Why He Comes

10 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. (KJV)  JOHN 10:10

The blessing for the child of God is that he knows what we need when we need it. The Bible records, “That in the fullness of time God sent his son, born of a woman and under the Law.” (Galatians 4:4)  Yes beloved when the time was full, when we could not bear the stench and sting of sin a moment longer, God sent his son. Jesus picks up on this when he says, I come that THEY might have life. Well beloved rejoice and be glad because you and I are the “they” that Jesus is talking about.

Why did Jesus come you ask? The answer is simple, so that we might have life! The word life in the Greek is Zoe. There are at least two words that describe life in the Greek, Zoe, and Bios.  Bios refers to physical life, age, numerical years. Zoe on the other hand has more to do with quality than quantity. Jesus implies that until now all you had was Bios and then you died. Yes you lived, breathed, walked and talked but because of sin your quality of life was severely diminished. Jesus says I want you to have Zoe quality of life. What is quality of life? Some have said it is the creature comforts of life, like luxury cars, fine homes and lots of money. The truth is you can have these things with Bios life. Zoe life comes with peace in the midst of turmoil; joy in the middle of sorrow; life when death is all around. Jesus says the thing you were lacking was Zoe. You had Bios and because of sin even that was limited but because he comes, we have Zoe life!

On today as you go about your daily chore thank God that he loved us enough to send what we really needed, Zoe quality life, life to the fullest!

Pray: 

Lord thank you for coming to rescue me from an ordinary life and introducing me to Zoe life, a life with meaning.

Next up what did Jesus mean when he said abundant life?

Determined to live by faith,

Dr. Stan