October 10, 2010: The Unexpected Abundant Life

Text: John 9:39-10:18

Last week we began to look at how we are called to take up our cross and follow Jesus in response to all He has accomplished through His death and resurrection - declaring us holy before God, coheirs with Christ, new creations, and conforming us to the image of Jesus. This is true for every generation of believers until the end of time! So, if this is who we are, how then shall we live? Jesus came that we may have life and have it abundantly, but how we define abundant life in our culture is very different than the life we see in Scripture. He gives abundant life but it might not be what we were expecting or maybe even wanting.