This is our sixth episode on 1 John, chapter five, verses 6-12 and I've entitled it simply, "Life." Jesus spoke of eternal life and abundant life. He spoke of a future life to come and the present life in which we live. By accepting Jesus as our Savior, we receive life – not just at some, as-yet-to-be-revealed date, but right here, right now. We are provided with new life in Christ. As Jesus told Nicodemus, we are born again. And as Paul put it, "the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (Galatians 2:20 ESV). Before Christ, we were dead in our sins. But because of Christ and our faith in His sacrificial death on the cross, we have been made new – given new life and a new relationship with God the Father. Jesus said that He was the way, the truth, and the life. And a relationship with Him assures us of abundant life in the here and now, not just the hereafter. But abundant life does not mean wealth, health, a lack of troubles or a sin-free life on this planet. It is a guarantee of God's presence, provision, mercy, and unfailing love until the day we die or His Son returns for us.