Monday, January 7, 2008
John 6:38-39 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
ABOUT THE FATHER'S BUSINESS
Most family businesses have earthly goals. If your family business is a dairy farm, then good quality milk production is one of your goals. If you are a rancher, then good quality beef is one of your goals. I'm not belittling these goals. In fulfilling these goals as Christians, you are doing a good thing. But as good as these goals are, they are still earthly goals. Jesus tells us that the Father's business involves heavenly and eternal goals.
He came down from heaven to be about the Father's business, to do the Father's will, to do what the Father wanted. What did the Father want of Jesus? Well, simply put:
"that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day."
The Father sent Jesus down from Heaven to secure all those (he's not talking about things, but people) that belong to the Father and keep them safe. This does not exclude making people God's Children by faith, but includes the same. Jesus came to see to it that God's people were not lost, not even in death, but that they should even be raised from death on the last day.
Did Jesus accomplish the will of the Father? Oh, yes. He was born subject to God's law in order to be the perfect human being that God demanded each one of us be. He not only lived the perfect life, He offered up the perfect sacrifice to remove our sin and guilt forever. He sent His Spirit to convince and convert hearts so that we should benefit from God's work. He Himself arose from death to confirm that He can keep us safe even through death.
