What was Jesus' intention and Mision?
What was Jesus intention and Mission.
Did God the Father, in sending his Son into the world to make atonement for sinners, intend to make salvation available to every individual person, or was his purpose that his Son’s death should provide satisfaction for the sins of the elect alone? Did Christ go to the cross in order to make salvation possible for whoever might believe, or did he have in mind those whom the Father had foreknown, elected and given to him?
To answer this question one should go to the highest authority we have, the Bible and the words from which come from the mouth of Jesus Christ. For to long now there has been two camps that disagree on these questions. One excuse is that "Oh well one side has his verses and the other theirs to support their views, so who can be right!. The Bible has no confusion on what it says, and it does not teach two different opposing views.
We are living in the age Jesus talked about, where the Church is focussed on everything else but sound doctrine. Even to scared to engage it. The church is committing Pulpit crimes, time and time again because of its rejection on what the scriptures teach. Where is the love of Truth.
In this Post I will start off examining what Jesus said his purpose was for coming down to earth.
John 6; 37-40,
"All that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will certainly not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, no to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. This is the will of him who sent me, that of all that has been given me I will lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in him will have eternal life, and I myself will raise them up on the last day"
Yes a small passage of scripture, but contains some valuable truths. The context is very important; Jesus speaks to the crowds gathered in the synagogue at Capernaum. They have followed him there after the feeding of the five thousand the day before. They are seeking more miracles, and more food. Most of them were not interested in whom Jesus was. Jesus knew they did not posses real faith, because in verse 36 he says to them "But I said to you that you have seen me, and yet do not believe. It is now in verse 37 that Jesus explains their unbelief. But before we examine John 6; 37-40, lets just see what Jesus says soon after this verse about unbelief, John 6; 44 "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him and I will raise him up at the last day" and also John 6;65 "Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by my Father".
Ok, so lets see why they did not believe in Jesus from the passage of John 6; 37-40.
Jesus responds by saying, "All that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will certainly not cast out". Jesus makes it clear and sharp, that all that the Father gives to me will come to me. If you don’t believe in me obviously the Father hasn’t given you to me.
Then Jesus says, " For I have come down from heaven, no to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. This is the will of him who sent me, that of all that has been given me I will lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day."
It is now given to us in verse 37 why Jesus came to earth and what his intention was. Jesus says that he came down from heaven not to do his will, but the will of him who sent him. Jesus had come to accomplish a mission given to him by the Father, and this mission is very clear. The will of the Father was that all he has given Jesus, he would not lose any of them but raise them up on the last day.
" For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in him will have eternal life, and I myself will raise them up on the last day"
Now that we have the basic understanding of the passage lets tighten the passage and it’s meaning even more, remembering that the context is about unbelief.
Jesus says all that the Father gives to me will come to me, what does he mean by this, obviously salvation. All that the Father gives to Jesus will be saved and what does this have to do with for whom did Christ die for.
Well those who are not given to the Father will not come to the Son for Salvation. Because those who are given to the Son are saved and Jesus promises that he will not lose one of them but raise them up on the last day. From this passage we can not get that God gave Jesus for every person who has every lived, because then every person would be saved, because if they were not Jesus would have failed the Father in his mission as some would be lost. Also Jesus makes it clear in John 6;44 and 65 that in fact no one can come to him unless the Father has granted it and draws them to him. So the will of God in sending his son to die is to save all those he gives to Jesus. Jesus came to save Gods elect, not every single person on earth.
It is vital to see the truth that is communicated by this context; the giving by the Father to the Son precedes and determines the coming of a person to Christ. The action of giving by the Father comes before the action of the coming to Christ by the individual.
Some will try and say oh but what the passage means is that all the Father has seen will believe in Christ will come to Christ, but this is wrong and I will show why this is wrong in the next post.
