The Fountain of Life!

“You are the fountain of life, the light by which we see.” – Psalm 36:9 NLT

Because of Jesus Christ, we have life which does not end. We can see this in Romans 6:23: “…the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” However, most of people, especially non-Christians get confuse with “about” and “in” when Jesus Christ is in the topic. This is because they think that those two have same meaning, but they do not. If they are same, then why does the word of God states:

Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”

“How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”

Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ (John 3:3-7)?

Thus, in order to have eternal life, we have to be born again by the Spirit to do the will of God. (John 14:15-17,26; Matthew 7:21) This is why water baptism is necessary, for the word of God states:

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17)

Second of all, we need to know that all of us are in the darkness. However, if we are followers of Jesus Christ, then we know that we will have the light of life, which is heaven – ‘When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." ’ (John 8:12) This means that we have to be the light of the world as well, for “we know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one” (1 John 5:19), and since all of us are members of one body which is the Christ’s (Romans 12:4-5) Because of this, Jesus gave us this great commission to do:

                                                                                                                                           

All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you... (Matthew 28:18-20)

"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. For you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God." (Matthew 5:14-16, 1 Peter 2:9, 2 Corinthians 5:20