LESSON SEVEN

THE DEFINITION OF LIFE

Scripture Reading: Eph. 4:18; Rev. 22:1; John 14:6a; 1 John 1:2; 5:12a; Col. 3:4a; Rom. 8:2a; 2 Cor. 3:6b

OUTLINE

1. Life is not devotion:
1. Devotion is our exercise of piety.
2. Life is Christ living in us—Gal. 2:20a.
2. Life is not good behavior:
1. Good behavior is our doing.
2. Life is Christ lived out from us—Phil. 1:21a.
3. Life is not power:
1. Power is for work—Acts 1:8.
2. Life is for living—John 6:57b.
4. Life is not gift:
1. Gift is the ability for function—Rom. 12:6.
2. Life is the divine being in our being—John 1:13b.
5. Life is not the growth in knowledge:
1. The growth in knowledge is the increase of knowledge.
2. Life is the increase of God—Col. 2:19b.
6. Life is not our human life:
1. Our human life (bios and psuche) is mortal—Luke 8:43b; 21:4b; Matt. 16:25-26.
2. Life (zoe) is eternal—1 John 1:2; Psa. 90:2b.
7. Life is God's content and God's flowing out:
1. God's content is God's being—Eph. 4:18a.
2. God's flowing out is the impartation of Himself as life to us—Rev. 22:1.
8. Life is Christ—John 14:6a; Col. 3:4a; 1 John 5:12a:
1. Christ is the embodiment of God who is life—Col. 2:9.
2. Christ is the expression of God—John 1:18; Heb. 1:3a.
9. Life is the Holy Spirit:
1. The Holy Spirit is the reality of Christ—John 14:16-17; 1 Cor. 15:45b.
2. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of life that gives life to us—Rom. 8:2a; 2 Cor. 3:6b.

Focus: Life is the Triune God dispensed into us and living in us.