Life is not what many people think it is. A close analysis of what life really means will give us an understanding of what we expect from it.
Scientifically, (for those of you who did science in High school), we can classify life into many classes, the primary forms of life being: Plant Life and Animal Life. We further distinguish general animal life and human life. Let’s quickly describe the major attributes of each life form.
Plant life: This is the life that any plant possesses. Plants grow, they reproduce, and they live and die after a season. How long a plant lives is dependent on each type of plant. But there are things that a plant cannot do. A plant cannot think, has limited motion and movements, and cannot reason.
General Animal life: This is the life that all animals possess. Animals can live, smell, hear, eat, move about without boundaries, and can reason, some even have the ability to remember. For example parrots can re-echo what they hear, Cats and dogs remember their owners and where they live. Baboons know where to go and steal the next maize cobs. But they are still limited as compared to human beings.
Human Life: This is the life that we possess. In addition to the general 5 senses of smell, touch, hearing, etc, humans can reason. They have emotions, they are intelligent, and they are inventive. They can read, talk to each other in an intelligent and yet understandable language. They can love, they can hate, they can imagine, and so forth. But this life, though, is still limited in terms of what is actually possible. What limitations are there someone can ask? Well for a start, man can fall sick. Man can suffer, man can be poor, and man can be in all sorts of oppressions. This is because natural human life has no way of overcoming these challenges.
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER KIND OF LIFE!!
This is the life that is superior to sickness, disease, infirmity, and suffering. This life is the kind of life that Jesus always talked about. Every time Jesus talked about life, he was always referring to this kind of life. To understand this life we need to go to its root definition.
When Jesus talked about life, he used a GREEK word called ZOE (Just before anybody says, ‘how do you know?’, understand that the bible was originally written in Greek).
So what is ZOE? Zoe is a God-kind-of-life. That’s the best definition that we find in the Greek definition. Zoe is a God-kind-of-life. This kind of life is unconquerable, it is unbeatable. And Jesus came with this life. Jesus said,
“I am the way, the truth, and the life…” – John 14:6
I said zoe (the God-kind-of-life) is unbeatable. This is the very same life that God himself has!! God has Zoe!! You say how do you know? The bible says so. It says
“For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself” – John 5:26
You see that? ‘For as the Father hath life… ’ The Father (that is God) has ZOE because the Greek word used in that scripture is ZOE. And then look at it again. He says, that life that God has, has also been given to the Son. Wow!! So you say Jesus has this life? Well that’s what the bible is telling us!! Jesus himself said, ‘’I am the way, the truth, and the life”.
I can already hear some skeptic saying, “Well that’s Jesus. Praise God for him, because only he can have this life…”
Listen Brother! Listen Sister!! The bible says
“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life (ZOE), and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life (ZOE); and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” – 1 John 5:11.
And so the apostle John cries out and writes
“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life (Zoe),…” – 1 John 5:13
He says, if you have Jesus as your Lord and savior, he says you have this life.
So if I have this life how can I be sick? How can I be poor, how can I be defeated, how can I be a failure? Think about it. Could God be sick? Could God be a failure? Could God be poor, could God suffer? It’s impossible because the life that he has is superior to all. And boy oh boy, I have this life in me!! I have Zoe, because I have Jesus.
And so the apostles cry out and say
“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” – Romans 8:37
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” – 1 John 4:4
You see that? How could I fail? How could I be sick? How could I be defeated? With this God-kind-of-life how can it be possible?
So why do many Christians suffer, why do they live the human life when deep inside their spirits they have a God-kind-kind-of-life? It’s because they have not accepted the truth. Understand that God’s things, and God’s blessings can only manifest in your life if you accept and believe in them.
And lastly, this kind of life is only gotten by being born again. If you are not born again, you cannot have this life. If you don’t have this life, you will continue to live in the fear of death, in torment of various kinds, because the natural human life is subject to the forces of nature, the forces of evil, and to Satan.
To be born again, you have to confess Jesus as Lord over your life and believe with your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead. If you want to get born again, pray this prayer thus:
“Lord God I believe that you raised Jesus from the dead. I confess Jesus as Lord over my life.”
