Abundant Life
Abundant life as Jesus
described it is the life of God Himself.
God places the new spiritual
life within the individual the moment he responds to
God’s grace and believes on Christ as his personal
Savior.
That is the beginning of a new
life for one who was spiritually dead in trespasses
and sins.
Jesus said, “I am come that you
may have life, and keep on having it in abundance”
(John 10:10b). The abundant life is a growing thing.
It is the increasingly abundant present life of the
believer that is emphasized.
God plants His life in the
person who hears the Word of God and believes. The
born again believer increasingly enters into the
experience of the new spiritual life by believing
and yielding to Christ. It is like a spring of water
that perpetually springs up in an abundant flow from
resources deep within. The Christian is to live in
an abundant way of life now.
Are you living in God’s
abundance? You can be a Christian and miss the
abundant life. God invites you to enter into it
increasingly as you trust in Jesus to change your
life daily.
This overflowing life is Christ
living His life out in you as you make yourself
available to Him and trust Him to new areas of
spiritual growth.
As the believer yields to the
Holy Spirit he realizes that God’s grace and power
is sufficient for every genuine need in our lives.
The life of abundance comes from this awareness that
nothing can suppress God’s grace.
Salvation in Jesus Christ is
not a fire insurance policy. It is life—God’s kind
of life—given to everyone who believes on Christ. It
begins in the moment of spiritual birth, or
regeneration. We have the privilege of participating
in the divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4). What began in the
spiritual birth will go on forever. It is eternal
and indestructible because God is. Instead of a
static life, our new relationship with God is
continually entering into that life that possesses
all the qualities of God. Jesus said, “I tell you
the truth, whoever hears My word and believes Him
who sent Me has eternal life and will not be
condemned, he has crossed over from death to life”
(John 5:24).
If "eternal life" could be
lost, renounced or taken away from us it would not
be eternal. It would be as temporal as our physical
life. It would not be the eternal life that God
gives.
God is sovereign and He is
eternal. Therefore, His gifts cannot be withdrawn.
Since He has given us eternal life, that life is
eternal life. We have confidence that we shall be
glorified with our Lord.
Have you entered into that
great love and provision of God? When you do your
face will shine and your heart will be full of joy
because of the indwelling of Christ.
If we will allow Him to lead us
to the fullness of the Christian life we will find
our table in His presence prepared, our heads
anointed with His pure oil, and our cups overflowing
with His wine of joy.
We will know God’s love and
abundance not only for today, but for eternity.
The abundant life assures us
that we can experience God’s blessings in this life
and heaven, too. We can enter into the fullness of
our great salvation today, and we will experience
God’s goodness forever.
Philippians 4:19 says, “My God
shall supply all your needs according to His
glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” The person who
enters into this new, abundant life in Christ shall
not lack any good thing.
Have you entered into the
perfect peace of knowing that God is equal to every
emergency and crisis you face? Have you experienced
the fullness of His presence in you everyday life
experiences? Do you allow Him to break in upon your
awareness anytime He so chooses throughout the day?
The life He gives is
overflowing in rising waves of a spiritual tide. It
is like a river overflowing its banks in which
nothing can suppress it. God’s favor toward us is
unending because He gives a genuine unending supply.
Selah!
Message by Wil Pounds (c) 2006
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Wil is a graduate of William Carey University, B. A.; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Th. M.; and Azusa Pacific University, M. A. He has pastored in Panama, Ecuador and the U. S, and served for over 20 years as missionary in Ecuador and Honduras. He had a daily expository Bible teaching ministry head in over 100 countries from 1972-2005. He continues to seek opportunities to be personally involved in world missions. Wil and his wife Ann have three grown daughters. He currently serves as a Baptist pastor and teaches seminary extension courses in Ecuador.
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