do you see, that his faith energized his works and from his works his faith matured (James 2:22) * When James writes faith without works is dead the above is the best way to explain it. It is similar to understanding grace, it doesn't stand alone but produces effects. * Faith also has effects, as Paul writes when we believe in our hearts something happens inwardly and the effect is the confession from the mouth of that inward change. Faith is also energized by love, which strengthens us. Faith without love is nothing thus Love is an action, a work of faith, so as the scriptures tell us love is a bond that leads to our maturity. Here we see that faith energizes us unto good works and our faith is matured through this kind of work. now, faith exists assurance, hope, persuasion of things not seen. For in it the elders testified of God (Hebrews 11:1-12) Faith exists substance and evidence, and the effect of that is meant to energize us into works. And as we are energized through ...
for this reason, I came into the world... (John 18:37)
He came into the world to give us the right to become children of God. The one who created the world came into the world. As the Son of Man, he was conceived of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 1:20) And said we must enter the kingdom of God by the new birth of the Spirit, "what is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit." (John 3:5-6) He was raised from the dead, by the Holy Spirit, a first-fruit of the ones sleeping. Jesus said of Lazarus that he was sleeping not dead. (John 11:12) Just as in Adam all died so also, those in Christ will be made alive, now, each in his own order, Christ the first fruit after that the ones belonging in Christ when he comes. (1 Corinthians 15:22-23) Jesus was the Son of God begotten of God and the Son of Man born of the flesh, and as the Son of Man he exists a kind of first fruit of all those who are a new creation in Him. This new birth happens by believing in his name. It is the blessing of adoption through the Spirit, received in Christ. (Ephesians 3:3-5)
You say that I am a king, to this extent I was born and came into the world so that I should bear witness to the truth. All the one existing from the truth listens to my voice. (John 18:37)
He came into the world to bear witness to the truth. He was born a little baby in a manger, the Word, the truth, becoming flesh, he came into the world to bear witness to the truth. Those of truth, His sheep would hear his voice and follow him. He is the way, truth, and life. (John 14:6) "For the Law was given to Moses but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." (John 1:17) He is the way, truth, and life, thus bearing witness to the truth, showing the way to the Father, to eternal life and freedom. "If you abide in my words you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31-32) The Word is synonymous with Truth. The word, the truth became flesh, to set us free.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. ( John 1:14)
He came into the world to show the glory of God. The glory of God was veiled in the face of Moses so that it would be unveiled in the face of Christ, therefore we can say he came into the world to show the glory of God. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high." (Hebrews 1:3)
I am the light of the world. the one following me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life. (John 8:12)He came into the world as a light unto the world. The true light that enlightens all men. (John 1:4-9) This is the message the disciples proclaimed; "God is light" and "if we walk in the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin." (1 John 1:5-7) And the light is the Life, "Therefore he came into the world that we may have life." (John 10:10) The Light is synonymous with Life, "In Him is life and life is the light of men." (John 1:4, 1 John 1:1-4) Therefore,
I have come so that you may have life and have it abundantly. (John 10:10)
He came into the world to give life. The trespass of the one man brought death to all men, but the righteous act of the one will bring life to many. (Romans 5:18) The thief, the devil he comes to steal and kill and destroy, but he came that we might have life. So out of darkness has come the light, flooding our hearts with the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6) We can say he came into the world to make known the Father, the glorious knowledge of God. (John 17:24-26) We preach the good news because the gospel is the light of the glory of Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:4) We are transferred into the kingdom of light from the kingdom of darkness, from being sons of disobedience under the power of Satan and blinded by him, into children of obedience, enlightened to the reality of the glory and kingdom of God.
