29. The real and true life then is the
Father, who through the Son in the Holy Spirit pours forth as from a
fountain His heavenly gifts to all; and through His love to man, the
blessings of the life eternal are promised without fail to us men
also. We must not disbelieve the possibility of this, but having
an eye not to our own weakness but to His power, we must believe;
for with God all things are possible. And that this is
possible, and that we may look for eternal life, Daniel declares,
And of the many righteous shall they shine as the stars for ever and
ever Dan. xii. 3, Sept.. And Paul
says, And so shall we be ever with the Lord 1 Thess. iv. 17.: for the being for ever with the
Lord implies the life eternal. But most plainly of all the
Saviour Himself says in the Gospel, And these shall go away into
eternal punishment, but the righteous into life eternal Matt. xxv. 46..