Jesus is Life- without Him nothing would exist!!!

The book of John lets us know the attributes of Jesus Christ.

We continue from John 1:4

John 1:4 In Him was life and that life was the light of men. John 5:26 for as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. John 5:39 You diligently study the scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life. John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.” John 12:50 “I know that His command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”

Jesus Christ, who is the Word of God and who is also God; is life and light to men. Jesus Christ is light that shines in darkness; however, our deeds, our distractions etc dull His light. When light comes in darkness is supposed to be removed; but we still have darkness because we do not understand the light.

Vs 6-7. God sent John as a witness to testify of the light; Christ Jesus so that we all might believe in the light, for the light was coming. Vs 10 Jesus was now in the world and though the world was made through Him, the world {we} didn’t and still don’t recognize Him. He came to that which was His own, but His own didn’t receive Him. Our earthly parents gave birth to us but sometimes we act like we don’t recognize them or even receive them. {Christians do we really behave like this world was created by Jesus- if we did we would have more confidence in facing issues and would have no heartaches because Jesus overcame the world and left us His peace}.

Vs 3. Through Jesus all things were made. If I bake a cake and people eat it I want to hear thanks, great job etc. But what about the person that created everything- how much more thanks does He deserve/ require? That’s why there is no limit to thanking God because He has done soooo much for us already and He still does a lot for us. How come I can use the air, wake up every morning and not say thank you; not acknowledge Him in anyway. At church I find myself getting stuck why they say thank God. I should be able to thank Him very easily because everything that exists was created through Jesus Christ- there is nothing on this earth that exists without Jesus creating it!

My parents, my parent’s education, my waking up, the air I breath, the flour to make the cakes i bake and take credit for; the talent to make the cakes and the ability to do everything I do are all a gift from God. I did not get them because of my personality, beauty or behaviors. Instead I got them because God chose me- he chose to give me all these attributes to use them to serve Him. Nothing that was created including me was made without Christ Jesus. I need to stop taking things like my beauty, studiousness, etc for granted and thinking they are of my own doing instead I will thank God for each one of them