The Life
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· 15 viewsLife only comes to us by believeing in Jesus Christ. A person outside Jesus Christ only exists. Real life is found only in God.
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The Life
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Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations 393 Space Age Deepens Spiritual Life
393 Space Age Deepens Spiritual Life
Walter F. Burke, general manager of Project Mercury and Gemini, and vice-president of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, teaches Sunday school in his church. In an interview he declared:
“I have found nothing in science or space exploration to compel me to throw away my Bible or to reject my Savior, Jesus Christ, in whom I trust. The space age has been a factor in the deepening of my own spiritual life. I read the Bible more now. I get from the Bible what I cannot get from science—the really important things of life.”
393 Space Age Deepens Spiritual Life
Walter F. Burke, general manager of Project Mercury and Gemini, and vice-president of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, teaches Sunday school in his church. In an interview he declared:
“I have found nothing in science or space exploration to compel me to throw away my Bible or to reject my Savior, Jesus Christ, in whom I trust. The space age has been a factor in the deepening of my own spiritual life. I read the Bible more now. I get from the Bible what I cannot get from science—the really important things of life.”
It is written in the letter of
(NLT) 14How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. 15What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.”
(NLT) 14How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. 15What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.”
(NLT)
15What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.”
14How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.
We must recognize that the battles of life, whether spiritual, emotional, mental, financial, or relational are all outward manifestations of a direct or an indirect spiritual cause.
Although many things seem to result from the circumstances of life, the basis of these natural events is found in the spiritual world. We have tried to correct the evils around us through education, legislation, and hard physical work. The evils of this world, caused in the spiritual realm, cannot be corrected by natural means. (Strategic Spiritual Warfare, by Ray Beeson & Patricia Hulsey)
(The Message) 10A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of. (NLT) 10The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
(The Message) 10A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of. (NLT) 10The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
10The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
(NLT) 10The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
(NLT) 10The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
10A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.
One’s life can be enhanced by loving and serving God (; ), by experiencing God’s deliverance (), and by receiving divine blessings ().
One’s life can be enhanced by loving and serving God (; ), by experiencing God’s deliverance (), and by receiving divine blessings ().
Thus, in short life in Christ is security and enjoyment ()
Thus, in short life in Christ is security and enjoyment ()
The Greek word for “life” is zoe. The word was used to designate the divine, eternal life—the life of God (). This life resided in Christ, and he made it available to all who believe in him. Human beings are born with the natural life—called psuche in Greek (translated “soul,” “personality,” or “life”); they do not possess the eternal life. This life can be received only by believing in the one who possesses the zoe-life, namely, Jesus Christ.
He is “the author of life” (), who provides the way into life (; ; ; ).
He is “the author of life” (), who provides the way into life (; ; ; ).
And he raised the dead with his life-giving power. His own resurrection made him “a life-giving spirit,” with the power of “an indestructible life” (; ; ).
And he raised the dead with his life-giving power. His own resurrection made him “a life-giving spirit,” with the power of “an indestructible life” (; ; ).
Thus, Jesus Christ is “our life” ()—in union with whom we find “newness of life” () and are newly created, living henceforth not for ourselves but for him ().
Thus, Jesus Christ is “our life” ()—in union with whom we find “newness of life” () and are newly created, living henceforth not for ourselves but for him ().
People remain in death only because they will not “come” and “have life” (5:40; cf. ).
This leads us to another of the terms in , “the life.” To understand this we focus on the Johannine writings where the term is repeatedly used.
• “In him was life, and the life was the light of men” (1:4).
• “That whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (3:16).
• “The water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (4:14).
• “Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it” (5:21).
• “Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him” (7:38).
• “I have come that they may have life and have it to the full” (10:10).
• “I am the resurrection and the life” (11:25).
• “This is life eternal, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent” (17:3).
• “That you may have life in his name” (20:31).
• “God has given us eternal life and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life” ().
An intriguing reference to the Life is found in . There we read that the angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison into which the authorities had put the apostles. As he freed them he instructed them to “go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life” (). Some have suggested that “the Life” may thus have been an early identifying name for Christianity, along with “the Way.”