LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY

When Jesus came as one of us, He said to many, “Follow me,” and the call is still going out today! As the first Adam failed, Jesus came as the last Adam, to make the way for us have union with God again. Jesus never broke union with the Father. Jesus and the Father were only separated when Jesus took our sins.

• 1 Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

The Lord paid the debt for our sins and for those of us who will receive the pardon He offers, and follow after Him, we become citizens of the kingdom of God with the promise of eternal life.

Jesus said that He came to bring us “life and life more abundantly.” In the very beginning, in Genesis, we see that Father God wanted the best for Adam and Eve and their descendants. Later, the Lord showed us great mercy through Noah. And still after the Flood, we see where the Lord would make a way for us again, by calling out a man named Abram.

• Genesis 12:1-3 Now the Lord had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, from your family and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

The Lord chose Abraham to be the progenitor of our faith! We see that if Abram would listen to the Lord (obey Him), that the Lord would make a great nation from him and even more.

If Abraham would obey the Lord, then in his obedience, God could bless him. And even make him a blessing. And those that blessed Abraham were blessed and those who cursed him were cursed. Through Abraham all the families of the earth have been and continue to be blessed, just as the Lord promised.

• Galatians 3:29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

God wanted an abundant life for Abraham, to make him a blessing and to use him to birth a people that would be eternally His. Jesus has become the life-giving Seed through Abraham.

Just like Abraham, when we give our all to the Lord, we open the door for the blessings of God. While God can redeem many bad situations, He does not bless disobedience. Sadly, we actually curse ourselves when we sin.

In Christ and through Christ, we find the abundant life Father God has always wanted for us.

Praise the Lord, that as Christians who daily listen to God, truly following the Lord through our born-again spirits, no longer enslaved, subjecting ourselves to the rule of the carnal nature, we find true life and abundant life in Christ! We find amazing union with God Almighty, through the Holy Spirit, who is here to strengthen and direct us in all our ways!

I pray that you have given your life to Christ and have continued following Him finding the blessings and rewards, in being the daily harmony with Father God!

Eli Cockrell


If you would like to know more about this abundant life in Christ, we have an article called, True Happiness.

If you have never truly repented and accepted the salvation that Jesus offers, please see our article called, Salvation.

If you gave your life to Christ before, but somehow slipped of the narrow path and would like to get right with God again, please see our article, Return To The Lord.