‘Why Jesus Came.’
"What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?" (Matthew 16:26)
We are spiritual beings. We are not animals whose existence is fulfilled simply by satisfying physical instincts. There is a desire embedded deep within, to find the meaning of life beyond just eating and drinking and working and dying.
Only a friendship with God can satisfy this basic need. Our problem is that we are separated from him so the relationship is broken before it even begins.
Consequently, in our life a gap appears. Then we try to replace God with other things:- ambition, money, drugs, alcohol, education, career, sex, music, sport.
Some of these things are good. Some are not. But whether good or evil, we cannot find what we’re searching for because what’s missing is spiritual - not physical - not intellectual either. Finally, our present separation from God becomes a permanent separation forever. This is worse than death, and nothing can reverse it.
That is why Jesus came.