In my next post we will look at ways people try and get out of this truth, by enforcing more scriptures. We will examine Foreknowledge and chosen from eternity with the rest of "Who Jesus says he came for"…
Did God the Father, in sending his Son into the world to make atonement for sinners, intend to make salvation available to every individual person, or was his purpose that his Son’s death should provide satisfaction for the sins of the elect alone? Did Christ go to the cross in order to make salvation possible for whoever might believe, or did he have in mind those whom the Father had foreknown, elected and given to him?
To answer this question one should go to the highest authority we have, the Bible and the words from which come from the mouth of Jesus Christ. For to long now there has been two camps that disagree on these questions. One excuse is that "Oh well one side has his verses and the other theirs to support their views, so who can be right!. The Bible has no confusion on what it says, and it does not teach two different opposing views.
We are living in the age Jesus talked about, where the Church is focussed on everything else but sound doctrine. Even to scared to engage it. The church is committing Pulpit crimes, time and time again because of its rejection on what the scriptures teach. Where is the love of Truth.
In this Post I will start off examining what Jesus said his purpose was for coming down to earth.
John 6; 37-40,
"All that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will certainly not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, no to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. This is the will of him who sent me, that of all that has been given me I will lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in him will have eternal life, and I myself will raise them up on the last day"
Yes a small passage of scripture, but contains some valuable truths. The context is very important; Jesus speaks to the crowds gathered in the synagogue at Capernaum. They have followed him there after the feeding of the five thousand the day before. They are seeking more miracles, and more food. Most of them were not interested in whom Jesus was. Jesus knew they did not posses real faith, because in verse 36 he says to them "But I said to you that you have seen me, and yet do not believe. It is now in verse 37 that Jesus explains their unbelief. But before we examine John 6; 37-40, lets just see what Jesus says soon after this verse about unbelief, John 6; 44 "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him and I will raise him up at the last day" and also John 6;65 "Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by my Father".
Ok, so lets see why they did not believe in Jesus from the passage of John 6; 37-40.
Jesus responds by saying, "All that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will certainly not cast out". Jesus makes it clear and sharp, that all that the Father gives to me will come to me. If you don’t believe in me obviously the Father hasn’t given you to me.
Then Jesus says, " For I have come down from heaven, no to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. This is the will of him who sent me, that of all that has been given me I will lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day."
It is now given to us in verse 37 why Jesus came to earth and what his intention was. Jesus says that he came down from heaven not to do his will, but the will of him who sent him. Jesus had come to accomplish a mission given to him by the Father, and this mission is very clear. The will of the Father was that all he has given Jesus, he would not lose any of them but raise them up on the last day.
" For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in him will have eternal life, and I myself will raise them up on the last day"
Now that we have the basic understanding of the passage lets tighten the passage and it’s meaning even more, remembering that the context is about unbelief.
Jesus says all that the Father gives to me will come to me, what does he mean by this, obviously salvation. All that the Father gives to Jesus will be saved and what does this have to do with for whom did Christ die for.
Well those who are not given to the Father will not come to the Son for Salvation. Because those who are given to the Son are saved and Jesus promises that he will not lose one of them but raise them up on the last day. From this passage we can not get that God gave Jesus for every person who has every lived, because then every person would be saved, because if they were not Jesus would have failed the Father in his mission as some would be lost. Also Jesus makes it clear in John 6;44 and 65 that in fact no one can come to him unless the Father has granted it and draws them to him. So the will of God in sending his son to die is to save all those he gives to Jesus. Jesus came to save Gods elect, not every single person on earth.
It is vital to see the truth that is communicated by this context; the giving by the Father to the Son precedes and determines the coming of a person to Christ. The action of giving by the Father comes before the action of the coming to Christ by the individual.
Some will try and say oh but what the passage means is that all the Father has seen will believe in Christ will come to Christ, but this is wrong and I will show why this is wrong in the next post.
In my next post we will look at ways people try and get out of this truth, by enforcing more scriptures. We will examine Foreknowledge and chosen from eternity with the rest of "Who Jesus says he came for"…
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