Let me repeat that: The Gift Of God is Himself.
God is Eternal Life.
To have God is to have life. To be bereft of God is to know death.
In receiving Christ Jesus as Mighty God and Saviour we believe that, as God, His blood sacrifice has the power to cleanse us and make us worthy to receive Him into ourselves and to be received into His presence.
By faith In Christ Jesus we enter into Oneness with Him, who is our Creator, which is His purpose for our creation.
When we seek first the Kingdom Of God we are seeking this Oneness relationship with Him which is ONLY possible through His payment for our sins in the body of Jesus Christ.
When we hunger and thirst for righteousness we are hungering and thirsting for the True And Living God. We find Him In Christ Jesus who is His express image.
Jesus is the Spirit Soul And Body of God. There is no other God.
We become intimate with Jesus through His Word and by His Holy Spirit.
If you are a believer In Christ Jesus, you are not just the recipient of gifts and benefits, you are the recipient of God Himself who is the Holy Spirit Of Christ Jesus.
When you understand this you will understand existence. You will know peace. You will experience Joy. You will trust the Lord Jesus Christ implicitly.
The gift of the Lord Jesus is His own Eternal Life, which is relationship with His Holy Spirit Joh 5:26.
There are two types of death: ➛ physical death Heb 9:27 ➛ spiritual death Rev 21:8.
Adam and Eve did not immediately die physically when they sinned. However, they immediately died spiritually Gen 2:17.
When a person sins, whether believer or unbeliever, the result is an aspect of death. Somethings shrinks or shrivels instead of growing when sin occurs Joh 10:10.
What is His life? ➛ His Holy Spirit Joh 1:4.
Eternal Life is another name for His Holy Spirit.
To reject the Holy Spirit Of Christ Jesus is to reject Christ Jesus Himself Joh 8:19 Act 7:51.
We don`t receive Jesus when we believe on Him. Rather, we receive His Holy Spirit in the Name Of Jesus who manifests Eternal Life in and through us Joh 3:5 1Jn 4:2.
The Holy Spirit Of Christ Jesus is who will raise us at Christ`s return Rom 8:11.
However, if we let sin reign in our mortal bodies we will suffer the consequences of that sin destroying our physical lives, our testimonies and our walk with the Lord Col 1:10.
Instead of us living a victorious, productive life with treasure laid up in heaven, we will be saved as by fire 1Cor 5:5.