0352. LIFE AND ABUNDANCE.

LIFE AND ABUNDANCE.

"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have abundance" (Joh_10:10, R. V., margin).

1. A great need. "That they might have life." It is-

1. Universal. "As in Adam all die" (Gen_2:17). "By one man’s offence death reigned" (Rom_5:17).

2. Vital. It is a death and life question (Rom_6:23). "You hath He quickened who were dead" (Eph_2:1).

2. A marvellous condescension. "I am come."

1. The Person. "I." He by whom the worlds were made (Joh_1:3). The eternal and beloved Son, the image of the invisible God. The Word made flesh.

2. The purpose. "That they might have life." "He hath brought life and immortality to light" (2Ti_1:10). He came not to be ministered unto, but to give His life a ransom for many. "He that hath the Son hath life" (1Jn_5:11-12).

3. An ample provision. "That they might have abundance." That is-

1. Abundance of life. Life, in all its fulness, as a branch in the living vine, drawing its life from a living source, as a member of His body. The woman who touched the hem of His garment got life abundantly.

2. Abundance to meet the needs of that life. In Him there is all-sufficiency to satisfy the daily wants, and to sustain amid all the trials and temptations of that new life. "My God shall supply all your need" (Php_4:19).

Autor: James Smith