IN JOHN 11:25 AND 14:26, JESUS SAYS THAT HE POSSESSES LIFE AND THAT HE IS LIFE.
JOHN 11:25, "JESUS SAID INTO HER, I AM THE RESSURECTION, AND THE LIFE."
JOHN 14:6, "JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE."
DOES THE BIBLE GIVE US THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION?
"WHY WAS I BORN? WHY DID GOD MAKE ME? WHY AM I HERE? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?"
LIFE, "IT IS THE UNION OF SOUL AND BODY." THIS TRUE OF HUMAN BUT NOT OF PLANTS .
LIFE IS A TRUST, LOAN FROM GOD FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
JOB 1:21, "THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD." LIFE IS AN INTANGIBLE GIFT FROM GOD. WE CAN NEITHER SEE IT, FEEL IT, OR BARGAIN WITH IT.
IT IS AN UNSUBSTANTIAL FLIMSY THING. IT IS HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW.
WE HAVE THREE KIND OF LIFE:
PHYSICAL (LIFE WHICH WAS GIVEN TO MAN AT THE TIME OF CREATION) ,
SPIRITUAL (THIS IS A NEW LIFE THAT GOD GIVES TO THE BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST. "AND YOU HATH HE QUICKENED, WHO WERE DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND SINS" THIS NEW LIFE IS A GIFT FROM GOD TO THE REPENTANT SINNER) AND
ETERNAL LIFE (THIS IS THE NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LORD GOD).
IF I WERE TO COMPARE LIFE, IT WOULD BE THE FOLLOWING:
1. LIFE IS LIKE A JOURNEY:
LIFE IS JOURNEY FROM EARTH TO ETERNITY; FROM THE CRADLE TO BEYOND. WE ARE TRAVELLING ON THIS JOURNEY WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT. BIRTH IS AN AUTOMATIC START. TO SOME IT IS A LONG LONG JOURNEY. TO OTHERS IT IS VERY SHORT ONE.
2. LIFE IS LIKE A DREAM:
HOW LONG IS A DREAM? ONLY A FEW SECONDS. CAN YOU RECALL A DREAM? NO. LIFE IS SHORT, FLEETING AND TRANSIENT.
3. LIFE IS LIKE A SHADOW:
A SHADOW IS SUCH A POOR IMITATION OF THE REAL THING. CAN YOU REGONIZE A PERSON BY HIS HSADOW? SHADOWS CAN BE SO DECEIVING, SO LONG, SO SHORT. LIFE IS LIKE THAT.
4. LIFE IS LIKE A VAPOUR:
JAS, 4:14 "WHAT IS YOUR LIFE? IT IS A EVEN A VAPOUR, THAT APPEARETH FOR A LITTLE TIME, AND THEN VANISHETH AWAY." IF ALL THAT WE KNEW ABOUT WATER WAS WHAT WE SAW IN STEAM, HOW LIMITED OUR KNOWLEDGE OF WATER WOULD BE. YOU CAN NOT DRINK STEAM, WATER AND ICE ARE OTHER FORMS.
5. LIFE IS A TALE:
PSA. 90:9, "FOR ALL OUR DAYS ARE PASSED AWAY IN THY WRATH: WE SPEND OUR YEARS AS A TALE THAT IS TOLD." LIFE IS LIKE AN INTERESTING STORY THAT IS SOON TOLD AND THE PEOPLE LOOK FOR ANOTHER FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT.
6. LIFE IS LIKE WATER SPLIT ON THE GROUND
2SAM. 14:14, "FOR WE MUST NEEDS DIE, AND ARE AS WATER SPLIT ON THE GROUND, WHICH CANNOT BE GATHERED UP AGAIN." IN A MOMENT THE EARTH ABSORBS THE MOISTURE AND IT DISAPPEARS.
7. LIFE IS LIKE A FLOWER:
FIRST WE SEE THE BLADE, THEN LEAVES, AND AFTERWARDS THE BEATIFUL BUD. SLOWLY IT OPENS AND WE GASP AT ITS BEAUTY. THEN IT WITHERS AND IS GONE-GONE SO SOON, SO QUICKLY. SOME FLOWERS NEVER BLOOM. THEY ARE CUT DOWN IN THIER PRIME; THE HEARVESTING SICKLE.
LIFE IS A MOMENT OF TIME IN WHICH TO PREPARE FOR THE LONG, LONG,ETERNITY. IN THIS BRIEF, FLEETING, SECOND OF TIME WE ARE ASKED TO ANSWER ONE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION: "WHERE DO YOU WISH TO SPEND ETERNITY?"
THERE WERE TWO GREAT ETERNITIES. WE MUST CHOOSE ONE OR THE OTHER. NO NEUTRAL GROUND.
1. THE BLESSED PRIVILAGE OF LIVING FOREVER WITH THE LORD JESUS IN HEAVEN.
2. THE TERRIBLE ANGUISH OF LIVING FOREVER WITH SATAN IN A BURNING HELL.
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS TO LET YOU PERSONALLY CHOOSE THE ABIDING PLACE OF YOUR SOUL. TODAY ,MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TO BE WITH CHRIST FOREVER IN HEAVEN. WHEN I INVITE JESUS TO COME INTO MY HEART, THEN HE COMES IN AND I AM INDWELT BY GOD'S LIFE, ETERNAL LIFE. WHEN JESUS COMES INTO THE LIFE HE TAKES AWAY THE SIN AND CLEANSES THE HEART. WITH CHRIST WITHIN I AM IN DWELT BY ETERNAL LIFE. (REV. 3:20) THE MYSTERY OF LIFE IS SOLVED IN THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST TO MAN.
PHIL. 1:21, "FOR ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN..."
