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Why Jesus Came: Jeremiah 31:33

Why Jesus Came: Jeremiah 31:33

The Old Testament points to Jesus, and we see in it reasons why he came. Jeremiah 31:33. This prophecy from Jeremiah is fulfilled in Jesus. Jesus came to establish a new covenant that brings us to God, Jesus came to transform our hearts by his word, Jesus came to form...

Why Jesus Came: Ephesians 2:11-22

Why Jesus Came: Ephesians 2:11-22

In the previous devotional we looked at Paul’s comments about why Jesus came in Ephesians 2:1-10. Let’s pick up where we left off and consider Ephesians 2:11-22. Like he did in verses 1-10, Paul compares and contrasts our old life with the new life that is available...

Jesus’s Overarching Purpose

Jesus’s Overarching Purpose

Paul tells us in Colossians 1:20 that Jesus came to restore everything in all of creation to God. He goes on to say that restoring everything in all of creation to God includes restoring all people to God. This is why we hear Jesus defining salvation in John 17:3 as...

Why Jesus Came: Ephesians 2:1-10

Why Jesus Came: Ephesians 2:1-10

Paul devotes the book of Ephesians to describing what new life in Christ looks like. We'll look at Ephesians 2:1-10 in today's devotional On our own we are dead in our sin, trapped in the destructive flow of the world’s way of life, controlled by the devil, and...

Why Jesus Came: Ephesians 1:7-10

Why Jesus Came: Ephesians 1:7-10

We once again see a number of interconnected reasons why Jesus came, all pointing to God’s overarching purpose. In this passage to the church in Ephesus, we see that; * Jesus came to redeem us through his own blood. This is just like what we hear Paul saying in 1...

Why Jesus Came: Ephesians 1:3-6

Why Jesus Came: Ephesians 1:3-6

The entire book of Hebrews is rich with reasons why Jesus came. In our why Jesus came series we’ll look at Hebrews 2:8-18 today. Jesus came to bring us every blessing God has available. All that we need for real life is available in Jesus. At the start of his letter...