WHY DID JESUS COME TO LIVE AMONG US?

Looking at it from a very human point of view, I think that it was God’s final attempt to show humans how much He loved them…” For God so loved the world that He gave His only son…” ( John 3:16)

Our Heavenly Father knew what the outcome would be…the cross. But He also knew that the life and sacrifice of Jesus would not be in vain. He showed us how much He loves us!

Jesus taught in the Synagogue and on a Sabbath took the reading from the scroll. He read from Isaiah 61:1-2a, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.”  

Jesus came to earth to bring healing, wholeness and the awesome message that we are loved by God. “For God so loved the world..” (John 3:16)

However, this message of God’s total sacrificial love is lost on a world that distorts the message of love from God by erroneous teachings that bring fear an apprehension in people’s hearts and lives. We do not KNOW that we are loved, we do not believe that we can be forgiven for all our nasty, selfish, unloving and wicked ways.

What more can God do to show us that we are loved, and that we can get rid of our guilt and shame by sincerely asking for forgiveness and endeavouring to do better?

What more can God, our Heavenly Father, do to help us know that we are loved?