God gives what He has. He has life, and He has given it to us. In the beginning, God formed man from the dust of the earth and then breathed His breath into us, and we became living souls. We are the human race. He also breathes His breath of eternal Life into us, which is His Holy Spirit. Jesus breathed on His disciples and told them to receive the Holy Spirit. Everything God has, He chooses to give to us. Believers in Jesus will share His glory when He is revealed when He returns. We will also sit on His throne as He sits on His Father’s throne. Eternal life is available to all who come to Christ. He is the Light, and in Him there is truth! Glory to God, the eternal Giver, who lavishes His infinite love and grace on all of us.
How do we check if we are alive today? We check if the person is breathing. If they are breathing, they are alive. If you want to feel more alive, then breathe more. How does one breathe more? Exercise. Physical exercise is good, but spiritual exercise is better. Physical exercise is good only while you have your body. A day will come when you will not have our body. Spiritual exercise is better because we will have our spirit after death. Train your spirit in godly things just like you train your physical body for military, to run a race, or sports.
The test for an abundance of life is if you’re breathing. But are you breathing the Holy Spirit? This is the true breath from God and the true Life He gives. Jesus breathed on His disciples before returning to heaven and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” If you have not received, then believe in Jesus who God sent. He will give you the Spirit to live inside of you. He will give you power and authority over your thoughts. He will lead you into all knowledge and all truth about Himself. He will guide you. Amen.
The world gives what it has. The world provides temporary wealth, false security, and fragile power. The thing that all of these have in common is falsehood. The world is darkness, and there is no light in it at all. The ruler of this world is satan, who lied from the beginning. God has given satan authority to rule over this world temporarily. The wealth here is a lie since it does not last. When we die, it is given to someone else. Our wealth cannot save us — it cannot even talk nor hear nor see, yet we trust it so much. These things are obvious, but we fall for these wiles of the devil. The power of this world is pride. God will test our boasts and see if they measure up. He will place them on a scale: on one side, your boastful speech and on the other, your actual strength. Pride believes in a lie. Do not let your love of lies keep you from eternal life.
The truth is we all will die, and even death comes from God. Death is utter weakness. This is the final destination of all flesh. Our flesh is nothing to be prideful in. There is no way around this fate. Young people die and so do the old; there will be no new technology that comes out that will save us from death. There is an elephant in the room, and many people dare not look at it. That elephant is death. In psychology, the way you overcome your fear is to face it head-on and flood yourself with that fear. Think about death, and that fear will drive you to the Cross of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the answer to all questions. I’ll say that again: Jesus is the answer to all questions. Everything is revealed through Jesus Christ. He is the meaning of life. He is the key to life. He is Life. When all is said and done, what will truly matter? The wise think about death, and a fool only about having a good time.
This world is darkness, and in darkness, you cannot see. That is why we are so easily fooled. The Light of Jesus Christ is not preached in this world, for then the darkness would have no power. The only power the darkness has is the power to lie and manipulate. Turn off the lights and watch how your thoughts fool you: “I saw something move,” “There could be something over there,” “There is something dangerous and evil out there.” The darkness uses fear to sterilize you. In the darkness, it is easy not to move because you don’t know where you’re going. Jesus is the Light that shows you all paths. He will show you where to go and where not to go. He will show you that all paths apart from Him lead to death. There is One path that leads to life — Jesus is the Way to Life.
In the Light, there is truth. No one dares tell you a lie in the light. Imagine if someone said, “I look like Tom Cruise. That is how handsome I am!” If a person said this on the computer, where all sorts of lies are told, then they could get away with it; or if these things are told in the darkness, they could also get away with it since you cannot see the truth. But no one dares declare that sort of statement in the light if it weren’t true. Since in the light, everything is clear and visible. Jesus is the Light. In the Light, you can see the truth. God’s Word is the mirror. In order to see truly who you are, you must go into the Light and evaluate yourself through the Mirror. If you do not do these two things or if these two things are not in the picture, there will be falsehood in your evaluation of yourself, for the heart is deceitfully wicked.