Why Did Jesus Come?
This question was in a Facebook post I read the other day. I was glad that I knew the answer. The post went on to quote the following words of Jesus to Zaccheus…
“Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19:9-10)
The Hebrew word for “salvation” is “yeshua” which means "the LORD's salvation" or "God delivers", and is translated JESUS when used as a noun that designates a person. That is really cool - Jesus is Salvation.
Jesus is salvation, and as such he came to do what his name represented - “to seek and to save that which was lost”. Zaccheus, the sinner and publican, was included...and so are all other sinners. It seems to me that anyone who reasons otherwise is saying Jesus has failed to do what he was sent to do.
In my opinion it is not the role of the church to seek and to save the lost. JESUS came to do that and he will succeed when the last enemy – death – has been abolished, and God is All in all. (1 Corinthians 15:22-28). The Church’s job is to tell people what JESUS has DONE and will DO to save the world, not what people must do to be saved.
Long ago the organized churches took over the role of seeking and saving, and in the process has denied mankind the Gospel, making salvation a choice of men rather than the finished work of Jesus our Savior...
“The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world…We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world…It is a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance. For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. Prescribe and teach these things.” (John 1:29; 1 John 4:14; 1 Timothy 4:9-11)
You can believe it now and give him the glory and enjoy the peace it brings - or you can wait until your resurrection to give him glory. That is the only choice we have in the matter..
"For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that EVERY tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the GLORY of God the Father...and no one can say Jesus is Lord except by he Holy Spirit...the Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God..." (Philippians 2:10-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3; Romans 8:16)
Those in Heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth...exactly who is not included in those three places?
“Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19:9-10)
The Hebrew word for “salvation” is “yeshua” which means "the LORD's salvation" or "God delivers", and is translated JESUS when used as a noun that designates a person. That is really cool - Jesus is Salvation.
Jesus is salvation, and as such he came to do what his name represented - “to seek and to save that which was lost”. Zaccheus, the sinner and publican, was included...and so are all other sinners. It seems to me that anyone who reasons otherwise is saying Jesus has failed to do what he was sent to do.
In my opinion it is not the role of the church to seek and to save the lost. JESUS came to do that and he will succeed when the last enemy – death – has been abolished, and God is All in all. (1 Corinthians 15:22-28). The Church’s job is to tell people what JESUS has DONE and will DO to save the world, not what people must do to be saved.
Long ago the organized churches took over the role of seeking and saving, and in the process has denied mankind the Gospel, making salvation a choice of men rather than the finished work of Jesus our Savior...
“The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world…We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world…It is a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance. For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. Prescribe and teach these things.” (John 1:29; 1 John 4:14; 1 Timothy 4:9-11)
He did not ask your permission. He doesn't care whether you like it or not. He cares not whether you join the group. He does want you to know and share the truth that HE WILL SAVE MANKIND.
"For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that EVERY tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the GLORY of God the Father...and no one can say Jesus is Lord except by he Holy Spirit...the Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God..." (Philippians 2:10-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3; Romans 8:16)
Those in Heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth...exactly who is not included in those three places?