Anchor Scripture: John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Meditations
Calvary greetings in Jesus name and, it is my pleasure to welcome you to this forum once again. We shall continue with our meditation on the statement of Jesus Christ in our anchor scripture. Jesus says “…I am the life…” This statement when carefully examined must imply that life is much more than the biological mode of existence – it definitely must connote something more than existential living. As a matter of fact, the original word translated as Life in that verse is Zoe (Grk) meaning, the life of God or Eternal Life. I pray the Holy Ghost help our understanding in Jesus name.
Exhortation:
- Jesus, The Life: Jesus emphatically presents Himself to us in our anchor scripture as the author and giver of life. But in Revelations 3:1-2, Jesus was talking to the church in Sardis and said “To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Sardis write: These are the words … I know your deeds; you have a name (reputation) that you are alive, but (in reality) you are dead. Wake up and reaffirm and strengthen what remains (of your faithful commitment to Me), which is about to die; for I have not found (any of) your deeds completed in the sight of My God or meeting His requirements.” (AMP). Here heaven presented the Report Card of the church of Sardis and, it is quite sad that they had a completely different impression of their reality in the light of divine assessment. Though they were dead, they thought they were still alive. Perhaps they have played church for so long that they could no longer distinguish between Christianity (which is relationship with Jesus) and “churchianity” (which is religion). It is very convenient for us to pride ourselves in our past achievements and therefore become beclouded to what made those achievements possible in the first place. Jesus called the attention of the above mentioned church to the fact that everything was about to die – and indeed, they all died because they ignored the warning. Just as a piece of furniture gathers dust over time if not regularly dusted and polished and, may actually be unfit for use over a long time, the same way dusts of little, little errors can settle on a man’s spirit until he becomes completely insensitive to the Holy Spirit and eventually insulated from the life of God. Therefore, true life is connectivity to Jesus. Little wonder He says in John 15:5 “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” Truly, what can the branches do without the stem? The life of the branches is in the stem therefore, once a branch is severed from the stem, it is only a matter of time, the leaves will soon drop off! You remember Adam in Gen 2:16-17, as far as God was concerned, he was dead the moment he ate the forbidden fruit – though he was in biological existence for thousands of years thereafter. Dear reader, I like for you to carefully assess yourself whether you are still alive indeed. Sin kills; righteousness imparts life. There is no life in sinful existence as the devil has deceived many people to believe. True life – I mean eternal life, is only in Christ Jesus. I beseech you therefore, to get out of the territory of death and walk into true LIFE – Jesus Christ. Dear fellow pilgrim, it won’t be out of place to regularly examine yourself if the life of God (Zoe) still flows through your spirit. These are perilous times! Selah!
Prayer
May you not be a walking sepulcher in Jesus name,
