We are made for Life!
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 10:10 KJV
The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
John 10:10 NLT
For joy, peace, blessing.. you were made for love, and to love! For relationship, for expression!
In the beginning (Genesis 1-3), man was…
- Made in the image of God, and for His presence
- Blessed to work with hands
- Made for relationship, communication, expression, marriage and family
- Given authority to protect what had been trusted to him
That life is expressed in us and through us, through the fruit and the gifts of the spirit. Both in character and in power!
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 KJV
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
1 Corinthians 12:7-11 KJV
Jesus came to make a way back to that Life:
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 10:10 KJV
- Relationship with God, full of life!
- Relationships with people, full of expression, joy, peace and life
- Work (good thing!), doing what heaven has for for us, is full of life!
- Boldly and confidently taking our place, in faith and in the power of the Spirit, advancing God’s Kingdom!
The Blood of Jesus alone can clean you, purify you, make you new from the inside out! To live the life you were meant to live!
We were made for this Life!