Statement six... part 3...

So we see that Jesus is THE way, and that Jesus is THE truth, and we can acknowledge that without Him, we are lost and liars... mostly lying to ourselves about our own gut feeling of which way to go, which is bringing about less-than-positive results.  Now we need to go one step farther, and look at the bigger and harder picture.  He is THE life!

"Jesus told him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.'"

John 14:6, HCSB

To follow the previous section's example, I'll be very brief in explaining something very powerful: without Jesus, you are dead.  Let me say that again, folks.  Without Jesus, you are dead.  There can be no life without Him... at least, not a life worthy of what we were created for, which is to be in service and worship to the Father, with the Son, by the Spirit. 

Let's look at one thing, though, and be really honest about it.  Without Jesus, if you do not have THE life in you, then it would be really easy to do the things you wished to do, right?  I mean, you could probably go ahead and just do whatever felt right in the moment, and have little to no conscience about it at all, which means that you would be able to continue increasing that "good feeling" you would need in order to keep from asking the one question that plagues you.  The "rush" that you seek would need to be filled, and it would grow ever-larger, and more difficult to satiate, but at least you wouldn't be bothered with that silly little question that keeps you up at night after all the people have left the party.  Do you know what this sounds like?  To me, it sounds like deepening depression that attaches an addiction of some form to itself, which helps to keep the internal demons at bay... until it wears off.

And as for the question that is being avoided, that question is simple: you want to know if there is something more to all this.  However, asking that means that you have to either accept that there is, and then find it (which means finding Him), or you have to renounce yourself to the lie that there is nothing beyond this life, so you should just have fun however and whenever you choose.  The latter choice brings more depression when you're left to just your thoughts, and the addiction would only grow.  When you choose this, you assume that the other direction is the same, and so you decide not to look over the fence to see if the grass is greener... but then you have to take a peek.

Friends tell you that there is more, and you visit with a friend who does not share your sense of hopelessness and see what it's all about, and you begin to understand.  One day, you have a moment of prayer, and you realize that the "life" you have lived to this point has served little purpose but your own, and this is not an acceptable epitaph.  When you ask Christ into your heart and life, you become more alive than ever before, and all of a sudden there is a MUCH larger purpose to everything that happens.  Are you ready for the best part, though?  This is not like the addiction that was growing before, which sucked more and more and more life out of you.  This, instead, is growing life INTO you, and replacing those old wants for the things of the flesh.  Jesus has become LIFE inside you, and He is showing you how to truly live!

We can do the emphasis thing on this one, as well, because there is no escaping that Jesus is the Life.  He is the "light that is life" according to an earlier Statement, and His light cannot be overshadowed.  Therefore, His life cannot be reduced... and with Him as a part of you, neither can yours!  

He is the way... He is the truth... He is the life... your direction, your facts, and your very essence are of Christ, my Christian sibling, and there is nothing that can ever change that.  Period.

God bless you all!!!