What is the abundant life?

ABUNDANT LIFE

John 10:10 (NASB)  "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”

            When it really comes down to it … the bottom line … the core of the Christian life we need to remember the words of Jesus about the life he gives. The abundant life means that he doesn’t want us to live with fear and cynicism. He wants us to know that as He overcame the world, we can too (1 John 5:5)

            When Jesus prayed for his followers (John 17) he tells us that we cannot expect the world to understand us because they did not understand Him. The prayer for his followers comes right on the heels of these strengthening words … "These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world." (John 16:33).

            The world, with its empty promises will pass away and the only hope we have is through our faith in Christ (1 John 4:4; 5:4). That knowledge comes through our learning about him (2 Peter 1:3), and that comes from the word of God. The truth of the song we all learned in Sunday School rings out “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” And if the Bible didn’t tell me, I couldn’t know for sure.

Romans 10:17 (NKJV) ¹⁷ So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

---Edwin Myers