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Our topic is: "John 14:6--How is Jesus 'The Life'?" Here's Rick and Julie.

[Rick] (0:20 - 0:27) Welcome, everyone. I'm Rick. I'm joined by Julie, a long-time contributor.

Julie, what's our theme scripture for this episode?

[Julie] (0:27 - 0:35) John 14:6: "Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me."

[Rick] (0:35 - 1:44) The teaching that Jesus gave to his apostles the night before his crucifixion about him being the way, the truth, and the life was a profound foundation that described the path of every true Christian. Jesus as "the way" opened up the opportunity for average sinful individuals to become acceptable to God through the merit of Jesus' sacrifice. He was and is the path that we are to follow.

As we walk this path, we can recognize Jesus as "the truth" by accepting that his actions, teachings, and example were always a direct reflection of the ultimate and pure truth that comes directly from the Father. Being on the path and following Jesus' example and absorbing God's words and will spoken through Jesus, we can now begin to open ourselves to understanding Jesus as "the life." That's where we're going to begin.

What does it mean that Jesus is "the life"? Let's go back just for a second. When learning about Jesus as "the truth," the last verse we quoted when we spoke about that in our previous episode was from John 14.

It was John 14:29:

[Julie] (1:45 - 1:53) "Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe." Here Jesus assured them about things that hadn't even happened yet.

[Rick] (1:53 - 2:16) He was being prophetic in that aspect and therefore being the truth. He's going to show them and then they're going to see it's exactly the way he said. John 14:30 can be seen as the beginning of Jesus bringing us to the next lesson, and that is Jesus as "the life."

This is a very, very fascinating transitional verse for us. Let's take a look at John 14:30:

[Julie] (2:16 - 2:58) "I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in me." That's an interesting phrase. The rule of the world, of course, is Satan.

"He has nothing in me." That's a Greek legal idiom. It means he has no claim against me or there's no case to be made.

In ancient Greek usage, this phrase carries the weight of legal disqualification. Satan had no legal ground, no authority, no rights, and no standing to accuse or condemn Jesus. Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible commentary said: "There is in me no principle or feeling that accords with his, and nothing, therefore, by which he can prevail."

[Rick] (2:59 - 3:34) You're looking for that foothold, that handhold to grab and make something else happen and Jesus is saying there's nothing. There is absolutely nothing, because he was completely crystallized as "the way" and "the truth" and he's about to show us how he is "the life." It's very, very powerful.

Jesus says that "the ruler of this world is coming." Satan was coming to attempt to turn Jesus's voluntary sacrifice into a doubt-filled failure regarding obedience to his Father's will. Satan would try.

He would try and he would fail. Why? Next verse, John 14:31:

[Julie] (3:35 - 3:44) "But so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded me. Get up, let's go from here." Meaning, let's leave this upper room.

[Rick] (3:45 - 5:02) Here he's basically saying, here's why he has nothing in me--because "I do exactly as the Father commanded me." You don't worry when you're following exactly God's commands and Jesus had absolutely, obviously mastered that. There's a confidence in his going forward that is remarkable when you think about how he knew what was going to happen;

this confidence in God's will for him. As they left the security of that closed Upper Room, Jesus restated that his life was to do the Father's will, which was to unlock life for all because that's what he was going to do. By dying, he would do that.

So we look at this. Let's pause here. How is Jesus "the life"?

What have we learned so far in these just these few verses? Jesus began showing himself as "the life" by demonstrating his unrelenting resolve to do the Father's will by willingly offering up his life in sacrifice. Willingly offering it up.

The ultimate key to eternal life on any level is to always live in absolute dedication to God's will. What we can see as Jesus as "the life" is, Jesus lived God's will. That is how we begin to unfold Jesus as "the life," but there's a whole lot more to follow.

[Julie] (5:02 - 5:40) Let's continue with what happened. That walk from the Upper Room of the Last Supper to the Garden of Gethsemane was their last earthly walk together. Jesus would now use the metaphor of him being a "true vine." Why did he use this picture?

Well, they likely walked through the Kidron Valley. They were surrounded by actual vineyards. The historian Josephus wrote about a golden vine decoration on Herod's Temple that they all would have seen.

Some say there's a brass plate near the Huldah Gate with a vine and branches motif. It's not confirmed by mainstream archeology, but regardless of the inspiration of that moment, we're going to see what a great lesson Jesus gave us.

[Rick] (5:41 - 6:01) Now we're really getting to Jesus' teachings about "the life." John 15 unfolds this powerful lesson of his nurturing privilege that the Father gave him to give to us. We're going to look at John 15.

