JESUS IS LIFE - October 11, 2020 - Bridge to the Islands

…for one’s LIFE does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.

What is better than LIFE?

LIFE IS PRECIOUS

Matthew 16:26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
GENESIS 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the BREATH OF LIFE; and man became a living soul.

THE RICH FOOL

Luke 12:14-21 “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s LIFE does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.” Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. ¹⁷And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. ¹⁹And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
LUKE 12:23 LIFE is more than food, and the body is more than clothing…
MATTHEW 4:4 Man shall not LIVE by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

BREAD OF LIFE

John 6:33,48 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world… I am the BREAD OF LIFE.
MATTHEW 7:14 …narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to LIFE, and there are few who find it.
ACTS 2:28 You have made known to me the WAYS OF LIFE; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’
ACTS 5:20 “Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of THIS LIFE.”
ACTS 17:25 Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all LIFE, breath, and all things.
PSALM 63:3 Because Your LOVINGKINDNESS is better than life, My lips shall praise You.

…faithful, gracious, unfailing love is BETTER THAN LIFE itself!

…Your love means more than life to me,

…experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself,

…In your generous love I am really living at last!

JESUS – THE SOURCE OF LIFE

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
JOHN 1:4 In Him was LIFE, and the LIFE was the light of men.
ACTS 17:28 …in him we LIVE and move and have our being.
JOHN 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have LIFE, and that they may have it more abundantly.
PSALM 36:9 For with You is the fountain of LIFE; In Your light we see light.
JOHN 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are LIFE.
PSALM 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me LIFE.

RESURRECTION LIFE

John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I AM the RESURRECTION and the LIFE. He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live.
I PETER 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a LIVING HOPE through the RESURRECTION of Jesus Christ from the dead…
ROMANS 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also GIVE LIFE to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

RESURRECTION POWER

Philippians 3:10 …that I may know Him and the power of His RESURRECTION…
JOHN 5:29 …and shall come forth—those who have done good, to the RESURRECTION OF LIFE, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation (damnation).
REVELATION 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the WATER OF LIFE freely.

LIFE IS A GIFT

John 4:10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the GIFT of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you LIVING water.”
ROMANS 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is ETERNAL LIFE in Christ Jesus our Lord.

LIFE IS A CHOICE

Deut. 30:19,20 …I have set before you LIFE and death, blessing and cursing; therefore CHOOSE LIFE… love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for HE IS YOUR LIFE and the length of your days…
PROVERBS 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

LIFE IS PRECIOUS!