In this enlightening episode, join Cherri Campbell as she delivers a powerful Christmas message drawn from her Victorious Faith services. Delve into the multitude of reasons behind Jesus’s coming to Earth, as Cherri meticulously unpacks scriptures to highlight the profound missions and purposes fulfilled by Jesus. From fulfilling the law to becoming our divine mediator, Cherri explores these dimensions with scriptural backing and spiritual insight. Prepare to deepen your faith and understanding of Jesus’s monumental role in humanity’s spiritual journey.
Good morning. Welcome to Victorious Faith. I’m Cherri Campbell. Today I’m going to begin sharing with you a Christmas message that I preached in one of our Victorious Faith services called, Why Did Jesus Come? So join me now on our live service for the beginning of this message, Why Did Jesus Come? This evening’s message, I’m going to actually be reading most of it because there is so much scripture. And that’s why I have printed the outline and given you the outlines. So message tonight is, why did Jesus come? Why did Jesus come? And we know in a nutshell and in a single statement to save the world. But it’s so much bigger than that. It’s huge. It’s humongous. And so I felt led to write down reasons why Jesus came, things that he accomplished by coming to the earth. So why did Jesus come? First of all, we know that God sent Jesus. Jesus in John five 36, it says for the work that Jesus said for the work that the father has given me to finish, which I am doing testifies that the father has sent me. God sent Jesus. John 6, 38 also says, Jesus said, for I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but to do the will of him who sent me. So God sent Jesus. Jesus actually had many assignments. Yes, in general, one general broad statement was to save the world. But that has many, many, many, many, many facets. It is huge. Many assignments included in that. And so I’ve made a list here and of course they’re not listed in any priority, but Jesus came for one to fulfill the law because the old Testament law had to be fulfilled. Matthew 5, 17, Jesus said, do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. So he came to fulfill the law and the prophets and, And it’s very interesting to see in Romans 8, verses 3 and 4, Romans 8, verses 3 and 4, for what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature. God did by sending his own son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. So he condemned sin and sinful man in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met. in us, in Christ. Hallelujah. So what the law was powerless to do, the righteous requirements of the law are fully met in us, in Christ. Hallelujah. So he came to fulfill the law. Number two, Jesus came to seek and save the lost. Luke 19 10 for the son of man came to seek and to save what was lost. Number three, Jesus came to call sinners to repentance. Luke 5.32, I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Number four, Jesus came to be the lamb of God. to be the Lamb of God, the sacrifice for sin, and to bear our sin. Isaiah 53, 5, But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought us peace was upon him. Verse 12, Romans 3, 25, God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement. through faith in his blood. 1 Corinthians 5, 7, for Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. And John 1, 29, the next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, look or behold, the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Jesus came to be the lamb of God, the lamb slain from the foundation of the world to be a sacrifice for our sins. Number five, Jesus came to give his life as a ransom for many. First of all, we need to understand what is a ransom. A ransom is the money or price paid for the release of a prisoner or a slave to restore him to liberty. A ransom is the money paid for for the release of a prisoner or a slave to restore him to liberty or to be free, to free him. In Matthew 20, 28, it says, Jesus said, Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. For many who were enslaved, he came to be the price to set them free. Also, 1 Timothy 2, 5 and 6, For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, verse 6, who gave himself as a ransom for for all men. Hebrews 9.15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance now that he has died as a ransom. He died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. So he is a ransom. Also, that takes us right into the next one with the same verses. Number six, Jesus came to be a mediator, our mediator between God and man. 1 Timothy 2.5. For there is one God and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. Why? Well, I tell them the story of the glory that when God created Adam in the Garden of Eden, initially Adam was connected to God. And I see it like an invisible spiritual umbilical cord. An umbilical cord or a lifeline that was life flowing from God into man. And when Adam sinned, the umbilical cord was cut off. And then man had no more life source. He was cut off from the source of life, God, that was flooding his life into man. Adam was cut off and that umbilical cord was actually attached to Satan, the spirit of death. And Satan became his new master, his new Lord, his new God, his new ruler, which brought spiritual death and darkness into the man’s spirit, into the human race, into the spirit of man. And so the life source was cut off. That umbilical cord was cut off. And so… With that, man could not approach God because God is holy and God is a consuming fire and anyone or anything that is sinful that would come near him would be consumed by fire. Just remember when God came down on Mount Sinai, he is a consuming fire and God told Moses to put a rope around the base of the mountain to not let people cross it or they would be consumed by the fire. They can only come so close or they would be burned up. So we can’t, I mean, just think of God loving man. And when you love your children, what do you want to do? Want to hug them? When you love your children, you want to hug them? Well, God loves us and wants to hug us, but he knew that if he hugged us, he’d burn us to a crisp. How would you like that? If I came within so many feet or yards of my child, I’d burn them to a crisp and they would be cinched and destroyed. So there had to be this gap between God and man. There had to be a gap. Jesus came as the bridge. and as the mediator between God and man to restore us, to give us that connection. We can reach the Father. We can come into communion with the Father through Jesus. He is that umbilical cord, and he is the mediator between God and men. So 1 Timothy 2.5, again, for there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man, Christ Jesus. And Hebrews 9, 15, for this reason, Christ is the mediator of a new covenant. Number seven, Jesus came to die on the cross for us so we could die with him and live with him. Now, there’s more in here as you’re going to read these scriptures than just, of course, yeah, Jesus died. But there’s more to it than that. Let’s look at this. 2 Corinthians 5, 14 and 15, that when he died, we died with him. Verse 14, 2 Corinthians 5, 14. We are convinced that one died for all and therefore all died. And he died for all. That those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and was raised again. So he died for us, for all. He died for us. Romans 6, 4. We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead, we too may live a new life. So we were buried with him. into death. Romans 6.8, if we died with Christ, we believe we will also live with him. Ephesians 2.4 and 5, but because of his great love for us, God who is rich in mercy made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions. 2 Timothy 2.11, here is a trustworthy saying, if we died with him, we will also live with him. So we died with him. Not only did he die, it was important for him to die. But in his death, we died with him. So that was our dying place also. Praise God. Number eight, Jesus came to be buried for us. So we could be buried with him. So the old man is dead and buried. Romans 6, 4. We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead, we too may live a new life. Colossians 2, 12. Having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead. And that takes us right into number nine. Jesus came to be raised from the dead so that we would be raised from the dead. And again, the same verses. He died. We died with him, united with him in death, that we are. In Romans 6, 5, that we would also be united with him in his resurrection. We are united in his resurrection. And 1 Corinthians 15, 20 and 23. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead. The first fruits of those who have fallen asleep, each in his own turn. Christ, the first fruits. Then when he comes, those who belong to him. There’s the resurrection of the dead in physical bodies. When Jesus comes the second time, even the dead in Christ will be raised first. So there’s their resurrection from the dead. So we were spiritually raised from the dead. Well, let’s look at this. Colossians 2, 11 and 12. 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. What you just heard was the beginning of a Christmas 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.
