Why did Jesus come to earth?
Jesus did not come so we could bask in self-righteousness; He is our righteousness.
Jesus did not come so religion could be our source; He is our source.
Jesus did not come so religious men could rule the roost; He is the Head of the Community of the Redeemed.
Jesus did not come so we could be in relationship with religion; He came so we could be in relationship with Him.
Jesus did not come to establish a religion; He came to destroy religion's stronghold on people.
Jesus did not come to establish denominational segregation of people in different name-tagged buildings called "churches"; He came to unite people as His Community of the Redeemed through unity of the Spirit.
Jesus did not come to sanction men as His as spiritual teachers; He came to sanction His Spirit as the Spiritual Teacher.
Jesus did not come to sanction the Mosaic Law; He came to fulfill the Mosaic Law.
Jesus did not come to sanction the mixed Gospel of Law and Grace; He came to institute and sanction His pure Grace Gospel.
Jesus did not come to make us religious; He came to make us righteous.
Jesus did not come just to teach people truth; He is the Truth.
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of these "did nots" are realities of religion that came about from
studying the bible to dig out operating principles to live our lives by.
We are to go to the written word in order to get to know the Living
Word not to subdue the Living Word by establishing rules on what we "think" the Bible says.
The devil doesn't care what or who our eyes are on, as long
as they are not on Jesus. And that includes any one of the myriad of
good things that are out there to be done, like bible reading, bible
knowledge, bible quoting, Sunday-go-meetings, fellow-shipping, tithing,
or worshiping. Anything we do that is not centered on the
living Christ is a substitute for Christ and is of the devil devilish.
It is the good that is often the worst enemy of the best.
Can I answer your question , Why did Jesus come to earth? Two reasons according to 1 John 3:5,8.
ReplyDelete1.) To take away our sins.
2.) To destroy the works of devil.
5.And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
8.He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Paul said in 2 Cor.7:10 that godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Even though Christ came to take away our sins they are only gone after we repent according to Paul in Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.