Mankind feel that they are upright and as long as you feel in your heart that you are upright you will not come to Jesus.
Love is to be the distinguishing mark of a follower of Jesus Christ. And it is not an option but a command form God. God is love.
Therefore, to love is a calling and as the world becomes more harsher and more divided, our calling will become more distinct.
“If I speak in tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing”
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 ESV
There is a realm where all truth is known. It is not in this world for here we know in part.
God knows the truth and Jesus came to bear witness of the truth.
“For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world – to bear witness of the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice”
John 18:37 ESV
God is light. So, when Jesus says that He have come into the world as light, He is telling us that He is God with us.
Jesus does not say that since He came the world is filled with light. He is telling us that He is the light of the world and He gives light to everyone. The light shines from Jesus Himself.
There is a Person knocking on the door of your life and He knows you. He may seem like a stranger to you, but if you invite Him in you will find that He knows everything about you, and He knows who has stolen from you, and He knows the full extent of what has been taken.
When the Word of God finds its way into our hearts, it brings transformation, and restoration, and change. It brings power to overcome in this world, and it brings hope, and joy, and a future.
“ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly”
Colossians 3:16
If we ask the question why Jesus came into the world the entire New Testament answers that question. But Jesus spoke on seven occasions directly and personally on why He came. We previously looked at four occasions in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. This time we will look at the marvellous words of Jesus in the gospel of John giving us the balance of the occasions on why He came into the world.
John 6:38-40
The coming of Jesus Christ into this world is the centre point of human history and always be so. The glory of the LORD is revealed in Jesus Christ.
“And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken”
Isaiah 40:5
In every experience of life Jesus is Immanuel-God with us. He arrived on earth through the miracle of His birth. He accomplished the mission to save sinners through His death. He lives as the Mediator between God and man for ever and ever more.
“All this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: ‘Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call His name Immanuel (which means God with us)”
Matthew 1:22,23
The Bible speaks into the realities of our lives. And because it is the Word of God it always brings to us strength and hope for every circumstance.
This life is a gift from God. It is beautiful but also fragile.
“All flesh is like grass, and all its beauty is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the Word of God will stand forever”
Isaiah 40:6,7
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