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Fulfillment of a divine promise

“Life” translated in the New Testament from Greek has four different meanings. One being “manner of life”; another meaning “human life”; another “behavior”; but the life Jesus brought is translated in Greek “zoe” which is; “eternal life,” and the “life of God.”

F. F. Bosworth in his book; Christ The Healer said; “Without a divine revelation I cannot tell a person the specific reason why his or her prayer for the fulfillment of a divine promise is delayed. I can, however, point you to a most wonderful truth. This is the most vital of all truths that God has revealed. It is the only cure for all our ailments. A delay in receiving healing for instance is, in one sense, good news. The good news is that we can have more of the “life of God.”

Jesus said in (John 10:10); “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” We can understand from this one Scripture that we have a right to an “abundance” of a new kind of life, “God’s own Life,” but of course only if we actually take possession of it.

Today, many churches major on “manner of life” and “behavior” rather than what we now understand as zoe, or “Life of God.” The apostle Paul prayed for Christians who were already filled with the Spirit so they could believe further, and for them to be filled with “all the fullness of God.” Sadly, there are many who only possess a small severed part of God’s fullness. They are not accepting the complete “full of faith” mandate God has required of us for our healing. We are to “believeth all things,” to be full of that kind of life.

To be full of the “Life of God” is to be full of divine love, e.g. the One who is love; God.


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