...Ciceros of earth, and all the Gabriels and Michaels of Heaven, will not make us Christians. " I am come that ye might have LIFE, and that ye might have it more alntndantly." Here we have the whole object of the Divine Incarnation. But the Cross lies on the Manger,...

...here to show them how to get it. He said, in speaking of himself as the Good Shepherd, " I am come that ye might have life, and that ye might have it more abundantly." What did the Saviour mean by this ? He meant that life lost in Adam — man's lost estate through sin...

...all Christian teaching that Christ's mission on earth was to give men Life. " I am come," He said, " that ye might have Life, and that ye might have it more abundantly." And that He meant literal Life — literal, spiritual, and Eternal Life — is clear from the whole...

...from life. It was His additional claim that His function in the world was to give men Life. "I am come that ye might have Life, and that ye might have it more abundantly." This could not refer to the natural life, for men had that already. He that hath the Son hath another...

...to that restless search for the lost, which was the Lord's great motive. ' I am come ', said He, ' that ye might have life, and that ye might have it more abundantly.' That was why He wrought. Do we need any other motive ? As long as we live let us work to bring men...

...for humanity. When he defined his earthly mission, Jesus used these remarkable words: "I have come that ye might have life, and that ye might have it more abundantly." "He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live again, and he that liveth and believeth...

...spirit, but as the Type to which the new life must conform. XVII HE is the Lord of Life. " I am come that ye might have life, and that ye might have it more abundantly." It is in this abundance as well as in the newness of life that he is manifest as one with the Father....

...attained to the full stature of manhood. The future is an abundant life. "I am come, ' ' said Jesus, ' ' that ye might have life, and that ye might have it more abundantly." Eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, to conceive what God...

...The great Teacher made a statement of big significance in his philosophy of education when he said, " I came that ye might have life and that ye might have it more abundantly." That is what real educatioH is. It is a receiving of life, abundance of life. It is an expansion of...

...Christ? If you believe in life's futility, will you not have to follow the way of Buddha? "I have come that ye might have life, and that ye might have it more abundantly," says Christ. "I have come that ye might be disillusioned about life and to show you the way of escape,"...