now we all with unveiled faces beholding as in a mirror the glory of God, transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, just as the Lord's Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18)
He came into the world so that we know God. Christ reflects the radiance of God, his exact nature and representation of his character, of who God is. (Hebrews 1:3) So we can say he came so that we know God through Him. So that we know the love of God, just as God loved the Son we may experience that love and share in his glory. (John 17) The Old Testament was a shadow of things to come, not the actual reality, it was veiled. The Greek word translated as "beholding as in a mirror" speaks of this reality, of the reality of the glory of God in the face of Christ. John proclaims Jesus as the word of life, eternal life, and light. (1 John 1)
just as he chose us in him before he created the world to exist holy and blameless in his presence, in love. (Ephesians 1:4-5)
He came into the world to conform us to His image. The original image God had created man in was corrupted, fallen, because of sin, God is in Christ restoring that image. In Christ we are blessed with all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies; he predestined us for adoption, favored us in the beloved, he redeemed us, forgave our trespasses, and made known to us the mystery of his according to his good pleasure which he purposed in Christ... (Ephesians 1:5-10) God had a purpose in sending Christ among us, to save us, but also according to that purpose he is working out all things for our good, to those loved of Him, those he foreknew and predestined he is conforming to the image of his Son so that he exists the first brought forth of many brethren. (Romans 8:28-30)
He became as his brethren, flesh, and blood so that he exists the first brought forth, the Son of Man, of many brethren. The Greek word translated as "first brought forth" speaks of glorification, that which God purposed in Christ, to have a people of His own. Those he predestined, he called, those called he justified, and those justified also glorified. (Romans 8:30) "If children then heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer so that also glorified." (Romans 8:17) He consecrated himself in truth so that we might be consecrated in truth. (John 17:17-19)
For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, rather through the one subjecting it, in hope, that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. (Romans 8:20-21)
He came into the world to set us free. God put the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the garden and told them not to eat of it foreknowing they would, therefore creation was subjected to futility, not by its own choice, even though Adam chose to disobey God, but by the will of God, the one who subjected it. There was a greater purpose, one God had planned before he created the world, that he predestined us for adoption for, that we would exist like Him, in His presence blameless and holy, and in love.
It is amazing why Christ came into the world, there is so much to speak about in regards to this, and I will probably miss a few things. This is why Christ came, to set captives free. (Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18) Not just the addict nor the one in prison but the law-abiding "good" person who is a slave to sin in the flesh. Freedom comes in Christ (2 Corinthians 3:17, Romans 6:22, Romans 8:1-4, Galatians 2:4, John 8:36, Galatians 5:1, Galatians 5:13-14) "Therefore we made known to you, men, that through this forgiveness of sin proclaimed to you, also from all which could not set you free in the Law of Moses, in this man all who believes are set free." (Acts 13:38-39)
Therefore since the children shared in blood and flesh himself also, in the same manner, sharing the same so that through death destroying the one holding power of death (that is the devil) and liberate those who through all their lives were held in slavery, fearing death. (Hebrews 2:14-18)
He came into the world so that through his death, he destroys the works of the devil. It took a kinsman to redeem his brothers, so he became like them. Thus fulfilling scripture, he came into the world to proclaim good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to the captives (all were slaves of sin John 8:33-38) and recovering of sight to the blind (the devil blinds the eyes of unbelievers 2 Corinthians 4:3-4) to set at liberty those who are oppressed (the devil has the power to oppress Ephesians 2:1-3) Sin came into the world through the one man and death reigned. Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil, so "justice runs down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream." (Amos 5:24) "Whoever practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning." (1 John 3:8) Whoever is born of God practices righteousness. (1 John 2:29) Therefore he came to destroy the works of the devil; sin.
and you know that he appeared so to take away that sin and exists no sin in him. (1 John 3:5)
He came into the world to deal with the issue of sin, and our lacking, falling short of his glory. For Jesus to take away sin he had to be a sacrifice acceptable to God, a Lamb unblemished, not spotless in regards to outward appearances and external obedience to laws but inwardly clean in his heart, undefiled without sin. This is what God desires not a sacrifice or offering but a body to do His will. By grace through faith we are saved doesn't distract from His holiness, as in the face of Jesus the glory of God is transforming us into the original image God had created man in. That which God purposed in Christ. We are to be holy as he is holy. He came that we might not sin and to be a propitiation for sin, to escape God's wrath for sin, and if we do transgress he lives to intercede for us, an advocate before the Father on our behalf, a great high priest who is sympathetic with our weakness.
