John 10:10 (KJV)
Jesus Gives Us an Abundant Life
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Jesus came to earth that we might have life, and that we might have it more abundantly...."More abundantly" means that we are living a full and fuller life and are following the teachings of Jesus..."Abundant life" refers to our life in its abounding fullness of joy and strength for spirit, soul and body...
In order for those following Jesus to live an abundant life among the struggles and troubles of this earthly world, we must be filled with the Light and follow the Good Shepard's teachings...Jesus gives us the Holy Spirit, His Light to help us follow the Gospel Truth about him...Following the Light means following the Gospel Truth...And it must be True to you for you to follow the Good Shepherd...Following Jesus means we are full of the Spirit of Truth...
God gives us different ways to discover the Truth...It is best to seek Him to find the Truth...Science is a way God gave us to find the Truth...But God never created science to replace the Gospel...So though science in the end finds truth, Jesus was and is Truth in the beginning...
Heaven is not filled with those who had flaws and made mistakes, it is filled with those who have Jesus and His Father in their hearts and are constantly seeking the Gospel Truth...
The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, is here today just as it was when Peter and the other Disciples received It after Jesus' ascension and at the Pentecost after He had risen....The more we read the Bible on a daily basis, the clearer we see the Truth, the more we see sin and the more we want to be like The Good Shepherd...God's Word is Truth...So as we read and the more we read the Bible, the Word of God, the closer we get to the Truth and the closer we get to our Father and His Son..