THE PURPOSE OF CHRIST’S COMING

“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God.”

(1 Peter  3:18)

The purpose of “The Man Christ Jesus” coming to earth was first, foremost, and forever, to bring us to God; all else must fall under this category. He is the rent veil that allows us to enter into the very presence of God. He told the people of His day that no man can come to the Father but by Him. And that no man knoweth the Father but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son shall reveal Him.

There is a great danger today in stopping short of Jesus’ main mission: that being to make known to us the Father. The Lord Jesus is the mediator, not the end! Normally prayers are to the Father in Jesus’ name, not directly to Christ Himself. He is our great High Priest, He is our representative. Paul offers his prayers to God the Father. The Lord Jesus Christ never meant for us to emphasize Him and forget the Father.

The carnal Corinthian church had four man-made sects within it: the one saying, “I am of Paul”; another “I am of Apollos”; and a third boasting, “I am of Cephas”; and the most dangerous of the four, says one old devine, “I am of Christ.” The last group’s thinking was that the hallmark of spirituality was making much of Christ at the expense of the Father. If, as the camp meeting preacher said, “To glorify God is to make Him look good,” then Jesus did an excellent job.” He spent His life on earth telling people of His glorious Father. If you’ll pardon the expression, He bragged on Him constantly.

Anyone who might have a problem with this truth, the Father-Son relationship, can find the cause in their human nature. You see, there is no jealousy in the Godhead! Just in our head.