Life...

John has a lot to say about life.  He used the word over 40 times in his gospel alone.  In 1 John 5:11–12 he wrote, “...God has given us eternal life, and the life is in His Son.  He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life."

John 1:3,4 tells us, "All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being.  In Him was life, and the life was the light of men."

Jesus said John 14:6 - "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me."

Here are a couple of truths that can be drawn out of these verses.  First, life existed before matter.  (Evolutionists try to convince us of the opposite, that matter came before life...)  Jesus is the life and in Him was life.  Jesus is the Creator.  He is the Creator of matter.  He instilled life into matter.  Life existed before matter.  This supports Jesus claim to be God, the second person in the eternal Godhead, because only God could exist before matter existed.

Physical life is only possible because of Jesus.  Spiritual life is only possible with Jesus.  If you have Jesus, you have life, eternal life, you know the one and only true God.  If you reject Jesus, you reject eternal life.  You don't have eternal life.  You will exist forever, but without knowing the one and only true God.  You will exist in darkness, forever. 

If you say you believe in Him, but try to add anything along with Him, good works or another man-made god, you do not have eternal life.  He who has the Son has life.  The only way to the Father, the only way to gain eternal life, is through Christ, and Christ alone.  He is the light that points man to the one and only true God.  He and He alone must be listened to and obeyed, to gain eternal life.

John 3:16 says that God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.   Is He tugging at your heartstrings?  To believe in Him, alone?  Don't reject Him.  Don't try to add anything along with Him.  Jesus came so that His sheep might have life and have it abundantly - John 10:10.  To have life abundantly is to have life far beyond what is necessary.  To all who believe in Him, they have the matchless gift of eternal life which exceeds all expectations!