and he is a propitiation for our sin, now not just ours only rather also for the entire world. (1 John 2:2)
He came into the world to be a propitiation for all sin. Christ is a propitiation for all sin, but do not be mistaken those who do not believe in Christ are condemned already. (John 3:16-18) And there will be a day of wrath when God's righteous judgment is revealed. (Romans 2:4-7) Because of Adam, all men are under the law of sin and death, but for those in Christ, there will be no condemnation, for the Spirit of life in Christ has set us free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:1-2)
God is a holy God, he hates sin, and God is love, so how can we who are born into a sinful nature be in His presence and be loved? The answer is Jesus became a sacrifice that was acceptable to God that appeases God's wrath toward sin. We have access to God's grace by faith and can approach His throne of grace boldly. We have confidence to approach in Christ because we have the testimony of spirit, blood, and water.
who existed in the form of God, thinking not himself God's equal a thing to claim, but emptied himself, taking the form, coming in the likeness of man, and being found in human form, humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (Philippians 2:6-8)He came into this world, like a man, to die like a man. Most translations add to this verse he became a servant but the word is added, but the point to get is that he took the form, coming in the likeness of man, that is the likeness of sinful nature, and though he was God he humbled himself and became obedient to God even unto death on a cross. As God, such a thing would have been trivial, but as a man Jesus had to endure suffering, and he became obedient in his body through suffering. "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that living dead to sin, living of righteousness. By his wounds, you have been healed." (1 Peter 2:24) As a man, he bore our sin, "making the one knowing no sin, sin on behalf of us, so that in him we become God's righteousness." (2 Corinthians 5:21) He came into the world so that by his blood, by grace through redemption which we receive by faith, we are justified, which brings about the gift of righteousness and life. Free from sin we become instruments of righteousness, prepared beforehand to walk around in good works just like Jesus walked.
sacrifices and offerings and sin offering not desiring not taking pleasure in them (those offered according to the Law) then he said, 'Behold I have come to do your will. He takes away the first in order to establish the second. (Hebrews 10:8-9)
He came into the world to do the will of God. This is a very important point. By living an indestructible life, and by his death he brings in a new will, a new covenant, testament, doing away with the first to establish the second in his blood. (Hebrews 10:8-10) The will of God was to establish a new covenant and a covenant or will, requires a death thus the oath that speaks of the new covenant is God's word, his Word that became flesh and the blood that speaks louder than Abel's is His blood that was shed, to establish a new covenant, no greater oath is needed nor no greater sacrifice. This is what God desired not an offering and sacrifice but someone who could do his will, a man who could live an indestructible life, without giving in to sinful nature. The sinful nature where sin dwells in the flesh, the weakness that made the Law useless and which evil uses to enslave people. This type of sacrifice is what God desires of us today, one that is our reasonable service that leads not to conformity to the world but to transformation. (Romans 12:1-2) It requires the mind of solidarity against sin, seeing the wage of sin for what it really is; death. He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. (Hebrews 9:12)
He came into the world for redemption, the forgiveness of trespasses. What Adam sold for a piece of fruit, Christ bought back, he redeemed mankind not with gold nor silver but with the precious blood of the Lamb. "Now, when this offering a single sacrifice for sins, to the extent continuous, he sat down at the right hand of God." (Hebrews 10:12) He redeemed mankind and unlike the offerings of the earthly priest which offered the blood of animals continuously each year for sin, his offering was done once. "Behold the Lamb of God the one taking away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29) We are blessed in Christ with redemption, the forgiveness of our trespasses. (Ephesians 1:3-5) David spoke of such blessedness, “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered." (Romans 4:7)
Christmas is a time we celebrate Christ's birth, as we reflect on why he came into the world, we can find greater meaning in his birth and celebrate it with joy, being grateful and thankful. He came into the world to give us the right to become children of God, to bear witness to the truth, as a light unto the world, to die so to destroy the works of the devil, to take away sin, to be a propitiation for all sin, to bring redemption the forgiveness of trespasses. He came into the world to free us from sin and death, and to give us abundant life through His Spirit. He came into the world to conform us to His image, to restore the original intent of God in man. If you can add a reason, let me know. For these reasons, he came into the world.(edited)