The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10 KJV)
Did you notice wealth, health, happiness anywhere in that verse? Go to the Bible and read the surrounding verses if you think they are part of the promise.
What could be more abundant, more plentiful, greater quantity, than eternal life? That’s the promise to believers:
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:15-16 KJV)
This concept, however, was – and still is – hard to understand and even harder to accept. Even then …
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? (John 10:19-21 KJV)
Christ gave another opportunity. If those who could not believe His words, surely they could believe His works.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. (John 10:37-38 KJV)
Today we do not have His works around us, but we have the works of those who are called by His name.
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. (James 2:18 KJV)
There are many who will believe neither. Even the disciples had problems understanding:
Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? …, How is it that ye do not understand? (Mark 8:18, 21 KJV)
Has God been asked for understanding? It’s been promised.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. … If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? (Matthew 7:7-8,11 KJV)
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