Topic: Contents and Components of Zoe Life
Greetings:
Let get right to it and start with the three things
contained in Zoe life:
John 1:16: And the fullness have all we received, and grace
for grace.
The first content within Zoe life is grace. We have discussed grace extensively and we
know that grace is power and authority.
We know we need power and authority to protect us from the schemes of
the enemy that we may overcome not only him but his systems that he has placed
in the world that attempts to take advantage of us by our blindness or
ignorance.
The second thing contains in Zoe life:
John 1:12: But as
many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to
them that believe on His name.
The second content is our sonship. There are many believers or Christians but
unfortunately they are unaware or misinformed about their sonship. The devil does not see you as a threat when
you do not understand who you are. But
within Zoe life we learn of our sonship and who we truly are.
The third thing that contains Zoe life:
John 1:4: In Him was
life (zoe) and the life was the light of men
The third content is light.
We know in Scripture that darkness is symbolic of sin but also of
ignorance. When we have Zoe live we are
not called to be ignorant but to be knowledgeable of the Son of God of whom we
were birthed. We are children of the light
not darkness because there is no darkness or sin in the Father. When we access Zoe life our path is lit for
us to see and we come into fellowship with the goal of becoming to the stature
of Christ where God will be all in all.
So the three things that Zoe life contains are grace, light
and sonship. So when we examine the
Body of Christ, we can see that many have not accessed this gift within and for
many religion has locked them out and put Zoe life in the future or even the
sweet by-and-by. Not true at all Zoe
life is for the hear and now. Paul
admonishes Timothy, his spiritual son to lay hold of eternal life.
1 Timothy 6:12: Fight
the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also
called , and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Paul admonishes us to lay hold of zoe life. In other words seize it or grab it. We have access to this life now but we must
be spiritually minded first to lay hold of it.
Those who are carnally minded cannot see this nor access it because it
is spiritually discerned.
Now let’s look at the 2 major components. The first major component of Zoe life is it
is Word-Driven.
John 6:63: It is the
spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing; the word I speak unto you
they are spirit and they are life (zoe).
The Word of the Lord is Zoe life. It gives life. You must love the Word of God. Anyone that does not love the Word of God
cannot access Zoe life let alone obtain it because Jesus Christ Himself is Zoe
life.
1 John 1:1,2: That which was from the beginning, which we
have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and
our hands have handled, of the Word of life (zoe); (For the life (zoe) was manifested, and we
have seen it, and bear witness , and shew unto you that eternal life (zoe),
which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
The second component of Zoe life is it is Spirit-Driven.
Romans 8:10: And if
Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life (zoe)
because of righteousness.
We know that the Spirit of Christ is Zoe life and even
though our flesh is dying on the outside we are eternally alive because we have
Zoe life, we have Christ. Now we know
that the Spirit is invisible but how will someone know that you have the Spirit
of God dwelling in you?
Matthew 7:16: Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles?
In the final message in this series we will look at one of
the nine fruits that is a major indicator of the Spirit of God dwelling in you.
Peace and Grace
Calvin Calhoun Jr
