This faith gives us a certain comfort as we live our lives in this world. Even though we suffer, things don't seem so bad. When you lose something, it doesn't seem such a great loss. Perhaps you have experienced this. Your heart is at peace, so you just take things as they come. Even though things may be difficult, it's better to live like this. How could we live in the world, if we didn't have this faith? If we didn't have this conviction in our hearts, our lives would be pointless.

Why were we born? To breathe? To eat and drink? To wear nice clothes? To live somewhere a bit better than a hole in the wall? And after we die, is this all that will be written on our gravestones: "He ate, he lived, and he died"? Is this all we are living for? Our lives on this earth may be short and humble, but we were born into this world in order to receive eternal life. We live with the hope that God's commandment will come upon us and when it does, we receive eternal life and go to stand before God.

Even when things are explained clearly like this, there are still people who can't believe. It's a really big problem when someone hears this message and still says that he has no idea what it all means. It says here, "These things have I written unto you…that ye may know that ye have eternal life."

Let's turn to John chapter 3 verse 21.

This verse is talking about the actions that are carried out in the eternal God. Even people who have lived very sinful lives know that they are forgiven once they are in God. A person who believes the truth knows that he has received eternal life.

"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life." What does it mean to obey? Does obedience require the performing of good deeds? Or does it require faith? People standing under a roof don't get wet from the rain. A person who stands under a roof in the rain, but still puts up his umbrella just because it's new is a fool. As long as you are under the roof, you don't have to worry, because the rain will fall on the roof and not on you. In much the same way, there is Someone who has taken our place and received the judgment that should have fallen on us. Jesus has taken our place and we are protected under Him.

"But at the cross of Calvary sings, 'Praise God for lifted loads!'" This is quite amazing, isn't it? What would have become of us if it hadn't been for the cross of Jesus? If we hadn't been able to lay our burdens down at the foot of the cross and we were still carrying them around, how would we be able to endure such affliction?

Fortunately, we have Someone who has lifted our loads and taken them upon Himself. Our burdens have been lifted before His cross. He has taken all our sins upon Himself and we need only believe this fact in our hearts.

"Oh, I see! He has lifted my load!"