It is that simple
God bless you.
Scientifically, (for those of you who did science in High school), we can classify life into many classes, the primary forms of life being: Plant Life and Animal Life. We further distinguish general animal life and human life. Let’s quickly describe the major attributes of each life form.
Plant life: This is the life that any plant possesses. Plants grow, they reproduce, and they live and die after a season. How long a plant lives is dependent on each type of plant. But there are things that a plant cannot do. A plant cannot think, has limited motion and movements, and cannot reason.
General Animal life: This is the life that all animals possess. Animals can live, smell, hear, eat, move about without boundaries, and can reason, some even have the ability to remember. For example parrots can re-echo what they hear, Cats and dogs remember their owners and where they live. Baboons know where to go and steal the next maize cobs. But they are still limited as compared to human beings.
Human Life: This is the life that we possess. In addition to the general 5 senses of smell, touch, hearing, etc, humans can reason. They have emotions, they are intelligent, and they are inventive. They can read, talk to each other in an intelligent and yet understandable language. They can love, they can hate, they can imagine, and so forth. But this life, though, is still limited in terms of what is actually possible. What limitations are there someone can ask? Well for a start, man can fall sick. Man can suffer, man can be poor, and man can be in all sorts of oppressions. This is because natural human life has no way of overcoming these challenges.
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER KIND OF LIFE!!
This is the life that is superior to sickness, disease, infirmity, and suffering. This life is the kind of life that Jesus always talked about. Every time Jesus talked about life, he was always referring to this kind of life. To understand this life we need to go to its root definition.
When Jesus talked about life, he used a GREEK word called ZOE (Just before anybody says, ‘how do you know?’, understand that the bible was originally written in Greek).
So what is ZOE? Zoe is a God-kind-of-life. That’s the best definition that we find in the Greek definition. Zoe is a God-kind-of-life. This kind of life is unconquerable, it is unbeatable. And Jesus came with this life. Jesus said,
“I am the way, the truth, and the life…” – John 14:6
I said zoe (the God-kind-of-life) is unbeatable. This is the very same life that God himself has!! God has Zoe!! You say how do you know? The bible says so. It says
“For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself” – John 5:26
You see that? ‘For as the Father hath life… ’ The Father (that is God) has ZOE because the Greek word used in that scripture is ZOE. And then look at it again. He says, that life that God has, has also been given to the Son. Wow!! So you say Jesus has this life? Well that’s what the bible is telling us!! Jesus himself said, ‘’I am the way, the truth, and the life”.
I can already hear some skeptic saying, “Well that’s Jesus. Praise God for him, because only he can have this life…”
Listen Brother! Listen Sister!! The bible says
“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life (ZOE), and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life (ZOE); and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” – 1 John 5:11.
And so the apostle John cries out and writes
“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life (Zoe),…” – 1 John 5:13
He says, if you have Jesus as your Lord and savior, he says you have this life.
So if I have this life how can I be sick? How can I be poor, how can I be defeated, how can I be a failure? Think about it. Could God be sick? Could God be a failure? Could God be poor, could God suffer? It’s impossible because the life that he has is superior to all. And boy oh boy, I have this life in me!! I have Zoe, because I have Jesus.
And so the apostles cry out and say
“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” – Romans 8:37
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” – 1 John 4:4
You see that? How could I fail? How could I be sick? How could I be defeated? With this God-kind-of-life how can it be possible?
So why do many Christians suffer, why do they live the human life when deep inside their spirits they have a God-kind-kind-of-life? It’s because they have not accepted the truth. Understand that God’s things, and God’s blessings can only manifest in your life if you accept and believe in them.
And lastly, this kind of life is only gotten by being born again. If you are not born again, you cannot have this life. If you don’t have this life, you will continue to live in the fear of death, in torment of various kinds, because the natural human life is subject to the forces of nature, the forces of evil, and to Satan.
To be born again, you have to confess Jesus as Lord over your life and believe with your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead. If you want to get born again, pray this prayer thus:
“Lord God I believe that you raised Jesus from the dead. I confess Jesus as Lord over my life.”
It is that simple
God bless you.
