Christ Is Our Life

Finding life means that we need reconciliation with God. But the only way to be reconciled to God is through faith in Christ Jesus. Christ says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). As Christ says elsewhere, “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him” (John 3:36). This is why it is crucial for us to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ to have life and a relationship with God: “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent” (John 17:3). As the Bible says in another place: “God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life” (1 John 5:11–12). Moreover, it is an abundant life that Christ gives (John 10:10). By bringing us into a loving relationship with the Father, we not only receive eternal life, we receive a life of joy, peace, and purpose. It is an abundant life because it is the life of Christ that is lived within us who believe (Gal. 2:20). And the life of Christ within us is like an everlasting river that quenches all our thirsts (John 4:14).

Adapted from The Pursuit of Glory: Finding Satisfaction in Christ Alone by Jeffrey D. Johnson