“Now My soul has become troubled; and what am I to say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” (vv. 27-28)

For I did not speak on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me. (vv. 49-50)

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. (John 17:3)

Our adoption as the children of God, Christ’s death and resurrection, the knowledge of God, and our eternal life were fulfilled through one event – the crucifixion of Christ. And all the blessings from God are rooted in our union with Christ through the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit that gives us faith and strengthens it. Theologians and ministers believe that our eternal life is from the perfect keeping of God’s commands (the law). I repeatedly mentioned this is not true. They believe that Adam could have obtained eternal life if he had kept God’s command during the probation period. The Bible never talks about Adam’s probation period. And anyone who understands the redemptive history of the church knows that their theory does not make any sense. I can only conclude that their idea is from the devil who wants to take us back to slavery. We know that Adam is different from Christ. They want to believe that Adam was holy and righteous. Adam was born upright but did not have the knowledge of God as the Son does. Adam was bound to fall by his own wisdom. His fall happened for us to seek Christ. There is no hope in Adam. Only through Christ, we obtain eternal life.

In chapter 12, we understand that Christ came not only for the chosen Jews but also for the chosen Gentiles. In verse 27, Christ clearly tells us that He became a man to die for the church. Our righteousness is from faith in the triune God. All the saints understand the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We know what God has done and will do through the Bible.

The Covenant Theology and the Active Obedience of Christ have been criticized by many theologians and ministers throughout history. Yet, the followers of the devil are more numerous than the saints. Their words prevailed over God’s own words. God sent many prophets, but they did not listen. They kept their stubborn ways and taught false doctrines to others. They preach that their eternal life is rooted in obedience to the law. They say it is Christ who kept the law for them. But it is still the same. Christ fulfilled the law. But they say that Christ fulfilled it by keeping it perfectly. Thus, they add to what Christ said. Anyone who puts hope in the law will be judged by the law.

So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent, because He has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all people by raising Him from the dead. (Acts 17:30-31)