Doug Brents
Active Member
Jesus is the Life (John 14:6). All life came from and through Jesus (Col 1:17, John 1:1-3). Jesus didn't need to "receive" eternal life. He is eternal Himself, having existed since before the Beginning (John 1:1), and existing through all eternity (Revelation 1:8, 1:11, 21:6, and 22:13).Yes the life is in Jesus because God have it to him, not that Jesus is eternal life. Eternal life is something Jesus received, not something he is or already had in the first place.
Wrong. See verses above.Eternal life is something that was with the Father, yes, but Jesus didn't pre-exist with the Father.
Eternal life was something that Jesus emptied Himself of when He humbled Himself and became a man. John 5:26 simply says that the Father gave it back.Eternal life was given to Jesus from the Father and then Jesus gave it to others after he was already an adult, not when he was a baby or before he was born.
John 5
26For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.