Let's start with John 15: 1-3:

[Julie] (6:01 - 7:29) "I am the true vine, and my Father is the Vinedresser." It seems obvious, Rick, but I had to look it up. A vinedresser is someone who tends and cultivates grape vines.

He's a gardener or farmer with a specialized care for vineyards. Jesus continues: "Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, He takes away and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it can bear more fruit."

That phrase, "he takes away" is very interesting. It can mean "removed," but it can also mean "to lift up." It suggests nurturing and restoration.

I wanted to quote from a book that you had called "The Secrets of the Vine," by Bruce Wilkinson: "New branches have a tendency to trail down and grow along the ground. But they don't bear fruit down there. When branches grow along the ground the leaves get coated in dust.

When it rains, they get muddied and mildewed. The branch becomes sick and useless. ...These branches are too valuable to cut off. We go through the vineyard with a bucket of water looking for these branches.

We lift them up and wash them off. Then we wrap them around the trellis or tie them up.

Pretty soon they're thriving." Here if you're "in Jesus" and you're not bearing fruit, you have to be metaphorically lifted up out of the mud, cleansed, repositioned for growth.

You're disciplined at the loving hand of the Vinedresser. John 15:3, if we continue, seems to support this lifting up interpretation: He says: "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you."

[Rick] (7:29 - 8:40) You can see this very tender illustration. I'm the vine. The heavenly Father is the Vinedresser.

He takes care of everything. Every branch in me bears fruit. I nourish you.

Jesus is "the life." When we see Jesus as "the life" here, he's teaching discipleship in a simple and profound way. With this example, he's the vine.

He's the source of life, because for every branch, you have nothing unless you're attached to the vine, the source of life. God is the careful and intentional Vinedresser, the one who nurtures the vine. We as true disciples are the branches cared for by God.

Why? Because we are in Christ. He's taking care of the vine and all of those branches that grow out of him.

We can only live before God through Jesus. That's how Jesus is "the life." That's the basis of this lesson.

Now Jesus is going to continue to build it. Life as a disciple attached to this vine is there for a very specific reason. Let's look at that reason now.

Let's continue with John 15:4-5.

[Julie] (8:40 - 9:01) You'll notice how many times he says "abide." It's ten times in the next several verses. "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in me."

Let's be clear. What is this fruit? What is the fruit that we're growing?

[Rick] (9:01 - 9:13) Primarily, and we're going to see it develop as we go through this, but we've got to look at it as the fruit of the spirit, the fruit which God's spirit works into us. We're going to see how magnificent and how important all of that is as we go.

[Julie] (9:13 - 9:48) That fruit of the spirit is in Galatians 5. Continuing here with John 15:5: "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." Now, if we go to a literal tree, fruit just doesn't appear overnight.

A branch has to go through seasons of growth and pruning and maturing. That's similar to our spiritual transformation. We are staying rooted.

We abide in Christ. Even times that might seem dormant or unproductive are essential to our ultimate growth. It's more than just doing a good deed here or there.

What is bearing much fruit?

[Rick] (9:49 - 10:17) The idea is that a branch can bear fruit. It can bear some fruit. But the point is to make it really valuable, to make it really grow, to make it show that it's got much in it.

That's what every branch in Jesus is there to do, to bear much fruit, and to put yourself in a position where we are really learning how to walk in Jesus' footsteps, because he is "the way," he is "the truth," and now he's feeding us so he can be "the life."

[Julie] (10:18 - 10:31) Here, if you noticed, he said, "Apart from me you can do nothing." He previously, in John 5:19, said he himself can do nothing apart from the Father. You've got Father, Son, and us.

It shows our unity in Christ.

[Rick] (10:32 - 11:12) It shows that everything that he was subjecting himself to, we subject ourselves to, just not quite on the same level. That's what means to follow in his footsteps. Let's pause here.

How is Jesus "the life?" With these few verses, as the branches literally, literally draw nourishment from the vine, we also draw life from Jesus as "the way"--the path that we follow--and "the truth"--what we are supposed to learn and what we're supposed to do. The purpose of our discipleship is to be fruitful.

That's simple. Through the nourishing of Jesus and the care of God, we are to become fruitful, but not just fruitful. We are to become VERY fruitful!

That's the key here.

[Julie] (11:13 - 11:35) One more quote from "The Secrets of the Vine:" "The vine's ability to produce growth increases each year, but without intensive pruning the plant weakens and its crop diminishes. Mature branches must be pruned hard to achieve maximum yield."

Pruning not only removes what isn't necessary, it also makes room for spirituality and maturity. What do you think about this pruning?

