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THE SON OF GOD IS LIFE
LORD’S DAY, NOVEMBER 17
1 John 5:12
Philippians 4:3-6
“Let your moderation be known
unto all men. The Lord is at hand.”
THE SON OF GOD IS LIFE
The Lord Jesus Christ said He is life. John here applied it to the relationship with man: “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” The origin of life is the creation wrought by God. In the flesh, it begins with natural birth; and in the case of Christ, it was by supernatural conception. This life is brief and is compared to a shadow, a cloud or a flower. It is there and disappears shortly. God is the preserver and protector of life. He provides for the needs of the body and perfects it in glory.
Regardless of the shortness of life, man seeks to preserve it and provide for its needs, and bear the sufferings of the flesh. Believers make God’s kingdom their first desire. The grace of God leads man to obey Him and to benefit in receiving the gift of God.
Knowing the Son of God leads to a spiritual path. The Triune God is the source of spiritual life. This is revealed to man in God’s Word. One is born again to enter this path and goes all the way to glorification in the promised eternal home. Second birth transforms life as we wait for the ultimate reward. Thus it is required of us to be spiritually minded. We grow in knowing Christ, we love Him and we obey. We give our lives as a holy sacrifice. Our names are written in the book of life (Phil 4:3; Rev 17:8).
Jesus said that He came that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10). So, life in Him is not perishable but it abides for ever. Christ taught His own to overcome the common enemies, the devil, the world and the flesh. There is life in the Son of God.
THOUGHT: Life in the Son of God is sure hope.
PRAYER: I thank Thee, Lord, that my name is for ever written in the Book of Life.