LIVING INSIGHTS
by admin on Jan.27, 2010, under ARTICLES, Uncategorized
As mentioned in an earlier post, here is the exhortation from Pastor Bobi Tayag of THE WAY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES.
Living Insights:
Jesus said in John 10:10 that the life He came to give us all is life abundant.
Television commercials, claim that the abundant life goes along with drinking, wearing certain kinds of clothes or shoes, or driving a certain type of car. You can’t find abundant living in a can or in a bottle or an attire and accessories or a car. You can’t find abundant life in a capsule or a pill or in cocaine or marijuana or any kind of drug. John 10:10 says that abundant living is only found in Jesus.
John 10:10 says the thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill and to destroy. Through the devil’s empty pictures of fame, money and drugs, he steals from, kills and destroys people. But God’s idea is different. Jesus says I am come that they might have life, and they might have it more abundantly.
If someone is living an abundant life, what does it look like, and how does it look different than other people? I can’t answer these questions unless I have a clear understanding of what the word abundant really means.
So, how do we understand this word abundant? In John 10:10, Christ uses the Greek word “perissos” pronounced ‘per-is-sos’. In this context, it means ‘superior in quantity or quality’ ‘exceedingly’ ‘very high’ ‘advantage’ ‘beyond measure’. This is the exact same word that Paul uses in Ephesians 3:20 “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us.” A clue to our understanding of this word is to think about whom Paul is speaking of—God.
To us who are already saved, abundant living is not just living well-off materially. It is not merely being comfortable or healthy. Being saved is great. It’s vital. But it’s not the end—it’s the beginning. There’s so much more that will fulfill us, complete us, satisfy us, and make us to be all that God designed us to be in Christ Jesus. It is receiving and living God’s best in this life.
January 29th, 2010 on 3:17 pm
I was going to do something similar to this some time back, but I couldn’t to finish . It’s great reading about your experience.
March 10th, 2010 on 2:43 pm
9B30PE Excellent article, I will take note. Many thanks for the story!
March 10th, 2010 on 9:28 pm
PRAISE GOD!
please continue to support our blog! God bless.
May 22nd, 2010 on 5:33 pm
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May 26th, 2010 on 9:29 pm
Good share, great article, very usefull for us…thanks.
May 28th, 2010 on 9:30 pm
Just wanted to say thanks for sharing!
June 10th, 2010 on 8:04 pm
hi there! by the grace of God i often open the glcc website. hmmm… though im not youth, i just visited the youth blog, and praise God for posting the exhortation of Ptr. Bobi Tayag… “living insights”
i just noted correction under this paragraph… John 10:10 says the thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill and to destroy. Through the devil’s empty pictures of fame, money and drugs, he steals from, kills and destroys people. But God’s idea is different. Jesus says I am come that they might have life, and they might have it more abundantly. “I think supposedly I HAVE come, not I AM come”. it seems the construction also of the first sentence… “cometh not, but for to steal,” is confusing.
pls dond let this comment appear on the blog. Thanks.
God bless!
dar
July 7th, 2010 on 12:59 am
hello bro!
talagang annointed ka parin mag preach its been a long time that im tracing your whereabouts at last i will have the connection again . God bless! ilan na anak mo, pastor?