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Life from Death
Eternal Life
St John the evangelist speaks about the person of Jesus whom he had known for many years and served until his death at a great old age as Savior. "In him was life, and that life was the light of men." 1
"And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him." 2
"If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that. All wrong doing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death. We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true - even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life." 3
Creator
"Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." 4
Jesus' Humanity
Jesus showed the same emotions and physical needs as any other human being. He ate with his friends. "Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples saying "Take, eat, this is my body." ... this is my blood." 5 The physical body and blood of Jesus were to have spiritual values when sacrificed - as the sacrificial lamb in the Old Covenant. The bread and wine were to become the physical reminders of the spiritual consequences of His sacrifice.16
The first Epistle of John contains the disciples' confession that they knew Jesus as a man with a physical body that they touched and looked upon.
Take, eat, this is my body.
Notes
1John 1.4 21 John 5.11-20 3John 1.3 4Matthew 26.26,28 5c.f. John 19.34 blood and water from his side.
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