ABOUT GOD but they DO NOT KNOW JESUS.
God is Spirit. Jesus Christ is Spirit. The devil is spirit and his demons are also spirits. But we are also spirit in a body and when we leave this body we will go to our eternal destination which is one of two places, either with the devil and his demons into damnation or with God and with Jesus Christ our Lord to be with Him for eternity. But in order for us to go into the Kingdom of Heaven we must be united with God first, before we leave this body. SIN SEPARATES us FROM GOD. We are born into sin with a sinful nature. Since we are born, as we grow up, we sin. We cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven UNLESS WE ARE BORN AGAIN of WATER and of THE SPIRIT OF GOD and the only One who can give us the NEW BIRTH is JESUS CHRIST because JESUS was crucified and He paid the price for the sins of the whole world so that those who REPENT of SIN and OBEY HIM might receive PARDON FROM HIM and receive the NEW BIRTH, be BORN AGAIN of THE SPIRIT OF GOD so that they can become UNITED with GOD. ONLY JESUS can give us the NEW BIRTH that will make us CHILDREN OF GOD and UNITE us with THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
Now how do we get this new birth? How do we become children of God? We need to HUMBLE OURSELVES before JESUS and REPENT of SIN. We must cry out to Him with REMORSE, REGRET and SORROW for our sin with the intention of not repeating those same sins anymore. Our firm desire must be to be PURE and HOLY so that we can come into the presence of God. If we are serious and we cry out to JESUS with all our heart in desperation He will pardon our sins. You must cry out UNTIL you KNOW that you have CONNECTED WITH JESUS IN THE SPIRIT, so that your spirit has connected with His Spirit and you will receive the confirmation in your heart that He has granted you pardon for your sin. You will immediately know that you are forgiven, you are clean, you've got a clean slate. Then you NEED TO BE BAPTIZED IN WATER FOR THE WASHING OFF OF YOUR SIN and then you need to be united with God the Father through the BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, you must receive the Spirit of God to also come and dwell with you, to become one with you so that you can be united with God. You must receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. You receive that THROUGH PRAYER, through waiting on Him earnestly seeking Him, desiring and ask, yearning for the Spirit of God to fill you but you must be HOLY, CLEAN, PURIFIED without SIN because God does not enter and come into a filthy temple. You must be prepared for the Spirit of God to come and dwell in you. Then you are united with Jesus Christ and God the Father through the Holy Spirit that He puts in you.
He will give you a new tongue by which you can WORSHIP GOD IN SPIRIT and IN TRUTH. A Heavenly tongue that you can speak MYSTERIES TO GOD. That is the PROOF that the SPIRIT OF GOD has united with your spirit. But then, you must remain PURE and HOLY. You must LISTEN to the Spirit of God that He has put inside of you. His Spirit in you will guide you into all truth every step of the way. Those who are LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEY ARE THE SONS OF GOD. You need to OBEY the Spirit that He has put inside of you. You must continuously pray in the Spirit and receive your guidance from Him. If you sin, you will grieve the Spirit of God and He will leave you. You need to maintain that relationship.
If you obey Him, then the Holy Spirit will REVEAL JESUS to you. He will REVEAL THE FATHER to you. He will REVEAL THE KINGDOM OF GOD to you and that is how you get to know Jesus, how you get to know God The Father, there is no other way. You can read about Jesus in the Bible, you can hear from other people who know Him but you only get to know Him through the Holy Spirit that dwells inside of you.
You need to repent, be baptized in water and receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit to become One with God, to become a Child of God and then you must maintain that relationship through your obedience, through constant prayer and a constant relationship with Him UNTIL the very day that you die. You must live in obedience to Him, in utter holiness because without holiness NO MAN will ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, without holiness NO MAN shall SEE GOD. That is how you are united with God The Father THROUGH JESUS CHRIST whom He sent to redeem us and to bring us into His presence.
May Jesus bless you.