WHY JESUS CAME TO THE WORLD

I trust you really enjoyed the last Christmas.

I did, even though I spent it travelling about teaching, ministering and praying for people. You ought to see me on the motor-bike on the highway, fighting for right of way with numerous four-wheel vehicles of all kind. Thanks to my bone-shaking, life-tired car that I had to ditch in the end.

Even though I didn’t have time to sit around with loved ones, tucking into mouth-watering ‘Christmas specials’ and sipping drinks of various sorts, I thanked God for the Christians all over the world who were doing so in celebration of the great day when the birth of God the Son into the world as a human being was being celebrated.

Ah, Christmas day! Even large numbers of non-Christians from most parts of the world refused to be left out of the eating and drinking and dancing with which Christmas is often celebrated.

The painful thing is that many Christmas celebrants do not really understand what Christmas stands for. Nor do they really care. For all they are concerned, Christmas is no more than a time of wining and dinning, spending time with the family and having good times with friends.

Whenever I got the opportunity during the festive period of Christmas, I talked about the real meaning of Christmas: why Jesus came to the world.

Jesus came to the world to give man eternal life - John 3:16; John 3:36.

When a man repents and accepts Jesus as his Lord and Savior, He is reborn by the Holy Spirit. Being reborn, the man (or woman) receives, as his birth right, eternal life, which is the nature of God.Unlike the physical life that a man receives when he is born into the world, eternal life enables the receiver to go on living with God after this life - for ever and ever.Because it is the nature of God, eternal life enables a person to live the godly life – the God kind of life.

Jesus came to the world to destroy the work of the devil - 1 John 3:8.

The Lord Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil, which includes:

destruction of human soul and body – 1 Peter 5:8; Rev 9:11. One of the names of the devil in Hebrew is Abaddon, which means destruction. That is why the Lord called him the murderer in John 8:44. Jesus came to the world to destroy this work of the devil by saving human soul and protecting human body from the evil one. Heb 2:14.

Putting people in darkness. He covers the world in foul darkness, causing the people of the world to walk in darkness. That is why he is called the ruler of the darkness of the world.Jesus, the Light, came into the world to deliver people from the darkness of the devil and translates them from the region, dominion, realm of darkness into His kingdom of light - John 8:12; Col. 1:13.

Leading people away from God into eternal suffering in hell – John 12:40; 2 Cor. 4:4; 2 Cor. 11:3.The major work of the devil is to lead people away from God and eternal joy and peace into eternal suffering and torment. Jesus came to destroy this work of the devil by leading people back to God – Rev. 5:9.

Jesus came to the world to save the sinners - 1 Tim 1:15.

Jesus came to the world to save the sinners by calling them unto repentance - Matt 9:13. Jesus knew the evil power of sin over the people of the world.He knew that they must be called to repentance or else they would suffer for the sins for all eternity - Luke 13:3, 5. So, He came into the world to call sinners into repentance.By helping the lost sinners to recognize themselves as sinners, to understand the terrible reward of sin and to repent of their sins, He saves the lost - Matt 18:11.

Jesus came to the world to save the sinners by washing them with His blood – Rev 1:5; 1 John 1:7. When a sinner repents, the blood of Jesus cleanses him from his sin.

Jesus came to the world to save sinners by redeeming them from sin and Satan – Titus 2:14; Eph 1:7; Col. 1:14; Heb. 9:12.

Jesus came to the world to reconcile man with God - Col. 1:21-22; Rom 5:10; 2 Cor. 5:18; Eph 2:16.

Jesus came to the world that man might receive the Holy Spirit - Matt 3:11; John 14:16-17.

Jesus came into the world so that human beings might enjoy the unique experience of the baptism with the Holy Spirit and have the Holy Spirit abiding in them.

Jesus came to the world so that we might be able to sit on God’s throne - Rev 3:21. Who is man that he might hope to be given the opportunity to come anywhere near the throne of God. But because of the unspeakable love of God for us, Jesus came into the world that He might not only make us worthy to come near the throne of God, but that he might make us worthy to sit with Him on the resplendent throne of God alive with extraordinarily great power of the Almighty.

Raphael Oye Taiwo

Unity Christ Evangelical Ministry (UCEM)
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