Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty."
With a new look
Why Did Jesus Come?
You’re going to correctly blurt out, “He came to die for me.” That is absolutely right. But, what did He do for you?
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For umpteen generations, ever since Adam sinned and gave reign over society to the jellyfish devil, sin was the thing to do. But through it all God found some people who would speak His word and call into being God’s Messiah; Jesus by name. Don’t you know that the devil knew about what they were saying; he tried to stop it but was unable to. So, the devil was expecting the Messiah to come as God. But God knew that and He did something that the devil did not expect. He sent Jesus as a human being born of a woman.
“When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human,” (Philippians 2:7 The Message).
This is something that the devil, I believe, didn’t expect, hence the question given by the devil to Jesus,
“The tempter came to him and said, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread,’” (Matthew 4:3 New International Version).
The underline phrase always means “I’m questioning you, are you sure?” The devil wasn’t just saying, “Well, I know you are, but do you know?” No, it was questioning the truth of this unexpected twist.
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So, Jesus came to Earth as a baby through natural childbirth, but born of a virgin. Many Preachers say that that was because the sin came through the man; but actually it was because He was to be the Son of God, born by God as the spotless Son of God. Think about it.
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So, now we have this Son of God, The Fruit—Son—of The Holy Spirit of God. “But,” you say, “He did things that only God could do.” If a man did things that you attribute to God alone then that must mean that God was on that man. Jesus did tell His disciples that he was in God, which means God was on Him. He came as a man born under the Abrahamic covenant, which gave Him to right to heal the sick, raise the dead, and cast out unwanted demons.
“Right away a man with a serious skin disease came up and knelt before Him, saying, ‘Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean,’” (Matthew 8:2 Holman Christian Standard Bible).
He could do it, not because He was God but because He was covenanted with God and God was on Him (this is called being anointed with the Holy Spirit or the being baptized in the Holy Spirit). So, did Jesus come to take your place in death on the cross so that you would not have to? Yes, He was the substitute and the devil took the deal, but it got the shaft because that only lasted about three days.
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“So, He was my substitute.” In death, yes. But what about everything else? Did He say that we shouldn’t lay hands on the sick, did He say that we should not cast out demons, did He say that we should not receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit and speak/pray in tongues, did He say that we should not do the things that He did? No, in fact He said that we should do them all.
“These are some of the signs that will accompany believers: They will throw out demons in my name, they will speak in new tongues, they will take snakes in their hands, they will drink poison and not be hurt, they will lay hands on the sick and make them well,” (Mark 16:17-18 The Message).
The last four words of that scripture may make some people misunderstand, so allow me to clear it up. If you are a Holy Spirit baptized believer (God is on you) then when you lay your hands on the sick God-The Holy Spirit-who is unseen makes them well, and it looks like you make them well (but it’s God).