Abundant Life

Welcome to this weekend's indents podcast with Charles Stanley Cranston tenting much more for his followers than property taken to having many die greatly. This is very I am bracing his abundant life. Now would you turn to John chapter 10 and this is the third in the wires the nurseries of Ms. Y. Jesus came and we have much of the first is that he came in on the fulfilled Abraham a covenant that God promised Abraham that all the nations of Europe would be blessed through him and so his son Isaac, Jacob, Jacob had 12 songs one of whom was Judah, through whom Jesus Christ was born in Shirley all the nations of Europe have been blessed as a result of his coming. The second message was that Jesus Christ came in order to redeem mankind.

He says he was born of woman, born under the law in order to redeem those that one of the law that we might be freed and liberated in him and then John chapter 10 Jesus very clearly says there is 1/3 reason that he came and to miss this reason is only to experience a part of what God has for his children, so what does he mean when he says he came that you may have life and have it more abundantly. Let me ask you this. You know that Jesus Christ is living within you, today you know that you say came a time in your life when you accepted him. But let me ask you this.

Since that time has your life been characterized by struggle wanting to do right, but somehow came seem to be right wanting to be better desiring to be better promising to do better, but somehow falling back down to the lower level full of worrying heartaches, disappointments, things about yourself you don't like, maybe times, trying to live up to God's level and standard, and somehow recognizing you keep doing so wanted to give up. The truth is my friend.

That is where most of God's children are saved but I know nothing of an abundant life imitate something God the father has never given his children. Anything with a tight fist. Whatever he gives, he gives an abundant he gives flowing told him he says I love your body shall flow rivers of living water. What is this abundant life. Jesus came to give what is the abundant life. Born in Bethlehem is a babe, the Lamb of God, but he says what that little babe was the light of the world that babies the water of life babe is the bread of life. Baby is the shepherd of like that obit became the way the truth and the life he needs it apart from him no man comes to the father.

He said I've come that you might have life abundantly.

What is well. I like to give you seven words that best describe the life that God has intended for every single one of us.

He has made provision for rent.

It is shows for the acceptance of yours for the believing of trade you my friend with all of my heart. Listen to me carefully, God in heaven had past tense once and for all and is presently likewise doing has gone will do everything possible to make the abundant life a living reality within you on Monday morning, Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday.

He wants you to have the best the abundant life is life at its best and he has provided that purpose.

And he doesn't want you to go through life and one of these days end up on the sick panels of an action or whatever it might be. All of a sudden your life is not only having possessing and practically living out in your life. Only a portion of what is you who parents don't you want the best for your children. Haven't you done your best to provide the best for them.

Do you want them to resist you and to rebel against you and to refuse your gifts to refuse your instruction to refuse your wisdom to refuse your knowledge to refuse your understanding, and end up at 4050 or 60 years of age and you are still living and him coming back to you saying I wasted my life and that is exactly where most of God's people are listen. He says I've come to give your life that is abundant. What is is what it is seven words, the abundant life is an exchange life. Here's what he's offered us when Jesus Christ came into our life that is Lord I give you my life and by faith I receive your life is my life and from this moment on, by faith I have all that Christ is living within me and therefore able to live through this, and if the only thing you know that Jesus is any doubt for you since that's only part of this and that's the part take care of you when you doubt what I want you living these that I came to give you an abundant life that begins the moment you say the moment you begin to understand what this means your whole life is going to take on new meaning it is going to church and reading the Bible and giving money and witnessing that's not the abundant life. That's the overflow of you, so you may go to church for 40 years and never experience the abundant line is an exchange by faith I will receive your life is my life and it is the life that Jesus Christ lives through eyes that is so simple God knows I wish I knew how to get in your mind and your heart so that you could not miss it. That's the abundant life. It is the exchange of your old self and your own will and your rights for his second work and that's the word victorious policy for the Caribbean church. He said, speaking of Jesus Christ who always causes us to triumph in him. God didn't save us the burden he didn't save us for struggle. He didn't say it was going to bring us down to defeat. He say those at all that you and I may be victorious in our wall victorious in our life victorious, not temptation victorious at trial. He died to take care of my son because of the report because I want to get this he took care of my sin on the cross. But he arose from the dead through the Holy Spirit.

He came back to live in your life because you see Jesus Christ is your victory, Christ living within you is the victory and he says I come to give you an abundant life, and in essence Jesus Christ in you is the abundant life is 1/3 word and that word is liberated, he says he is the good Shepherd and the good Shepherd is going to provide for his sheep and what is it that every single one of us need. We need labor to this life. Listen. Religion is a way no doubt about that but the abundant life is no way.

It's a buoyancy if you my dear friend. And that's exactly it is outcome that you may have life more abundant, where we ever get the idea that becoming a Christian means giving up five but you see we are believers in the son of God.

