What is your life?
What is your life? When I talk to people about life I love to ask them three simple questions. How did you get here? What are you doing here or what is your purpose in life? And lastly, what is your plan when this life is over?
From the very beginning, the life (Christ) was to be the light of man’s … quality of being, essence of being, power of being, force of being, energy of being, and principle of being. The life (Christ) was to be the light of man’s purpose, meaning and significance upon earth.
“In Him was life.” Or, “That which has been made was life in him.” —John 1:4
The simple statement “in Christ was life” means at least three things.
1. Life is the quality and essence, the energy and power, the force and principle of being. Christ is life; He is …
• the very quality of life
• the very essence of life
• the very energy of life
• the very power of life
• the very force of life
• the very principle of life
Without Christ, there would be no life whatsoever. Life is in Him, within His very being. All things exist and have their being (life) in Him.
2. Life is purpose, meaning, and significance of being. Christ is life; He is …
• the very purpose of life
• the very meaning of life
• the very significance of life
3. Life is perfection. Life is all that a man must be and possess in order to live perfectly. This is what is meant by life. Life is completeness of being, absolute satisfaction, the fullness of all good, and the possession of all good things. Life is perfect love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and self-control.
Whatever life is and all that life is, it is all in Jesus Christ. Even the legitimate cravings of man that are sometimes entangled with evil—such as power, fame and wealth—are all included in the life given by Jesus Christ. Those who partake of His life shall reign forever as kings and priests. This is the very thing that is distinctive about life—it is eternal. It lasts forever and it is rewarding. It will eventually exalt the believer to the highest life and place and position.
Jesus Christ is the source of life: He is the way to life, and He is the truth of life. He is the very substance of life, its very being and energy
…”the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.”—1 Jn 1:2–3.
