We are looking at some implications of the incarnation. What specifically does the New Testament tell us concerning why Jesus Christ came in human form? We found the first reason last time:
1. Jesus came to explain God. By coming to the earth as a man the Lord lived among us and revealed to us the nature and person of God in ways that even the Old Testament and nature couldn’t do. It’s a full picture, as much as we can possibly handle in this lifetime, of who God is. We see that in Christ.
2. Jesus came to defeat the devil.
We are looking at Hebrews 2:14-15 today. Hebrews 2:14 says, “Therefore since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil.” He tells us here that Christ took on human form, He shared in the flesh and blood of humanity, and “He likewise also partook of the same.” Why? “That through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil.” The devil, apparently, has the power of death. Somehow God has allowed that to happen because of sin and because He is the god of this age therefore, he has power in relationship to death. Christ has come to render him powerless. One of the great truths about the coming of Jesus Christ is that He has come to set us free. You will know the truth, it is said in the gospel of John, and the truth will set you free. Jesus says in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” We find that Christ comes to set us free . . .
