Why Jesus Came

Ask someone nowadays who Jesus was, and there's a good chance you'll get, "Jesus was a good guy", or "Jesus was cool dude" and many times they'll add, "I don't know if he was the son of God, though".

Too many people will tell you that Jesus came to be the example of how a human should live. OK. This is partly true. But he primarily came to live a sinless life and become the perfect sacrifice for our sins (past, present and future). He came to seek and save those who were lost. Here's why I say this:

1. We are innately sinful. 
2. We have to be perfect, like him, to get into heaven and be in the presence of God.
3. To do this, we have to obey every commandment and never sin in order to be deserving of heaven.
4. We can't do it. Can we?

That's the point. In the old testament, the Jews used to sacrifice animals to "cover" their sins. Jesus came and became the perfect sacrifice. This is a sacrifice that doesn't just cover our sins, but erases them. We cannot be in God's presence when we are full of sin. If we receive Jesus' free gift, repent and trust in Him, God now sees us as perfect and sinless, because He now sees us through Jesus. This is why we are called Saints when we are saved. It's the way God sees us now. We now have, as John MacArthur once explained, an alien righteousness. We can now be one of God's children. Not through our works, but through the works of our true Savior, Jesus Christ!

Luke 19:8 says:

Jesus responded, "Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham.For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost."

OK, time to go to church.

God bless!