1 John 5:5:11 And this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life and this life is in his Son.
Abundant Life Comes from Above
John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure
John 3:5 Jesus answered, verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
John 3:16 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.
James 4:13-15 Go to now, ye that say, today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow, For what is your life? It is even a vapor. that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away. For that you ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but to steal. and to kill, and to destroy, I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Living the Abundant Life
The thief comes to steal
Genesis 3:4-5 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Deutoronomey 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
The thief comes to kill and destroy
Deutoronomy 30:17-18 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.