John 10:10

We've all heard John 10:10 quoted many times.  "...I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."  We always focus on the 'more abundantly' part, but I enjoy the middle part of the verse.  'I have come that they may have life.'  

Without accepting the sacrifice of Christ, we will never have 'life.'  Before we came to the understanding of what God did for us described in John 3:16, we were dead.  We had no life!  We were living the nightmare.  The beginning of that verse actually states that "the thief does not come except to steal, kill, and to destroy."  

1 John 3:8 states that the Son of God was manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil (thief).  Now take this path with me.  Galatians 4:6 "And because you are sons [of God]..."  If the ultimate Son of God (the firstborn of many brothers) came to destroy the works of the devil, shouldn't we be doing the same?  We have the same Spirit in us! (Romans 8:11)

I know Satan has been defeated, but until we die we still have to deal with his 'works'.  

One final question:  Are we human beings having a spiritual experience, or are we spiritual beings having a human experience?  I choose the latter.