I’m going to ask you an important question here. It’s probably the most important question that I can ask you. Because the answer that is given has tremendous implications. It’s a question whose implications change the way you live your life, it changes the way you think, the way you move, the way you make decisions. It’s that big of a question that I’m about to ask you. You ready for it? What is Jesus for? Or to say it in different words- why did Jesus come into the world? What was his life about? Was it so that he could teach us how to live? Was it so that he could show us that he’s powerful enough to care for our needs? Was it so that we could have some proof that God is actually up there caring about us? What is the reason for the life of Jesus?
We’ve spent the previous four Sundays leading up to this point. We began by talking about the nature of grace- that God loves us with a love that is undeserved. We then talked about how that grace comes to us by faith in Jesus and by nothing that we have done. Then we talked about where that knowledge comes from- through only the Bible. And last week we looked at the beginning of sin and the beginning of God’s saving plan to cover our shame and to remove our guilt. This week, we continue on to look at the end and the fulfillment of God’s saving plan which is the life of Jesus.