[Rick] (11:36 - 11:38) Pruning is not comfortable.

[Julie] (11:38 - 11:39) No, it sometimes hurts, right?

[Rick] (11:40 - 12:05) That's right, because you get comfortable with what is, and the Vinedresser, God Himself, is basically saying, No, you don't need this. You don't need this. You don't need this.

You need everything in you to focus on drawing nourishment from the vine so you can produce not just fruit, but more fruit and much fruit. It's a big thing. How do we go forth and do this?

Well, John 15 :7-14 really helped to nail this down.

[Julie] (12:06 - 12:50) Verse 7: "If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you." Oh, free stuff! Now we're talking!

Verse 8: "My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples." We've got our fruit again. Verses 9-10: "Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; abide in my love.

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love; just as I kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love." We talked about how important love was in Jesus being "the way" and "the truth," and here love shows up again with Jesus as "the life." But what's happening with this "ask whatever you wish?"

Everyone loves "love" and we love the granting of wishes. What's the catch?

[Rick] (12:50 - 13:43) First of all, these are not wishes, not wishes in the sense of a dream, ask what you would like. The word "wish" really doesn't fit here in terms of accurate translation.

Here's the key: "If you abide in me, and my words abide in you." Now, we talked about pruning.

We talked about drawing all your nourishment from Jesus as "the vine." If you are living that way, yes, ask whatever it is you will ask, because what you will ask in that format is for more growth, more development, more fruitage. It's not for, and can I have a Mercedes along the way?

No, no, that's not even remotely in the same picture. This is a serious, sober look at how we draw our life from Jesus. We ask what we will as we abide in him and his words abide in us.

That's how it works.

[Julie] (13:43 - 13:49) We're abiding correctly, we're going to ask correctly, and then we'll get what we asked for.

[Rick] (13:50 - 14:11) Which is what we want in our highest form of spiritual development. Abiding in Jesus' love is the nourishment that the vine gives. This developmental love comes through Jesus who was developed in the Father's love, just like you said before.

We're repeating the process, except on a lower level, that Jesus already did. Let's continue now with John 15:11-14:

[Julie] (14:11 - 14:39) "These things I have spoken to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. This is my commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

You are my friends if you do what I command you." But Rick, isn't it odd that he's literally walking the path to the betrayal by Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane, and here he's talking about joy?

[Rick] (14:39 - 16:12) You might think it's odd, but when you recognize the message that he's giving to his disciples at this moment, the message outweighs the trial and the trauma, because he's preparing them for what's going to be afterwards; that's the joy. Hebrews 12:2 says: "Who for the joy set before him endured the cross."

It was the joy that was set before him that drove him through that experience, and he's transferring it to them. Yes, there is joy, even in the trial, and even in the suffering. When we look at this, again, the question: How is Jesus "the life" in these few verses?

Abiding--and that's that key word, you said, Julie, that comes ten times in these few verses-- abiding in Jesus' love produces the fruitage of the joy of Jesus as well as the fruitage of love for one another. You can see that some of the fruit is just being plainly defined for us.

This command of Jesus was first given as he described himself as "the way." This command to "love one another" was reinforced as he described himself as "the truth," and now this command to "love one another" was verified by his willingness to die for us as "the life." You think there's a message here? "Love one another"--the way, the truth, and life, it's verified each of these times.

Through the death of Jesus, came life through Jesus. That's where we are here, and that's how he is "the life." But wait, there's more.

Okay, let's go to John 15:16-19, 21:

[Julie] (16:13 - 16:29) "You did not choose me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in my name He may give it to you." We've got more fruit, more asking. Is he just repeating himself?

[Rick] (16:29 - 17:03) No, see now here what he's saying is that "whatever you ask my Father in my name He may give to you," "that your fruit would remain." What he's telling us is this is not seasonal fruit. This is not just a burst of energy that produces some fruit, and then you say, okay, that was great, got to recover.

No, this is a fruit that remains. It's not seasonal. It's permanent.

It's the development of your character. This exceeds the picture of the vine. Your fruit remains.

It never goes away because this is how you become--Jesus speaking--this is how you become more like me.

[Julie] (17:04 - 17:26) This is an excellent metaphor because this fruit wouldn't just be our INTERNAL personal growth. It would be something that's visible. Everybody can see this fruit of the spirit. It's going to reveal if we're rooted, responsive, and aligned in that line with the heart of the Vine.

Continuing with John 15:17 he says: "This I command you, that you love one another."

[Rick] (17:27 - 17:48) He keeps coming back to that because it's so important for that interconnectivity to stay, to remain, and to flourish. Now we can see that the fruit that we are to bear will be our lifelong development into Christlikeness, and this opens the door to appropriately asking and receiving. Again, it's appropriately asking and receiving.

