Why Would Jesus Come?

Introduction: Why would Jesus come?

As we are going through the weeks leading up to Christmas Day, we as Christians should try to have in our minds what the real reason for the season is.

On Wednesday night we started off by mentioning some of the things that we are excited about this time of the year.

I said that I remembered as a child being very excited for Christmas Day because of all of the presents that I knew was waiting to be opened.

Many of us agreed that as we grow older we look forward more to things like:

Getting together with family

Seeing all the lights and decorations

Experiencing people doing different acts of kindness

As a Christian now, I find myself excited about everything that December brings but also thinking about the meaning of Jesus coming into our world.

I find myself thinking:

Why would Jesus come?

What did Jesus’ coming mean then and what does it mean now?

What does Jesus’ coming mean for the future?

I would like to take the next 3 Sundays to answer these questions.

As a born-again believer, it is important that we know the answers to these questions.

As we enter December and move towards Christmas, we are entering what is referred to by many people as “Advent”.

You may have heard this term before but have no idea what it means.

The word “Advent” means:

The arrival of a notable person.

How many of you would say that the birth of Jesus into the world could be classified as the arrival of a notable person?

No matter what anyone says, Jesus is the greatest person to ever walk the earth and is the most notable.

As we begin, or maybe some of us already have, to decorate for Christmas and make preparations for the holiday season, let’s do it as a prophetic statement that as we are celebrating His coming as a baby born in a manger, we are preparing for His second coming as our King.

We celebrate the birth of our Savior, Messiah, and King, on December 25th, but we understand that we also do so 365 days a year.

We should be constantly living in preparation for the King.

We are standing at a point in history that is referred to by many as “The church age”.

Our King has came once which we celebrate on December 25th, but we also live in anticipation that He will return again.

We celebrate that He came and we also make preparations for His coming.

When we are decorating and getting ready for Christmas this year we should also be thinking about His second coming.

We cannot answer the question, “Why would Jesus come” without going back to the beginning.

In a few weeks we will be ready from the “Christmas Story” in Luke, but we can never understand the true “reason for the season”, of Jesus being born, until we understand why He had to come.

Genesis 3:1–15 NIV

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ ” 4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. 8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” 11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” 12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

To me, there are four major events in human history:

The 7 day creation when God created everything in 6 days and then rested on the 7th day.

The Fall

The Birth of Jesus

The Resurrection

When sin entered the world through Adam and Eve the entire course of human history was changed and God’s original plan, for Him to have unbroken constant fellowship with all of humanity, was disrupted.

Adam and Eve’s fall into temptation from evil proves that created beings like us cannot overcome temptation on our own.

This single event caused God’s perfect order of everything to be thrown into chaos.

Paul says, in Romans 8:19 “19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.”

All of creation is waiting for God’s perfect order to be restored.

Sin disrupted God’s perfect plan, but God had a plan from the beginning.

We were created to have God as our King (Our notable person as advent refers to) but the Fall caused humanity to look to ourselves rather than Him.

We see this in the story of the tower of Babel.

We also see that when the Israelites cried out for a king like the other nations.

1 Samuel 8:4–7 NIV

4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. 5 They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.” 6 But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. 7 And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.

Rather than choosing God as their King, the Israelites wanted to follow the ways of the would and put a mere human in as king over God.

How many times do we try to crown other people or systems up as king to lead us when the Lord should be our king?

The world will always choose another way, but we will choose Him as our King.

I’m not saying that it is wrong to vote a president in, but I am saying that we should never rely on a person to give us peace, hope, and joy that only God can give us.

Every created thing should always remain under God.

Let’s choose to exalt Him as King this Christmas.

God has promised throughout history that there would be One who would come through the line of David who would set up His throne to rule and reign forever.

Isaiah 9:6–7 NIV

6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.

Isaiah prophesied hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus that One would be born into the world that would set up an everlasting kingdom of peace and order.

Isaiah prophesied at a time when Israel was ruled and governed by kings.

His ministry was a few years before the land was taken into captivity by the Babylonians.

At this time, the nation would be doing great as long as the king at that time was a good king.

If the king was bad, the country suffered.

Isaiah spoke about a time coming when a king that would rule forever.

The government would be on His shoulders.

This means that this King would rule, not just the nation of Israel, but all of creation.

He will be called:

Wonderful Counselor- In John 16, Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as the Counselor and the Comforter.

One of the things that I enjoy the most in pastoring is counseling people and helping to bring comfort to hurting people.

I love to do this because I understand what its like to experience loss and pail.

Also, because I don’t like to see people in pain.

It breaks my heart.

However, I can never bring the comfort to anyone that the Lord can bring.

Mighty God- Jesus is no ordinary child that was born but is Emmanuel, “God with us”.

Jesus is a Mighty God.

There is no one stronger or wiser.

He alone is Mighty.

Everlasting Father- It is amazing to me that we can know God as not just God but Father.

We can know that we are adopted into God’s family, as born-again believers, and we go from being orphans to sons and daughters.

We are royalty.

Prince of Peace- In John 14:26–27 Jesus said, “27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”

There is a peace that we can have that Jesus brings that truly passes all understanding.

If you have ever experienced this peace you can testify that when we take our eyes off the winds and waves of the world and focus on Jesus, we can have a peace when the rest of the world is falling apart.

Isaiah goes on to say that this soon coming King that will be born as a child will rule with an increasing amount of peace forever.

This is our King that we serve.

This is our Jesus.

Conclusion:

Ever since the Fall humanity had a sin problem and was marked for death and under a curse, but God had a plan.

God spoke to Satan in Genesis 3 that He would send One that would overtake him.

God promised all of humanity that they would be blessed through Abraham descendants and that promised continued through David’s line.

Finally, a child was born over 2,000 years ago that was no ordinary child.

This child that was born in a manger in Bethlehem would be the savior of the world who would break the curse of sin and become our Everlasting King.

The world may not except Him now, but soon they will see Him for who He is.

Unfortunately, that will be too late for many.

Today is the day to get your life with with God.

Next week I will be preaching on what Jesus’ coming meant for the people of His time and what His coming means for us today.

We will be looking at Jesus as the Living Word of God!!!