From: emery@tc.fluke.COM (John Emery)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: Why He came
Date: 17 Dec 92 04:29:41 GMT
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA

For believers far and near this time of the year is to us dear.  For in
our celebration we remember Jesus, the One whom we center our whole life
around.  Never before has anyone so touched our lives and become so dear
to our souls.  Never before have we found such peace as we have found in
Him.  To us, He is the answer to the question of life.  In Him we have
known the joy of the gift of righteousness and the knowledge of God, who
is love.  With hearts of celebration we remember the miraculous historical
event of His coming to earth, we enjoy the present fulfillment of His
fellowship with us, and our hearts are filled with expectancy of His 
return to reign upon earth as He promised.

Below is a Scriptural study I would like to share with you.  May the
hearts of the saints be refreshed and encouraged:


                    Why Jesus Came to Earth

1 John 4:14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son
to be the Savior of the world. (NIV)

Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." (NIV)

1 Tim 1:15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ
Jesus came into the world to save sinners-- of whom I am the worst. (NIV)

1 John 4:10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent
his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. (NIV)

Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,
and to give his life as a ransom for many." (NIV)

1 John 3:8 He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has
been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to
destroy the devil's work. (NIV)

1 John 3:5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.
And in him is no sin. (NIV)

Romans 8:3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the
sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to
be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, (NIV)

Acts 3:26 When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless
you by turning each of you from your wicked ways." (NIV)

John 6:38-39 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do
the will of him who sent me.  39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that
I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last
day. (NIV)

John 12:46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes
in me should stay in darkness. (NIV)

1 John 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us
understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is
true-- even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
(NIV)

John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come
that they may have life, and have it to the full. (NIV)

1 John 4:9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only
Son into the world that we might live through him. (NIV)

Luke 4:18-19 18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the
prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, 19 to
proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." (NIV)

Thus, according to Scripture, the reason our gracious Lord came was:

To be the Savior of the World (1 John 4:14)
To seek us out and save us (Luke 19:10, 1 Tim 1:5)
To be an atoning sacrifice for our sins (1 John 4:10)
To give his life as a ransom (Mark 10:45)
To minister to us (Mark 10:45)
To destroy the work of the devil (1 John 3:8)
Take away our sins (1 John 3:5)
To put to death sin in sinful man (Romans 8:3)
To do for us what we couldn't do through the law (Romans 8:3)
To turn us from our wicked ways (Acts 3:26)
To keep us (John 6:38-39)
To be our light (John 12:46)
To give us understanding to know Him who is true (1 John 5:20)
To give us life to the full (John 10:10)
To live through Him (1 John 4:9)
To give us good news (Luke 4:18)
To set us prisoners free (Luke 4:18)
To give us who were blind sight to see (Luke 4:18)
To release us from oppression (Luke 4:18)
To make know to us God's favor (Luke 4:19)

To you our Lord be blessing and honor and glory and praise.  We adore Thee!

God bless,
-- 
John Emery		"You say we've risen to a new age of light.
emery@tc.fluke.COM       You're telling me what used to be wrong
			 is now right."