📖 18 Expressions of Divine Life in the Gospel of John

 

  1. Life-giving (Zoe life)
    📖 John 1:4 – “In him was life; and the life was the light of men.”
    ✅ Perimeter: Does your life bring spiritual light and vitality to others?

  2. Full of Grace and Truth
    📖 John 1:14 – “…full of grace and truth.”
    ✅ Perimeter: Are grace and truth evident in your words and actions?

  3. Revealer of the Father
    📖 John 1:18 – “He hath declared him.”
    ✅ Perimeter: Do people see the Father’s heart through your life?

  4. Obedient unto the Father
    📖 John 5:30 – “…I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father…”
    ✅ Perimeter: Do you submit to God’s will above your own?

  5. Living Bread
    📖 John 6:35 – “I am the bread of life…”
    ✅ Perimeter: Does your spiritual walk nourish others with truth and hope?

  6. Light of the World
    📖 John 8:12 – “He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness…”
    ✅ Perimeter: Are you walking in light and helping others avoid darkness?

  7. Freedom Bringer
    📖 John 8:36 – “If the Son…shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
    ✅ Perimeter: Are you living in and bringing spiritual freedom?

  8. Good Shepherd
    📖 John 10:11 – “The good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”
    ✅ Perimeter: Do you care for others selflessly and sacrificially?

  9. Door of the Sheep
    📖 John 10:9 – “By me if any man enter in, he shall be saved…”
    ✅ Perimeter: Do you point others to Christ as the only way in?

  10. Resurrection and Life
    📖 John 11:25 – “I am the resurrection, and the life…”
    ✅ Perimeter: Is the power of new life evident in you, even in trials?

  11. Servant Hearted
    📖 John 13:14-15 – “I have given you an example…” (washing disciples’ feet)
    ✅ Perimeter: Do you serve with humility, not for recognition?

  12. Way, Truth, and Life
    📖 John 14:6 – “No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
    ✅ Perimeter: Is your life anchored in truth and leading others to the Father?

  13. Indwelling Presence
    📖 John 14:20 – “I in you.”
    ✅ Perimeter: Are you living with a continual awareness of Christ in you?

  14. Vine (Source of Fruitfulness)
    📖 John 15:5 – “He that abideth in me…bringeth forth much fruit…”
    ✅ Perimeter: Is spiritual fruit growing in your life (love, joy, peace…)?

  15. Prayer Hearer and Answerer
    📖 John 14:13-14 – “Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name…”
    ✅ Perimeter: Is your prayer life aligned with His name and will?

  16. Giver of the Holy Spirit
    📖 John 20:22 – “Receive ye the Holy Ghost.”
    ✅ Perimeter: Are you walking in the power and prompting of the Holy Spirit?

  17. Sender of Disciples
    📖 John 20:21 – “As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.”
    ✅ Perimeter: Are you sent and walking in mission for His Kingdom?

  18. Restorer of the Fallen
    📖 John 21:15-17 – “Feed my sheep.” (Restoring Peter)
    ✅ Perimeter: Do you restore and strengthen those who’ve fallen?

✅ How These 18 Divine Life Aspects Relate to Our Compliances

Each of these expressions of divine life reveals a dimension of who Jesus is and how we are to walk if we are truly in Him. Our obedience (compliances) is not merely rule-following—but a life that reflects Christ’s own divine nature. As 1 John 2:6 says:

“He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.”

So yes—these 18 expressions of divine life form a holy perimeter for evaluating whether we are obeying Jesus from the heart.

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