Life “Life” is one of the characteristic words used by the apostle John. John uses life in two ways in his gospel. He uses it to refer to all life as we know it in the universe (John 1:3–5). That life has its source in the Lord Jesus. John says “apart from Him [Jesus, the Logos of God] nothing came into being that has come into being” (1:3). More importantly, life represents eternal life. Leon Morris says that “life in John characteristically refers to eternal life, the gift of God through His Son.”2