In
John 10:10, the Lord Jesus Christ made this claim:
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I
am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
More than two thousand
years later, this claim has been proven to be the truth over and over again. The
existence of the thief cannot be denied as a quick look at the violence,
perversion and devastation in the world today proves his existence. The Apostle
Paul in 2Cor.4:4 refer to the thief as the god of this world. Another name for
the thief is Satan, the devil. He is also referred to in Revelation 12:7-9 as
the dragon, that old serpent and the accuser of our brethren. The text reads
thus:
“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against
the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil,
and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and
his angels were cast out with him.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the
accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and
night.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of
their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. “ Revelation 12:7-11.
So the thief in our text
scripture has lost his place and all he seeks to do is to make us lose ours by
the same means he lost his – rebellion against God. He temporarily succeeded in
making man lose his place with God when he deceived the first woman and
successfully tempted the first Adam to rebel against God’s authority. His method
as pointed out by the Lord is to steal, kill and destroy and he does this
through deception. If he succeeds in doing this to any man, the man loses his
place with God and he goes ahead to blind the mind of the man from the truth so
that he can eventually damage the man without remedy.
The good news however is
that the Lord Jesus Christ came and by the truth which He represents, brings
the light that would dispel the darkness of ignorance and its consequent
deception so that we might have abundant life.
In this month of abundant
life, God is set to enlighten all the dark areas of your life that came about
by your ignorance. In John 8:12, the Lord makes us understand that He is the
light of the world and if any man follows him, he shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life and
John 1:5 tells us that the light shines in the darkness and that darkness
cannot comprehend the light. Why would a right thinking person want to walk in
darkness when he can have the light of life?
In light of the
foregoing, this month, we shall be looking at what abundant life really means
and how the believer can lay claims on it in practice.
In summation, let me
quickly say here that it takes the new birth to belong to the class of people
who can benefit from the abundant life the Lord brought and new birth is
available to any human being irrespective of your nationality and tradition by
choice. If you have not made yet made this choice and you want to do so now,
please say this prayer below out loud and you will be born into God’s family:
Heavenly father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. I repent of my sin and receive the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ on Calvary’s cross for my salvation. I believe He
died for me and on the third day, you raised Him from the dead for my
salvation. From today, I receive Him as the Saviour and Lord of my Life.
Thank you father for forgiving me and writing my name in the book
of life with the blood of Jesus. I pledge allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ
from this day forever in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen!!!
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