Life & Environment

LIFE:
Life is communication
All living things, whether plant or animal, are alive only
as long as they communicate, or interrelate with their
environment.
Breathing, nourishing, exchanging, returning waste, are
signs of LIFE
When this interrelation stopsit is dead.
There are different LEVELS of communication.
Plants are a lower form of life
Animals we consider to be higher.
Humans are the highest form of life on earth
We have ability to communicate on a spiritual
plane and can interrelate with the Spirit of God

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the
life. He who believes in(into) Me, though he may
die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes
in Me shall never die. Do you believe this? John
11:25-26
And this is eternal life, that they may know You,
the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You
have sent. Jn.17:3
Jesus came so you could know the Father.
Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God,
believe also in Me. In My Fathers house are many
mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come again and receive you to
Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And
where I go you know, and the way you know. Jn.14
The disciples were troubledagitated,
feeling that comes from being uncertain. In
between. Inward battle stirring within and
without
Thomas said to Him, Lord, we do not know
where You are going, and how can we know
the way? vs. 5
Sometimes youve been living a certain way so
long you dont know if you can do it any other
way! At least Thomas was honest!
Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through Me. Vs.6

See different levels of KNOWING JESUS:
Does not know that they do not know--NOT
Knows that they do not knowWAY
Does not know what they do knowTRUTH
Knows what they knowTHE LIFE!

LIFE is the issue! The TREE of LIFE is what we
partake of. The PATH of life we must walk and
the TRUTH of life we must LIVE!
Anything less is a religion about HIM and not a
relationship WITH Him!

Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless
and perverse generation, how long shall I be
with you? How long shall I bear with you?
Bring him here to Me.Matt.17:17
Faithless: disconnected from God
Perverse: connected to world
ENVIRONMENT: the conditions which
surround someone or something; the
conditions and influences that affect growth,
health, progress, (LIFE), of someone or
something
And I heard another voice from heaven saying,
Come out of her, my people, lest you share in
her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
Rev.18:4
2 Cor.6:16-18
And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For
you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their
God, And they shall be My people. Therefore Come out
from among them And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.
I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and
daughters, Says the Lord Almighty.


Clear endings

New
Beginnings

2 Cor.5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
creation; old things have passed away; behold,
all things have become new.
Live Positionallyin Christ
Live Positivelynew creation
Live Posthumouslypassed away
Live Powerfullybecome new

2 Essential Aspects of Salvation Thru Christ
Dead Ep.2:1-3 Alive Ep.1:4-9
The Gospel must include BOTH aspects to be true
and have power behind it.
For the kingdom of God is not in word but in
power. 1 Cor.4:20
The apostles and prophets foresaw a house of
true faith, NOT built by people but being built
OUT OF PEOPLE! You dont go to church, church
is something you become!
Students will at sometime come across in a
science class what is called biotic potential
By definition it isthe inherent capacity of
an organism or species to reproduce and
survive
It is what makes Gods creation unique and
amazing!
It is not known in the world of technology. No
machine can reproduce itself.
But in nature, God has built into life a Divine
order-
And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that
yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that
yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its
kind. And God saw that it was good. Gen.1:12
For the earth yields crops by itself: first the
blade, then the head, after that the full grain
in the head. Mark 4:28
Growth cannot be made or forced but biotic
potential is enhanced when environmental
resistance is kept to minimum.
Matt.13:24-30; 36-43