Lazarus Short
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Time for another excerpt from my book, mostly quotes from the KJV.
A Look Back at the Good News
I kept seeing, as I studied Gospel after Gospel, Jesus’ statements concerning why He was there in that time and place. I decided to collect them all, and see what they add up to.
Matthew 5:17 – “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.”
Matthew 9:13 – “…I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Matthew 10:34-35 – “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. FOR I AM COME TO SET A MAN AT VARIANCE AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND THE DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND THE DAUGHTER IN LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER IN LAW.”
Matthew 15:24 – “…I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Matthew 18:11 – “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.”
Matthew 20:28 – “…the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
Mark 1:38 – “Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.”
Mark 2:17 – “They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Luke 4:18-19 – “THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE HATH ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR; HE HATH SENT ME TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED, TO PREACH DELIVERANCE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERING OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND,
TO SET AT LIBERTY THEM THAT ARE BRUISED, TO PREACH THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD.”
Luke 4:43 – “I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.”
Luke 5:31-32 – “They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Luke 9:56 – “For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”
Luke 12:49 – “I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?”
Luke 12:51 – “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.”
Luke 19:10 – “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Luke 24:26 – “Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?”
Luke 24:46-47 – “Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
John 3:14-17 – “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”
John 4:34 – “My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.”
John 5:30 – “…I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.”
John 5:43 – “I am come in my Father’s name…”
John 6:38-40 – “For I came down form heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”
John 6:48,51 – “I am that bread of life…if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
John 7:28-29 – “…I am not come of myself…for I am from him, and he hath sent me.”
John 9:39 – “For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.”
John 10:10 – “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
John 12:27 – “Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.”
John 12:46 – “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.”
John 15:22 – “If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.”
John 18:37 – “Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.”
Jesus’ stated purposes for being in the there-and-then do not seem to support, or have anything to do with, Hell. Salvation, not damnation or even judgment, seems to be His overriding purpose.
A Look Back at the Good News
I kept seeing, as I studied Gospel after Gospel, Jesus’ statements concerning why He was there in that time and place. I decided to collect them all, and see what they add up to.
Matthew 5:17 – “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.”
Matthew 9:13 – “…I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Matthew 10:34-35 – “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. FOR I AM COME TO SET A MAN AT VARIANCE AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND THE DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND THE DAUGHTER IN LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER IN LAW.”
Matthew 15:24 – “…I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Matthew 18:11 – “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.”
Matthew 20:28 – “…the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
Mark 1:38 – “Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.”
Mark 2:17 – “They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Luke 4:18-19 – “THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE HATH ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR; HE HATH SENT ME TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED, TO PREACH DELIVERANCE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERING OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND,
TO SET AT LIBERTY THEM THAT ARE BRUISED, TO PREACH THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD.”
Luke 4:43 – “I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.”
Luke 5:31-32 – “They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Luke 9:56 – “For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”
Luke 12:49 – “I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?”
Luke 12:51 – “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.”
Luke 19:10 – “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Luke 24:26 – “Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?”
Luke 24:46-47 – “Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
John 3:14-17 – “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”
John 4:34 – “My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.”
John 5:30 – “…I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.”
John 5:43 – “I am come in my Father’s name…”
John 6:38-40 – “For I came down form heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”
John 6:48,51 – “I am that bread of life…if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
John 7:28-29 – “…I am not come of myself…for I am from him, and he hath sent me.”
John 9:39 – “For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.”
John 10:10 – “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
John 12:27 – “Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.”
John 12:46 – “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.”
John 15:22 – “If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.”
John 18:37 – “Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.”
Jesus’ stated purposes for being in the there-and-then do not seem to support, or have anything to do with, Hell. Salvation, not damnation or even judgment, seems to be His overriding purpose.
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