Who Is God and Why Did He Come

Follow Along with the Message

Who Is Jesus and Why Did He Come? 

1. He is the Son of God, and He came to love us and to have a personal relationship with us personally and as a community (1.1-4). 

v.1 

• What was from the beginning 
• What we have heard 

• What we have seen without eyes 
• What we have looked at 
• What we have touched with our hands 

v.2 

• He is our story – what is the story you want to tell? 

v.3,4 

• We want you to join with us  

Note the word – “fellowship” – koinonia –  _________________________ 

What is it that “connects” us? What is it that disconnects us? 

Who Is Jesus and Why Did He Come? 

1. He is the Son of God, and He came to love us and to give us a life of integrity and authenticity personally and as a community (1.5-10). 

Light – darkness – authenticity - sin - forgiveness  

“Light” is the social power for the Christian 

Who Is Jesus and Why Did He Come? 

1. He is the Son of God, and He came to love us and to be our Advocate by being the propitiation for our sin for us personally and as a community (2.1,2). 

Note the words “Advocate” and “propitiation” 

Advocate - __________________________________ 

Propitiation - ______________________________________ 

From Dietrick Bonhoeffer, Life Together 

1. In Christ we have been chosen from eternity, accepted in time, and united for eternity 

1. A Christian needs others because of Christ 

1. A Christian comes to others only through Jesus 

1. Christianity means community only through Christ and in Christ 

1. A church is only the church when it exists for others 

1. We belong to one another only through Jesus  

Who Is Jesus and Why Did He Come? 

What is God’s call to you today through this important Scripture? 

Closing illustrations  

• The Tour de France – Alpe d’Huez 
• Santa Avelina, Guatemala 

For Your Thinking 

It goes against the grain to give an image of oneself that is anything less than perfect, and many Christians imagine that they will be rejected by others if they admit to any faults. But nothing could be more destructive to Christian koinonia (fellowship) than the common practice today of pretending not to have any problems. 

- Ray C. Stedman