In this episode, Cherri Campbell takes us on a profound journey through the teachings of the Christian faith, focusing on the pivotal question: Why did Jesus come? Using passages from Colossians, Acts, and Corinthians, Cherri articulates the spiritual significance of Jesus’ death and resurrection, highlighting the concept of redemption and the vast implications it has for believers. With passion and clarity, she explains how Jesus’ sacrifice brought about the spiritual resurrection, connecting us deeper to the divine plan.
Good morning. Welcome to Victorious Faith. I’m Cherri Campbell. Today I’m going to continue sharing with you the Christmas message that I began sharing with you yesterday that I preached in one of our Victorious Faith services called, Why Did Jesus Come? So join me now in our live service for the continuation of this message. Why Did Jesus Come? Colossians 2, 11 and 12. In him, you also, verse 12, having been buried with him in baptism and you are raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead. So we were buried with him. We are raised with him. So we were spiritually, we spiritually were dead. We were buried with him and we spiritually are raised with him. But then there’s coming a time in the future when the dead in Christ will rise first and we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air and we’ll be changed in the twinkling of an eye. We will receive the glorified body. So there is a resurrection of the dead still to come, even of the physical body. But our spirits have already been raised. Praise the Lord. So he had to die so we could die. He had to be buried so we could be buried. And he had to be raised and resurrected so that we could be raised up and resurrected. Praise the Lord. Number 10, Jesus came to pay for sin and to redeem us from sin. Now we looked at the word ransom. Now let’s look at the word redeem. Redeem means to buy back again. You know, if you take something to a secondhand shop and you sell it, you pawn it, you go back and you buy it again, you’ve redeemed it. It’s to buy back again. Acts 20, 28, Paul is writing to the pastors, “‘Be shepherds of the church of God, “‘which he bought with his own blood.'” So we are bought, the church is bought, purchased with the blood of Jesus. 1 Corinthians 6, 19 and 20, “‘You are not your own, you were bought at a price.'” 1 Peter 1, 18 and 19. For you know that it was not with perishable things, such as silver or gold, that you were redeemed. You were redeemed, bought from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers. But you were redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. There again is the lamb of God that was slain. We are redeemed by the precious blood of the lamb. Praise the Lord. So Jesus came to redeem us with his blood. And number 11, Jesus came to bear our sicknesses, our diseases, and our pains. Isaiah 53, verses 4 and 5, surely he took up our infirmities, our sicknesses, weaknesses, and pains in different translations. Actually, that’s in the Hebrew language. The word infirmities means sickness, weakness, and pain. And then skip down to the end of verse 5. And by his wounds, we are healed. Hallelujah. Matthew quotes Isaiah in Matthew 8, 17. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah. He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases. And 1 Peter 2, 24. By his wounds, you have been healed. So Jesus came to bear our sicknesses, diseases, and pains so that we could be healed. So we could be healed. Praise the Lord. And number 12, Jesus came to bear our poverty to make us rich. 2 Corinthians 8, 9. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, for your sakes he became poor. Where did he become poor? On the cross, the same place he became sin. He took the curse. He bore sickness. He became poor on the cross in substitution for us. verse six, he became poor so that you, you received through this, his, through his poverty, you might become rich. So this is all part of the message that I teach also called the great exchange. What did Jesus take and what did Jesus give to us? The exchange. He took our poverty so that we could be made rich. And number 13, Jesus came to bear our griefs and sorrows and to give us his joy. Isaiah 53, 4, surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. Yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. Isaiah 61 verses 1 through 3. The spirit of the sovereign Lord is on me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives released from the darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn and provide for those who grieve. Mourning and grief. Jesus bore our griefs and carried our sorrows. Isaiah 53, 4. He bore our griefs, carried our sorrows, so that he could comfort those who mourn and provide for those who grieve in Zion. To do what? To bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes. The oil of gladness instead of mourning and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. Praise God. Praise God. Praise God. Jesus said in John 15, 11, I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. And John 17, 13, Jesus said, I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I’m in the world. So they may have the full measure. Oh, Jesus was praying to the father that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. Hallelujah. And then number 14, Jesus came to spend three days and three nights in the pit of hell for us and to take the keys. Jesus had to go to hell. There are Christians who don’t know that. There are other Christians who, if