“I am the…life…” (John 14:6).
Apart from Christ, the Bible describes us as dead in trespasses and sins. We are the walking dead. Our bodies degrade and decay—we die physically. Even worse, there is the second death—the Lake of Fire—eternal death, for those who reject Christ.
That is why we must be born again—regenerated and becoming a new creation in Christ! Jesus is the source of life. It comes through a personal relationship with Christ where we receive Him by faith.
Jesus is not only the source, but the substance of life. Paul put it this way, “For to me to live is Christ...” (Phil.1:21). The Christian life is Christ living in me—not just a changed life, but an exchanged life. Paul described it in Galatians 2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”
Jesus is the source, substance and the sum of life. When it’s all been said and done, all life is summed up in Jesus—to live eternally with Him. That’s why Paul could say, “For to me to live is Christ, AND TO DIE IS GAIN.” [Phil.1:21, emphasis added].
See how Jesus put it, “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” (John 14:1-3).
Here is the promise of eternal life “I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.” (John 14:18-20)
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