“I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”
— Jesus, Jn. 10:10
What do Jesus words mean to you? What does His claim mean for your ministry?
To answer those questions you need to first understand just what He is saying.
Begin By Better Understanding Jesus’ Claim to Give Abundant Life
John 10 lays the groundwork for Jesus’ claim with an analogy about how the gate is the only legitimate way into the sheep pen. Then He asserts, “I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.” (Jn. 10:7-9)
Thieves and robbers try to get in by other ways to steal or destroy the sheep. They don’t care about the sheep other than profiting off of them. In contrast, Jesus, who later in the chapter is identified as the Good Shepherd, protects and provides for the sheep.
Against this backdrop Jesus says, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”
“I” refers to the One who is the Gate, the way in. Remember what Jesus said in John 14:6, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
For More, Go To: Living an Abundant Life is Possible Because of Jesus
Now that you have taken a closer look at the verse, let me again ask — What do Jesus words mean to you? What does His claim mean for your ministry?
In the next post we’ll look at the difference this abundant life makes.
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May God indeed use you to make disciples of Jesus Christ. I pray God will use the resources you have been able to read on the MinTools.com site as tools to further His work there.
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