1 John 4:9 We Might Live Through Christ

1 John 4:9 (KJV)  In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 

God loves us that is why He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to save us, that we might have eternal life, that we might live through Him. He imparts to spiritual life which the Apostle John termed “the light”. Jesus is the Creator of the universe and more emphatically, He is the Giver of eternal life.

John 1:3-4 (KJV)  All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 

For we know death as a present reality. But Jesus has conquered death by His resurrection from the dead, well articulated by the Apostle Paul.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (KJV)  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 

Therefore, when we die physically, the soul is transported to heaven, and the body is committed to the ground. We continue to live! And a day will come when Christ will return and give to us a new glorified, incorruptible body, we shall be like the Lord Jesus in His resurrected body to live forevermore.

What a future prospect! May the Lord strengthen His people to look for our blessed hope, the coming of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.