While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he called out, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I come from. But I'm not here on my own. The one who sent me is true, and you don't know him. But I know him because I come from him, and he sent me to you." John 7:28-29 NLT
Jesus boldly and confidently made claims that set Him apart from other men, namely that God the Father had sent Him from heaven, where He had enjoyed a very special bond with both the Father and the Holy Spirit. Later, the apostle John summarized God’s purpose for sending Jesus to earth: “He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him” (1 John 4:9).
Jesus, the Son of God who came to earth to die and then rise again, is the one and only mediator between a holy, loving God and sinful humanity—and the ultimate expression of God’s love.
You can take heart in the wonderful truth that Jesus wasn’t just a good man who delivered amazing moral teaching. He was God’s only Son, sent by the Father so that He could give you a forever home in His heavenly kingdom.
Prayer: Loving heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your only begotten Son so that I can have close, intimate fellowship with You—and so that I can have my sins forgiven and then spend eternity in Your eternal kingdom.
Jesus boldly and confidently made claims that set Him apart from other men, namely that God the Father had sent Him from heaven, where He had enjoyed a very special bond with both the Father and the Holy Spirit. Later, the apostle John summarized God’s purpose for sending Jesus to earth: “He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him” (1 John 4:9).
Jesus, the Son of God who came to earth to die and then rise again, is the one and only mediator between a holy, loving God and sinful humanity—and the ultimate expression of God’s love.
You can take heart in the wonderful truth that Jesus wasn’t just a good man who delivered amazing moral teaching. He was God’s only Son, sent by the Father so that He could give you a forever home in His heavenly kingdom.
Prayer: Loving heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your only begotten Son so that I can have close, intimate fellowship with You—and so that I can have my sins forgiven and then spend eternity in Your eternal kingdom.