ETERNAL LIFE, anyone?!?!

When asked about when eternal life begins, most would reply that it starts after we die. Jesus Himself declared that it begins with (and is defined by) our relationship with Him. That is why it says in 1 John 5:11-12 "And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. he that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life."