Let's continue.

[Julie] (17:49 - 18:21) Sure. Let's switch over to the New Living Translation (NLT) for John 15:18-19, and 21: "If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.

The world would love you as one of its own if you belong to it, but you are no longer part of the world... They will do all this to you because of me, for they rejected the One who sent me." Here he's preparing them for resistance.

Fruit-bearing isn't easy, but it has to continue even when we're misunderstood and even when we're persecuted. This really gets down to the fine print.

[Rick] (18:21 - 19:01) Yeah, and the fine print is the magnitude of the fruit, the magnitude of the joy, the magnitude of the love, and the magnitude of the becoming more and more like Jesus. Again, we ask the question: How is Jesus "the life"? He's "the life" because the fruit of the lives of each and every true disciple of his is developed through his example.

He showed us every single thing first and said, follow me. That's how we get there. That's how we grow.

This fruitage brings us into harmony with God so our lives will be productive and blessed no matter, no matter what we may face.

[Julie] (19:01 - 19:19) I remember how popular it was--at least in the United States-- years ago, a lot of people wore rubber bracelets that had "WWJD" on them. It meant, "What Would Jesus Do?"

It's something that you were supposed to look at and think about. I think that's really a good acronym to remember as we move about our day because he's our example.

[Rick] (19:20 - 19:32) To answer the question, what would Jesus do? We really should look at WDJD; what did Jesus do?

I got the letters wrong, but you know the point.

[Julie] (19:33 - 19:37) It's what FD, what the "Father Did"--what He would have him do.

[Rick] (19:37 - 19:46) It comes down to looking at his example that went before us and then that shows you what he would do and therefore that shows us what we should do.

[Julie] (19:46 - 20:03) We have to remember that we can only make all this fruit if our branch is attached to the vine. We are abiding because if you look at a branch laying on the ground, it's not going to grow any fruit. That's how Jesus is "the life," because through him we're able to have a relationship with God.

That's where we get our life from.

[Rick] (20:03 - 20:24) Exactly. We've got these tremendous teachings. This was just a very quick overview of John 15: Jesus as "the life."

Now let's take a look at some other scriptures that further reveal what we receive from Jesus as "the life." The first message we receive is the fact that we are justified. Let's look at Romans 5:8-10:

[Julie] (20:25 - 20:50) "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by his blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through him (through Jesus). For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by his life."

What does this "justification" mean?

[Rick] (20:50 - 21:26) This justified is being made right before God. You can't be made right before God on your own because we are at odds with God because we're sinful. That's why the Jewish people had the Law. It was to bring them to God, but the blood of those sacrifices couldn't actually make them right.

Jesus' blood makes us right before God and that's how we're saved by his life, because he gave his life and he draws his life. The idea here is that Jesus is "the life" because he literally makes us right before God. We could not in any way, shape, manner or form become right before God without him.

[Julie] (21:27 - 21:32) Okay, sin separates us from God; Jesus reconciles us back to God. That's "the life."

[Rick] (21:32 - 21:46) That's "the life." Go on to another text built on that justification. Based on the justification, we're now a new creation--we have now become ministers of reconciliation to others.

Let's look at 2 Corinthians 5:17-19:

[Julie] (21:47 - 22:13) "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation."

[Rick] (22:14 - 23:33) This scripture not only solidifies how Jesus is "the life" for us, it begins to open up another door. It solidifies "the life" because we're justified, we're given God's spirit, and that makes this "new creation" something that didn't exist before, the spirituality that can truly follow in Jesus' footsteps because Jesus had God's spirit driving him as well.

Again, it's following him in every way possible, but this also talks about becoming ministers of reconciliation. It also mentions--just calmly, casually mentions--that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. Now up to this point we haven't talked about the world, we've just talked about his followers, but Jesus is "the life" to those who aren't his followers as well, just not yet. How do we understand that Jesus is "the life" to the rest of the world?

We mentioned it extends even further. To see how he nourishes all of the rest of mankind, we're going to look at the resurrection of Lazarus. This is a brilliant example of what Jesus came for beyond the calling of his disciples.

It's going to expand our comprehension of Jesus as "the life." Let's go to John 11:21-27:

[Julie] (23:34 - 24:12) "Martha then said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. Even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you. Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again.

Martha said to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day. Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.

Do you believe this? She said to him, Yes, Lord; I have believed that you are the Christ, the son of God, even he who comes into the world."

[Rick] (24:12 - 24:21) You can see Martha, in the midst of this tragedy, had very strong, sure faith in what the gospel message was all about.

