A J Pollock

The next thing is in verse 10: “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” He is not merely content to give us life, but He wants to give us fullness of life. John never considers any life but divine life. For instance, “He that believes on the Son has everlasting life; and he that believes not the Son shall not see life” (John 3:36). It is only Christ that can give life. Does it not touch your heart when you read, “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives His life for the sheep”? “In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might live through Him” (1 John 4:9). Life is the sovereign gift of God; but it must come through the death of the Lord Jesus Christ.