Life Is In the Son 

   “And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.  Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.”  (1 John 5: 11 – 12) 

   Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.”  (John 14: 6).  There is no other way to attain eternal life in the presence of God; only through Christ is it possible.

   There are those who say they find God in nature or in the way they live their lives.  They are good people, they claim, and they do good things; they are spiritual, not religious.  While they may be sincere they are missing the point.  The path that leads to God is not found in nature but in Christ.

   Jesus is the only path to God.  Without belief and faith in Him God is unattainable.  Only Jesus can bring us to the Father.  Unless He is in our life we are lost.  It is right to recognize God in His creation and it is right to do good works, but if we do not know Jesus, He will not recognize us at the judgement.

   Each day is an opportunity for me to better know Jesus.  In scripture, in the teachings of the apostles, in the writings of the saints and in the preaching of my pastor I gain more and more knowledge of Him.  I surely recognize God in nature and give Him praise and glory for all He has done.  I thank Him for the many blessings He has bestowed upon me.  But I know that these were done through Jesus and it is only through Him that I can know the Father.

   “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things came to be through Him and without Him nothing came to be.”  (John 1: 1 – 3).  God chose to do all things through His Word, Jesus Christ.  It is only through Jesus that we can come to know God. 

Jesus, You are the path to eternal life.

In You heaven exists.

Only through You can we attain paradise.

Lead us always to our heavenly home.

 

Amen