[Julie] (24:22 - 24:33) Yeah, but he said, "Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die." You and I believe in Jesus, Rick, and I know for sure there will be a time when we will die. So what did he mean here?

Is there a piece of our soul that lives forever?

[Rick] (24:34 - 25:22) No, no, no, no, no, no. Let's reread that verse. Let's look at it as a complete sentence and not break it into pieces.

It's really easy to break into pieces. In verse 25, he says, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me will live even if he dies..."

He's making a statement. You believe in me, you'll live even if you die. Lazarus was dead at this point, and everyone who lives--because he said he would live in the previous part of the sentence--

everyone who lives (because you'll live even if you die), after death, won't die. What he's saying is not only will you live, but there will be eternal life after death. That's what he's saying.

He's not cutting death out of the picture in the second part of that sentence. He's saying that that's the result. It's eternal life after death.

[Julie] (25:22 - 25:31) He who believes in me will live even if he dies and everyone who lives and believes in me--later in the kingdom--will never die.

[Rick] (25:32 - 25:57) Right, exactly. That's exactly what he's saying. Now Jesus is going to demonstrate what being "the resurrection and the life" will look like.

Now it gets really dramatic. Incidentally, after this event (the raising of Lazarus) that's when the Pharisees said, We have to get him killed. That's it.

We have to finish this. This is too much for us. Why?

Well, just listen to what happens. John 11:38-44:

[Julie] (25:58 - 26:20) "So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, Remove the stone.

Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him, Lord, by this time there will be a stench, for he's been dead four days. Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?"

[Rick] (26:20 - 26:45) Now, previously he said, do you believe that "I am the resurrection and the life"? She did not apply that to that moment. She applied that to, yes, I know that in the future, every man will be raised from the dead because that's what you've taught us.

He is telling her, I'm going to show you what that will look like right now, what it will look like for later. So what happens? Let's continue with John 11:38-44:

[Julie] (26:45 - 27:53) "So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised his eyes, and said, Father, I thank You that You have heard me. I knew that You always hear me; but because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent me."

I just want to acknowledge that Jesus always acknowledged that his power came from the Father. Continuing with verse 43: "When he had said these things, he cried out in a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings,

and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, Unbind him, and let them go." This was shocking because this had never happened before.

It's never happened since. Miracles of people being resuscitated involved people being dead for maybe an hour in the case of Jairus' daughter, and even for a day like the widow of Nain's son, but here, Lazarus was dead for so long that his body was literally decomposing.

Jesus not only reversed death, but biological decay. This was unmistakable. What did this foreshadow?

[Rick] (27:54 - 29:01) This was a picture of what Jesus said to pray for: "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." This foreshadowed Jesus saying in John 5:28-29: "...the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth."

This is what he was describing in literal life with Lazarus coming back in a way that was completely impossible. It's a dramatic foreshadowing of the bigness of the plan of the gospel, the bigness of Jesus being "the life." How is Jesus "the life" here?

Through him the power of God has, does, and will continue to flow, and even the tragedy of death will not stand in its way. That's a promise. That's what's coming. Jesus is "the life" because he brings life to all through God's eternal plan and power!

He is the method through which all of this happens! When we say Jesus is "the life," we really mean it because that's what he described, that's what he lived, that's what he was faithful to.

[Julie] (29:02 - 29:32) These last three episodes, Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life." In this one simple sentence, he conveyed three powerful, harmonious lessons about the importance of his sacrifice in his Father's plan. Today, with the benefit of time and the holy spirit, we're blessed to be able to look at each of these three lessons and more fully appreciate the depth of meaning that that sacrifice has, not only to us, but to all mankind.

It's just overwhelmingly beautiful!

[Rick] (29:32 - 30:53) In these three lessons, all we did was look at the immediate context, essentially, of Jesus speaking. John 13, I am the way; John 14 I am the truth;

John 15, I am the life. Then take these other scriptures that just balance that. These lessons, they go further, they're much deeper than that.

There is so much to these verses. Let's begin to wrap this up with a scripture from Revelation that really shows us Jesus as "the life." Revelation 21:3-4, it says: "And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people,

and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain;

the first things (the former things) have passed away." Why have they passed away? Because Jesus is "the life."

His sacrifice was for much more than just his followers. His sacrifice was for everyone. Let's acknowledge Jesus as "the life."

Think about it. Folks, we love hearing from our listeners. We welcome your feedback and questions on this episode and other episodes at ChristianQuestions.com.

Coming up in our next episode: "Did Jesus Live A Scripted Life?"

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