And you he made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience (Ephesians 2:1-2).
I came that they might have life and have it abundantly (John 10:10b).
I typed into my search engine, What is life? Anticipating a lot of Christian references in answer to my question, I was shocked to find not one. There was, however, a science text written in 1944 with that question as the title as well as a hit single by George Harrison with that tital in 1971. Thus, I titled this "bullet" with that question.
A dictionary definition of life goes something like this, 'Life is the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter. Life grows, reproduces, has functional activity and continually changes until death.' All living things die while inorganic matter will never live, thus inorganic matter can never die. The Arapaho Indians had a saying, "Only the rocks live forever.*"
I. Life is a loving relationship with God (Luke 15:32). When the lost son came home he passed from death to life.
II. Life is the awareness that God knows all and He strengthens all who wait on Him (Isaiah 40:27-31).
III. God defines life differently; not as the world defines it--note Ephesians 2:1-2. "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be added unto you" (Matthew 6:33).
Life is Jesus Christ.
Our Father's Love,
Tom
*From James Michener's Centennial
**Factoid from Forbes magazine October 12, 2013: Forty people per day are accidently deemed dead by the Feds each day.
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