Why was Jesus sent?

[placebofactor]

Let’s begin with the following: notice that Jesus' earthly ministry had nothing to do with the Gentiles. He explicitly stated that His mission was directed to Israel.
Matthew 15:24, “I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
His instructions to the Twelve: Matthew 10:5–6, “Go not into the way of the Gentiles… But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Question: “For what purpose did the Father send his Son to Israel?” It was to fulfill the Old Testament prophecy about Israel’s Messiah.
Romans 15:8, “Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers.” The “circumcision” refers to Israel. His mission confirmed the covenants and prophecies given to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David.

Jesus was sent to call Israel to repentance and prepare them for the kingdom. John the Baptist and Jesus both preached the same message:
Matthew 3:2, John said, “Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 4:17, Jesus said, “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” The kingdom was promised to Israel, 2 Samuel 7; Isaiah 9; Daniel 2, 7.

The prophets foretold that only a remnant of Jews would believe.
Isaiah 10:21–22, “A remnant shall return;” Verse 22, “Yet a remnant of them shall return.”
John 1:11–12, “He (Jesus) came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, to them that believe on his name:” So, his ministry sifted Israel, revealing who would believe.

He came to offer salvation to Israel first, but later, Paul explains the order, Romans 1:16, “To the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

Jesus came to reveal Himself as Israel’s promised King and Shepherd.
Matthew 21:5, “Behold, thy King cometh unto thee…”
Ezekiel 34:23 was a future prophecy, “I will set up one shepherd over them.”

When he comes, he identifies Himself as that Shepherd: John 10:11, “I am the good shepherd.”
He came to fulfill the law and the prophets. Matthew 5:17, “I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. To conclude, His ministry to Israel completed the prophetic requirements of the Messiah.

Question: “Did Jesus’ mission later expand beyond Israel?” It did, but only after His resurrection.
His post-resurrection command: Matthew 28:19, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations…”
Mark 16:15, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” So, the universal mission came only after His earthly ministry to Israel. And how was he going to accomplish this universal mission? It would be through men like Paul.

[BruceLeiter]

[Replying to OneJack in post #40]

@OneJack, the Lord Jesus is beside, all around, and within me through his Spirit, as he has promised in the Bible, because he gave me the new birth 67 years ago. As I have read the Bible through many times, God gives me spiritual growth to continue to transform me until either God takes me home or Jesus returns, as he has promised in his Word. I will continue to pray for you to come a knowledge of the truth and reject the falsehoods that you have been taught.

[OneJack]

[Replying to OneJack in post #40]

@OneJack, the Lord Jesus is beside, all around, and within me through his Spirit, as he has promised in the Bible,

The Lord Jesus Christ is the Almighty God; hence, He is everywhere, beside you and with all the rest of mankind, that's what I'm sayin'. The Holy Spirit is one among the many Spirits that the Lord Jesus Christ created, and whom He sends to His followers (sheep) to testify [to them] about Himself. You don't know anything about how the Lord Jesus sends the Holy Spirit because you've heard nothing yet from Him about this matter, and, therefore, what you're saying now, in this regard, is, as clear as the blue sky, nothing but your opinion, which you learned on your own in the bible, as a bibliolater.

because he gave me the new birth 67 years ago. As I have read the Bible through many times, God gives me spiritual growth to continue to transform me until either God takes me home or Jesus returns, as he has promised in his Word. I will continue to pray for you to come a knowledge of the truth and reject the falsehoods that you have been taught.

As I have told you, what you're confessing here right now is, as clear as a blue sky, nothing but your opinion you learned on your own, as a faithful bibliolater. Unless you come to and call upon the Lord, and listen to Him when He responds, the Lord Jesus has no way of putting you in His flock, shepherding, and guiding you to your salvation and eternal life. Reading and studying the bible, through the aid of men pastors, makes no one a 'born-again believer' but just a 'self-proclaimed' biblical born-again believer, or a fanatical bibliolater in its strictest sense, so to speak.

[BruceLeiter]

[Replying to OneJack in post #42]

Now, I leave you and your misguided views to God for him to judge, @OneJack.

[OneJack]

[Replying to OneJack in post #42]

Now, I leave you and your misguided views to God for him to judge, @OneJack.

Use your wisdom wisely, Bruce! The Lord Jesus is always beside you; He is just a call away from you. Emancipate yourself from the misguided belief that God speaks with you through the bible, which is not God in the first place. Bear in mind that the Lord Jesus will draw you to Himself if you come and call on Him rightfully, not to the bible as you only opine. The Word of God is the Lord Jesus Himself, not the bible, which many erratically believe wholeheartedly.

[BruceLeiter]

[Replying to OneJack in post #44]

Goodbye, @OneJack.

[OneJack]

[Replying to OneJack in post #44]

Goodbye, @OneJack.

So long, Bruce!

[BruceLeiter]

[Replying to OneJack in post #42]

@OneJack, You say, "The Holy Spirit is one among the many Spirits that the Lord Jesus Christ created, and whom He sends to His followers (sheep) to testify [to them] about Himself." If your false Jesus taught you that idea, he is a liar, according to God's inspired Book, which describes and identifies him as God:

Mat_28:19  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Luk_1:35  And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.

Luk_10:21  In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

Jhn_3:5  Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Jhn_3:6  That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Jhn_3:8  The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Jhn_6:63  It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Joh 14:16  And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 
Joh 14:17  even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. 
Joh 14:18  “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 
Jhn_14:26  But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
Jhn_15:26  “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
Jhn_16:13  When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Jhn_20:22  And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Act_5:32  And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”

Rom_8:26  Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

Eph_4:30  And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

[OneJack]

[Replying to OneJack in post #42]

@OneJack, You say, "The Holy Spirit is one among the many Spirits that the Lord Jesus Christ created, and whom He sends to His followers (sheep) to testify [to them] about Himself." If your false Jesus taught you that idea, he is a liar, according to God's inspired Book, which describes and identifies him as God:

Mat_28:19  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Luk_1:35  And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.

Luk_10:21  In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

Jhn_3:5  Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Jhn_3:6  That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Jhn_3:8  The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Jhn_6:63  It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Joh 14:16  And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 
Joh 14:17  even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. 
Joh 14:18  “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 
Jhn_14:26  But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
Jhn_15:26  “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
Jhn_16:13  When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Jhn_20:22  And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Act_5:32  And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”

Rom_8:26  Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

Eph_4:30  And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

You are accusing Jesus a liar based on your opinion of a book, which is not God in the first place.

[BruceLeiter]

[Replying to OneJack in post #48]

Whoever told you, @OneJack, that the Book was God. Since God inspired it, it is his revelation to us for our benefit and spiritual growth because we aren't perfect yet. That only happens with our bodily resurrections.

[OneJack]

[Replying to OneJack in post #48]

Whoever told you, @OneJack, that the Book was God. Since God inspired it, it is his revelation to us for our benefit and spiritual growth because we aren't perfect yet. That only happens with our bodily resurrections.

God reveals Himself to mankind through Himself only, not through the Bible, which you presume upon yourself, Bruce. Why can’t you put your trust in God alone? Why do you have to anchor the Lord to the bible?