John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; 10:10 I have come that they may have life and may have it abundantly. 1 Cor 15:45 ...the last Adam [Christ] became a life-giving Spirit.
What is this life that the Spirit gives? We know that there are many forms of life. In this world there are the plant life and animal life. The plant life is lower and the animal life is higher. Even higher than these two kinds of life is the human life. All these forms of life are wonderful; but there is a fourth kind of life--the divine life, which is God's uncreated life. Being divine means being of God, having the nature of God, and being transcendent and distinct from all others. Only God is divine, so His life is divine. Furthermore, God's life is eternal and uncreated; it has no beginning and no end. All of us were born at a certain time and all of us realize that our human life will have a definite ending in death. However, God's life has no beginning, and it will continue in perpetuity. God's eternal life not only endures forever, but in quality it is absolutely perfect and complete, without any shortage or defect. This eternal life is also indestructible and indissoluble. If you put the human life into the grave, it will soon decay and decompose. But if you put the eternal life into the grave, the grave will burst. If you place this life in any negative situation, that situation will be powerless to hold it down. The eternal life of God is an indestructible life, and nothing on earth, in heaven, or in hell can destroy it. This is the life that Christ as the Spirit gives to us. It is much better than the religion that man has invented....
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from "Christ is Spirit and Life" pp. 9- 11. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. Please visit us at www.emanna.com. Send comments to: [email protected].
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