Save the World
Save the World. It is hard for us to comprehend God in Three Persons who are one God. In this passage, Jesus differentiates His purpose as the God Man. He did not come in judgment; He came to grant salvation.
44 Then Jesus cried out and
said, “He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me.
45 And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. 46 I have come as a light
into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in
darkness. 47 And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not
judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which
judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me
gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. 50 And I
know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak,
just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”
John 12:44-50, NKJV
Save the World
It is hard for us to comprehend God in Three Persons who are one God. In this passage, Jesus differentiates His purpose as the God Man. He did not come in judgment; He came to grant salvation.
In this respect, everything that Jesus Christ did was in obedience to the command of God.
And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.
Does that mean that there is no judgment for those who do not believe? Hebrews 2:3 says, How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? Yes, there is judgment for those who do not believe. It is not Christ, however, but the Word of God which judges unbelievers.
He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
Christ,
the perfect man, never lost sight of His mission for coming to this
earth. From the time His earthly mission began (even before then),
everything He said and did was for the salvation of His people. The
Jewish people of that day did not understand it, the disciples did not
understand it, and even today most people do not understand it.
Unless
God opens the eyes of the blind, they do not see. After three years of
service with Christ, the disciples did come to understand the mission of
Christ. We see the results in the powerful books of the New Testament
written by Christ's disciples.
What
do we take away from this today? Why did God leave us here after we
became Christians? Why didn't He just immediately take us to Heaven to
be with Him?
Every single Christian has a mission given to them by God; through believers Christ is still fulfilling His mission, I came to save the world.
Pray today that God will help you to focus on your true mission in life; look for opportunities to serve and obey God that His name will be glorified and that His Kingdom will be advanced.
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