by Timothy W. Burnett
Believing is the key that opens the door for the more abundant life promised in John 10:10b. Our ability to believe God for this life is directly related to the believing of Jesus Christ. See Romans 3:22, "Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe..."
Only one man ever had the authority to be God's purchased price for all of mankind. That was Jesus Christ the son of God. And this man willfully gave his own life with the joy of knowing that His Daddy would not let him down.
Jesus told the Jews "...He that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone..." (John 8:28).
Through a right dividing of the Gospels, we can see more perfectly that God never left Jesus Christ alone. Jesus trusted his Daddy to be with him all the way through his death. And God did not let him down. He raised him from the dead, and gave him a new glorious body. He made him to sit at His own right hand of all authority. He gave him a name that is greater than any other name on earth.
In order to tap into this more than abundant life, we must walk with confidence and trust that God is with us where ever we go. Just as God did not forsake Jesus Christ, so also will He not forsake us. For our joy is that we are risen with Christ Jesus (Colossians 3:1).
This is the perfect love of God that casts out fear (1John 4:18).
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