May 3, 2020

If we were to speak of the primary subject of the New Testament, the ultimate purpose of religious organizations and movements about us, the aim of all sermons preached and services conducted, the object of God made incarnate and living among us, the significance of the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus, it would add up to one word: LIFE. “I came,” said Jesus, “that they might have life, and have it abundantly” [John 10:10b].

It is Jesus who is the authentic Door to Life in respect to the physical being of His people. He is Lord of all. Jesus is the Door to Life in respect to our intellectual faculties. Jesus is the Door to our moral life. Jesus is the Door in respect to our spiritual nature.

Truly the resurrected Jesus is the Door to abundant living, to fulfillment and enrichment, meaning and purpose. Thus Jesus tells us: “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”

May we give thanks to God for coming to us, for opening the Door to abundant living through Jesus.