Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”
The greater context of this passage is the resurrection of Lazarus by Jesus. This whole physical episode is given to demonstrate a spiritual truth--that Jesus is life. In 1 John 1:2, John says that Jesus is life--eternal life. This is the message that Jesus is trying to communicate to His people. This is why He said He was glad that He had not been there to stop Lazarus from dying.
When Jesus was at the well of Jacob He told the Samaritan that if someone drank of the water which He offered, they would never die. This water is Himself. We must drink of Jesus. He is the way, the truth, and the LIFE!
Only in Jesus do we truly come to life. As the Holy Spirit applies His work of Redemption, we experience an illumination of our spiritual senses. Christ restores in us the proper image of God. This is true life. This is the life that Adam lost. Physical things were created to manifest spiritual truths to us to help us understand spiritual realities.
Jesus teaches us once again the superiority of Heavenly things over Earthly things. What doth is profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose His soul? We must lay up for ourselves treasure in Heaven. Treasure that never ends. Treasure that is as eternal and infinite as the Creator Himself. We must live in Jesus Christ. Only this way can we truly have life that never ends.
The greater context of this passage is the resurrection of Lazarus by Jesus. This whole physical episode is given to demonstrate a spiritual truth--that Jesus is life. In 1 John 1:2, John says that Jesus is life--eternal life. This is the message that Jesus is trying to communicate to His people. This is why He said He was glad that He had not been there to stop Lazarus from dying.
When Jesus was at the well of Jacob He told the Samaritan that if someone drank of the water which He offered, they would never die. This water is Himself. We must drink of Jesus. He is the way, the truth, and the LIFE!
Only in Jesus do we truly come to life. As the Holy Spirit applies His work of Redemption, we experience an illumination of our spiritual senses. Christ restores in us the proper image of God. This is true life. This is the life that Adam lost. Physical things were created to manifest spiritual truths to us to help us understand spiritual realities.
Jesus teaches us once again the superiority of Heavenly things over Earthly things. What doth is profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose His soul? We must lay up for ourselves treasure in Heaven. Treasure that never ends. Treasure that is as eternal and infinite as the Creator Himself. We must live in Jesus Christ. Only this way can we truly have life that never ends.
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