“And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of” (Genesis 28:15).

“Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also” (John 14:19).

We who believe on Christ have the promise of everlasting life because He lives, and we see Him by faith. Christ Himself is “our life” (Colossians 3:4), in fact.

“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee” (Jeremiah 31:3).

“If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of Him” (I John 2:29).

This is the first of seven occurrences of the phrase “born of God,” or “born of Him,” in the little epistle of First John. If anyone wishes to know how to recognize one who has truly been “born again,” these seven descriptors are available for that purpose.

“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel” (Galatians 1.6).