TEXT: "And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man."-Genesis 9:5

Life is the ability to breath, grow, reproduce, etc. It is the state of being alive as a human; an individual person's existence. There is only one life, that is, the abundant life or the complete life of God. This life of God is a pair, that is, in two parts: the natural part of life; and the spiritual part of life.

The natural part of life, which is the natural life, was given to man when God formed man, Genesis 2:7. And this life is in the blood, Leviticus 17:11. This life was to last for one Day, or a thousand years, Genesis 2:16, 17; 2 Peter 3:8. And during that time, man was expected to eat from the tree of life, in order to receive the other part of life, that is, the spiritual life, which is also called the eternal life in the Spirit.

However, that did not happen because man disobeyed God. And after his disobedience, man corrupted the natural life, and he was sent out of the garden to continue living in the corrupted natural life. God fixed the span of this corrupted life at one hundred and twenty years, Genesis 6:3. All humanity received this corrupted natural life from Adam, Genesis 5:3. And just like Adam, every man lives and dies. This living and dying of humanity continues until the time of Jesus Christ.

When Jesus came, he also shared in this natural life, but not the corrupted natural life, Hebrews 2:14-18. Moreover, after his death and resurrection, he received the spiritual life: a life forevermore, Revelation 1:18. By this, Jesus possessed the complete life, the abundant life, that is, both the natural and the spiritual.

Today, Jesus expects man to lay down the corrupted natural life that man had, just as Jesus laid down his, John 10:17 18; Matthew 16:24-26. And when man had done this, he can received the complete or abundant life from Jesus Christ, John 10:10. This corrupted natural life is what some describe as: A life of up and down; a life that is in phases; a life that is not fair; a life that is full of troubles, sorrows, tears, pains, tribulations, and even death.

Jesus instructs man to lay down the corrupted natural life, so that he can receive the spiritual life. And by so doing, man will receive the complete or abundant life from him. The life that is free from corruption, the eternal life, that is steady, free from pains, sorrows, tears, tribulations, etc.

Furthermore, in the twenty fourth day of the first month, which is July 9, in the year 2093, Jesus Christ shall give this complete or abundant life to a man child, who the Church of Jesus Christ shall deliver. And just as Adam gave the corrupted life to humanity, Genesis 5:3. This man, when he will be forty years old, and in the year 2133, will give this complete or abundant life of God to humanity. And so man will then fulfill the original purpose of God for man, Genesis 1:26-28.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

Pastor K. C.