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The God Kind of LIFE

The God Kind of LIFE. ZOE. Meaning Zoe. The Greek word for "life" is zoe. This is the root of the English words "zoo" and "zoology.“ Zoe is used of the state of existing and being animate which is common to all mankind, whether saved or unsaved.

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The God Kind of LIFE

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  1. The God Kind of LIFE ZOE

  2. Meaning Zoe • The Greek word for "life" is zoe. This is the root of the English words "zoo" and "zoology.“ • Zoe is used of the state of existing and being animate which is common to all mankind, whether saved or unsaved. • Acts 17:25-28 "The God who made the world and all things in it...He Himself gives to all life (zoe) and breath and all things...for in Him we live (zao--the verb form) and move and have our being" (Acts 17:25-28 NASV).

  3. Special Meaning • Zoe also refers to an individual person's life while on earth (Luke 16:25, Philippians 1:20, James 4:14). • But in the Greek New Testament, zoe has a special meaning. It speaks of the life that is given by God through Christ Jesus to those who believe the gospel. which means "eternal", "everlasting", "of endless duration."

  4. God is the source of LIFE • Scripture reveals that the source of this zoe life is God the Father. Indeed, Jesus calls Him "the living [zao] Father" (John 6:57) • The very life that God has in Himself. • The Father imparted this life to the Son: "For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself" (John 5:26 NASV).

  5. Jesus manifested this life to the world • John 1:4-5 • I John 1:2 • II Timothy 1:9-10

  6. Given to Man • Jesus' foremost purpose in coming was to give zoe life to men, that is, to cause men to enter into and partake of the very life of God. • John 10:10 • John 6:40 • John 17:2

  7. Dead in SIN • Mankind was without life because of sin. • All had sinned and through sin, death had come. • Dead in our trespasses and sins and in the uncircumcision of our flesh Ephesians 2:1, Colossians 2:13 • Excluded from the life of God Ephesians 4:18 • Without God in this world Ephesians 2:12

  8. Our Dead State • Alienation from God • Opposition to God. • We were enemies Romans 5:10 • Hostile in mind and engaged in evil deeds" Colossians 1:21 Titus 3:3 Ephesians 4:17-18

  9. Repentance & Faith Realigns US • Through repentance towards God and faith in Jesus Christ, zoe life becomes man's portion. "He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him" John 3:36 John 3:16 1 John 6:47, I Timothy 1:16, I John 5:1

  10. Transition • We pass from death to life at the moment we receive the gift of zoe life. "We know that we have passed out of death into life..." I John 3:14. "But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ..." Ephesians 2:4-5.

  11. Life in Christ • The zoe life which we receive is not a package that Jesus gives us. It is not something separate from Himself. Rather it is IN Jesus. "...But the free gift of God is eternal life IN Christ Jesus our Lord“ He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life" I John 5:11-13

  12. Life through Christ • In fact, the zoe life we receive is Jesus Himself, for Jesus IS life. "I am...the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies..." John 14:6 "I am...the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me" The life shines in darkness John 1:5

  13. Light Shines

  14. Light Life

  15. Effect of the LIFE of GOD • INWARDLY Being made alive in Christ transforms the course and outcome of our lives both in this present age and also in the age to come. • His life is manifested in and through our mortal flesh II Corinthians 4:10-11. • No longer do we live limited and bound by sin and flesh. This fleshly tabernacle is now indwelt by the power of an indestructible life Hebrews 7:16

  16. OUTWARDLY • As we abide with Him and His word abides in us, we bear fruit: "He who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing" John 15:4-5. • Our hearts are changed: "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren: I John 3:14 • Fruit of the Spirit Gal 5: 19-24

  17. Fruits

  18. Bad to Good Fruit

  19. Good Fruit

  20. RESURRECTION • "if we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied" (I Corinthians 15:19 NASV). • Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment [KJV--damnation]")

  21. Today • So let us live now to the fullest by His eternal life, and be raised by it later. • "everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence" (II Peter 1:3 NASV). • Let us not take this life for granted, be ignorant concerning it, trivialize it, forget it, neglect it, or turn it into cliches. Let us not doubt or disbelieve it, let it slip from our grasp, or surrender it to the enemy of our souls.

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