they heard it, they would deny it and they wouldn’t believe it. They thought that his death was only ground deep. Just go in the ground and be raised from the dead. No, there is a hell. Hell is real. And Jesus had to go there to pay the price for all sin. Because if he didn’t go, we would have to. And Romans 6.23 says the wages of sin is death. And this death penalty for sin is not only the death of the body. So it’s not just the body and you go into the ground. It’s also the death of the spirit and its consequences, including hell. Hell is the punishment for sin. And therefore Jesus had to go to hell in order to bear the full punishment for The full punishment for sin is hell. If he didn’t go, we would still have to go because the punishment wasn’t paid in full. He paid the full price. And there are many scriptures. I’m only going to give you a few of them right here, but there are even more than this. In Hebrews 2.9, it says, because he suffered death, and by the grace of God, he tasted death for everyone. Now, that’s an interesting thing, tasting death. That means you and I will never taste death. Our bodies will go to sleep. The Bible calls it sleep. But we will not taste death. We will only experience a separation. of the spirit and soul, which are joined, separating from the body. Your spirit and soul being joined will leave your body. If you’re born again, go to heaven. If you’re not born again, go to hell. And for those going to hell, the separation of the spirit and soul from the body can even be agonizing, especially when they see hell on the other side. But for you and me, who are born again, there’s no sense at all except a sense of joy and peace. So that’s why we have nothing to fear, only great things to look forward to. In what the world calls death, the body is actually called sleeping. The body is called sleeping and we simply leave this body and we’re set free from the hindrances, the inhibition, the cage of this body. And we’re set free to fly and we just experience peace and joy in that separation. So Jesus tasted death for us and he tasted the agony of death for Matthew 12, 40, Jesus himself said, the son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Hell is in the heart of the earth. Hell is in the heart of the earth. So he was three days and three nights in hell. Acts 2, 24. However, God released him from the horrors of death. The NIV says the agony of death. Now, if Jesus was in Abraham’s bosom, there was no horror and no agony. In Abraham’s bosom, which was where the Old Testament saints went when they died, before Jesus was raised from the dead. Now Abraham’s bosom doesn’t exist. Everybody was brought to heaven and everyone is in heaven now. But until Jesus was raised from the dead, they were in Abraham’s bosom. But there was only peace there and comfort. Lazarus, remember Lazarus and the rich man. And Abraham told the rich man in hell that he said, Lazarus here is comforted while you are in agony. in hell. So Jesus was released from, it says in Acts 2 24, the new living says the horrors of death. The NIV says the agony of death. That means he was not in Abraham’s bosom. That was a place of comfort. He was in a place of horror and agony and he was raised to life. for death could not keep its grip on him. And then Acts 2.27, three verses later, thou will not leave my soul in hell. Says it right there. Jesus went to hell. It says it in the Greek, it’s the word Hades, which is translated in English, hell. So the Bible says he went to hell. You will not leave my soul in hell. Neither will you suffer your holy one to see corruption. So if Jesus didn’t go to hell, we would have to because that meant the price was not paid and we would have to pay that. But he paid it. Praise the Lord. And Revelation 118. I am the living one. I was dead. I was dead. And behold, I am alive forever. And I hold the keys of death and hell. How did he get the keys of death and hell? He went there. He took them. Praise the Lord. Number 15, Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. Hebrews 2, 14, since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death, he might destroy him. That’s the devil. Who holds the power of death? That is the devil. So Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. Glory to God. Number 16, Jesus came to defeat Satan and strip him. Strip him. I love that. Strip him of authority. Colossians 2.15, having disarmed, that means to literally strip him, disarm, strip of all power and authority and all position. He stripped the powers and authorities that is of the kingdom of darkness, Satan, the devil’s kingdom. He made a public spectacle of them. That was a parade triumphing over them by the cross. And so he came to defeat Satan and strip him. I love that. Satan was stripped. Can you just imagine that? Next time the devil talks to you, tell him, I see you, you’re stripped. You have been stripped by Jesus of all power and authority. You have no rights over me. I’m delivered from you. Number 17, to deliver us. Jesus came to deliver us from the fear of death. Hebrews 2, 14 and 15 again. So that by his death, he might destroy him. who holds the power of death, that is the devil, and to free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. What you just heard was the continuation of a message that I preached in one of our victorious faith services called, Why Did Jesus Come? And we will continue this message again tomorrow. So join me again tomorrow. And remember, God loves you. You are blessed and highly favored by the Lord.
