The Foundation of Zoe Life
Today’s Focus: The Three Scriptural Meanings of Life
Greetings Sons of God:
What is the Zoe Life?
I asked myself that question because I heard many people say it but it
was not until recently that I began to inquire of the Lord about this Zoe Life
and what was revealed was so powerful and it truly nourished my spirit and
increase my desire more to understand.
So it is my prayer and desire that we come to understand what the Zoe
life is and began to live it as purposed by our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
As we know with any language, one word can mean different
things. As we have seen in Scripture we
can look at the word world and see two different meanings for example:
“If any man love the world....the love of the Father is not
in him” – the meaning of the word world here is systems of ways of the world
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten
Son” – the meaning of the word here is humanity
So as you can see the word world can mean two different
things depending on how it is bring used.
This is the same concept as it pertains to the word life as it is used
in Scripture let’s take a look at the three Scriptural meanings of the word
“life”.
2 Timothy 2:4: No man
that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may
please Him who hath chosen him to be a soldier
The word life here in the Greek is the word “Bios” which
means, visible life or natural life.
Matthew 6:25:
Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall
eat or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not life more than meat, and the body than
raiment?
The word life in this Scripture is the word in the Greek,
“Psuche” which means breath of life, heart, mind, soul or seat of
personality.
John 5:39,40: Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye
have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might
have this life.
In both times the word life is used here in John 5, the
Greek word for life is “Zoe”. Zoe is the
God-kind of life. It is the life that
God has. It is the supernatural
life. It is this life that makes us a s
the sons of God different from every other human on Earth. Notice in the Scripture of John 5 you see
Jesus speaks to the fact that He is the giver of Zoe life. Jesus makes this declaration also to not only
being the giver of Zoe life but being Zoe life Himself
John 14:6: Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life (zoe); no man cometh unto
the Father but by me.
The carnal man cannot come unto the Father. Only those who have obtained Zoe life. Jesus Christ is Zoe life and He gives it to
all who come to Him. The way Zoe life
comes to you is by the word of the gospel.
So in every believer, every son of God, is Zoe life. Now this life is not something you get in the
after-life when you die and go to heaven.
It is not a futuristic life. This
is a right now reality and let me show you this in Scripture:
1 John 5:11: And this
is the record that God hath given to us eternal life (zoe), and this life (zoe)
is in his Son.
Therefore:
Colossians 3:3: For
ye are dead, and your life (zoe) is hid with Christ in God
Before we were born again we were the walking dead because
there was no Zoe life within us.
However, when the Spirit of Christ who is Son dwells with our spirit and
we are Sons, Zoe life has entered us and resurrected us from the dead. Zoe life is the Heavenly life lived on Earth.
And let me show it a step higher scripturally:
John 4:14: But
whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but
the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up
into everlasting life (zoe).
Zoe life is the fully satisfied life. For so long we look for satisfaction and
happiness and God has freely given it to all His sons. The problem we have had
is transitioning to the Zoe life and accessing it through submission, sacrifice
and obedience. In the Zoe life you
reach full contentment. Circumstances do
not affect the Zoe life. But it is Zoe
life that can affect our circumstances.
Let me show you.
2 Corinthians 4:7-11:
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the
power may be of God and not of us. We
are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed but not in
despair; Persecuted but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always
bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life also of
Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus sake, that
the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Despite our circumstances the Zoe life is not affected but
even better it shows up through our mortal flesh. One of the beautiful was Zoe life shows up
is through sufferings for Christ and suffering in Christ. When we suffer for and in Christ, Zoe life is
manifested.
1 Peter 4:12,13:
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trail which is to try
you as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye
are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed,
ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
The Zoe Life is the glory of God. It is time for us to enter and access the Zoe
life by which we are purposed and destined.
This is the life of Son. This
life is a fully satisfied life but it starts with repentance and death to the
sin nature.
Peace, Love and Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
