Imagine an appliance. It has a cord at the end of which is a plug designed for connection to an energized receptacle. However, it’s UNplugged. It can be seen and handled. But, from the perspective of purpose, the gadget is LIFE-LESS! It merely exists. It falls short (Romans 3:23) of that for which it was invented. Everything changes when the cord is plugged in. Energized, the device fulfills its purpose. Here’s the conclusion: connection means power for purpose whereas separation signifies a lifeless existence. 

It is your sins that separate you from your God. (Isaiah 59:2) Adam and Eve pulled the plug from God, separating humankind from the Energy of Life. Separation produced starvation of spirit. “Everyone is born, built, and designed to feed on God-food; and when we try to feed on other food, we starve.” (Heaven, p 52, Peter Kreeft.) King Solomon assessed our disconnected condition this way: I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind. (Ecclesiastes 1:14)

God gave us eternal [living at 100% satisfaction] life; this life has its source in his Son. (1 John 5:11) Provided by the Maker, Jesus is the source of power uniquely generated for humankind. I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry…. (John 6:35)  “God invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on gasoline. It would not run properly on anything else. God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn.” (Mere Christianity, p 50 / C. S. Lewis)

So, whoever has the Son has life…. (1 John 5:12) Jesus said to the fishermen, ‘Come, follow ME!’ At once, they left and went with Him. (Matthew 4:19) “When we are called to follow Jesus, we are summoned to an exclusive attachment to His person.” (Cost of Discipleship, p 49 / Dietrich Bonhoeffer)                 

“Jesus came into the created universe, bringing with him new life. Everyone who gets it gets it by personal contact with Him”  (Mere Christianity, p 221 / C. S. Lewis) 

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God has given us eternal life, and this life has its source in his Son. Whoever has the Son has eternal life; whoever does not have the Son does not possess eternal life. 1 John 5:11-12