In Him was life and the life was the light of men John 1:4 NKJV, NASB
In Him was life and that life was the light of men. 1:4 NIV
The word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. 1:4 NLT
Life comes from the word. Jesus was the word come in flesh. John's gospel shows this life being manifested among men.
The signs of Jesus are the visible manifestations and embodiment of the life giving work of God. These miracles are a continuation of the work of God in creation. 1
Source:
1 Gerd Theissen (The Miracle Stories of the Early Christan Tradition, ed John Riches, trans. Francis McDonagh. This is found in The God of the Gospel of John by Merianne Meye Thompson. p 120,121
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Giving life
The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. John 1:4 NLT
Life and light were both a part of creation and new creation. The Word was involved in the first creation and continues his work in the new creation.
John uses the word life 36 times. No other NT book uses this term more than 17 times. Rev has 17 mentions, Romans 14 and 1 John 13, so John has more than 1/4 of the mentions of life. It is a key concept in John's gospel. 1
John gives a preview in this verse of a theme seen throughout this gospel, Jesus if the life giver and light imparter.
Sources:
1 The Gospel according to John, Leon Morris p 73
Life and light were both a part of creation and new creation. The Word was involved in the first creation and continues his work in the new creation.
John uses the word life 36 times. No other NT book uses this term more than 17 times. Rev has 17 mentions, Romans 14 and 1 John 13, so John has more than 1/4 of the mentions of life. It is a key concept in John's gospel. 1
John gives a preview in this verse of a theme seen throughout this gospel, Jesus if the life giver and light imparter.
Sources:
1 The Gospel according to John, Leon Morris p 73
Sunday, June 15, 2008
7:38
rivers of living water
Genesis 2:10, John 4:14, Rev 22:1,2
The rivers shall flow from him (the man that believes). So it is God's nature to pour out.
The rivers are a natural correlation to a supernatural one. The rivers represent the Holy Spirit. It is Gods nature to pour out his Holy Spirit upon people and then for them to pour it out to others.
A principle: Give and it shall be given unto you. Translation from this verse: allow the Holy Spirit to pour out of you in giving and then the Holy Spirit will be poured back into to you to give. So you could say outflow is the secret of inflow. If you go a step further you could say belief is the initiator of inflow. Belief in what Jesus says leads our to giving out according to the commandments or the word, then in turn leads to more inflow.
You can see the fruit of this pouring out in the life it gives. This water is living water. It is a life giving substance. It is the life of God, of Christ be poured forth. The Holy Spirits pouring out on a body of believers or through an individual believer is seen in the vitality of that body or believers. the proof of this truth is not in a rational. It is not something arguable. Vitality is not something you convince somebody of. It is seen in the life that is there. So the effect of truth is life. These two go hand in hand. You can not have one without the other.
These thoughts were generated by reading of :
Rivers of Living Water: The Works of T. Austin Sparks
Genesis 2:10, John 4:14, Rev 22:1,2
The rivers shall flow from him (the man that believes). So it is God's nature to pour out.
The rivers are a natural correlation to a supernatural one. The rivers represent the Holy Spirit. It is Gods nature to pour out his Holy Spirit upon people and then for them to pour it out to others.
A principle: Give and it shall be given unto you. Translation from this verse: allow the Holy Spirit to pour out of you in giving and then the Holy Spirit will be poured back into to you to give. So you could say outflow is the secret of inflow. If you go a step further you could say belief is the initiator of inflow. Belief in what Jesus says leads our to giving out according to the commandments or the word, then in turn leads to more inflow.
You can see the fruit of this pouring out in the life it gives. This water is living water. It is a life giving substance. It is the life of God, of Christ be poured forth. The Holy Spirits pouring out on a body of believers or through an individual believer is seen in the vitality of that body or believers. the proof of this truth is not in a rational. It is not something arguable. Vitality is not something you convince somebody of. It is seen in the life that is there. So the effect of truth is life. These two go hand in hand. You can not have one without the other.
These thoughts were generated by reading of :
Rivers of Living Water: The Works of T. Austin Sparks
Sunday, February 24, 2008
1:4
1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
This life is the light of human beings (ton anthropon). This life gives natural illumination to reason and spiritual illumination to the human heart. It is this supernatural illumination (light) that dispels the darkness of sin and unbelief.
Sources: The Gospel of John, F.F. Bruce
This life is the light of human beings (ton anthropon). This life gives natural illumination to reason and spiritual illumination to the human heart. It is this supernatural illumination (light) that dispels the darkness of sin and unbelief.
Sources: The Gospel of John, F.F. Bruce
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