We are the children of God, and he says he came to live right to free us of all so that you and I do not have to try to live up to expectation. We'll have to try our best to go through all kinds of ritual to please God and hope one of these days and we die we may have possibly please him every other religion in the world. There is no exception to accept Christian every single other religion the world man's acceptance before his God is always the result of man's effort. So how does he know that it is there, except that you never know everybody who lives in the face of this earth except the people of God. John, not knowing where they stand in the relationship with our God but you and I do ponder acceptance and how good we've been, but in the grace of God which he says in Romans chapter 5 is grace is given abundantly liberated. The next word is abiding. Listen the abundant life is not a life of struggle and wrestling with ourselves. It is resting and trusting in Jesus Christ to be everything I need him to be just when I needed and in Colossians chapter 2 verse 10 has what he says. So when you have Christ you have everything you said is that me know never been a struggle, known as middle never been a struggle but here's what it means that even admits the struggles of life on the inside there's an inner sense of rest and peace and joy because you know that Christ, who lives within you is your ultimate victory and you see we barter the last chapter, one of these days he's gonna wrap this whole thing up and were all going to have enormous essay, but he says here and now the abundant life is a life of rest. You see, it's the inner quietness because it is Christ living within you and me.

Then he says likewise he came to give us an overflowing life know what's this, he says, out of our life shall flow rivers of what living water. Living water will make a difference wherever it touches with its crops living water ultimately can tell him its way right through Mount Avenue life. He says show flow is what you do is what he's doing is Christ overflowing within you Christlike in this. What is its overflowing old self. No it is Jesus Christ who came to indwell you the moment you receive it by faith is Christ in you don't want overflowing so that when your life like a fountain is overflowing every body is life your life touches is going to be blessed as a result, you see the things that I possess.

They can be taken away, although disintegrate the things in life that I may achieve, to claim the world's acclaim, and and their approval is one day going all pass away. There's only one thing that I can do that will never pass away. And that is when Christ in me overflows within you never pass away. Whenever Jesus Christ is flowing into your life in the somebody else's life you make an indelible everlasting impression upon them, and no one can ever steal that from they can level this whole global and not one blade of grass be standing and can never touch the everlasting eternal effect that your life made in somebody else's life but you see it won't happen until Jesus is overflowing out of your life and my life in the somebody else's life.

That's what it's all about.

He said I came that you may have life and have it abundantly listed was not Jesus life like it overflowing everybody. His life touched. It made an everlasting impression and what I want you to see is this life is too short to be building sand castles. When you want to be overflowing life in Jesus Christ, so that the lives of the people we talked, they will be the same again and in eternity they'll be glorifying God overflowing life to the words quickly number one is a yielded line. You see, think about this Jesus Christ came into our life to live his life through is the only way he can do that is for me to give up my rights to myself in the say Lord, not my will but thy will be done. You get up tomorrow morning and you simply tell them this Lord, I yield my life today and I want you live your life through me friend that is the abundant life because you see when you tell him to take over the you think you have to bake him to do what he wants to. You don't have to ask him, but wants Lord I think change my life or your life in the day today. Lord, I want you to live your life in me and through me only as I'm willing to yield my life up to him. Is he willing to flow his life through me one last word and that word is fruitful. The abundant life is a fruitful life is the overflow of love. And people can feel it. There's the overflowing joy it's within us, and they can sense that there's overflow piece they can, since that is the overflow of humility and bill spot the overflow of goodness and gentleness and kindness. Faithfulness, self-control, the overflow of the character qualities that describe the life of Christ you was going to happen when enough of God's people are overflowing with the life of Jesus Christ is crazy mixed up sad searching hungering thirsting yearning violent world of ours is going to say I want that I will. I want what you have when they see Christ life overflowing in the day going to want you see Jesus that I came that you might have life and have it more abundantly to ask your question. Let's be honest, would you say that your life is describe a victory by liberty by fruitfulness. Would you say that your life is one that is overflowing. Would you say that your life is the kind of life that you know that the people's lives that your life comes in contact with its making a different all what you have to say. I know that I'm saved but I don't know that I've ever really and truly understood what it meant to have an abundant life.

I want tell you how you can have it right.

I have lived on the other side of that struggle, fretting, anxious, fearful, you name it and I had. I know what the other side is like an purely about the grace of God, grace, grace, grace, nothing but grace. I know what the other side and let me tell you this is so simple you going to trip all over it. If you don't listen carefully. Let me ask you question what you do. The day you were saved, did you not say in response to our Lord I'm asking you to forgive me of my sins and excepting you as my Savior by faith. And I'm trusting you to save me today and from that moment you stepped up into a life of everlasting salvation given to you by God. What you do.

You did work you did plead you have the bay you just exercise faith in what he said the word of God and you took that for your own possession and listen to me carefully.

It is my deepest heart yearning desire that you a life that is liberating for even overflowing joyous and peaceful, prosperous and free from all that I've said can be yours before you get up out of your seat and this is the way comes. You got it.

Later, when Jesus said I came that you might have life and have it more abundantly that he's adequately provided and that he meant what he said you must be willing to tell him that it this given point in your life this very moment by an act of your will. Lord I give you the rest of my life. I want you to have it. I'm accepting this life of fruitfulness.

I'm accepting this life that you promised in your word the abundant life is my life. Christ within you release to live through you all that I have shared with you today. You are to have everlasting life. Your head Jesus living in you and what I was saying is this when you do that that releases the abundant life that is already pent up with you. It is released to overflow through you for the first all you was and that's all you can. All I'm asking you to do this if you want you telling today except thank you for listening to abundant life. If you like to know more about child family for InTouch ministries back end had started writing this podcast is a presentation of intense ministries. Mandatory