+DEV+ Jesus: The Author of Life

Date: July 18, 2012 12:33 AM
Topic: +DEV+  Jesus: The Author of Life

Jesus: The Author of Life

 "...the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being."  (Genesis 2:7)
Scripture Focus: Genesis 2

One of the most fundamental questions we can ask about the universe is, "Why is there something rather than nothing?" Some say the rocks are eternal, but there's no evidence of that. Some figure the beginning was a giant explosion, "The Big Bang." But where did the stuff come from that exploded to create the universe? The answer is that for something to exist today, something - or someone - must have the power of existence within Himself. That Someone is Jesus Christ.

In John 5:26, Jesus said, "For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself." [Jesus is] "the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End" (Revelation 22:13). Jesus is the pre-existent Creator who brings life out of death. Death on the cross could not defeat the Author of Life. He lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died, rising again for our justification. One day soon, the Giver of Life will come again and resurrect this strife-torn universe.

Insight: When People Mock Jesus Or Pay Him Faint Praise, They Pronounce Judgment On Him Who Gives Them "Life And Breath And Everything Else"  (Acts 17:25).