Life in the Risen Lord Archives

# 3: Living Because He Does

By Andrew YoungDecember 6, 2012Life in the Risen Lord

Immediately after promising his disciples that he would return to them and not leave them as orphans (John 14:18), Jesus adds, “Because I live, you also will live” (v. 19b). By coming back to them again he would not only meet their need for companionship but would, in some way, also make it possible for them to live. How are we to understand this? Jesus’ promise of “life” can be interpreted in at least two ways. The first is in terms of future resurrection life. Understood this way, Jesus is saying, “Because I live – that is, because I conquered […]

#2 Not Left As Orphans

By Andrew YoungNovember 26, 2012Life in the Risen Lord

There is no better place to begin exploring the nature of our life in the risen Lord Jesus Christ than the parting words he spoke to his disciples recorded in John 13-16. For in these Jesus speaks specifically of his ongoing relationship with his followers after he has returned to his Father. John, the author of the fourth Gospel, begins this section by telling us that Jesus knew his time to leave this world and return to the Father had come (John 13:1). Aware of the impact this would have on “his own who were in the world”, he “showed […]

Introducing the New Series

By Andrew YoungNovember 2, 2012Life in the Risen Lord

In this new series of Ezra Reflections I want to consider a subject that has been close to my heart for over four decades. It is the nature of our relationship with our risen glorified Saviour. My interest – or perhaps better, my obsession – with this subject dates back to January 1971. I was a university student at the time fulfilling practical work requirements for my agricultural science degree on a cropping farm just south of Christchurch. One of my duties was to shift long lines of aluminium irrigation pipes every two hours, starting around five o’clock in the morning and ending at […]