What is Life? Recently I have been mentoring some students from a local school in town and have realized that this question should be addressed. As I searched through scriptures, and then gave the presentation at a chapel this morning, God assured me that this is something worth sharing to the masses. Not saying that a ton of people read this, but this is my obvious and easiest way to reach the masses :)
Dictionary.com defines life as
"the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally."
In other words, it is the essence of everything living and it is the term to decipher whether or not something is animate or inanimate. So what is Life? It still feels undefined because we don't have the proper lenses at time to see the definition.
John 1:1-4
"1 In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
2 He was with God in the beginning.
3 All things were created through Him,
and apart from Him not one thing was created
that has been created.
4 Life was in Him,
and that life was the light of men." (HCS)
There are many things to look at in this passage, but the thing I want to focus on is the fact that an uneducated man that followed Jesus over 2000 years ago gets what life is! He explains in this passage that the Word Made Flesh, Jesus, not only has always existed with God, but He is the Essence of life. Let me rephrase it for you. Life is the essence of everything that is animate, and Jesus is the essence of everything that is living. This means that from the beginning of time as WE KNOW IT, everything has sustained life because of Jesus.
So when the title of this says, "Get a Life", I'm trying to remind you that you need to get right with Jesus.
John 14:6
"Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.""(HCS)
If Jesus is THE LIFE that means that there is no other life. Now the real thinking question comes into play. Why then Bryan are there a lot of people I know that are living that don't know Jesus? Isn't what your saying that Anybody that doesn't know Jesus dead?
If you are to look at my argument literally you could read it that way, but what I am here to state is simply, "it's not that life is too short, it's that we are dead for so long." (Anonymous Author)
John 10:10
"A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance." (HCS)
Think about the way our city, our schools, our families, our friendships, ect.. could be if we truly acted as though we believed that Jesus is Life! Do we think that students of this generation would act, dress, and defines success the way that they do if WE lived our lives as if Jesus is Life? There is a part of the divine nature of man that longs to be fully alive in Christ.
See when you are born of your flesh, normal birth, you are alive in the sense that people define you as living, but God may not see it that way. It's the idea of the God-head saying "Let Us make man in Our image...." (Gen 1:26) It's the flesh we carry around everyday. But Jesus as Life is something that is the essence of living.
John 3:3
"Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”"(HCS)
What He means is that your spirit can only be made alive by Him! That the only way to truly fulfill the idea of, "according to Our likeness...." (the other half of Gen 1:26) is if a man or woman fully submits themselves to Jesus. This is because Jesus is Life, so to become alive to have to lay down what you think is living to receive the life He gave you through the power of the Holy Spirit by His resurrection from the dead. Do you believe Jesus is Life? If so, are you alive or are you metaphorically brain dead in the spirit (the flesh is alive, but the brain is dead)?
I challenge you today, Start Living!
Romans 8:19
"For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed."(HCS)
I love you beloved!
Dictionary.com defines life as
"the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally."
In other words, it is the essence of everything living and it is the term to decipher whether or not something is animate or inanimate. So what is Life? It still feels undefined because we don't have the proper lenses at time to see the definition.
John 1:1-4
"1 In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
2 He was with God in the beginning.
3 All things were created through Him,
and apart from Him not one thing was created
that has been created.
4 Life was in Him,
and that life was the light of men." (HCS)
There are many things to look at in this passage, but the thing I want to focus on is the fact that an uneducated man that followed Jesus over 2000 years ago gets what life is! He explains in this passage that the Word Made Flesh, Jesus, not only has always existed with God, but He is the Essence of life. Let me rephrase it for you. Life is the essence of everything that is animate, and Jesus is the essence of everything that is living. This means that from the beginning of time as WE KNOW IT, everything has sustained life because of Jesus.
So when the title of this says, "Get a Life", I'm trying to remind you that you need to get right with Jesus.
John 14:6
"Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.""(HCS)
If Jesus is THE LIFE that means that there is no other life. Now the real thinking question comes into play. Why then Bryan are there a lot of people I know that are living that don't know Jesus? Isn't what your saying that Anybody that doesn't know Jesus dead?
If you are to look at my argument literally you could read it that way, but what I am here to state is simply, "it's not that life is too short, it's that we are dead for so long." (Anonymous Author)
John 10:10
"A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance." (HCS)
Think about the way our city, our schools, our families, our friendships, ect.. could be if we truly acted as though we believed that Jesus is Life! Do we think that students of this generation would act, dress, and defines success the way that they do if WE lived our lives as if Jesus is Life? There is a part of the divine nature of man that longs to be fully alive in Christ.
See when you are born of your flesh, normal birth, you are alive in the sense that people define you as living, but God may not see it that way. It's the idea of the God-head saying "Let Us make man in Our image...." (Gen 1:26) It's the flesh we carry around everyday. But Jesus as Life is something that is the essence of living.
John 3:3
"Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”"(HCS)
What He means is that your spirit can only be made alive by Him! That the only way to truly fulfill the idea of, "according to Our likeness...." (the other half of Gen 1:26) is if a man or woman fully submits themselves to Jesus. This is because Jesus is Life, so to become alive to have to lay down what you think is living to receive the life He gave you through the power of the Holy Spirit by His resurrection from the dead. Do you believe Jesus is Life? If so, are you alive or are you metaphorically brain dead in the spirit (the flesh is alive, but the brain is dead)?
I challenge you today, Start Living!
Romans 8:19
"For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed."(HCS)
I love you beloved!
