Why did Jesus Come?

The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” john 10:10

Why did Jesus come? You know Jesus came into the world to do something special, but not many understand why he came. He didn’t come to start a new religion. He didn’t come to be one of the religious leaders; neither did he come to the earth as a prophet. Someone said, he came to die for us, well that true, but his dying was a means to an end. He didn’t come just because he wanted to die for us; he died for us to achieve his aim of coming. Some others, he came to forgive us our sins; no, that was also a means to an end. Some still go further to say, he came so that he could help us get to heaven. Making it possible to get to heaven is also a result of his coming, but that’s not why he came. So why did Jesus come?

   Life in its fullness…..

Jesus stated very clearly the purpose of his coming in john 10:10. He said, the thief cometh not but to steal, and kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. He didn’t say I came to die or forgive men for their sins. He said I am come that they might have life and have it to the full. Having life more abundantly means having life to the full; life in its entirety and completeness. In saying life in its fullness, Jesus used the same term he used when he said in john 5:26, for as the father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the son to have life in himself. This means God gave Jesus life in himself in the same measure that God had life in himself, which is actually immeasurable. He granted Jesus the ability to have inherent life in himself. Jesus didn’t need any more life from God; he had life as God had life. That’s big!

In reality however, God cannot have life because he is life himself, but Jesus said that so he could appeal to the human understanding of those he was addressing at the time. And so he said, I am the way the truth and the life” john 14:6.he didn’t say, I have life, he said I am life. And now he says I am come that they might have life and that they might have it to the full. Do you know what it is to have life to the full? All over the world, not too many have gotten a hold of or fully comprehended what this life means. Many live a life that is far lower than the life the son of God brought to us. Eternal life is not a life that just goes on and on and never ends. Eternal life is the very life of Almighty God. It’d the life that makes God who he is. The Greek is Zoë and it means the God kind of life. This life is absolutely indestructible, and this is the life that Jesus brought to us. Hallelujah.

The nature Zoe……..

Every living thing or creature is born with a specific kind of life. That life governs its nature and determines its abilities and its limitations. Plants have a particular kind of life that is distinct to them. In the same vein, animals have their own type of life, and in addition, various kinds of animals have life characteristics that are distinct to them. For example, cats do not bark, so it would be completely unnatural to see a cat barking. This is because barking is not consistent with the nature of a cat Zoe, the God kind of life, and this life has its nature and characteristic functions. Eternal life Zoe, which is the life of God, is life that transcends the ordinary human life. If you are born again, you have Zoe, the life that Jesus brought to us.