“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them to me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand” – John 10:28-29
LIGHT FOR NOW: The very life of God which is eternal life is a free gift made available in Christ for humanity to receive.
ZOE, a Greek word for life used multiple times in the bible, means eternal life or “The God-kind of life”; the rich, abundant, divine nature of God; His fullness of love, joy, power and ability. At new birth, this abundant life and nature of God is imparted into your spirit from God. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16). “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life through his name” (John 20:31). God recreates you by taking away your old spirit and giving you a brand spirit created in His own image and likeness so that you become His child and His direct offspring. Zoe is the essence of salvation. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone the new is here” (2Corinthians 5:17). “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh” (Ezekiel 36:26).
God is divine. Since “like begets like”, when you become God’s child, you share in this divine nature of God. “Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the spirit gives birth to the spirit” (John 3:6). Through these, he has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature (1Peter 1:4). Christ, who is life brings us life eternal. So, Zoe is not only about spending eternity with God in heaven. It includes the promise of heaven, but it is so much more. In Christ, we have Zoe right now. Those who belong to the Son of God have the right to eternal life here on earth. So as a born again believer, rejoice and rest in the knowledge that you are a new creation and you have the life of God; eternal life in you. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: You have the gift of eternal life; acknowledge this.
CONFESSION: I declare that I have received the gift of eternal life in Christ. I have the life of God working in me, in Jesus Name, Amen.
QUOTE: Eternal life is a gift to be received, and not something that is worked for.
DAILY READING: MORNING: GENESIS CHAPTER 1; EVENING: GENESIS CHAPTER 3
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 