Why did Jesus come?
"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10
How did he provide us with Life?
"Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed." John 6:53-55
So then the Life comes from eating his flesh and drinking his blood, but what was his work for God?
"Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work." John 4:34
"Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." John 6:29
This speaks of our work, does it not, rather than the work of Jesus? So what did Jesus do for God?
"I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work." John 9:4
His work had to be finished before nightfall, whatever that means. He did finish it:
"I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest
me to do." John 17:4
Was his work suffering and death on the cross?
Was not his prayer in Gethsemene [chapter 17 of John] prior to being tortured and crucified on the cross? If this is so, why did he say that he had finished his work. Then apparently the suffering and death on the cross was NOT part of his work. Perhaps his work was to be the first overcomer:
"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. " John 16:33
Does the following verse clear this up?
"Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again." John 10:17
"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10
How did he provide us with Life?
"Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed." John 6:53-55
So then the Life comes from eating his flesh and drinking his blood, but what was his work for God?
"Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work." John 4:34
"Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." John 6:29
This speaks of our work, does it not, rather than the work of Jesus? So what did Jesus do for God?
"I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work." John 9:4
His work had to be finished before nightfall, whatever that means. He did finish it:
"I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest
me to do." John 17:4
Was his work suffering and death on the cross?
Was not his prayer in Gethsemene [chapter 17 of John] prior to being tortured and crucified on the cross? If this is so, why did he say that he had finished his work. Then apparently the suffering and death on the cross was NOT part of his work. Perhaps his work was to be the first overcomer:
"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. " John 16:33
Does the following verse clear this up?
"Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again." John 10:17
