Jesus' Mission: Seeking, Saving, and Standing for Truth

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I love the idea there of Jesus seeking, of actually, you know, I'm just so blessed that all of the resources and all of the mercy in God that He's given so much abundance to us that we can see that He could have left us in our sin, He could have left us apart from these things, but He sought after us. [00:03:13]

Jesus said in Mark 2:17, those who are well have no need of a physician but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous but sinners. Again in John 16:7, nevertheless I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away, for I do not go away the helper will not come to you. [00:05:50]

Jesus said, for judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind. Now this is one of the passages that I think are one of the scariest and oftentimes very confusing passages. And some of the principles that Jesus says oftentimes those who have I'll give more. [00:07:26]

For God so loved the world, everybody, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world but the world through Him might be saved. That verse 17 is so important. [00:13:32]

Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. He's letting us know why He didn't come. I didn't come just to be this peacemaker or He's not a Gandhi, He's not someone who just came to bring peace or something. Do not think that I've come to bring peace to the earth. [00:17:02]

Jesus came into this world to serve. In Mark 10:45, He says, for even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many. I constantly struggle over this. I wish I could say that I'm over it, but just this constant feel that I should have something common. [00:25:28]

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him who sent me. And this is the will of Him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that has been given to me but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father. [00:30:44]

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. And then also one in Matthew 12:28, but if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God surely the Kingdom of God has come. He says if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God. [00:33:33]

I have come into the world as light, so that he who believes in me may not remain in darkness. James 4:7, you know, says therefore submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you. Promise from God, draw near to God and He will draw near to you, cleanse your hands you sinners. [00:36:28]

You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this purpose I have come into the world to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice. For this purpose I was born. The whole idea of Jesus being king, He's saying. [00:39:07]

I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it was already kindled. A few years ago I ran across an amazing missionary sermon by a Dutch, a Dutch Mennonite from the 1850s who went their first mission went straight to Java to preach to the Muslims people there. [00:45:00]

Do not think that I've come to abolish the law of the prophet. I did not come to abolish and implied but He came to fulfill them. You know we talk about being Christo-centric, a Christ-following view of the scriptures and that's the way we look at the word of God and I think it's very important. [00:54:32]

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