John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Two words, eternal life. I left you yesterday with the implication that no one will change unless they see some profit to be made. So let me offer eternal life as the second stage of just words. Sounds good, but what does it mean? They are just words, but once again your positional condition tells you what it means for you. Does it mean I will not die?

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

See now I have gone and offended some of you. You do not like to be judged. Who does? But once again, just words. What that means to be judged once again is subject to positional condition. It does not mean the same thing to those who are in Christ as it does to the rest of humanity.

Romans 3:8 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

If you would agree that judgment is a deed of the law, then how can faith escape judgment? The answer is justification. Justification is an accounting term. It allows debt to be erased and move the account from the red into the black. The debt having been paid.

Romans 4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

When it comes to the issue of salvation God has kept His words as simple to understand as possible. He does not want any to miss the meaning because of their position. The best known scriptures in all the world are as plain spoken as one could ask for. Even unbelievers know them.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Our death He died and we can count that towards our justification by faith.

Shall we go for three words?

John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Yesterday in my Easter message I used words according to my understanding. Those words could just as easily be taken another way. Even the way in which they were spoken meant something different to those who spoke them and heard them two thousand years ago.

If they are just words, then what do they really mean? I have to admit with all honesty that your position helps define meaning. I will not expect a non-believer to see things my way. I would hope that I give them a new perspective, but looking at things in a different way does not mean you have changed your position.

The reason I chose this opening verse has everything to do with position. Jesus spoke these words and many others in chapter six of the gospel of John to many of His disciples. Then this happened.

V 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

Why this happened was the positional condition of those who stopped following Jesus. Something He said they could not live with. For them, His words were not life. To some the message was offensive but since I am in Christ, I am not offended by anything said there.

So how does one change his position? It begins there in verse 63 where it is declared that the flesh profits nothing. There is nothing to be gained in remaining where you are if you are not in Christ. The first thing that happens to unbelievers that identifies a need to change position is dissatisfaction. Sin, even if it is pleasant for a season wears on the soul. There is a constant renewal required in sin, that it is only a temporary thing. Sin needs a fix, you have to keep feeding it. It wears you out from the inside.

Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

That is step one of just words.