Daily Discipleship - Day 306: He Who Has the Son Has Life
May 3, 2026
Daily Discipleship • Day 306 • Tuesday, March 2, 2027
He Who Has the Son Has Life
1 John 5:11–12
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William Lane Craig — philosopher and theologian at Talbot School of Theology, whose work on eternal life and Christian truth-claims clarifies what this radical Johannine assertion actually means.
ζωὴν αἰώνιον
zŏēn aiŏnion · Greek NT“eternal life”
aiŏnios (eternal) relates to aiŏn (age, era). Eternal life is not merely unending duration but the life of the age to come—qualitatively different, divine in nature. John's Gospel locates this life now in the Son: it begins at new birth, not at physical death.
John's statement is stark in its simplicity: eternal life is not a reward waiting at the end—it is in the Son, and whoever has the Son has it now. This is not theological arrogance but apostolic testimony grounded in the incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection. The logic is irrefutable: life is in Christ; therefore having Christ means having life.
Craig notes that Christianity's exclusivity claim is not tribal but ontological—life is not distributed broadly but located specifically. The invitation, therefore, is not to a religion but to a Person. Do you have the Son? Not 'do you believe facts about Jesus' but: is Christ your living connection to the Father?
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