LIFE..... LIFE THAT IS IN JESUS.

January 5, 2008


What is this LIFE? This LIFE of which Jesus spoke so very often?
John 14:6 “I am the Way, the Truth and THE LIFE”.
John 10:10 “….. I am come that you may have LIFE, and that you may have it in abundance”.
John 11:25 “I am the resurrection and THE LIFE, he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live”.
John 17:3 “And this is LIFE (eternal), that they (you and me) might know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent”.
JOHN 17:21 “…..as you Father are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us….”.
Acts 17:28 “For in Him we live and move and have our being……”.
I Cor. 1:30 “….. but of Him (God) are you in Christ Jesus”.
Col.3:3 “…..For you died and your LIFE is hidden with Christ in God”.
I John 5:12 “He that has the Son has LIFE; and he that has not the Son of God has not LIFE”.

Some random observations:

LIFE is to be joined spiritually to the Source of LIFE – God Himself.

Jesus did not come to forgive sins, He came to give us LIFE, His LIFE, so that we might be partakers of that LIFE, which is in Him.

The intent of this LIFE is not what we might do for God, the intent is what He might do in us.

This same LIFE was continually His focus when He was on earth in His human appearance.

Resurrection LIFE, this new LIFE is embodied in a Person, His name is Jesus Christ.

LIFE is Jesus Christ, in whom we have love, acceptance and value.

LIFE is to know God as our Father and Jesus whom He has sent.

LIFE is to experience living by and out of the Father’s provision.

LIFE is to know that in Christ victory cannot be achieved over sin and self,
this victory can only be received.

LIFE is living by God’s grace, there are no pre-conditions except that we
choose to accept His grace, after that there are no expectations to
meet or live up to.

LIFE is soaring on eagle’s wings above our circumstances, for we may trust
that all these circumstances work for our good for each one of us.

LIFE is the freedom of knowing that in the day of judgment nothing will be
laid to our charge, for the penalty for all our sin and sinfulness has
been paid in full in our Lord Jesus Christ.

LIFE is also the freedom of knowing that in that day there will be nothing
to receive credit for, for there is not any good that we could have
done except it had been done through Christ who is our strength (LIFE).

LIFE is knowing that the evil One cannot touch us.

LIFE is to know that it is God who sanctifies Himself in us.

LIFE is to have no expectations about heaven except being with the One we
love, who gave His LIFE for us.

LIFE is being dead, dead to sin and self and being alive in Christ, for He is
our LIFE.

This Life is characterized by peace, His peace, for He is our peace. Peace for the hurts of days gone by, peace in the challenges of today and peace for the uncertainties of tomorrow. Peace that passes human understanding.

This LIFE is beyond our comprehension, we can see it in others, or experience its effect, but we cannot rationally explain it.
It remains a mystery, even to us to whom God has revealed the riches and the glory of this mystery, the mystery of “Christ in us, our hope (sure expectation) of glory”.


St.Thomas, Nov.2007.