Advent, Part 4
Jesus came to give Life
John 10:10
John 10:10: “Jesus came to give Life”
- Jesus Referred as the Shepherd: “I am the good shepherd” (John 10:11)
- “I am” proclamations point to His exclusive, divine character and purpose.
- Ezekiel 34, fulfilled by Jesus. There are a number of places where Jesus is referred to as that Good Shepherd.
- New Life is the Spiritual Life:
John 5:24. Jesus says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life”
We need Life because we were dead in our sins:
- I. “And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcised of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses”, Colossians 2:13
- II. “even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved” Ephesians 2:5
How do we receive His Gift Of Life
- I. To receive Christ, you must recognize him for who he really is, “If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority”. John 7:17
- II. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.. John 1:11–13
- III. Receiving him is to believe in all that he is.
Benefits of a New Life in Jesus:
- I. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” 2 Corinthian 5:17.
- II. We are reconciled with God and found blameless, “21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him” Colossians 1: 21-22
- III. No longer living in darkness, the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”
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