Jesus declares that He came for many reasons. He adamantly states that He never came to condemn, punish, or sentence us. He came to rescue us.
Jesus didn't have His own agenda. God the Father loves us. So often, it seems the Father's love is left out of the story, but if you recall, God so loved the world that He gave His Son.
Jesus came to destroy the Devil and His dark deeds of death. But more than that, Jesus came to connect us to the Father.
God created us, and we were lost to Him. We, as the human race, walked out on Him. We chose to live our lives as we saw fit, to make our own decisions, to decide for ourselves what is right and wrong. Humans wanted to make themselves their own God.
Jesus came to find us and take us back to the Father. he was on the Father's mission.
The human race had no way to get to God, so Jesus came to be that way. He brought us truth and life.
Jesus was God in human flesh living among us. To see Jesus was to see the Father. Jesus was in God the Father and the Father was in Jesus.
Eternal life is knowing the only true God and Jesus. So often, we focus on heaven after death, but eternal life, as Jesus described it, is knowing the Father.
We know so little of our Father. We talk much of the Son and much of the Holy Spirit but seem to forget God our Father, our Abba.
God wants us to know Him intimately. Lets deepen our understanding of His love this Christmas. He loves you personally and deeply.
Let's eagerly embrace the opportunity to worship this Christmas, as it is a time to connect with God and experience His love and grace.
To have a face to face relationship. Do your remember the old hymn Face to Face? Not only do we want to be face to face with Christ our Savior but also with God our Father.
Eternal life is to know Him now. We can worship Him this Christmas and every day.
I love the hymn Face to Face by Carrie Ellis Breck. Maybe these hymns will help you enjoy a moment of worship.
Another hymn, Some Day the Silver Cord Will Break, by Fanny Crosby, that expresses our love for God and our desire to see Him face to face.
This song was one of my dad's favorites when I was a boy. I can imagine Him now as He has been in heaven for years and this son is real in his life.
In The Garden
by C. Austin Miles
Jesus came so we could know Him and God the Father and be in dwelt by God the Holy Spirit. So when you celebrate Christmas think about all that God has done for us by coming as a human to seek and save us and to take us to the Father.