Who Is Jesus?Sample

We established yesterday that Jesus came in the flesh as Emmanuel - God with us. The following question is, why did He come? 1 John 3:8 says that the reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. In light of Jesus’ ministry on the earth and what Jesus spent most of His time doing, the devil’s work can be understood as two things :

1. the separation between humankind and God as a result of sin
2. consequences of the Fall of man on humanity i.e. sicknesses, demonic possession and the distortion of social relationships etc. 

In Luke 7, John the Baptist sends his disciples to ask Jesus whether He was ‘the One who is to come’, that is the Messiah (Anointed One). Jesus replies by saying, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.” Luke 7:22. 

REFLECTION: We often easily accept that Jesus has come to restore our relationship with the Father. However, it is at times more challenging to believe that He came to destroy the works of the devil in the sense of illnesses, broken relationships and injustice. What are some things you have perhaps not brought before God that He might restore them? Bring them before Him today. 

MEMORY VERSE: Hebrews 13:8