The Principle of Life

John 17:3 “Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.”

John 20:21 “Again Jesus said to them, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”’

Matthew 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”

Eternal life is to know God. If we know God, we will have the seed of Christ (His life) formed within us. The seed’s very nature is to reproduce after its own kind. Even if it falls on stony ground, or weeds may choke it out, the seed’s nature never changes. It is looking for good soil to reproduce itself. The principle of life is reproduction, constant growth, and expansion. God reveals that truth to us all throughout nature.

God wants to reproduce His son in the earth. Since the cross, the seed of Christ has been reproducing all throughout the ages, coming to a final harvest. If at any point we are no longer reproducing something is wrong. It’s not a matter of how many disciples we have made, or how big of a thing is being built for God through us, or anything of that matter. However if there is no reproducing, we may no longer be abiding in the vine. If we abide in the vine, the very nature of the life within us will begin to overflow and reproduce after its own kind.

May we abide in the vine and continue to let the seed of Christ have its perfect work in us. There is a dying world that is longing to taste and see the sweet fruit of Jesus Christ that comes from our abiding life.

GO, and make disciples.