Why Did Jesus have to Come: Reason #1
Why did Jesus have to come? So far we have discussed how Jesus brought a new and better covenant, how He undid what Adam had done, how He came to be the King of Kings, and how He came to be our Perfect High Priest so that we could have salvation.
But there is another reason. This reason can be stated in one word and that word also describes God.
Read John 3:16
The number one reason Jesus had to leave heaven and come to earth as a man is “love”. This is the very nature of love. 1 John 4:8 tells us that “God is love.” So God naturally poured out to us love.
“For God so loved the world” – The word “so” here could be translated as “thusly”. This was no so much an amount of love but a way of loving. “God thus Loved”
Ask your children about some of the things that they love. How can they show their love for that?
God’s love is a giving love!! “For God so loved the world that He gave”
In this love God gave the most precious thing – His Son, the greatest Treasure.
Ask your children to think of the item or person that they love the most. Now ask them to think of a person who has done something bad to them. (This could be the person who has made them the most mad or sad in their life).
Now ask them, would you give that thing you most love to this person who has made you mad or sad?
God’s love is not only seen in the infinite value of what was given, but also in the rebelliousness of whom He gives Jesus for. We had turned away from God. We had committed treason. We deserved judgment but God instead gave the greatest treasure the world has ever seen.
Romans 5:8 says, “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Think of this amazing love that God has given us. Think of this greatest gift of love that has ever been given.
What could we give this year that would show how thankful we are to God.
“For God so loved the world that He gave” – We are no more like God than when we give.
This year lets give back to God a portion of that love that He has poured on us, and let us also show some of Jesus’ love to others around us. We will be more like Jesus and we will please Jesus when we give of His love to others
Why did Jesus have to come? So far we have discussed how Jesus brought a new and better covenant, how He undid what Adam had done, how He came to be the King of Kings, and how He came to be our Perfect High Priest so that we could have salvation.
But there is another reason. This reason can be stated in one word and that word also describes God.
Read John 3:16
The number one reason Jesus had to leave heaven and come to earth as a man is “love”. This is the very nature of love. 1 John 4:8 tells us that “God is love.” So God naturally poured out to us love.
“For God so loved the world” – The word “so” here could be translated as “thusly”. This was no so much an amount of love but a way of loving. “God thus Loved”
Ask your children about some of the things that they love. How can they show their love for that?
God’s love is a giving love!! “For God so loved the world that He gave”
In this love God gave the most precious thing – His Son, the greatest Treasure.
Ask your children to think of the item or person that they love the most. Now ask them to think of a person who has done something bad to them. (This could be the person who has made them the most mad or sad in their life).
Now ask them, would you give that thing you most love to this person who has made you mad or sad?
God’s love is not only seen in the infinite value of what was given, but also in the rebelliousness of whom He gives Jesus for. We had turned away from God. We had committed treason. We deserved judgment but God instead gave the greatest treasure the world has ever seen.
Romans 5:8 says, “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Think of this amazing love that God has given us. Think of this greatest gift of love that has ever been given.
What could we give this year that would show how thankful we are to God.
“For God so loved the world that He gave” – We are no more like God than when we give.
This year lets give back to God a portion of that love that He has poured on us, and let us also show some of Jesus’ love to others around us. We will be more like Jesus and we will please Jesus when we give of His love to others
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